I want to ask all to pray for a young man name Drew Marquis he is a student at Noteworthy and he has been is a serious car accident his mother has asked that we pray for him please also pray for the family as his father is in the military and is stationed in Iraq.
I said yesterday the fasting should have a purpose, a reason we fast, a need we have, a blessing we desire. But they are not the reason we fast we do not want to desire the gifts of God more than we desire God. The reason we fast is to know God as our all satisfying father. We are not to seek the gifts or blessings of God but seek God Himself an intimate relationship with him a closer communion with Him more than we have ever known before.
In Matthew 6 Jesus teaches us three main longings that we should ask for; First that God’s name would be hallowed, revered. Second that God’s kingdom will come. Third God’s will be done on earth the way it is done in heaven. When we seek to know God in this way and the fullness of communion with Him first then the gifts and blessings will follow. I pray that as you embark on a time of prayer and fasting to begin the new year that you will come to know God more intimately and personally than ever before.
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