21 Days | 2025
Dear Church Family,
God comes where he’s wanted.
Since the beginning of our church, we have established that “prayer is our only method.” This means we are a “pray first” people. When we embark on a new journey, sense God leading, or are desperate for the move of God, prayer is our utmost priority.
For this reason, in January 2025, we are inviting our Compass View family to spend 21 days pressing into God’s presence through prayer and fasting. We will seek God collectively as a church beginning Monday, January 6 until Sunday, January 26th. The purpose of this is to take our focus off of our earthly concerns and listen to what God has for our heart, home, church, and our town.
I will be preaching on God Comes Where He’s Wanted this season. Each Sunday will focus on elements that God wants from us or long to have. For instance week one will be Attention. God longs for our attention. We need to detox from the toxicity of media, the noise we allow into our lives. Fasting does center around food, but there are many things we can cease for a season in order to experience God more fully.
My sermon first will lay the foundation before we start. This will help rally our church around getting our attention on God as the pathway for experiencing renewal and revival. Remember, a discipline doesn’t set you free; Jesus sets you free. Disciplines are a conduit to the presence of God through Christ.
We pray to engage with the one who desires to work through us for his glory with power. We pray because Jesus prayed and so did the early church. We fast because sacrificing necessities brings greater clarity and devotion to our lives. As Richard Foster wrote, “We fast because it reveals the things that control us. We fast because there is an urgent need. Most important of all, we fast because God calls us to it. The motivation of prayer and fasting is to draw closer to the heart of God.”
Let’s start this year off unified by seeking God together through prayer and fasting!
Blessing,
Pastor Jonathan
DEVOTIONAL PLAN
21 Days of Prayer to Discover Your Identity In God (copies available on Sunday)
PRAYER & FASTING RESOURCES
7 Basic Steps to Successful Fasting & Prayer - Bill Bright
Personal Guide to Prayer & Fasting - Bill Bright
Understanding Fasting - Richard Foster
The Purpose of Fasting - Richard Foster
BOOKS
Celebration of Discipline - Richard Foster
Ruthless Elimination of Hurry - John Mark Comer
God comes where he’s wanted.
Since the beginning of our church, we have established that “prayer is our only method.” This means we are a “pray first” people. When we embark on a new journey, sense God leading, or are desperate for the move of God, prayer is our utmost priority.
For this reason, in January 2025, we are inviting our Compass View family to spend 21 days pressing into God’s presence through prayer and fasting. We will seek God collectively as a church beginning Monday, January 6 until Sunday, January 26th. The purpose of this is to take our focus off of our earthly concerns and listen to what God has for our heart, home, church, and our town.
I will be preaching on God Comes Where He’s Wanted this season. Each Sunday will focus on elements that God wants from us or long to have. For instance week one will be Attention. God longs for our attention. We need to detox from the toxicity of media, the noise we allow into our lives. Fasting does center around food, but there are many things we can cease for a season in order to experience God more fully.
My sermon first will lay the foundation before we start. This will help rally our church around getting our attention on God as the pathway for experiencing renewal and revival. Remember, a discipline doesn’t set you free; Jesus sets you free. Disciplines are a conduit to the presence of God through Christ.
We pray to engage with the one who desires to work through us for his glory with power. We pray because Jesus prayed and so did the early church. We fast because sacrificing necessities brings greater clarity and devotion to our lives. As Richard Foster wrote, “We fast because it reveals the things that control us. We fast because there is an urgent need. Most important of all, we fast because God calls us to it. The motivation of prayer and fasting is to draw closer to the heart of God.”
Let’s start this year off unified by seeking God together through prayer and fasting!
Blessing,
Pastor Jonathan
DEVOTIONAL PLAN
21 Days of Prayer to Discover Your Identity In God (copies available on Sunday)
PRAYER & FASTING RESOURCES
7 Basic Steps to Successful Fasting & Prayer - Bill Bright
Personal Guide to Prayer & Fasting - Bill Bright
Understanding Fasting - Richard Foster
The Purpose of Fasting - Richard Foster
BOOKS
Celebration of Discipline - Richard Foster
Ruthless Elimination of Hurry - John Mark Comer
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