40 Day Fast: Day 6

Day 6 - Saturday, January 11

No secular media, No meats and sweets

Scripture Reading - Exodus 20 (The Ten Commandments)

Prayer Focus - Pray today for our mayor and our elected officials. Pray that God would give them wisdom and that they would make decisions to honor God and fight against injustice in our community and nation. 

Scripture meditation - "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened." (Matthew 7:7-8

40 Day Fast: Day 5

Day 5 - Friday, January 10

No secular media, No meats and sweets

Scripture Reading - Exodus 3-4 (God calls Moses)

Prayer Focus - Pray today for area or state colleges. Pray that revival would break out among the students and that Jesus would be lifted high on that campus.

Scripture meditation - "The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him." (Lamentations 3:25)

40 Day Fast: Day 4

Day 4 - Thursday, January 9
No secular media, No meats and sweets

Scripture Reading - Genesis 21:1-7; 22 (Abraham's Faith)

Prayer Focus - Spend some time today praying for the school and teachers in our town.  Pray that God would progect them and that He would raise up teachers who are filled with His Spirit to lead and mentor this next generation.

Scripture meditation - "Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will hear you. You will seek Me and find Me, when you seek Me with all your heart." (Jeremiah 29:12)

40 Day Fast: Day 1,2,3 Devotional

I'm sorry I haven't gotten the first and second days devotionals up yet.  I've gotten all the devotionals planned out to post now though so they should be coming every morning.

Day 1 - Monday, January 6
No Secular Media, No meats and sweets

Scripture Reading: Genesis 1-2 (The Creation Account)

Prayer Focus: God first reveals Himself in Scripture as a sovereign, loving, and powerful Creator that has given us everything beautiful, good, and true.

Start your fast by praising and thanking God for all He's done for you and for us a church. Thank Him for
-Your salvation, redemption, healing, and identity found in Christ.
-Your family, loved ones, relationships, spouses, children, etc.
-Your physical blessings (health, finances, career, education, etc.).
-His hand of protection and blessings on our church

Scripture meditation: "You will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all you soul." (Deuteronomy 4:29)


Day 2 - Tuesday , January 7
No secular media, No meats and sweets

Scripture Reading - Genesis 3 (The beginning of Sin)

Prayer Focus - Ask to "search your heart" (Psalm 139:23) and spend some time confessing any sin in your life.

Scripture meditation - "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9)


Day 3 - Wednesday, January 8
No secular media, No meats or sweets

Scripture Reading - Genesis 15; 17:15-27 (God's Covenant with Abraham)

Prayer Focus - Pray today for your neighborhood and the neighborhoods surrounding our church.

Scripture meditation - "I love those who love Me, and those who seek Me diligently will find me." (Proverbs 8:17)

I'm Reading 52 Books in 52 Weeks this year!

Or I'm going to try my with all my might to read 52 books in 52 weeks this year.  A book a week.  I've got some thick books to read in a week while still taking care of my husband and family.  I don't have all of my 52 books decided at this point yet but here is what I've decided on so far.  I'll update as often as I can and review as many of the books I read as I can.

1 - Home to Walnut Ridge (The Teacup Novellas - Book Three)
2 - Desperate: Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe
3 - Waking the Dead: The Glory of a Heart Fully Alive
4 - Anything: The Prayer That Unlocked My God and My Soul
5 - Restless: Because You Were Made for More
6 - At Legend's End (The Teacup Novellas - Book Four)
7 - A Christmas Peril (The Teacup Novellas - Book Five)

8 - A Heart Like His: Intimate Reflections on the Life of David

If you are also reading 52 books in 52 weeks let me know so I can keep up with what you are reading.

For His Honor,
Paige