Growth: 21-Day Fast: Week 2 beginning 6/18

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1 Growth: 21-Day Fast: Week 2 beginning 6/18 ACTION CHAPEL BALTIMORE Weekly Schedule of Prayer During the 21-Day Fast (June 11-July1st) Mondays The Prayerline & Daily Bible Reading, dial , Code # Tuesdays 11am Dominion ACB /Church Building The Prayerline & Daily Bible Reading, dial , Code # If your fellowship group does NOT meet on Tuesdays join the line 7pm Fellowship Groups Meet for Prayer & Daily Bible Reading Wednesdays The Prayerline & Daily Bible Reading, dial , Code # If your fellowship group does NOT meet on Wednesday join the line 7pm Fellowship Groups Meet for Prayer & Daily Bible Reading Thursdays 6-7:30pm Prayer & Corporate Bible ACB/Church Building Fridays 8pm Encounter Service & Bible ACB/Church Building Saturdays The Prayerline & Daily Bible Reading, dial , Code # Sundays 10am Celebration Building Contact Us Take I-95 to Exit 50, S Caton Avenue. Our address is: 6 Azar Court, Arbutus, MD actionbaltimore@gmail.com page 1

2 Table of Contents Weekly Schedule of Prayer During the 21-Day Fast (June 11-July1st)... 1 Contact Us... 1 WHY FASTING & PRAYER:... 3 Instructions... 3 Weekly Schedule of Prayer During the 10-Day Fast... 3 Know the purpose of your fast DANGERS TO GUARD AGAINST... 4 Self-Preparation... 4 Quick Tips... 5 Foundational Scriptures for Fasting... 5 Day 8: Monday, June 18, Read Matthew Day 9: Tues. June 19, Read Matthew Day 10: Wed. June 20, Read Matthew Day 11: Thursday, June 21, Read Matthew Day 12: Friday, June 22, Read Matthew Day 13: Saturday, June 23, Read Matthew Day 14: Sunday, June 24, Read Matthew page 2

3 WHY FASTING & PRAYER: Fasting is one of the most powerful spiritual disciplines of all the Christian disciplines. Through fasting and prayer, the Holy Spirit can transform your life. Fasting and prayer can also work on a much grander scale. According to Scripture, personal experience and observation, we are convinced that when God's people fast with a proper Biblical motive seeking God's face not His hand with a broken, repentant, and contrite spirit, God will hear from heaven and heal our lives, our churches, our communities, our nation and world. Fasting and prayer can bring about revival a change in the direction of our nation, the nations of earth and the fulfillment of the Great Commission. The awesome power can be released through you as you fast through the enabling of the Holy Spirit. Instructions We will begin our Corporate Fast on Monday, June 11, 2018 and end on Sunday, July 1, We will fast corporately 7 days a week (everyday) from 6am to 6pm by eliminating food during that time and joining together to pray as a Church Family. Those who are joining the corporate fast for the first time can begin with 6am to 12noon or 6am to 3pm and work their way up to 6am to 6pm. The times of prayer are listed below: Weekly Schedule of Prayer During the 10-Day Fast Mondays The Prayerline & Daily Bible Reading, dial , Code # Tuesdays 11am Dominion ACB /Church Building The Prayerline & Daily Bible Reading, dial , Code # If your fellowship group does NOT meet on Tuesdays join the line 7pm Fellowship Groups Meet for Prayer & Daily Bible Reading Wednesdays The Prayerline & Daily Bible Reading, dial , Code # If your fellowship group does NOT meet on Wednesday join the line 7pm Fellowship Groups Meet for Prayer & Daily Bible Reading Thursdays 6-7:30pm Prayer & Corporate Bible ACB/Church Building Fridays 8pm Encounter Service & Bible ACB/Church Building Saturdays The Prayerline & Daily Bible Reading, dial , Code # Sundays page 3

4 10am Celebration Building Make your commitment with God, not with man. The arm of flesh will fail you, but God will sustain you in every spiritual endeavor. If you are fasting to impress men, you have your reward. Ask the Holy Spirit to clarify His leading and objectives for your prayer fast. This will enable you to pray more specifically and strategically. Know the purpose of your fast. CORPORATELY, WE ARE FASTING FOR SPIRITUAL, NUMERICAL AND FINANCIAL GROWTH FOR Action Chapel Baltimore: Dominion Center and speaking over the remaining months of 2018 that we will possess our gates and the gates of our enemies. We are fasting corporately for increase, enlargement and expansion for the ministry, and for the manifestation of that which God has promised each member for our Personally, why are you fasting? What gates, doors, and keys are you looking to possess? Be specific. Is it for spiritual renewal, for guidance, for healing, for the resolution of problems, for special grace to enter a door of increase, marriage, ministry, etc.? Write your issues, prayers, supplications down and be ready to hear God's answer or track your progress toward closure. Sometimes we can become so engaged in a spiritual activity, we lose sight of its intended purpose. When this happens, pride (spiritual pride) can be attached to fasting although fasting is supposed to produce humility. Fasting is about bringing the body into spiritual balance. An effective fast will produce long lasting health benefits. The outer body will reflect the state of the inner man. This fast is a Six to Six fast If you are breaking at six where will you be when you break? Will you be able to pray effectively if you are breaking at six? When you have set a time to break, identify and determine how can you highlight to yourself the fast is about prayer and spiritual issues more than food and obeying the urges of the flesh to eat at six? Plan, plan, plan. TIME CONSTRAINTS How much time will you commit to Prayer and Fasting? How many times a day will you join the prayerline? How much time will you pray, read, study, meditate and spend with God? How will you eliminate distractions due to other requirements? Buy a journal to record prayers, thoughts, etc. Write down in your journal all that God is saying from Day 1 of the Fast. If God tells you to go longer or to eliminate more, your writings will help to encourage you that what you are hearing is in line with your progress. DANGERS TO GUARD AGAINST The Bible doesn't speak at all on the physical dangers of fasting but please check with your doctor if you're on medication, pregnant or breast-feeding. Those who are breastfeeding may consider doing vegetables only or switching their fast from 6pm to 6am that means no eating after 6pm--period. Self-Preparation Prepare yourself spiritually. The longer you have to get ready for a long fast, the better. Don't talk yourself out of it if you haven't had enough time to prepare. For some of you, God has been asking for an audience in fasting and prayer with you for years. Begin the journey and pray for Grace to fulfill this spiritual requirement. page 4

5 Pray Psalm 51 daily. Confess every sin. Make sure there's no ill will or evil intention on your heart. Remove all rocks of offense. Seek forgiveness and forgive others immediately. Read from THE DAILY BIBLE READING PLAN EACH DAY. You can find it on the church website at Prepare yourself physically. Flush it out. Drink lots of water. Take a laxative or an enema. Rest as much as you can. Quick Tips Put yourself on a schedule. This helps to stabilize you. Read, study, pray In the morning, pray 30 minutes to an hour wake up specifically to pray. Join the church prayerline. In the afternoon, walk and pray during the time you would normally eat - In the evening, pray in your prayer room. o Create a meeting place for you and God. The body will begin to recognize this place over time and make certain adjustments. If you lay down, the body will go into rest mode. If you get in a posture of prayer, the body will adjust its systems for this activity. End the Fast gradually. Expect results. Do a Timeline in your Prayer Room. Put the Warfare on the wall and track answered prayer it will encourage you to keep going. Foundational Scriptures for Fasting Fasting is endorsed not merely by the teaching of Jesus, but also by His own personal example. Matt. 16:16-18, Mark 2:18-20, Luke 4: The New Testament Christians not only practiced fasting individually, as a part of their personal discipline, but also practiced it collectively, as their corporate ministry to God. Acts 13:1-3, Acts 14: From Acts 13 and 14, we realize that collective prayer and fasting played a vital note in the growth and development of the New Testament church. It was through prayer and fasting that the early Christians received direction and power from the Holy Spirit for decisions or tasks of special importance. Fasting enables us to humble ourselves before God. Psalm 38:13, Ps 69:10, 2 Chronicles 7:14. Fasting is a means by which a believer brings his/her body into subjection. 1 Corinthians 9:27. Fasting changes man, not God. God is omnipotent and unchanging. Fasting breaks down the barriers in man s carnal nature that stand in the way of the Holy Spirits omnipotence. Ephesians 3:20 Fasting is neither a gimmick nor a cure all. God has made total provision for the well being of his people in every area of their lives spiritually is one part of this provision. Fasting is not a substitute for any other part of God s provision. Fasting intensifies prayer and enables the believer to become more effective spiritually. Daniel 9:2,3; Daniel 10:1-14 Fasting empowers the believer to obtain deliverance, spiritual breakthroughs, answered prayers and victory. Isaiah 58:6, 2Chronicles 7:14, 15, 2Chronicles 20:1-30 Fasting prepares the believer to receive a fresh outpouring of the Spirit and the blessings of God. Joel 2:12-29 Fasting has medical benefits. Isaiah 58:8 page 5

6 Day 8: Monday, June 18, 2018 Read Matthew 22 Confess every past or recent, conscious and unconscious, known and unknown sin in your heart, thoughts and Ask God to work in you more desire and will to study His Word, pray and fast. Declare that your appetite for Declare that by the word, fasting and prayer, you will grow spiritually to your next level in God. (1 Peter 2:2) Pray for the Archbishop, Bishop Kibby and the college of Bishops for wisdom to lead the movement, increase, Pray for the Pastor Cephas Reeves for great grace for the assignment to plant ACI Liberia. (Acts 4:33) Pray for Pastor Lenita Reeves for great grace for the assignment to lead ACB Dominion Center (Acts 4:33). For the Pastors and leaders of ACB Dominion Center for strength, wisdom and grace to advance the vision and Declare that ACB Dominion Center will become a thousand and a great nation. Declare that God will hasten it Day 8 Prayer Points Declare that you will discover and walk in the purpose and assignment that God gave you before you were born. o Ephesians 2:10: 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. o Psalm 139:13-16 New Living Translation): You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother s womb. 14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous how well I know it. 15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. 16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. Pray that zeal to walk in this assignment and purpose will consume you and become bigger than the cares and desires of the world. o Revelation 3:19: 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Pray that the Holy Spirit will empower you to live a life of holiness. o Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. Declare that the call, assignment and purpose God has for your life will compel you to walk in sanctification and holiness. o 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4: For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; Day 9: Tues. June 19, 2018 Read Matthew 23 Confess every past or recent, conscious and unconscious, known and unknown sin in your heart, thoughts and Ask God to work in you more desire and will to study His Word, pray and fast. Declare that your appetite for Declare that by the word, fasting and prayer, you will grow spiritually to your next level in God. (1 Peter 2:2) Pray for the Archbishop, Bishop Kibby and the college of Bishops for wisdom to lead the movement, increase, Pray for the Pastor Cephas Reeves for great grace for the assignment to plant ACI Liberia. (Acts 4:33) Pray for Pastor Lenita Reeves for great grace for the assignment to lead ACB Dominion Center (Acts 4:33). page 6

7 For the Pastors and leaders of ACB Dominion Center for strength, wisdom and grace to advance the vision and Declare that ACB Dominion Center will become a thousand and a great nation. Declare that God will hasten it Day 9 Prayer Points Ask the Lord to heal you of all bitterness and emotional hurt or brokenness of spirit, as a result of grievances against others. o Proverbs 18:14- The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness but who can bear a broken spirit. Confess the release of all those who offended you before God, that your prayers will not be hindered. o 2 Corinthians. 2:10-11 To whom you forgive anything I also forgive. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ, lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices. Claim your release, from the spirit of offenses and overthrow every spirit of unforgiveness over your life. o Ephesians 4: Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. Pray that the Lord will enable you to be reconciled with those who you may have offended, and those who may also have offended you in one way or the other. o Proverbs 18:19 A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city, and contentions are like the bars of a castle. Pray that God will move the heart of those harboring offences against you to forgive and be reconciled with you. o Proverbs 21:1 The king s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water; he turns it wherever he wishes. Stand in the gap and intercede for forgiveness for the sins of your family and loved ones. o Ezekiel 22:30 So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy if; but I found no one. Day 10: Wed. June 20, 2018 Read Matthew 24 Confess every past or recent, conscious and unconscious, known and unknown sin in your heart, thoughts and Ask God to work in you more desire and will to study His Word, pray and fast. Declare that your appetite for Declare that by the word, fasting and prayer, you will grow spiritually to your next level in God. (1 Peter 2:2) Pray for the Archbishop, Bishop Kibby and the college of Bishops for wisdom to lead the movement, increase, Pray for the Pastor Cephas Reeves for great grace for the assignment to plant ACI Liberia. (Acts 4:33) Pray for Pastor Lenita Reeves for great grace for the assignment to lead ACB Dominion Center (Acts 4:33). For the Pastors and leaders of ACB Dominion Center for strength, wisdom and grace to advance the vision and Declare that ACB Dominion Center will become a thousand and a great nation. Declare that God will hasten it Day 10 Prayer Points Commit to tithing and giving. Then, rebuke every financial devourer in your life and command the immediate recovery of stolen goods by the superior blood of Jesus. (Malachi 3:10-12) page 7

8 Uproot financial barrenness. (Haggai 1:2-6) Command permanent closure to all forms of vain labor, financial desecration and setbacks in the name of Jesus Christ. (Judges 6:1-5) Release financial fruitfulness, abundance and divine supply. Day 11: Thursday, June 21, 2018 Read Matthew 25 Confess every past or recent, conscious and unconscious, known and unknown sin in your heart, thoughts and Ask God to work in you more desire and will to study His Word, pray and fast. Declare that your appetite for Declare that by the word, fasting and prayer, you will grow spiritually to your next level in God. (1 Peter 2:2) Pray for the Archbishop, Bishop Kibby and the college of Bishops for wisdom to lead the movement, increase, Pray for the Pastor Cephas Reeves for great grace for the assignment to plant ACI Liberia. (Acts 4:33) Pray for Pastor Lenita Reeves for great grace for the assignment to lead ACB Dominion Center (Acts 4:33). For the Pastors and leaders of ACB Dominion Center for strength, wisdom and grace to advance the vision and Declare that ACB Dominion Center will become a thousand and a great nation. Declare that God will hasten it Day 11 Prayer Points Declare the healing of your land and the land of ACB Dominion Center through fasting and prayer. Let your land be turned into a fertile land in Jesus name. (1 Chronicles 7:14 ) Annihilate barrenness in every area of your life. (Isaiah 54:1-3; Exodus 23:25-27) Declare every barren womb opened and fruitful. (I Sam. 1:5-7, 19-20) Declare and decree that no child conceived will be miscarried in Jesus name. (Exodus 23:26) Day 12: Friday, June 22, 2018 Read Matthew 26 Confess every past or recent, conscious and unconscious, known and unknown sin in your heart, thoughts and Ask God to work in you more desire and will to study His Word, pray and fast. Declare that your appetite for Declare that by the word, fasting and prayer, you will grow spiritually to your next level in God. (1 Peter 2:2) Pray for the Archbishop, Bishop Kibby and the college of Bishops for wisdom to lead the movement, increase, Pray for the Pastor Cephas Reeves for great grace for the assignment to plant ACI Liberia. (Acts 4:33) Pray for Pastor Lenita Reeves for great grace for the assignment to lead ACB Dominion Center (Acts 4:33). For the Pastors and leaders of ACB Dominion Center for strength, wisdom and grace to advance the vision and Declare that ACB Dominion Center will become a thousand and a great nation. Declare that God will hasten it page 8

9 Day 12 Prayer Points Plead the blood of Jesus over your life, spouse, children, family and everything connected to you. Activate the blood of Jesus to speak for you and to superimpose every accusation against your life, the church and pastors of ACB Dominion Center. o Hebrews 12:24: You have come to Jesus, the one who mediates the new covenant between God and people, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks of forgiveness instead of crying out for vengeance like the blood of Abel. Take authority over and terminate the assignment of blessing blockers. Declare you will have breakthroughs and that the angels of God will be strong on your behalf. o Daniel 10:12-14: 12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. 13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. 14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days. Declare that the people of ACB Dominion Center will continue to have great testimonies through this fast. Release testimonies and answered prayer. o Revelation 12:11: And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Day 13: Saturday, June 23, 2018 Read Matthew 27 Confess every past or recent, conscious and unconscious, known and unknown sin in your heart, thoughts and Ask God to work in you more desire and will to study His Word, pray and fast. Declare that your appetite for Declare that by the word, fasting and prayer, you will grow spiritually to your next level in God. (1 Peter 2:2) Pray for the Archbishop, Bishop Kibby and the college of Bishops for wisdom to lead the movement, increase, Pray for the Pastor Cephas Reeves for great grace for the assignment to plant ACI Liberia. (Acts 4:33) Pray for Pastor Lenita Reeves for great grace for the assignment to lead ACB Dominion Center (Acts 4:33). For the Pastors and leaders of ACB Dominion Center for strength, wisdom and grace to advance the vision and Declare that ACB Dominion Center will become a thousand and a great nation. Declare that God will hasten it Day 13 Prayer Points Pray that the Lord will bless the church with miraculous signs and will draw men to Him. Mark 16:20 Pray that the anointing of increase and the miraculous will flow into the church. Acts 5:12,14 Ask the Lord to clothe your pastors with a double portion of his anointing. Acts 19:11 Pray for a fresh unction of the Spirit to rest upon every member of the church. Psalm 92:10 Pray that God s word will be preached with integrity and power in the church. Luke 4:32 page 9

10 Day 14: Sunday, June 24, 2018 Read Matthew 28 Confess every past or recent, conscious and unconscious, known and unknown sin in your heart, thoughts and Ask God to work in you more desire and will to study His Word, pray and fast. Declare that your appetite for Declare that by the word, fasting and prayer, you will grow spiritually to your next level in God. (1 Peter 2:2) Pray for the Archbishop, Bishop Kibby and the college of Bishops for wisdom to lead the movement, increase, Pray for the Pastor Cephas Reeves for great grace for the assignment to plant ACI Liberia. (Acts 4:33) Pray for Pastor Lenita Reeves for great grace for the assignment to lead ACB Dominion Center (Acts 4:33). For the Pastors and leaders of ACB Dominion Center for strength, wisdom and grace to advance the vision and Declare that ACB Dominion Center will become a thousand and a great nation. Declare that God will hasten it Day 14 Prayer Points Pray that God will make you a spiritual pillar in His church. Galatians 2:9 Pray for every person who steps into the church to experience the life changing power of God. Acts 13:12 Pray that God will anoint all those leading and working with the pastor with the power of His Spirit. Acts 6:6,8 Pray that individual members will grow in their walk with God and in intimacy with the Holy Spirit. Col. 1:10 Pray that the church will excel and grow in the beauty prospering spiritually, and financially. 3 John 1:2 page 10