NO MEAT – NO DAIRY – NO JUNK FOOD – NO SODAS
Anchor Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7: 14: “IF my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, THEN will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land”.
Below is a list of 21 Prayers (based upon 2 Chronicles 7:14) to pray each day during the Fast:
“IF MY PEOPLE…WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES…”
DAY 1: I PRAY THAT AS I BOW MY KNEES BEFORE YOU LORD AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH DAY OF THIS FAST, GIVE ME THE GRACE DAILY TO LIVE AS I SHOULD TO HONOR YOU. HELP ME TO WALK IN A SPIRIT OF HUMILITY, AS JESUS WALKED, AND LIVE EACH DAY IN RECOGNITION THAT PRIDE LEADS TO DESTRUCTION AND HUMILITY PRECEDES HONOR. (JAMES 4: 6-10, MICAH 6:8, PROVERBS 18: 12)
DAY 2: I PRAY TO COMPREHEND THE VALUE OF HUMILITY IN MY LIFE AS A CHRISTIAN AND TO BE HUMBLE IN SPIRIT IN ORDER THAT MY PRAYERS MAY BE ANSWERED. FOR YOU HEAR THE CRY OF THE HUMBLE AND DELIVER THEM FROM TROUBLE. HELP ME TO ACCEPT THAT IT IS BETTER TO BE AMONG THE LOWLY THAN TO SHARE THE WEALTH OF THE PROUD AND THAT GOD’S PRESENCE ACCOMPANIES THOSE WHO ARE OF A CONTRITE AND HUMBLE SPIRIT. (I PETER 3: 7-12, PROVERBS 16:19, ISAIAH 57:15)
DAY 3: I PRAY THAT MY CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN WILL BE CLOTHED IN HUMILITY, RESPECTING THEIR ELDERS, LIFTING ALL THEIR CONCERNS TO GOD, AND TRUSTING GOD TO EXALT THEM AT THE PROPER TIME. HELP ME TO ALWAYS REMEMBER, WITH GRATITUDE, WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAVED FROM…AND THAT TIMES OF CRISIS WOULD BE TANGIBLE REMINDERS OF WHAT I DESERVE APART FROM YOUR MERCY AND GRACE. (I PETER 5: 5-10, I PETER 3: 13-17, TITUS 3:1-9, PSALM 40: 1, 68: 19-20, 103: 1-5).
DAY 4: I PRAY AGAINST THE MORAL AND SPIRITUAL EROSION THAT HAS PERMEATED NOT ONLY OUR NATION, BUT OUR HOMES AND THE WORLD. (EZRA 9:6, PSALM 51: 16-17).
“AND PRAY…”
DAY 5: I PRAY FOR ALL WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY, THAT WE MAY LEAD QUIET AND PEACEFUL LIVES IN GODLINESS AND HOLINESS. HELP ME TO SEEK GOD FIRST EACH DAY PRIVATELY, BEFORE GETTING PHYSICALLY INVOLVED IN WORK OR ACTIVITIES FOR THE DAY. (I TIMOTHY 2: 1-4, MATTHEW 6:-6-8, 33, PSALM 32:6).
DAY 6: I PRAY THAT URGENCY AND FERVENCY WILL CHARACTERIZE MY PRAYERS, AND THAT MY FIRST RESPONSE AS A CHRISTIAN WILL BE TO PRAY WHEN I BECOME ANXIOUS ABOUT A SITUATION, CIRCUMSTANCE, OR RELATIONSHIP. (ISAIAH 64:9, MATTHEW 6:25-32, PHILIPPIANS 4: 6-7, JEREMIAH 33:3).
DAY 7: I PRAY THAT GOD WOULD RAISE UP AN ARMY OF PRAYER WARRIORS WHO ARE WILLING TO PERSEVERE IN PRAYER AND WAGE WAR ON THEIR KNEES.
I PRAY THAT GOD WOULD GIVE PASTORS WISDOM AS THEY CALL THEIR CONGREGATIONS TO PRAYER INTERCESSION AND LEAD THEM TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE TIMES. (LUKE 18: 1-8, EPHESIANS 4: 11-13, ISAIAH 56:1-7, JEREMIAH 23: 1-4).
DAY 8: I PRAY FOR A SPIRIT OF PRAYER TO SPREAD LIKE A WILDFIRE ACROSS OUR LAND UNTIL EVERY CHURCH BECOMES A HOUSE OF PRAYER, SATURATED WITH SEASONS AND EXTENDED TIMES OF TURNING TO THE LORD. (PHILIPPIANS 4: 6-7, LUKE 18: 1, MATTHEW 21: 13).
“AND SEEK MY FACE…”
DAY 9: I PRAY TO SEEK THE LORD IN ALL THINGS, SO THAT YOUNGER GENERATIONS MAY SEE A TANGIBLE PATTERN AND FIND THEIR STRENGTH AND HOPE IN THE LORD ALSO, ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF CRISIS. (PSALM 27, PSALM 91, ACTS 17: 26-27).
DAY 10: I PRAY THAT GOD WOULD INCREASE MY BELIEF IN HIS ABILITY TO INTERVENE SUPERNATURALLY AND TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF CRISIS, AS I CONTINUE TO FORGO MY FLESHLY APPETITES OF FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT, AND PLEASURE TO SEEK HIS FACE THROUGH PRAYER & FASTING. (HEBREW 11: 6, MARK 9: 23, JAMES 5: 16-18, ISAIAH 58: 6-12).
DAY 11: I PRAY THAT GOD’S PEOPLE WILL SEEK HIS FACE CONCERNING OUR LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEADERS AND THAT WE WILL NOT PUT OUR TRUST IN MILITARY STRENGTH, FINANCIAL MIGHT AND HUMAN STRATEGIES, OR POLITICAL POWER AND INFLUENCE TO SOLVE OUR DIFFICULTIES. I PRAY THAT THE SCRIPTURES WOULD GUIDE MY DECISION-MAKING AND NOT CULTURE OR THE WORLD. (ZECH 4:6, ISAIAH 55:8-9, 48:17, JEREMIAH 9:23-24, PSALM 147: 10-11, PROVERBS 21: 30-31).
DAY 12: I PRAY AGIANST AN ATTITUDE OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY, THINKING “I CAN HANDLE THIS”, BUT TO ALWAYS SEE MY DIRE NEED FOR HELP FROM GOD AND OTHERS (COMMUNITY). (JOHN 15: 5, 2 CORINTHIANS 3:5, NEH 6:16, JEREMIAH 2: 31-32).
DAY 13: I PRAY THAT GOD’S PEOPLE WOULD LAY ASIDE THEIR PETTY DIFFERENCES, PERSONAL AGENDAS, AND DIVISIVE ATTRIBUTES AND GENUINELY UNITE BEHIND THE DESPERATE NEED FOR AN OUTPOURING OF GOD’S SPIRIT IN REVIVAL. I PRAY THAT AS WE SEEK THE FACE OF GOD VERSUS THE HAND OF GOD OUR CHIEF CONCERN WOULD BECOME GOD’S APPROVAL VERSUS HIS BLESSING—PLACING OUR ATTENTION AND OUR DESIRES ON PLEASING GOD ALONE. (PSALM 133: 1-3, EPH 4: 1-6, PSALM 27: 8, REV 4: 11, COL 3:2).
DAY 14: I PRAY TO HAVE A HEALTHY FEAR OF GOD THAT PERMEATES MY HEART AND MIND. I PRAY THAT GOD WILL DELIVER ME FROM THE FEAR OF MAN WHICH CAN EASILY ENSNARE US AND IMPACT OUR BEHAVIOR. (PROVERBS 1:7, 9:10, 29: 25).
“…AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS…”
DAY 15: I PRAY FOR DISCIPLINE TO MEDITATE DAILY ON THE WORD OF GOD, SO THAT I MAY BE KEPT PURE AND FROM SIN; ALLOWING THE GOD OF HEAVEN TO CONFORM ME INTO THE IMAGE OF CHRIST. (PSALM 119:9-11, I PETER 1: 13-2:3, ROMANS 8: 29, PHIL 1: 6, HEBREW 12:4-13, 2 COR 7:1)
DAY 16: I PRAY TO HONESTLY AND IMMEDIATELY ACKNOWLEDGE MY SINS, SEEK GOD’S FORGIVENESS, AND EXPOSE ALL SIN APPROPRIATELY SO THAT I MIGHT LIVE BLAMELESSLY BEFORE A LOST AND WATCHING WORLD. (PHIL 2: 14-16, ROMANS 2: 1-2, GALATIANS 6:1).
DAY 17: I PRAY TO GRIEVE OVER MY OWN SIN AND HOW IT AFFECTS A HOLY GOD. I PRAY TO BE RECEIPTIVE OF ACCOUNTABILITY FROM GODLY PEOPLE WHO WILL LOVINGLY ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PARTS OF MY LIFE WHERE I MIGHT BE VULNERABLE TO WICKED WAYS. (JAMES 5: 16).
DAY 18: I PRAY FOR A CONTRITE AND BROKEN SPIRIT AS I BECOME AWARE OF SIN IN MY LIFE AS A CHRISTIAN, AND THAT GENUINE REPENTANCE WOULD CHARACTERIZE MY RESPONSE TO SIN AND THAT THE “LORDSHIP” OF JESUS CHRIST WOULD RULE MY DAILY LIVING. (NEHEMIAH 9:2, 2 CORINTHIANS: 7:9-10; ISAIAH 57: 15, MATTHEW 7: 21).
“THEN WILL I HEAR FROM HEAVEN…”
DAY 19: LORD, I PRAISE YOU THAT YOUR HAND IS NOT TOO SHORT TO SAVE AND THAT YOUR EAR IS NOT TOO HEAVY TO HEAR OUR PRAYERS! I CLAIM THE PROMISE THAT THE LORD WILL HEAR MY SINCERE PRAYERS AND THAT HE DRAWS NEAR TO ALL THOSE WHO CALL UPON HIM IN TRUTH! (ISAIAH 59:1, PSALM 145: 18).
“AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN…”
DAY 20: LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROMISE TO EXTEND MERCY TO THOSE WHO CONFESS AND FORSAKE THEIR SIN. THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THAT YOU ARE FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE MY SIN AND TO CLEANSE ME FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS! (PROVERBS 28: 13, I JOHN 1:9).
“AND WILL HEAL THEIR LAND”
DAY 21: LORD, I PRAISE YOU FOR YOUR PROMISES TO HEAL THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN AWAY, AND TO BIND UP THE WOUNDS OF THE TORN AND BRUISED AND TO RESTORE THE YEARS THE LOCUSTS HAVE EATEN! (JEREMIAH 3:22, HOSA 6:1, JOEL 2:25).
HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH…AND AMEN TO THE ONE WHO IS CALLED FAITHFUL AND TRUE! (REVELATION 9:11)
