Prayer and Fasting

Rules and Guidelines

When the teacher is talking — you are not.

Keep your hands to yourself

Raise your hand — bathroom or to be called on

Follow these and we will have a blessed time

Review — Bible Reading, Prayer, and Fasting

Habit — Defined

What do you guys think?

A settled or regular tendency or practice

Something that we do without even thinking about it

Good Habits?

Doing chores

turning hw on in time

eating vegatables

locking the door behind you

Bad Ones?

picking your nose

texting and driving

burping

Bible Reading (Compass)

Proposition: We need to read the bible everyday, in order to know what it says — who God is and how he wants us to live!

Waze or Google Maps

— Pull out phone —

2. Prayer (Walkie - Talkies)

Proposition: When we pray we should talk to God honestly

do not focus on the words or the person — it can be awkaward just like when you meet anybody but when you get to know a person you can start to tell them anything!

Take one child and send them to FOYER with one walkie talkie

- Sophie or Ethan

Fasting — Matthew 4:1-4; 9:15

Read Scripture:

two bibles, two stands, two volunteers

Pray:

Intro:

FASTING ILLUSTRATION:

How many of you, if you were seated on a crowded bus, as saw an elderly woman,

maybe 70-80years old — and she was standing with her legs shaking because she had weak legs but needed to get home —

how many of you would give up your seat for her??

Why???

Feel sorry - you care - want to be helpful

Fasting Defined —

A practice of staying away from food and/or drink for a predetermined period

Why Do people fast?

Wrong Reasons:

Biblical Reasons:

Does Fasting always have to do with food? what else can we fast?

Examples:

Video games

Different foods

Entertainment

Candy

Ice Cream

Man will not live by BREAD ALONE (v. 4)

Name your favorite food that you could eat a ton of!

Pizza

Pasta

Teri and so on

CAn you remember a time that you were so full that you felt yucky?

Or got something you wanted and now you want something new?

What happened?

Those things are worldly and the devil uses those things to keep us from real pleasure!

1 JN 2:15-17

Psalm 16:11

Jesus is saying, God is greater than bread, pasta, video games

That is why we need to fast sometimes

to remind ourselves of what is important!

See our weakness for a hunger of God is not because he is unsatifying, but we are filled too much with other things — bread video games and so on

Proposition: We fast to help us focus on God and the things of heaven —

if we do not do this we will always be unhappy — wanting the next toy, a new friend, acceptance and

when you do not get it you will be sad

and if you do get it you will realize that it still leaves you empty