21 Days of Prayer & Fasting

January 13 through February 2

Firehouse Revival invites you to join with us for a special season of prayer and fasting, of setting ourselves apart, and of seeking the face of the Lord.

We have a deep desire to experience the manifest presence of Jesus in a greater way. To know Him more intimately. To have our hearts transformed to be more like His. We want to love what He loves, and turn away from what grieves Him. (Rom 12:9, 2 Cor 3:18, Phil 3:10-16)

So for these three weeks, we are fasting from behaviors, habits, and attitudes that do not represent the heart of our Lord. And simultaneously filling these spaces with prayer and fellowship with Jesus. (Rom 12:1-2, Col 3:9-10)

Our daily practices will include:

Upon waking, a prayer of dependence upon the Holy Spirit

Early morning prayer, devotion & Bible reading

Complete fast from grumbling, criticism, and fearful speak

Praying forgiveness and blessing towards people who’ve hurt us

Eliminating all secular music, news, television, and social media

Stepping out of our comfort zone to reach out to a person

Before bed, a time of reflection and repentance with the Father

We hope you will come along on this journey! We believe everyone who joins with us will experience a profound and personal revelation of our Precious Savior.

Please take some time to browse through all the resources, to send in your prayer requests, and to leave any testimonies about how this 21 Day Fast is impacting your life and your relationship with Jesus.

Please listen to Pastor Molly’s Intro to SET APART

We are in hungry pursuit of the Lord, and we hope you will join us for these 21 Days. This is not a time to sit on the sidelines waiting for the next move of God. This is the season to seek His face like never before, to bow down low, and to gather the oil that can only come from the Secret Place. For the next 21 Days, we are setting ourselves apart from the things of the world so that we can draw near to the heart of Jesus.

Can we pray for you? Or, do you have a testimony to share?

  • Every day we have team praying, and we’d love to lift you up in prayer

  • Please tell us your prayer needs below & we will intercede for you and your family

  • We’d love to hear any testimonies you’d like to share!

Below: detailed resources, prayers, & direction

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PRAYER UPON WAKING

Dear Holy Spirit, thank you for your presence right now. Thank you for being so present in my room even before I woke up.

I need you today. I am completely dependent upon you in every aspect of my life. I can’t think right without you, I can’t act right without you. My desire is to please the Lord in every way today, and I need you to help me. Draw me close and help me to be aware of you throughout the day.

Give me a sensitivity to hear you, to know if I’ve done anything to grieve you, and to keep in step with your leading.

Thank you, Jesus that you never leave me nor forsake me. You are so precious to me. Thank you that you died on the cross specifically for me so that I could be holy, and so that I could have the Holy Spirit, my comfortor, my advocate, and my counselor, to live inside of me. Help me today to align with your heart, to love what you love and to hate what you hate.

I love you so much and want to walk in your Love today.

MORNING TIME WITH THE LORD

Remember, Jesus wants YOU and your heart and attention, not your works or your plans. His greatest desire is to meet with you and draw you into his heart. He stripped himself of all of heaven, became human, and served humanity through his life and his passionate execution on a cross just to show you how much he wants you. You are the reward of all that suffering. Give him your whole attention. Here are some tips:

  • Leave the cell phone in another room, or if you use it for study, put it on airplane mode.

  • Ask the Holy Spirit to draw you in and help you love Jesus and stay focused on his presence.

  • Start with worship that moves your heart toward his.

  • Open the Psalms and read until something tugs at your heart and ask Jesus about it.

  • Sit in silence (or play soaking music) and meditate on Jesus: his eternal being, how he fills all in all, how he created everything, and yet has every one of your hairs counted and thinks more thoughts for you than the number of grains in the sand. Read and meditate slowly on his Passion week and resurrection.

  • Feast on the Word, the Bread of Life.

complete fast of unholy speech

As we pursue alignment with Jesus and his heart, we must understand that he cannot partner with unholiness. He is so holy, and the moment we begin to speak words of grumbling, compaining, criticism, he retreats. When we are making confessions of fear, anxiety, lies, we are actually choosing to partner with the enemy. Jesus understands what it’s like to be human, and the moment we recognize this behavior and turn our hearts toward him and repent, he is right there with open arms. What a beautiful and merciful Savior we have!

The moment you realize you are speaking negatively, stop. Ask the Lord to help you, and then speak love. Confess the Word. Build up people and yourself with your words.

Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips. —Psalms 141:3

Do everything without complaining, grumbling criticizing, faultfinding and arguing, so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people. Hold firmly to the word of life; then, on the day of Christ’s return, I will be proud that I did not run the race in vain and that my work was not useless. —Philippians 2:14-16

Read James 3, 1 Peter 3:10, Proverb 15:4, 18:20-21

forgiving and praying blessings

We see the remarkable heart of Jesus on display when he is hanging in agony on the cross and he begins to intercede for the very people who mercilessly tortured him and crucified him. “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”

Jesus commanded us to forgive our enemies, those who have harmed us, and those who have persecuted us. Our forgiveness is an act of faith and is spiritual warfare! And, if we want to be forgiven, the Lord commands us to forgive.

Is there ANY person you have offense with? Or someone who has hurt you and just the sound of their name makes you recoil? What about political figures?? Every day during this fast, ask the Lord to reveal any person with whom you have offense and pray the following prayer (Get ready…it’s a profoundly powerful one). Pray this EVERY DAY:

Father, your Word says that in order to be forgiven, I must forgive. And so I come to you in the Name of Jesus, in obedience and love, and I bring *name* before you. I cancel their debt. I choose to forgive this hurt against me, and I ask that you not hold this sin against *name* on my account.

I release *name* from any desire on my part to see them punished. In fact, as you have told me to do, I bless *name* in Your Son’s Name, Jesus. You know *name*’s desires, needs and hurts, so you know what would bless them. I ask that you pour out your love and healing to *name* and bring them your highest good because your Name is love, and you are not willing that any would perish. Now also, Father, please heal my heart and free me to love *name* as you do in Jesus’ Name!

Prayer from “The Genesis Process” by Michael Dye

Step out of comfort to touch a life

During this 21 Days, let’s be a people who are actively seeking people to bless. Let’s step out of our comfort zone to bless a stranger, to talk about Jesus, to pray for them, or to share the Gospel. Stretch yourself and do something you would not normally do! Some ideas:

  • Call someone and ask to pray for them

  • In your prayer time, ask the Lord to give you an encouraging word for someone and then call or text it to them

  • While you are out in public, ask God to highlight a person and go and ask them if you can pray for them

  • Pay for a stranger’s lunch

  • If you see a homeless person, go and talk with them and ask if you can pray for them. Keep some small bills in your pocket to give to them or coupons to fast food

  • Ask someone at the grocery store if you can carry their bags out to their car

  • Just keep your heart and eyes open for God to interrupt your life!!

reflection at the end of the day

During this 21 Days we are building a habit of giving God our first and our last. In the last moments of your day, before you lay down to sleep, turn your attention to Jesus. Give him your love and thanks for another day. Ask him in what ways you pleased him, and settle your mind to hear his voice. Then, ask him if there was anything you said or did that grieved his heart. Wait on his voice to gently correct you.

For any area you might need to repent, quietly ask for his forgiveness and his strength to be more like Him. Thank him for all he is doing in your life and ask him to speak to you in dreams even as you sleep.