Fasting
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Weekend Worship – Thank You, Rosheeda!
My friends, many of us spent this last week fasting and praying under the guidance of our dear friend, Rosheeda Lee. Ro has led this yearly fast for four years now and each year is different and phenomenal! If you didn't get to participate, don't worry! We plan to do this again in the next…
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What Will You Take With You From This Fast?
Receive the Holy Spirit ***Before we get to what God has for us today, I just want you to know intensely special this week has been for me. I cherish the opportunity to serve this ministry in this way every year. I know the power and might of the God we serve for myself and…
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Day Three – The Call
Lord, I Accept Your Call 2 Samuel 5:1-2 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. 2 Previously, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and in. And the Lord said to you, ‘You will shepherd…
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Weekend Worship – His Glory Appears
This song from Hillsong brings me to tears at it's tenderness and truth. It's hauntingly beautfiul. And it's the perfect way to begin worshiping our sweet Jesus this weekend as we get ready for our week of fasting and praying. Be sure to come back tomorrow and read Rosheeda's post to get us ready for…
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Get Ready 2013
Hi Everyone, I’m a bit behind in posting this brisk Friday morning. I’m hopeful that your Christmas was wonderful. I was able to drive to visit my son and his new wife on Christmas day. My son turned 30 years old and we surprised him for this over-the-hill birthday. Yep, he is my Christmas baby.…
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Astonish Us, Lord!
Yesterday many in the S.U.M. fasted and/or prayed for Rash Hashanah. Did God reveal something new to you? Be sure to jump over to our Facebook page and share. We'll be talking about it there as well as here. “Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I…
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Rosh Hashanah – Join Us
UPDATE: I will be offline from Sunset on Sunday through Monday evening. But please leave your names and your prayer requests because I will be praying over them the rest of the week. ~Lynn My friends, thank you for your amazing comments on the post last Friday. I’m blown away. I wanted to respond…
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Weekend Devo – Praising & Thanking
?In conclusion to our week of: "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen." – Ephesians 3:20-21 What…
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Day Three Looking for the Miraculous
1 John 5:5-8 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. 6 This is the one who came by water and blood-Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because…
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Prayer and Fasting 2012
Fasting keeps you sensitive to His Spirit, enabling You to live holy. I am convinced that we will never walk in the perfect will of God until we seek Him through fasting. When you present your body in the manner, you open yourself up to hear from God. You will prove or discover His good…
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Praying & Fasting for 2012
With the New Year ahead, I find myself anticipating what God has planned. If you were with us here at S.U.M. last January, you may remember that we fasted that first week. I will confess that I did not want to participate. First of all, fasting has never been easy for me. I’m one of…
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A Change of Heart
You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. – 2 Cor. 3:3 Many of us participated in the Fasting & Praying week here at S.U.M., but…
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Thursday Fasting: A Love Letter
Thankful Thursday is one post down: SCROLL DOWN Rosheeda Lee: Today’s Activity: Write a love letter to God. Today’s Focus: Let your heart speak. Spend your time in personal reflection and prayer. Are you a friend of God? Is He a friend of yours? I know this is supposed to be about a love letter.…
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Wednesday Fasting: Worship
Rosheeda Lee: Worship. One on one time with God to hear and to seek Him simply for who He is. Focus is ministry. What is it? How does God see it. How does He want it to look in our lives? This day is between you and God. Worship Him. Don’t ask for stuff. Ask…
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Tuesday Fasting: Hall of Faith
I have been amazed and blessed to see how many of you are fasting and how you have loved and supported and prayed for one another in the comments. This is an amazing online community of Christians who are living out their faith in 2011. Love you, Lynn Rosheeda Lee: Today's Activity: Hall of Faith. Three earmarks for…
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Monday Fasting: Ask for a Word
Remember the end of day two will be the most difficult as your hunger rises. As the pangs in your stomach roar, that is your call to pray for perseverance and to lean fully into the power of God. Prayer Guide Rosheeda Lee: Today’s Activity: Ask for a word for the year for yourself and…
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Sunday: Let the Fast Begin – Seek God for a Verse
Remember it's in the evening that your hunger will begin to really ramp up. Lean into God and pray when those hunger pangs start. With each growl that is a calling to whisper words of prayer, to sit with your Bible to ask for strength. Drink plenty of water, at least 1 gallon of purified water…
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Saturday: A Calling To Fast
Psalm 37:4 Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires. Fasting. I was chatting with a friend of mine about fasting. She said she had fasted several times. She fasts for three or four days at a time. I asked her, "Why do you think fasting prayer affects our…
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Preparing for a Fast
Some of our preparations for our week of fasting January 2-8 have already begun. We have talked about the kinds of fasts and I pray you have sensed what God is asking of you. We have written out our goals and praises to pray with next week. But, what more is there to do…
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What is Your Top Ten for 2011
Psalm 37:4 Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires. Fasting prepares you for a fresh anointing. ~ Jentezen Franklin Let's do some serious things for God in 2011? Let's crash through our walls of Jericho and bring the surrender of those strongholds. Let us also bring before the Lord…
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A Snickers Bar….. or God
Psalm 37:4 Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires. Are you willing to forgo a Snicker's bar in the afternoon to over come a recurring sin in your life? —– So what is fasting? It's the humbling of ourselves to draw closer to God. Fasting must be coupled with prayer…