Prayer
Prayer is an opportunity to spend time with God. To really understand the heart of God, you need to pray. In John 15:15, Jesus says He no longer calls us his servants, but calls us His friends. Talking with God develops a deeper relationship with Him. During lock down this day has become an entire day of prayer with someone praying every hour.
Prayer is one of the most powerful weapons God has given us. We turn to prayer because it is the most personal way to experience God, to encounter Him and to grow in knowledge of Him. We encourage everyone to make prayer a part of your daily life.
Fasting
Fasting is an essential part of this special day.
Fasting is a deliberate abstinence from physical gratification, usually going without food for a period of time in order to achieve a greater spiritual goal. Fasting is intentionally denying the flesh in order to gain a response from the spirit; it means renouncing the natural in order to invoke the supernatural.
We urge everyone to fast for the day and put aside the time saved for God. You don’t have to fast from food, you can fast from TV or Netflix, social media or even your phone.
All we ask is that the time you would normally spend doing this activity is actually spent seeking God, listening for His voice and giving Him your undivided attention regularly throughout the course of the day.
Day of Prayer and Fasting
On the 1st day of each month, we encourage the whole church to join in a day of
prayer and fasting.
Prayer and fasting is a sign of our desire and hunger to seek God. Through prayer and fasting, we develop a passion for God that supersedes everything else. When this happens, the Holy Spirit begins to flow into us, allowing us to live above our circumstances and low self expectations.
To help plan our day of prayer, we use a 24-7 prayer room and publish notes to help you pray for the hour you choose. You can book an hour prayer slot through the newsletter link the week before or by clicking on the button below.To book and hour slot during our day of prayer and fasting, please click on the button below.
Prayer Notes for our
Day of Prayer and Fasting
Use this every day for the month, but especially for this day 1st October. To download a printable copy, please click on the button below.
It’s amazing how much we have going on as a church during this autumn period.
We are sowing, reaping and keeping all at the same time.
· Sowing: seeds of kindness serving sharing and preparing.
- Activities, table tennis, assemblies, toddlers and youth both the juniors and older,
on Fridays, Sundays and other days.
- Meals, for meet’n’eat and Sun Lunch.
- Leaders structure for the present and future.
- Christmas story trail
- Etc, etc, etc…
· Reaping: educating, challenging, teaching, preaching bringing to a point of understanding and faith. Services, Alpha, Lifegroups, salvation, regeneration.
· Keeping: the process of growth and discipleship, Lifegroups, services, prayer clinics, prayer, compassionate conversations, Ffald y Brenin and much more.
For your hour of prayer and fasting, read the book of Daniel in these three parts.
PART 1
20 minutes of thanks, worship and praise, then take five minutes to think of reasons that you are thankful today. Turn these into prayers of praise.
Use the passage Daniel 6:26-27.
26 “I issue a decree that in every part of my
kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel.
“For he is the living God and he endures forever;
his kingdom will not be destroyed,
his dominion will never end.
27 He rescues and he saves;
he performs signs and wonders
in the heavens and on the earth.
He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.”
Pray that the Lord will help you to have faith and believe verse 26, trembling before the Lord, his kingdom and dominion rule and reign.
Give thanks verse 27 about how He delivered and rescued.
Give thanks for signs and wonders you have seen and know, remember the moment God has moved.
Give thanks for the deliverance of God, replace Daniels name with your name, or your children name or someone’s name whom God has, or is rescuing.
Pray with thanks that God is working in the activities above.
PART 2
Use the passage Daniel 9: 3-5.
3 So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.
4 I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed:
“Lord, the great and awesome God,
who keeps his covenant of love
with those who love him and keep his commandments,
5we have sinned and done wrong.
We have been wicked and have rebelled;
we have turned away from your commands and laws.
Repent before God, perhaps 4 things to consider as we pray.
1. Our heart attitude (verse 3) as we pray now, and our heart attitude as a church. Also reading Matt 5 ‘blessed are the poor in spirit theirs is the kingdom of heaven, blessed are those who mourn’. For God to give us a right heart, and attitude, not casual, nor off hand.
2. Our posture, as we pray do we humble ourselves (kneeling, or lying prostrate, or some formal sign to God of his stature and our place. Do we give Him specific time,
or do we fit him in?
3. His Word, used for our prayers, what is God saying.
4. His Spirit present with us.
Pray for all those leading the activities and mission and ministry of the church to have right hearts and the leading and empowering of Holy Spirit.
PART 3
Pray for the above activities, but for these things particularly read in Daniel 10:10-13.
10 A hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees. 11 He said, “Daniel, you who are highly esteemed, consider carefully the words I am about to speak to you, and stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he said this to me, I stood up trembling. 12 Then he continued, “Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them. 13 But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia.
That we might have spiritual breakthroughs for our prayers answered and the battle in the heavenlies revealed and won.
Read Jude 1:9.
9 But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
Alpha: for information, turning to revelation, turning to transformation, particularly the practical and spiritual preparations for the Holy Spirit Day, and for those who have begun to complete the course and come to faith. And for wisdom in how we follow up for discipleship.
Leadership discussions: the structure that use as a church for church leaders and for trustees that we will be able to find the right structure to help us grow and develop and equip new and future leaders.
Christmas prep: recruiting and training those who will be involved in the Christmas activities especially the story trail, also as we prepare for the carol service and other Christmas events, inviting friends and family.
Church gatherings: especially spiritual anointing and breakthroughs as we gather, for the use of the Social Centre and it’s spiritual atmosphere, for the worship and prayer teams and for the church to grow in number and depth.
Use this every day for the month, but especially for this day 1st October. To download a printable version of the notes, please click on the button below.
Breakthrough Prayer Clinic
If you would like to have someone pray for you, please email prayerministry@northchurch.com to book an appointment in person or online.
Alternatively, you can check out our Prayer Clinic Page.
Spiritual Rhythm
We believe that a regular spiritual rhythm plays a key role in our walk with God. That's why on Tuesdays we have our rhythm of prayer throughout the day. We would encourage people to get involved with prayer.
To see all our prayer meetings, just click Spiritual Rhythm.