November Study, Fasting and Prayer

Reading Plan - Bible Reading Plan for the period
In the Spirit - Scripture Reference to "Living in the Spirit"

Above is the reading plan for our season of Study, Prayer and Fasting for November 2008. This follows our discussion on Wednesday, October 29, 2008. We are fasting television and anything that is personally distracting you and I from fellowship for this season, please include your family members but do not allow this to cause strife in your home or that will defeat the purpose. One great theologian said, "worldliness is that which distracts us from fellowship with God." So this exercise is to remove one or more of these distractions for this season.

As demonstrated by the Lord Jesus, fellowship with the Father leads us to a life saturated by His presence. The presence of God with us leads us to have release of His power in situations that confront us and ultimately fulfilling His purpose by the adding of souls to the kingdom. The early church fellowshipped in such a way - that speaking a word, in the name of Jesus, caused a man impotent in his feet for over 40 years to walk. Fellowship caused people that were in the shadow of the Apostles to receive a release of power to address their condition ... demons dispatched from their victims and so many other examples. The culmination of these signs and wonders was the significant growth of the early church. Thousands were brought into the Kingdom by the presence of God demonstrated in the lives of these early church leaders.

We are fasting for the specific purpose of an outpouring of the Spirit of God upon us so that we are empowered to minister to the world around us. Please feel free to email me with any praise reports or insights given by the Holy Spirit during this period. I will not be very open to long personal discussions during this time myself and so I ask your understanding.

Pastor W