Congratulations on making it to the FINAL week of Prayer & Fasting!

We would love to hear testimonies of what God has done and is doing in your life as you have set this time aside!

For those of you who have kept up with your Bible Reading Plan, we are doing a Steakhouse gift card raffle! Food favors come when you put God first!

Please fill out the form below to enter the drawing. Please also email us screenshots of your completed reading plan, dates Jan. 2-22.

The reading is supposed to be completed within the 21 days, so you have until midnight tonight, the 22nd, to complete your reading, fill out the form, and email us screenshots of your completed Bible Reading Plan.  

Everyone who completes the form, and we receive an email showing you've completed your reading dates, will have their name added to the drawing. Pastor Sandy will draw and announce the winner on her next livestream. A gift card is not worth breaking your integrity with the Holy Spirit, so please be honest and don't trip over this. This is designed to be a fun reward for pressing into the things of God.

We hope you have enjoyed this journey in the Word together. We pray that you've gone deeper than ever before and that there has been a renewing and transforming in your innerman by the Spirit of God. We pray that you've seen God do miraculous works and miracles in your midst in this time, and we pray that seeds have been sown for a harvest that it will continue throughout 2025 and even for the rest of your days.

Continuing in your Bible reading:
Here are some prayers you can pray, scriptures to stand on, things you can ask the Holy Spirit as you read the Word. Remember to talk to the Holy Spirit and ask questions when you read the Word because He will answer you. Journaling the things that Father speaks to you is a great practice. When you read, ask the Holy Spirit to:

1. "Open my eyes to see wonderful things in Your Word" (Psalm 119:18).
2. "Cause my heart to incline to, and to love your Word instead of the things of the world" (Psalm 119:36).
3. "Give me understanding that I may learn your Word" (Psalm 119:73).
4. "Enlighten my eyes that I may know You, and the hope of Your calling, and the riches of Your glorious inheritance that You have IN me, and what is the greatness of Your power toward me and IN me--the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead" (Ephesians 1:16-23).
5. "Holy Spirit, manifest Jesus to me because I love you" (John 14:21).
6. "Show me mighty things, hidden things that I don't know yet" (Jeremiah 33:3).

Congratulations on making it to Week 2 of Prayer & Fasting!

How have you done with your Bible Reading Plan?
How have you done with your Fasting & Prayer?
Have you felt like the Bible Reading plan is helping you?
Feel free to share testimonies of what God is doing right now as a result of your seeking Him.

As we pass over into Week Two together, be encouraged! Know that we are believing with you for the things that you are requesting from God in His Word. Prayer is a relational and spiritual transaction with your heavenly Father. Remember that we inherit His promises through prayer by faith and patience. Learn how to submit yourself to what Father has willed for you in His Word without reducing or diminishing any or all of what He has promised. Always be first to worship, praise, and give thanks to the One who is more in love with you and concerned about every detail of your life than anyone else, your Heavenly Father.

Recommended Readings with links: 

• "A Complete Guide to Biblical Fasting: Master the Habit that Provokes God's Favor" by Ted Shuttlesworth Jr.
• "Winning Prayer" by David Oyedepo
• "Boldly I Come: Praying According to God's Word" by Kofi Acheampong

Are you caught up with your Bible reading?
Here are some questions you can ask yourself as you read. You may share if you like, essentially these questions are designed to challenge you to go deeper with the Holy Spirit in your reading. Journaling the things that Father speaks to you is a great practice.

1. When you read, do you notice any similarities or disconnects in your own life to what you are reading?
2. Does your life look like what you're reading? How or why not?
3. Do you feel you are being careful to observe and obey all you see in the Word?
4. Are there any areas that you feel the Holy Spirit speaking to you about how you can make changes? Is it a mindset? Is it an attitude change? Are there any practical changes you can make?

Welcome to week one of Prayer & Fasting for 2025!

We invite you to read the Word with us on a 21 day Bible Reading Plan that is customized by Pastor Sandy as we follow along with her livestream teachings during this time of prayer and fasting.

In the TPOLC app, when you click on the bible tab, there will be a toolbar with an calendar icon called "Plan". When you click on the plan, it is already customized for you. Click on the correct day, read the assigned reading passages, and click the button at the bottom of the passages to "Complete" your reading for that day.

You will get app notifications when Pastor Sandy goes live and to remind you to complete your assigned bible reading. When you click on your profile picture in the app, scroll down to "App settings", click on "notifications" and make sure you are subscribed to "Prayer & Fasting" notifications! Each week, we will post some questions for you here about our assigned reading to help you reflect on what you read. You do not have to participate in the discussions but you are welcome to share with us what the Lord is speaking to you. We encourage you to come reflect with us in a discussion as we read the Word of God together.

As we launch off in the first week of prayer and fasting, if you have not already done so, we encourage you to get organized and intentional to get the most out of these 21 days that you are setting aside for God.
 
Some tips going into Prayer & Fasting:

• Declare your fast! Decide what type (fluids only, 6am-6pm, etc.)
• Take time to sit before the Lord and know what you will be asking and believing Him for during this time. Be specific.
• Find scripture to support your requests.
• Don't ask flippantly or too quickly: meditate on those scriptures, fill yourself with faith, extinguish any doubt in you.
• When you ask, take it! When you take it, praise Him for it!
• Put together a worship playlist and dedicate time to worship the Lord.
• If there is a specific topic in the Word that you want to increase knowledge on, this is the time to focus on it.
• Start each day with thanking the Lord! 
• Read a chapter of Psalms and Proverbs each day.
• Drink plenty of water, eat the Word of God, pray in the Holy Ghost, stay filled up with the livestream teachings, stay connected with us as we do this together! The questions here are designed to help you reflect on what God said. The discussions are designed to engage you. It's also fun to watch a group of believers seek the Lord together because the Lord will speak to us both individually as well as corporately through the group if people are engaged.

Recommended Reading with links: 

• "A Complete Guide to Biblical Fasting: Master the Habit that Provokes God's Favor" by Ted Shuttlesworth Jr.
• "Winning Prayer" by David Oyedepo

Have you completed this week's Bible reading?

1. What’s something you noticed for the first time?
2. What questions did you have?
3. What challenged you?