21 Days of Prayer & Fasting
Are you ready to take on the New Year? Looking for a way to push yourself spiritually and start this new year off? Then join us in our 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting Challenge! This challenge will be an incredible opportunity to prioritize your relationship with God and focus attention on what matters most. Whether you have a great prayer life or no prayer life at all, this challenge is a powerful way to start 2024!
21 Days of Prayer & Fasting
Are you ready to take on the New Year? Looking for a way to push yourself spiritually and start this new year off? Then join us in our 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting Challenge! This challenge will be an incredible opportunity to prioritize your relationship with God and focus attention on what matters most. Whether you have a great prayer life or no prayer life at all, this challenge is a powerful way to start 2024!
What To Do
One.
Follow us on Instagram and check our stories for daily reminders and inspiration. Also, click Join The Fast below, to receive inspirational messages, LIFT Weekend Recaps, and more right into your email inbox.
Two.
Set aside time each day for reading the Bible and praying. A daily prayer list has been provided as well as different types of fasts for you to consider. Be sensitive to the Lord’s leading when choosing your fast.
Three.
Join us each Sunday morning at 9:15AM or 11AM as we collectively seek the Lord and His Word. If you’re unable to attend services in person, join us online. There’s nothing better than being with the Body of Christ in corporate worship and prayer!
Reading Guide
One of the most powerful disciplines you can develop to become more like Christ is to simply read the Bible. If you then create space to meditate on what you’ve read and have a conversation with God about it for the next 21 days, you will be amazed at how much you will grow spiritually.
If reading the Bible has been a struggle or difficult for you in the past, try using the YouVersion Bible App. It has many different devotional plans for you to choose from. We have a few suggested plans that we recommend you to try during the 21 Day Challenge.
Choosing Your Fast
Let’s be reminded that fasting isn’t a form of punishment for the sins you’ve committed since Christ took care of that for you on the cross. It’s the decision to disconnect yourself from your dependence on the world and yourself.
Here are examples of the different types of fasts that you might consider:
Here are examples of the different types of fasts that you might consider:
Complete Fasting:
Talk to your doctor and consult the Holy Spirit before you participate in this option but a complete fast is just that. For 21 days, you would only drink liquids (i.e. water, light juices, etc) for the entire day or designated portions of the day. We've seen this type of fast in the Book of Esther. Queen Esther called the entire nation of Israel to fast for their deliverance (Esther 4:16). It is amazing how long a human body can stand without food, but not without water. However, if God is calling you to this kind of fast, always follow His leading first.
Selective Fast:
This is the most common type of fast since the Bible talks about abstaining from certain foods or drinks. The Daniel Fast found in Daniel 10 is one example of a selective fast (no meats, breads and sweets for 21 days). Whole 30, Vegan/plant based and Paleo meal plans are popular food choices as well.
Intermittent Fast:
This was a common type of fast for the Hebrew people. For this fast, you’d designate certain times of the day for fasting. For example, no eating from sun up to sundown or choosing to eat only in the morning or the afternoon.
Soul Fast:
A Soul fast typically means removing luxuries and indulgences outside of food. Its purpose is to guard the types of things that enter your mind and heart during this season. This includes but isn’t limited to social media, music, movies & TV, smart phone usage or screen time either for a certain period or the entire period.
Daily Prayer Focus.
January 22
Day 1
Pray for the year ahead and ask God to grow your faith in 2024. Ask the Lord to reveal Himself to you in ways that He never has before.
January 23
Day 2
Ask God to help you to become a stronger ambassador for Christ and His Gospel, allowing the light of Jesus to shine brighter in your life.
January 24
Day 3
Spend time in prayer today for your city, our Nation and our leaders.
January 25
Day 4
Pray for the ministry of missionaries, that their influence among the nations would have a greater impact on the world.
January 26
January 27
January 28
January 29
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Pray for the current culture that we live in and ask the Lord for boldness to influence the world around you for His glory.
Seek the Lord in prayer for the pastors and leaders in our church. Pray to see God enlarge the territory of these individuals to advance the kingdom of God. Pray for tomorrow's church services.
Pray for those that you know who are unsaved or who have turned away from the Lord. Ask God to draw them by the power of His Spirit to faith in Jesus.
Pray for those who are participating in this 21 Day Challenge. Ask God to strengthen them and help them (and yourself) to remain faithfully focused on the reason why we’re spending this time in prayer and fasting.
January 30
Day 9
January 31
Day 10
February 1
Day 11
February 2
Day 12
Spend time praying for specific strongholds in your life that continue to keep you from experiencing the nearness of Jesus. Ask God to replace the lies of the enemy with the truth of His Word.
Pray for those who are sick, specifically those who you know. Ask for the faith to believe in supernatural strength and healing. Pray for God's power to be active in their life.
Pray for your classmates or co-workers and ask God to meet the individual needs they may have.
Ask God to make His presence and power known in your marriage or your relationship. Pray that God would continue to conform you into the image of His Son, a selfless servant. If you know of a marriage in need of prayer, spend time praying for those individuals as well.
February 3
Day 13
February 4
Day 14
February 5
Day 15
February 6
Day 16
Pray for Sunday’s church services. At The LIFT, we believe an empty seat is a serious matter. Who does God want you to bring to church tomorrow? Pray that not only would their lives be changed but that they would find their place and purpose in the body of Christ.
Pray and believe for God’s provision, especially for those who are unemployed and financially in need. Ask God to build up a new level of trust in hearts that may doubt God’s ability to provide for every one of their needs.
Pray for those who volunteer at church. Pray for their leaders and for a renewed sense of joy in the privilege we have to serve the people of God every week. If you’re not currently serving on a dream team, ask God for an open door and opportunity to get connected to the right team. We like to call this “Taking the next step!”
With only a few days left to the 21 Day Challenge, the spiritual battle only gets tougher. Let’s pray for an overflow of God’s power and perseverance for your church family and for their desire to be a light in this world to grow all the more.
February 7
February 8
February 9
February 10
Day 17
Day 18
Day 19
Day 20
Spend time in prayer for your family. Ask the Lord to help you to honor your parents. If you are a parent, ask God to help you nurture, equip and love your children with the love of Jesus.
The Lord has a specific calling on each of our lives. Spend some time asking Him to reveal that plan to you, if He hasn’t done so already, and for the courage to walk it out daily.
Begin to pray for the abused, the orphan and broken families. Ask God to make His presence and His love known in their lives and to heal the broken areas of their heart.
Pray for 2023 and ask God to continue to give you the strength to maintain the spiritual disciplines you’ve established at the beginning of this year. Spend time asking the Lord to continue to take you to a new level this year and to not be satisfied with convenient or cultural Christianity.
February 11
Day 21
Pray for today’s church services that as we gather together, we would sense a greater level of expectation, boldness and excitement for the things God has prepared for us. We’re believing that we, as a church, will be stronger than ever before as a result of this period of prayer and fasting!
Daily Prayer Focus.
January 22
Day 1
Pray for the year ahead and ask God to grow your faith in 2024. Ask the Lord to reveal Himself to you in ways that He never has before.
January 23
Day 2
Ask God to help you to become a stronger ambassador for Christ and His Gospel, allowing the light of Jesus to shine brighter in your life.
January 24
Day 3
Spend time in prayer today for your city, our Nation and our leaders.
January 25
Day 4
Pray for the ministry of missionaries, that their influence among the nations would have a greater impact on the world.
January 26
January 27
January 28
January 29
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Pray for the current culture that we live in and ask the Lord for boldness to influence the world around you for His glory.
Seek the Lord in prayer for the pastors and leaders in our church. Pray to see God enlarge the territory of these individuals to advance the kingdom of God. Pray for tomorrow's church services.
Pray for those that you know who are unsaved or who have turned away from the Lord. Ask God to draw them by the power of His Spirit to faith in Jesus.
Pray for those who are participating in this 21 Day Challenge. Ask God to strengthen them and help them (and yourself) to remain faithfully focused on the reason why we’re spending this time in prayer and fasting.
January 30
Day 9
January 31
Day 10
February 1
Day 11
February 2
Day 12
Spend time praying for specific strongholds in your life that continue to keep you from experiencing the nearness of Jesus. Ask God to replace the lies of the enemy with the truth of His Word.
Pray for those who are sick, specifically those who you know. Ask for the faith to believe in supernatural strength and healing. Pray for God's power to be active in their life.
Pray for your classmates or co-workers and ask God to meet the individual needs they may have.
Ask God to make His presence and power known in your marriage or your relationship. Pray that God would continue to conform you into the image of His Son, a selfless servant. If you know of a marriage in need of prayer, spend time praying for those individuals as well.
February 3
Day 13
February 4
Day 14
February 5
Day 15
February 6
Day 16
Pray for Sunday’s church services. At The LIFT, we believe an empty seat is a serious matter. Who does God want you to bring to church tomorrow? Pray that not only would their lives be changed but that they would find their place and purpose in the body of Christ.
Pray and believe for God’s provision, especially for those who are unemployed and financially in need. Ask God to build up a new level of trust in hearts that may doubt God’s ability to provide for every one of their needs.
Pray for those who volunteer at church. Pray for their leaders and for a renewed sense of joy in the privilege we have to serve the people of God every week. If you’re not currently serving on a dream team, ask God for an open door and opportunity to get connected to the right team. We like to call this “Taking the next step!”
With only a few days left to the 21 Day Challenge, the spiritual battle only gets tougher. Let’s pray for an overflow of God’s power and perseverance for your church family and for their desire to be a light in this world to grow all the more.
February 7
February 8
February 9
February 10
Day 17
Day 18
Day 19
Day 20
Spend time in prayer for your family. Ask the Lord to help you to honor your parents. If you are a parent, ask God to help you nurture, equip and love your children with the love of Jesus.
The Lord has a specific calling on each of our lives. Spend some time asking Him to reveal that plan to you, if He hasn’t done so already, and for the courage to walk it out daily.
Begin to pray for the abused, the orphan and broken families. Ask God to make His presence and His love known in their lives and to heal the broken areas of their heart.
Pray for 2023 and ask God to continue to give you the strength to maintain the spiritual disciplines you’ve established at the beginning of this year. Spend time asking the Lord to continue to take you to a new level this year and to not be satisfied with convenient or cultural Christianity.
February 11
Day 21
Pray for today’s church services that as we gather together, we would sense a greater level of expectation, boldness and excitement for the things God has prepared for us. We’re believing that we, as a church, will be stronger than ever before as a result of this period of prayer and fasting!
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