THE ROADS CHURCH - NORRIS CITY & MT. CARMEL
Sunday Jan 05, 2019 - Part 2
Matthew 6:5-8 NKJV
Matthew 6:16-18 NKJV
Secret Sauce - Webster - An element, quality, ability, or practice that makes something or someone successful or distinctive
“Fasting is denying yourself something temporal and ORDINARY in order to experience the One who is eternally extraordinary.”
Jentzen Franklin’s 21 day fasting devotional
he says,
“Fasting is not for the strong. Fasting is for the weak. Fasting is for the ordinary people who realize that they desperately need God in their life; that’s who fasting is for. I encourage you to begin this journey. If you’ve never fasted before, or if you are a veteran faster, and you’ve fasted many times, I’m excited about what God will do on this journey if you step up and say, “God, I want You, and I’m coming after You in prayer and fasting.”
Lisa Bevere - “A diet changes the way you look but fasting changes the way you see! Fasting is not as much about denying self as it is about indulging in God!”
Job 23:12 NKJV
Jentzen Franklin’s 21 day fasting devotional he says,
“I know of no other spiritual discipline that sharpens the heart and soul of a believer more than fasting. Fasting is sharpening the ax! If you’re not careful, you’ll be trying to cut down trees with an ax handle that doesn’t have an edge on the ax. Fasting is making the edge sharp so it can do a greater work."
PRAYER
1) Set a time and place - When and Where
Matthew 6:6 NKJV
Matthew 14:23 NKJV
Mark 1:35 NKJV
Psalms 63:1 NKJV
Mark 6:46 NKJV
Luke 5:16 NKJV
Luke 6:12 NLT
Matthew 26:36 NKJV
Matthew 26:40-41 NKJV
Watch - gregoreo - Be awake, watchful, alert
Temptation - peirasmos - To trap or tempt someone; to test with the purpose of producing a failure
Willing - prothymos - Eager, ready, zealous
Weak - asthenes - Lacking in strength, courage and will; limited capacity
PRAYER
1) Set a time and place - When and Where
2) Pray Word based prayers - What
I John 5:14-15 NKJV
Confidence - parresia - State of boldness and confidence in speech, free or all-outspokenness, freedom of speech, frankness or candor
John 15:7 NKJV
Jeremiah 1:9-12 NKJV
James 1:5-8 NKJV
Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJV
APPLICATION:
How can I pursue more of God through prayer and fasting this week?
What things can I say no to so that I can say yes to more of God?
What GREATER things am I believing God for in 2020?
When and where am I going to commit to pray every day?
Am I praying God’s Word or am I praying my desires?
What scriptures can I pray over my current situation?