Program P R A Y E R A N D FA S T I N G

Things to Consider C O N V O C AT I O N
Monday 18
Prayer Time
✤Consider reducing your food 7:30-9:00pm - Sanctuary
intake the day before the start of “ E M B R AC I N G T H E
Tuesday 19
your fast in order for your body to Prayer Service S U P E R N A T U R A L”
adjust. 7:30-9:00pm - Sanctuary

Wednesday 20 January 17-24, 2010

✤Start your week with a time of Noon Prayer with Internet Broadcast
prayer presenting your fast before 12:00-1:00pm
Prayer Service - Sanctuary
the Lord; ask for strength to 7:30pm-9:00pm
complete it.
Thursday 21
Prayer Service - Sanctuary
✤Fasting is meant to be a time of 7:30pm-9:00pm
intense search for God. Invest more
time in Scripture meditation and Friday 22
Half Vigil Service
prayer. 7:30pm-12:00pm
Child care until 10pm
✤Drink lots of fluids during your
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fasting (Option 2). We recommend a Early Morning Prayer
partial fasting for people taking any 5:00-7:00am - Sanctuary
medicine, pregnant or nursing
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women, the elderly or if your work Closing Service
requires any physical labor. 9:00am y 12:00pm “I te! you the truth, anyone who
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W H A T I S FA S T I N G ?
Fasting involves a voluntary decision to
abstain from any food or liquids, either partial
or total, for a specific period of time with a
defined purpose before God.
OBJECTIVES
1. To glorify God,
2. Sanctification and deliverance within the
people of God,
3. For an outpouring of the Spirit and the
continuous vitality of the church,
4. For a heart of gratitude towards God,
5. Evangelistic anointing,
6. For the construction process of our new
Sanctuary.
T Y P E S O F FA S T I N G
Total Fast
Option 1
No food or liquids.
Option 2:
No solid foods but with the inclusion of liquids
(water or juice).
Partial Fast
The person can eat certain foods (such as
fruits, juices) refraining from any favorite or
appealing foods.
ATTITUDE AND REASONS FOR
FASTING
To humble our souls (emotions, the will,
thought patterns), in submission to God
(Is. 58:4-5)
For the deliverance of any burden within our
lives (Is. 58:6)
For the healing of broken hearts, wounded
spirits and emotions (Is. 58:6)
Confess our sins and turn back towards God
(Nehemíah 9:1-5)
For physical healing (Psal. 35:13)
To seek God’s will and direction in our lives
during periods of confusion and anxiety (Psal.
69:10, 2 Sam. 1:11-12; Mat. 17:21, Rom. 12:1-2)
Deliverance from the attractions of this world
(Is. 58:6)
To receive spiritual authority and discernment
over the schemes of the devil (Mat. 17:21)
For effective discipline in the execution of our
ministry (Luk. 2:31-37)
PRAYER PETITIONS
1. For your life: holiness, power, healing
(physical, spiritual, emotional), and spiritual
revelation.
2. Blessing and prosperity for our families; that
God may provide them with stable jobs,
homeownership, the necessary
documentation to work in this country.
3. The collaborative efforts of our church with
others and their respective pastors as we seek
for a powerful moving of God in New
England.
4. For our pastors and their families (Pastor
Roberto Miranda, Pastor Greg Bishop,
Pastor Sam Acevedo, Pastor Omar Soto), and
the church staff.
5. For the ministries of our church; a release of
God’s power upon them.
6. Anointing to minister deliverance from
substance abuse, addictions, emotional
bondage, and sexual struggles.
7. For the church to be mindful of the blessing
in tithing and to actively contribute to the
projects God has entrusted this church with.
8. Construction of the new Sanctuary: for God
to provide the necessary resources during
this process, the wisdom to administer them,
and the many lives that will be transformed
through it.
9. Access to the BWSC parking during the time
of construction.