This Week At Renovation | July 27, 2021
We are continuing to get prepared for our 21 days of corporate prayer and fasting. Before we jump into some resources for our prayer and fasting journey, here are a few of our weekly discipleship resources.
Discipleship Opportunities
Serve In Giving (APEST)
God’s story of redemption is told through the generosity of his people. We are reminded of that truth every time we see the impact that your ministry has on a child of God.
SERVE IN GIVING
Corporate Prayer Facebook Group (APEST)
Are you looking for a breakthrough in your life? Do you need the Spirit to help you get through your day? What about an extra dose of Jesus-level patience b ecause you have six zoom meetings in a day? Then consider starting your workday off by praying with the people of God. Monday-Friday at 8:00a, we pray together for all those things and more.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/renovationatl
Join or Lead a Church At Home Pod (Evangelism)
Do you believe that God desires to see your friends, neighbors, and co-workers come to saving faith? Do you have a passion for seeing people who are far from God come to know him? Then God may be calling you to start a Church At Home Pod. For more information visit. https://renovationchurch.com/athome
Parent Discipleship Resources (Shepherding & Teaching)
We have several resources for all our parents as we equip you to disciple your children. By popular demand, we have created a youtube playlist with all the worship songs we use for RKM.
Parent Cue App: Download Now
RKM Weekly Worship: Elementary & Pre-K
This Week’s Parent Resource: Click Here
Women’s Weekly (Teaching)
If you would like to receive weekly discipleship materials written by and for the women of Renovation, subscribe to our Women’s Weekly Email List. Subscribe Here
21 Days of Corporate Prayer and Fasting
On August 8th, we begin our time of focused fasting and prayer as a community. This is a special time where we as a church seek what God has for us. Last week, we published some resources for you to begin preparing your hearts and diets. You can access those resources here.
This week, we wanted to share with you a portion of an article on the 7 steps of prayer and fasting that you can find on our prayer website.
I believe the power of fasting as it relates to prayer is the spiritual atomic bomb that our Lord has given us to destroy the strongholds of evil and usher in a great revival and spiritual harvest around the world.
Increasingly I have been gripped with a growing sense of urgency to call upon God to send revival to our beloved country. In the spring and summer of 1994, I had a growing conviction that God wanted me to fast and pray for forty days for revival in America and for the fulfillment of the Great Commission in obedience to our Lord’s command.
At first I questioned, “Is this truly God’s call for me?” Forty days was a long time to go without solid food. But with each passing day, His call grew stronger and more clear. Finally, I was convinced. God was calling me to fast, and He would not make such a call without a specific reason or purpose. With this conviction, I entered my fast with excitement and expectancy mounting in my heart, praying, “Lord, what do you want me to do?” I believe such a long fast was a sovereign call of God because of the magnitude of the sins of America and of the Church. The Lord impressed that upon my heart, as well as the urgent need to help accelerate the fulfillment of the Great Commission in this generation.
As I began my fast, I was not sure I could continue for forty days. But my confidence was in the Lord to help me. Each day His presence encouraged me to continue. The longer I fasted, the more I sensed the presence of the Lord. The Holy Spirit refreshed my soul and spirit, and I experienced the joy of the Lord as seldom before. Biblical truths leaped at me from the pages of God’s Word. My faith soared as I humbled myself and cried out to God and rejoiced in His presence.
This proved to be the most important forty days of my life. As I waited upon the Lord, the Holy Spirit gave me the assurance that America and much of the world will, before the end of the year 2000, experience a great spiritual awakening. This divine visit from heaven will kindle the greatest spiritual harvest in the history of the Church. But before God comes in revival power, the Holy Spirit will call millions of God’s people to repent, fast, and pray in the spirit of 2 Chronicles 7:14:
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
The scope of this revival depends on how believers in America and the rest of the world respond to this call. I have spent fifty years studying God’s Word and listening to His voice, and His message could not have been more clear.
This handy reference guide, Seven Basic Steps to Successful Fasting and Prayer, will help make your time with the Lord more spiritually rewarding. I encourage you to keep it with you during your fast and refer to it often because it gives easy-to-follow suggestions on how to begin your fast, what to do while you fast, and how to end your fast properly.
During my forty-day fast, God impressed me to pray that two million Christians in North America will fast for forty days by the end of the year 2000, and pray for national and worldwide revival and for the fulfillment of the Great Commission. I urge you to prayerfully consider this challenge.
Before you fast, I encourage you to read my book, The Coming Revival: America’s Call to Fast, Pray, and “Seek God’s Face.” It will help equip you for the coming spiritual awakening.
~ Bill Bright
As well, you can access all our resources on prayer and fasting at our website dedicated to those spiritual disciplines.
