21 Day Fast – Day 7

Day seven of our 21 Day Fast I have been seeking the Lord first of all because I felt that He was inviting me to so. In December I was going through my Scripture memory and my eye just happened to fall on some scripture I had written down that I wanted to memorize. (These Scripture go back about three years ago) My eyes happened to fall on one – Isaiah 55:6 “Seek the Lord while He may be found call upon Him while He is near.” Then I saw several other Scripture: 2 Chronicles 15:12 “Then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.” Job 5:8 “But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would commit my cause.” As the scriptures seemed to pop up off the page I smiled. I knew the Lord was answering the prayer I had been praying for several months regarding whether I should lead the church in this fast. I felt that this was His answer. A week before the fast began I pressed into seeking Jesus desiring to see Him; desiring for Him to appear before me. In my search the first thing that He drew my attention to was this question: What do I need from God? I wrote down a list: breakthrough in my walk with the Lord; breakthrough in my coming into what He’s purposed for my life; breakthrough in Bethany Church’s ministries, growth and God’s Presence; breakthrough for my son; breaking off of fear; girding up of my faith; what country God wanted out church to be on mission to; reformation of the church; revival, transformation, awakening; and renewal in our church’s life. Those things gave me some extra things to pray. But before I answered this question I had made another list. In this list I had written: “The purpose of this fast would be to seek a dramatic encounter that would transform my relationship with God. My focus would be seeking the Lord’s appearing, His Presence, a transformation. To have a new being. To be “dictated” to by the Spirit. To pray for a movement of the Holy Spirit to be birthed in me and the people of Bethany that will shake our neighborhood, the City of Weddington, Union Co., NC, America and the world. Transformation of the people of Bethany. Awakening of the lost through the people of Bethany. That God would do something only He could do. Pray that God would release grace expectation, and anointing in me and others at Bethany.”