Philippian Baptist Church

04/05/2026

04/03/2026

40 Days of Decrease: Day 38 - Fasting From Escapism
Day Thirty-Eight of the Forty Days of Decrease invites us to fast from escapism, confronting the urge to numb disappointment through distraction and remembering through John 21:10–14 that the risen Jesus meets His disciples patiently within unfinished healing, calling us to remain present so restoration can take root.

04/02/2026

40 Days of Decrease: Day 36 - Fasting From Withholding
Day Thirty‑Six of the Forty Days of Decrease invites us to fast from withholding, confronting the fear that keeps faith conditional and remembering through John 20:24–31 that resurrection life begins when trust is released, calling us to move from guarded belief to surrendered faith that receives life in Christ’s name.

04/02/2026

40 Days of Decrease: Day 37 - Fasting From Your Voice
Day Thirty-Seven of the Forty Days of Decrease invites us to fast from our own voices, confronting the reflex to fill silence with words and remembering through John 21:1–9 that recognition of Christ comes through listening rather than asserting, calling us to create space for God to speak and guide our obedience.

03/30/2026

40 Days of Decrease: Day 34 - Fasting From Criticism
Day Thirty-Four of the Forty Days of Decrease invites us to fast from criticism, confronting the habit of judging from a distance and remembering through John 20:10–18 that the risen Christ is recognized not by analysis but by presence, calling us to lay aside judgment and remain near enough to be transformed by encounter.

03/30/2026

40 Days of Decrease: Day 35 - Fasting From God-as-job
Day Thirty-Five of the Forty Days of Decrease invites us to fast from God-as-job, confronting the temptation to turn faith into transaction and remembering through John 20:19–23 that the risen Jesus meets His disciples with peace, presence, and life before sending them, calling us to receive relationship before responsibility and grace before assignment.

03/28/2026

40 Days of Decrease: Day 31 - Fasting From Mocking Jesus
Day Thirty-One of the Forty Days of Decrease invites us to fast from mocking Jesus, confronting the tendency to dismiss suffering through ridicule and remembering through John 19:28–37 that what the world mocks God redeems, calling us to replace detachment with reverence and to attend fully to the cost and meaning of Christ’s sacrifice.

03/28/2026

40 Days of Decrease: Day 32 - Fasting From Addition
Day Thirty‑Two of the Forty Days of Decrease invites us to fast from addition, confronting the impulse to crowd life with excess and remembering through John 19:38–42 that faithful love requires care, not embellishment, calling us to choose simplicity that leaves room for trust, reverence, and attentive faith.

03/28/2026

40 Days of Decrease: Day 33 - Fasting From Willful Sin
Day Thirty‑Three of the Forty Days of Decrease invites us to fast from willful sin, confronting the temptation to preserve what Christ died to destroy and reminding us through John 20:1–9 that resurrection power calls us out of managed compromise and into new life shaped by surrender, repentance, and grace‑filled obedience.

03/28/2026

40 Days of Decrease: Day 30 - Fasting From Self-Confidence
Day Thirty of the Forty Days of Decrease invites us to fast from self-confidence, confronting the temptation to rely on our own certainty and remembering through John 19 that Jesus walked the way of the cross in complete dependence on the Father, calling us to exchange self-reliance for humble trust and obedient faith.

03/28/2026

40 Days of Decrease: Day 29 - Fasting From Intimidation
Day Twenty-Nine of the Forty Days of Decrease invites us to fast from intimidation, exposing how fear is used to coerce compromise and reminding us through John 19:7–16 that true authority belongs to God alone, calling us to anchor obedience in truth rather than yielding to threats that silence integrity.