Fast Forward 2012: Day 19, Breaking through to Abundance

The images of mass and community revivals are spectacular, to say the least. Between the years of 1880 to the 1930′s this was a common practice and anticipated event. Entire congregations and even communities would come to celebrate what God was doing in their towns.

Revival is something we at The Summit, and many others in our area, have been praying for since we began. Since we have been praying for this I have discovered that even the word revival conjures up many different images and thoughts for different people. But I am not expecting a resurgence of the “Old Days.” After all, God is in the business of making all things “NEW.” But, I do know that God has promised a new pouring out of His Spirit in the last days and we will see a miraculous things and witness a great drawing and moving of people toward God once again.

As we end our 21 Day Corporate Fast, Prayer & Personal Devotion emphasis this weekend, I will be sharing God’s secrets to Abundance! For many, we equate Abundance with money. But it is so much more than that. I will talk about money this weekend and exactly what Abundance is, but I will say “Breaking through to Abundance” is also experiencing personal and corporate Revival. MAKE SURE YOU CLICK ON THIS LINK AND READ THE REST! REVIVAL IS STARTING! SEE HOW!

Fasting through Fear

Fear is the one emotion that seems to paralyze us more than anything else. Christian or not. Religious or not. Completely confident in your God or not. Fear seems to be that one emotion that most can’t seem to get a handle on.

Yet, it is that one emotion or even spirit that Jesus NEVER experiences. We see every other emotion come through His expressions, but fear never gets in front of Jesus.

Fear of the unknown, the enemies, the simple provisions, the impossibilities, the mountains and the battles in life is also something God continues to tell His followers not to listen to or give in to. God specifically tells us not to be afraid over 100 times in the Bibles. If you take into account all the times He shows us not to be afraid with out using the exact words it is closer to 365 times.

Romans 8:15
For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “ Abba! Father!”

2 Timothy 1:7
for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

“Fast Forward” – Detox the Mind, Soul and Body

^“19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; ²⁰ you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NIV)

Day 3 of our corporate fast, prayer and personal devotion at The Summit Church. Dana and I have been doing a water only fast for our country, church and our home. Many of you are doing a Daniel Fast or some other specific food or juice fast. If you have stayed the course in this you will find that by day 3 you are experiencing a physical “detox.” The chemicals (caffeine, nicotine, Mercuries, bbp’s, and other unhealthy & high levels of fats, sugars and crabs) are leaving your body and you are experiencing fatigue, headaches, muscle and joint pains and other uncomfortable symptoms. This is a natural part of removing harmful elements from your body so it can operate at a higher and more healthy level. The body will cleanse itself so it can function as it was intended.

Fast Forward – Opening the door to God’s power

 ³³ And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.” ³⁴ And Jesus said to them, “Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? ³⁵ The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.” Luke 5:33-35 (ESV)

Fasting is a Christian discipline that often escapes us in the western Christian culture. It’s one of those things we really don’t want to give much thought to but know it’s probably good and would make a difference in our walk with Jesus. However, we just don’t think it is fundamental to the whole Christian experience. Unfortunately, we couldn’t be more wrong.

There is good news. More churches are resurrecting the move to “Fast” and seek God with more expectation than ever before. One theologian has said it is a fad. Maybe it is. Maybe it has experienced a resurgence among church leaders because of one of the worst economic recessions the western world has ever experienced. Famed theologian, Scot McKnight says that “fasting is a natural, inevitable response of a person to a grievous sacred moment in life.” Fasting, Scot McKnight, 2009 Thomas – Nelson. Even if Fasting has erupted due to our desperation to get more from God, at least it is erupting.

At The Summit we have set aside the next 21 days (January 9th – January 29th) to Fast, Pray and devote ourselves to Personal Devotion in God’s Word. We have asked God and written down 7 things each one of us is asking God to accomplish in our lives. We are joining corporately because we are ready to see something so different happen in our community that we are ready to do something radically different. We are asking God to help make fasting a regular part of our lifestyle so we can see a resurgence take place in our church, in our community and in the core of who we are.

Join us as we expect God to do Supernatural acts in the coming months.

To help facilitate our revival we will gather each night, starting Wednesday night, January 11th, to join Elevation Church and Pastor Steven Furtick for 12 days of Code Orange Revival. Click here to see the line-up and then join us at The Summit’s Impact Center @ 6 PM each evening for the exciting time of revival!

The Award Winning Klondike Sled

The smoke from the starting pistol floated through the air as hundreds of  boys began to yell, scream and holler like packs of wild dogs chasing after the elusive gold of the 1800′s. It was the start to the annual Bluegrass Council Boy Scout’s Klondike Sled Challenge. Named after the great Gold Rush it tested the scouting abilities of each troop represented at the race. 10 stations over the entire course would challenge individual skills. The terrain and length of the course would challenge the durability and design of the sled. The strain of the event would challenge the team spirit and the relationship between boys and fathers.

“No son. The a-u-g-e-r. The thing that looks like a drill. Hand me that,” my dad would say in a long drawn out and agitated statement. We were building our first Klondike sled and my brother and I were more than just eager. Ww were twin boys hyped-up on Saturday morning, sugar-laced Captain Crunch and kool-aid prepared to show our dad how good we were at “NOT” listening or paying attention.