Creekside Church begins each year with setting aside a consecrated period of time to seek God for spiritual renewal. We do this with a season of intentional prayer and fasting.  

We fast to:

• Offer ourselves to Jesus
• Grow in Holiness
• Amplify our prayers
• Stand with the poor

This type of fast involves removing certain elements from your diet. A good example of this 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.

In this type of fast, you drink only liquids, typically water with light juices as an option. This is typically a longer fast (3 day, 7 day fast). We aren't recommending implementing a complete fast for 21 days, but you might want to engage in a complete fast at some point during the 21 days.

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. This could be implemented over the 21 days (skipping one meal each day for 21 days), or might be implemented on certain days each week over the 21 day time period.

This fast is a great option if you 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.

Pastor Andrew lays our a case for fasting through the life of Jesus. He covers 3 places throughout Jesus's ministry where we gain insight on the Lord's point of view
around this topic.

The Rule of Life with John Mark Comer is a great resource to learn more about fasting.
This podcast mini-series is sure to inform and inspire you. Subscrive to this podcast and look for the Fasting Series.

Looking for a good read?
Our recommendation is God's Chosen Fast
by Arthur Wallis.

Join us on Wednesday, January 10th @6pm for a time of worship and commitment. This will mark the beginning of our 21 day period together. If you are participating in the fast, click the "let us know" button below. We want to know so we can be praying for you!