Fresh Fire February
Our theme for the 21 days of fasting and prayer in February will be, “Preparing the Way of the Lord.” We will be praying into this Scripture ``4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make His paths straight. 5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough places shall become level ways, 6 and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’” Luke 3:4-6 ESV We will be seeking God to prepare us and to prepare a highway for His presence to flow strong and unrestricted in our lives, our families, and our church.
Our prayer time will also encompass each other’s needs. We pray the valleys in your life are filled; the personal mountains that you’re facing in your life to be brought low; that all the crooked places in your life will be made straight; and the rough ways made smooth. For some of you that means your healing and provision. For others it will be the breaking of chains in your life (deliverance). And for some others the restoration of relationships. Only you and God know how this applies to your life and circumstances.
We encourage you to take part of the 21 Days of Fasting and Prayer from February 4th-24th 2024. This will be a season of focused fasting and prayer as a church family. Your personal fast should present a level of challenge / discomfort, but it is very important to know your body, your options, and most importantly, to seek God in prayer and follow what the Holy Spirit leads you to do. It’s very typical to fast a single meal, a whole day, or various elements of leisure or pleasure for a specified amount of time. We wholeheartedly believe that the length and the element OF your fast are not as important as the strength of your focus on God AS you fast.
Fasting Type Options
COMPLETE FAST
In this type of fast, you drink only liquids, typically water with light juices as an option.
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 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 6:00a - 3:00p, or from sunup to sundown. (Adjust according to awake hours)
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.
Why Fast?
The goal of fasting is to draw nearer to God. Biblical fasting always has to do with eliminating distractions for a spiritual purpose; it hits the reset button of our soul and renews us from the inside out. It also enables us to celebrate the goodness and mercy of God and prepares our hearts for all the good things God desires to bring into our lives.
Prayer Points
Thank the Lord for allowing you to participate in the Twenty-One days of fasting & prayer.
1 John 1:9 – Confess any known and unknown sins.
Psalm 124:1,8 – With a grateful heart thank Your Lord and King. (Praise the Lord passionately)
Luke 3:21 – Father, release a spirit of prayer upon me. Lord give me the desire to pray.
Luke 3:21 – Almighty God, consume me with the spirit of prayer this year. Take me into a deeper dimension of prayer, worship and the Word of God.
Luke 3:21 – God, let me and my household experience “OPEN HEAVENS” in our lives.
Luke 3:21 – Lord, “OPEN THE HEAVENS” for the Oasis households and the church ministry.
Luke 3:21 – Our Father, let my “OPEN HEAVENS” experience create spiritual possibilities to be manifested in my physical realm (space) resulting in dominance in the following areas of my life. (Name the areas you desire for God to manifest in your physical life – health, wealth, education, business, etc.)
Luke 3:21 – Father, as the Oasis of Love households experience “OPEN HEAVENS”, let it create spiritual possibilities for them.
Luke 4:1 – O Lord, fill me with the Holy Spirit daily (as I arise from my sleep). Let me be in perfect communication with Him.
Prayer Declaration
Our Father, if it had not been you on my side, where would I be? Your grace and mercy brought me through 2023 and now I have seen the beginning of 2024.
Father, I am thankful and appreciate all that You have done for me, my household, the Oasis of Love Family and the church ministry as a whole.
Oh Lord, as we wait on you through intense fasting and prayers this month, let me, my household, and the Oasis of Love Family experience “open heavens” that create spiritual opportunities as a result of You having dominion over our lives, our health, our careers, our relationships, and our finances.
I decree and declare that every spiritual valley in and around my life will be filled with an overflow of God’s blessings. I decree and declare that every spiritual mountain and hill in my way, in my family’s way, in the Oasis of Love Family’s way, will be brought low in Jesus’ name.
I decree and declare that every spiritual crooked place in and around my life will be made straight by your power. I decree and declare that every spiritual rough spot in my pathway, in my family’s pathway, the Oasis of Love Family’s pathway and the church ministry’s pathway will be made smooth.
I pray all these declarations in Jesus’ Name, It is So…So shall it be. AMEN!
***Please make every effort to come early each Sunday in February, because we will be anointing and praying with everyone who comes, to seal all the prayers that will be lifted before God’s Throne of Grace over these 21 days.