The 40 Day Fast stretches from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. It will lead us into and through the Easter Season as we remember the Journey that Jesus took to the Cross. Our final week of the 40 Day fast is Holy Week.
The object of prayer and fasting is to pursue what God is laying before us as a church family, as well as individually. Fasting is a discipline that is taught and displayed throughout the Bible and history. By definition, fasting is not just the abstinence from food, drinks, or other consumption, but taking time to turn our attention to God. Although the most common item for people to fast is food, it can be anything that takes up your time and attention, like sugar, drinks, social media, etc. The goal of a fast is to take time away from things that satisfy our flesh or take our attention away from God, and replace them with a time of prayer and connecting to God.
