(Psalm 90:12) “Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a
heart of wisdom.”
1. Set your prayer objectives.
(James 4:2-3) “You do not have, because you do not ask God.
When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong
motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.”
2. Decide what type of fasting you will do.
(Matthew 6:16-18) “When you fast, do not look somber as the
hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are
fasting. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that
it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your
Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in
secret, will reward you.”
3. Make it a heart thing not a food thing.
(Joel 2:12-13) “Even now,” declares the LORD, “return to me with
all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” Rend your
heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God…
4. Put to death the flesh.
(Romans 8:13) “For if you live according to the sinful nature, you
will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the
body, you will live…”
5. Choose a different lifestyle.
(Isaiah 58:3) “Why have we fasted,” they say, “and you have not
seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not
noticed?” “Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please…”
6. Expect results.
(Isaiah 58:8-9) “Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and
your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go
before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. Then
you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he
will say: Here am I…”
First Love
(Matthew 22:37) “Jesus replied: ʻLove the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.ʼ”
(John 4:23-24) “…the Father seeks worshippers… and His worshippers
must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
(2 Samuel 6:20-22) When David returned home to bless his household,
Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, “How the king
of Israel has distinguished himself today, disrobing in the sight of the
slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!” David said to
Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me rather than your father
or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the LORD's
people Israel--I will celebrate before the LORD. I will become even
more undignified than this…”
(Revelation 2:4-6) “Yet I(Jesus) hold this against you: You have forsaken your
first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and
do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and
remove your lampstand from its place.”
Remember your first love.
Remove the obstacles.
Rejoin the path of obedience.
Video
https://www.churchofthehighlands.com/media/message/first-love
Chris Hodges, Church of the Highlands
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