WELCOME
Welcome Novemberfast 2023. Each year we set aside the first 21 days in November to lean into prayer as a church family to better hear God’s voice and get direction for the coming new year. It’s hard to say what a new year will bring, but there are two ways to navigate it when it does: 1) you can let circumstances take you where they will, or 2) you can hear from God in advance, set your course and then push through opposing circumstances that appear with confidence that you're moving in the right direction. Novemberfast will position you to step into the new year better equipped to take the ground that rightfully belongs to you.
FASTING FYI:
Fasts can be found everywhere in the Bible and when God’s people fasted, they deprived themselves of food, sometimes water and other common pleasures. In place of those things they used their time to get closer to God, search out answers and fight for breakthrough in critical areas of their lives. Fasts lasted from as short as a single meal to as long as 40 days. There is always a level of discomfort proportional to the fast, but that was part of the sacrifice offered in order to experience the desired outcome.
To be clear, fasting is not a form of asceticism, the act of enduring physical discomfort to receive God’s pleasure or strong arm Him into doing something on your behalf. Instead, fasting is the work of better aligning yourself with God to more easily access the favor He has for your life.
AS A NOVEMBERFASTER:
You will attend regularly scheduled church gatherings.
You will read assigned chapters in the Bible each day.
You will spend time implementing a Prayer Outline that is broken up into daily themes to better help you to pray effectively over the many components of your life.
You will watch a daily Video Challenge on Facebook and leave a comment to encourage other viewers.
It’s up to you to decide what you will sacrifice during your 21 days. You will commit to a personally defined level of fasting including individual foods, complete meals, entertainment, leisure activities, social media, hobbies, etc.
HERE ARE YOUR NEXT STEPS:
Register by clicking HERE.
Visit the NOVEMBERFAST 2023 page HERE, download the 2023 Novemberfast Booklet that includes your 2023 Novemberfast Commitment and Prayer Outline. These are available as Google Docs, Word Docs, and PDF’s.
Next, join us November 1 and every day following on the C3 Facebook Page HERE to view the daily Video Challenge. After you’re done with the video, be sure to leave a comment so we can enjoy the challenge together.
Finally, stick with Novemberfast all 21 days. If for some reason you miss a day or two, do not quit. Pick back up with the current day, and if you have time, go back and visit missed days. And if you don’t find time to go back, keep moving forward. Better to miss a day or two then drop out because of a day or two. But even better, knock it out of the park all 21 days.
This year, you’ll notice that the theme of our fast is FAMILY. We have chosen this theme because as disciples following Jesus, we are a part of the spiritual family of God which is a mirror image of individual natural families. We believe that God is wanting to bring revelation, vision and strength to both because both have been under such a heavy attack over the last several years. This is going to be an incredible 21 days, and we are excited to have you join us. Let’s do this!