Prayer & Fasting

THERE’S NO GREATER WAY TO BEGIN A NEW YEAR THAN WITH A TIME OF PRAYER AND FASTING.
WE’RE DEDICATING 21 DAYS TO LEAN IN AND GO AFTER GOD STARTING: JANUARY 9TH

21 Days of Prayer & Fasting Guide

During your 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting, follow along with our Guide that will walk you through reading the Bible daily, 21 daily prayer prompts and help to understand what you are hearing from God.

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Revival Nights

Build your faith as you fast and join us for our powerful Revival Nights! These nights we let loose and let the Holy Spirit move. Bring your crew and join us for a night of extended worship, a timely message from powerful guest speakers and being challenged to begin a new year the right way!

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Wellspring Kids

Prayer & Fasting is not just for adults! Kids can participate as well, and we have separate guides for both prayer and fasting to help you guide them through the process!

Kids Prayer Guide

Kids Fasting Guide

WHAT IS FASTING

“And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” Luke 9:23

By taking up our cross daily, we are putting down the heavy things of this world that act as distractions and picking up what God has actually called us to bear. It can be easy to fall into the trap of daily distraction. Whether it’s work, school, kids, stress, social media, finances, relational challenges, or unexpected dilemmas that pop up throughout the day – it can all become so overwhelming and completely time and thought consuming.

Every now and then in our walk with Christ, we can greatly benefit from hitting the refresh button in our spiritual lives. This is where fasting and praying comes in.

Practically, fasting is voluntarily abstaining from food, or other worldly comforts, for a specific period of time. Fasting is found throughout the Bible as a means of self-denial, repentance, and seeking God’s will (Matthew 6:16-18, Joel 2:12-13). It is a spiritual discipline that helps us focus on God and discern His voice more clearly.

The purpose of fasting is not to lose something, but to gain something; a deeper, more intimate relationship with God.

HOW TO FAST

Decide How Long.
You may fast as long as you like. Some may choose to fast for 21 days, beginning and ending with our Revival Nights, but you may feel the grace to only fast 14 days or 7. Use wisdom and pray for guidance.

Remember that it is the attitude of a heart sincerely seeking Him, not just obedience, to which God responds with a blessing (Isaiah 58, Jeremiah 14:12, 1 Corinthians 8:8). May God richly bless you as you fast!

Pray.
We aren’t just fasting, we are intentionally praying AS we fast. Be expectant for God move, speak to you and bring breakthrough in your life! Follow along with our 21 Days of Fasting and Praying Journal. Fasting is more than simply going without something. It is supplementing the absence of something, that feeds your flesh, with prayer in order to feed your spirit.

Spend time in the Bible.
What you need is found in the Word of God. Follow along with our 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting Guide for daily Bible Reading and prayer prompts.

Join us for Revival Nights.
Join us for Revival Nights during our 21 Days of Fasting and Praying for powerful nights of prioritizing God’s presence, hearing on-time messages and experiencing the power of community.

TYPES OF FASTS

Selective Fast

This type of fast involves removing certain elements from your diet. One example of a selective fast is the Daniel Fast, during which you remove meat, sweets, and bread from your diet and consume water and juice for fluids and fruits and vegetables for food.

Partial Fast

This fast is sometimes called the “Jewish Fast” and involves abstaining from eating any type of food in the morning and afternoon. This can either correlate to specific times of the day, such as 6:00 am to 3:00 pm, or from sunup to sundown.

Complete Fast

In this type of fast, you drink only liquids, typically water with light juices as an option.

Soul Fast

This fast is a great option if you do not have much experience fasting food, have health issues that prevent you from fasting food, or if you wish to refocus certain areas of your life that are out of balance.

For example, you might choose to stop using social media or watching television for the duration of the fast and then carefully bring that element back into your life in healthy doses at the conclusion of the fast.

SCRIPTURE ABOUT FASTING

Matthew 6:16-18 (NIV)

16 When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Matthew 9:14-15 (NIV)

14 Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”

15 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”

Acts 27:33-37 (NIV)

33 Just before dawn Paul urged them all to eat. “For the last fourteen days,” he said, “you have been in constant suspense and have gone without food—you haven’t eaten anything. 34 Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.” 35 After he said this, he took some bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat. 36 They were all encouraged and ate some food themselves. 37 Altogether there were 276 of us on board.

Nehemiah 9:1-3 (NIV)

1 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and putting dust on their heads. 2 Those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all foreigners. They stood in their places and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors. 3 They stood where they were and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a quarter of the day, and spent another quarter in confession and in worshiping the Lord their God.