10 DAYS OF FASTING & PRAYER: A TIME OF CONSECRATION, THURSDAY, MARCH 21ST - SATURDAY, MARCH 30TH

Our church is setting aside ten days from Thursday, March 21st through Saturday, March 30th as a special time of fasting and prayer.  We hope one and all will join us in intentionally engaging in these practices during this special season!  On Easter Sunday, March 31st we'll break our fast and celebrate together our resurrected Lord! 

The purpose of these 10 days is to consecrate ourselves to God. The Merriam Webster dictionary defines consecration this way: “to officially promise to give one's time and attention to something.”

During this time of consecration, we fast and pray, not because we seek God’s hand to accomplish something for us and not to earn his love. Indeed, God loves us to the utmost already - as he showed us on the cross!  Rather, we deny ourselves in fasting and we engage intentionally in prayer, because we desire to train our hearts to focus on God before everything else. Read more about why we're engaging in this special week and the benefits of participating here.

WHAT AM I INVITED TO DO?

• Decide how you will fast

• Set aside time to pray

• Engage with community (small group)

Check out our 10 days on our website for more resources that will help you to fast, pray, and connect with a small group in this special season! Additionally, we have created a prayer journal with daily devotionals for these 10 days (a printed devotional book is available free of charge at our Sunday services during the month of March). If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to Pastor Kris (kristian@hopeastoria.org) or Pastor Denise (denise@hopeastoria.org). We hope you’ll join us in what we expect will be a powerful time for us personally and collectively with the Lord!