Drawing near to God: It’s quite common to become irritable during a fast. In a total food fast this moodiness is accentuated. In our Nepali fast, you may not be having hunger pangs, but you may be craving some more familiar cuisine. Either way our stomachs really do have a say in how we’re feeling. […]
Welcome to the first full day of our Nepali Fast! These daily updates are meant to inspire and inform us in our prayer and fasting activities this week. Drawing Near to God Part of what it means to draw near to God is to pray that we have his heart – that we see the
Isaiah 58 Fast April 13 – 20 In the bible, fasting and prayer usually go together. Fasting isn’t simply about the lack of food, or the lack of anything else for that matter, but rather an intensified focus, or shift in perspective from something temporal to God. It’s about bringing our attention to the Lord
On March 5, we entered the season of Lent. A season, 40 days leading up to Easter, that the church has historically observed as a time of preparation. A time to prepare hearts, bodies and lives for the life that’s made available through Jesus’ resurrection. Lent is only helpful if it points us towards resurrection.
