Day 1 of 40

Today is Day 1 of our 40 day fast that we believe God is calling us to!  I am sitting here eating grapes and drinking my juice.  I will be starting my fast on juice and fruit.  For those of you who like fruit this may sound appealing but fruit is not my favorite meal.  I am a meat boy!  I could eat meat without vegetables and be just fine.  I only really like two kinds of fruit too, apples and grapes, so this is really going to be a challenge for me.  I went out and got a good dinner with Ashley last night to celebrate the days ahead.  I cant tell you how much anticipation is stirring in my spirit and heart right now to see God continue to move in this time.  He has already been moving but when we consecrate ourselves to see Him move in greater ways it causes my anticipation to grow.

Thoughts on Fasting:

Stage One:  Humility (Psalm 35:13; Ezra 8:21; Isaiah 58:5; Psalm 69:10; I Peter 5:6; James 4:8-10)

I find it interesting as I have been doing research on fasting lately the sheer connection between the physical reactions and the spiritual reactions of our bodies.  Scripture is clear about the humility that comes along with fasting.  Knowing my desire to eat and the love of food it is humbling to lay down what you enjoy and not eat in hungry moments.  If you take the physical elements at the same time that your body is going through when you are fasting it gets “mad” crazy how much they connect.  You see in my humility I am asking God to remove from me sin that separates me from Him.  I am asking for the spiritual toxins to be removed from my body and transformed into all that He is.  As I have been studying the physical things of a fast I have found that the first phase of a fast removes large quantities of waste matter and digestive residues.  All of this waste then passes into the bloodstream and can make the first few days of the fast rough.  It causes that waste to move into every pore of your body and be released.  In this time of the first phase of the fast it is important that we ask God to remove every element of waste (sin) from us and allow it to leave us so that our bodies can then “heal” and it is important that we humble ourselves to see Him as our revealer.

More to come.. 40 days more!

Jared

Rosebud Reservation Trip

This is a quick opportunity for you to be able to serve this summer. We will be heading out to Mission, SD to serve LifeLight with a basketball tournament, street evangelism, feeding, and relational evangelism. The cost is 100.00. This will cover food, transportation, and lodging. You will need some money for lunch on the way out but that is it. If you are interested we must know by Sunday night. Contact Pastor Jared @ the church office or through facebook. If you are concerned about finances please contact Pastor Jared. If you are going there is a mandatory meeting at LifeLight on Tuesday, July 22nd @ 5pm

Trip Cost: $100.00
Dates:  July 24-26
Leaving: 6:30am on July 24
Returning:  11:00pm on July 26

Upcoming Stuff

Hey everybody just wanted to get ya some upcoming stuff…

Guys:  Thursdays lunch at HuHot -  Meet @ the church at 11:30am -  return at 1pm

Thunderroad Lock-in:  August 8th

Prayer and Fasting: Tuesdays 11am-1pm

Just an FYI watch out for more details.

Life

I know a lot of you have your life bands on your arms and you know the lingo but if you dont and you have a desire to end the moral issue of abortion in our nation you need one. I know that we may have a few around the church or you can get them through bound4life. Please go and check out this page before you make a commitment. Every morning I as you look down at your wrist I ask that you would pray this prayer:

“Jesus, I plead your Blood over my sins and the sins of my nation. God, end abortion and send revival to America.”

If you are 18 or over please register to vote and make a commitment that you will only vote for a pro-life candidate. This is an important issue that our government is trying to silence in these next elections. Do not allow it to be this way. This is not a political issue this is a MORAL issue. Cry out and make your voice be heard. Dont let the voices of the unborn be silenced in our nation.