Linked UP Church
Linked UP Worship Experience | 8:30am Service | January 5, 2025
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Linked UP Church
4331 Brownsville Rd, Powder Springs, GA 30127, USA
Sunday 8:30 AM
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---PRE-SERVICE PRAYER---
Focus: Living in the Power of the Holy Spirit
Foundation Scripture: John 15:26 AMPC
Prayer Points:
1. Recognize the Holy Spirit as our Comforter
2. Be Empowered by the Holy Spirit as our Strengthener
3. Be Guided by the Holy Spirit as our Counselor
Focus: Living in the Power of the Holy Spirit
Foundation Scripture: John 15:26 AMPC
Prayer Points:
1. Recognize the Holy Spirit as our Comforter
2. Be Empowered by the Holy Spirit as our Strengthener
3. Be Guided by the Holy Spirit as our Counselor
--MESSAGE--
Connect 21 – Week 1
Connect 21 – Week 1
Prayer: To communicate with God.
Fast: To abstain (from food) for a period of time.
Fast: To abstain (from food) for a period of time.
Introduction:
a. Prayer and fasting are powerful spiritual disciplines that help us draw closer to God. A focused period of 21 days allows us to:
- align our hearts with God’s will
- seek His direction
- experience spiritual breakthroughs
a. Prayer and fasting are powerful spiritual disciplines that help us draw closer to God. A focused period of 21 days allows us to:
- align our hearts with God’s will
- seek His direction
- experience spiritual breakthroughs
b. Daniel’s 21-day fast provides a biblical foundation, showing how perseverance in fasting and prayer led to divine revelation and victory.
Let’s look at eight reasons why you don’t want to miss this opportunity:
1. The significance 21 Days.
a. It’s a biblically inspired period, drawn from Daniel’s example.
b. It’s long enough to develop a deeper spiritual habit, but manageable for most people.
a. It’s a biblically inspired period, drawn from Daniel’s example.
b. It’s long enough to develop a deeper spiritual habit, but manageable for most people.
2. Fasting Will Bring Clarity in a World of Distractions.
3.What does fasting do for you?
a. Denying ourselves physical comforts shifts our focus to God.
b. It helps eliminate distractions, making room for spiritual clarity.
a. Denying ourselves physical comforts shifts our focus to God.
b. It helps eliminate distractions, making room for spiritual clarity.
Biblical example: Daniel fasted to gain understanding and wisdom from God.
Sometimes you must pray through demonic resistance to receive the answer, understanding, and wisdom.
Personal application: Use the 21 days to silence competing voices, like social media, excessive entertainment, or other distractions, and focus on hearing from God.
4.Prayer Invites God’s Power into Our Lives.
5.The significance of praying for 21 days.
a. Persistent prayer demonstrates faith and dependence on God.
b. It aligns our will with God’s will, opening the door for His power to work in us and through us.
a. Persistent prayer demonstrates faith and dependence on God.
b. It aligns our will with God’s will, opening the door for His power to work in us and through us.
Biblical example: Jesus fasted and prayed for 40 days, overcoming temptation and beginning His ministry empowered by the Holy Spirit.
Personal application: Dedicate time each day to seek God’s presence and intercede for specific needs, trusting His power to bring transformation.
6.Fasting and Prayer will Lead you into Breakthroughs.
a. Strongholds are broken, and spiritual barriers are removed.
b. God answers prayers in His perfect timing and way.
b. God answers prayers in His perfect timing and way.
Biblical example: Esther called for a three-day fast before approaching the king, and God delivered her people.
Personal application: Approach the 21 days with expectancy for God to bring personal, relational, and spiritual breakthroughs.
7.Practical Steps for 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting.
a. Set clear goals.
b. Decide what you’re fasting from (food, social media, other distractions).
c. Write down what you’re praying for, do you need clarity, breakthroughs, or a deeper intimacy with God.
a. Set clear goals.
b. Decide what you’re fasting from (food, social media, other distractions).
c. Write down what you’re praying for, do you need clarity, breakthroughs, or a deeper intimacy with God.
8. Stay Spiritually Engaged.
a. Dedicate specific times each day for prayer, worship, and scripture reading.
b. Expect challenges but rely on God for strength. Remember Galatians 6:9: “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
a. Dedicate specific times each day for prayer, worship, and scripture reading.
b. Expect challenges but rely on God for strength. Remember Galatians 6:9: “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
Closing Challenge:
1. Why This Matters?
a. 21 days is an opportunity to reset spiritually, grow in faith, and experience God in a deeper way.
b. It’s not about rituals or performance, but about a heart surrendered to God.
1. Why This Matters?
a. 21 days is an opportunity to reset spiritually, grow in faith, and experience God in a deeper way.
b. It’s not about rituals or performance, but about a heart surrendered to God.
2. Stay encouraged.
Just as Daniel’s fasting and prayer led to divine revelation, your obedience and persistence will yield spiritual fruit. Trust God’s timing and work.
Just as Daniel’s fasting and prayer led to divine revelation, your obedience and persistence will yield spiritual fruit. Trust God’s timing and work.
3. Let’s gooooo!
Begin the 21 days with a heart full of expectancy. Seek God earnestly, and He will meet you.
Begin the 21 days with a heart full of expectancy. Seek God earnestly, and He will meet you.
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