Prayer Resources
Corporate Prayer Summit
40 Day RESOURCES
Greetings New Covenant Family!
At New Covenant Church we are placing special emphasis on prayer this summer. It is very important that every family member and committed partner join us in this prayer emphasis. There is tremendous power in agreement! What God wants to do at New Covenant Church in this season will require all of us to be in agreement and in faith.
We are asking NCC members to fast on Wednesdays by skipping at least one meal and fasting some other routines like social media, watching news, etc. Below are resources about prayer and fasting. We will be following weekly Bible readings (posted on this page) and making a concerted effort to arrive at Sunday service early and on time.
Link to BibleGateway Daily Reading
Our advertised time of 10:30am is a covenant we make with our community. Being early and on time is also an expression of our agreement.
Our prayer focus would be specifically for New Covenant Church and our ministries. (list of ministries here)
Prayer Summit Worship Playlist
Jason Upton: I Will Wait
William McDowell: Withholding Nothing, My Heart Sings,
Cece Winans: Goodness of God , Holy Forever
An essential part of this prayer and faith emphasis is listening to, or watching, messages on prayer and reviewing the notes attached to each message.
Love and Appreciate You!
Pastor Bryan Hudson, D.Min.
CLICK HERE to listen or watch and see the notes: "Lord, Teach Us to Pray," Part One, "Your Kingdom Come, Your Will be Done."
CLICK HERE to listen or watch and see the notes: "Lord, Teach Us to Pray," Part Two, "Kingdom, Power & Glory Forever."
Key Scriptures on agreement in purpose and prayer:
James 5:16, Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
Matthew 18:19, Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.
1 Corinthians 1:10, Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Philippians 2:2, Fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Philippians 3:16, Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.
Hebrews 13:7, Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct.
PRAYER & FASTING RESOURCE
The purpose of fasting and prayer is to establish God's order in our lives, strengthen our faith, and open our hearts to hear from God. This fast will involve skipping at least one meal per day and anything else God directs you to change from your normal routine.
Under grace, there is no "formula" or "rules" for fasting that "moves" God. Fasting does not move God, it moves us! Prayer connects you to God. Fasting disconnects you from the world. Follow the leading of the Holy Spirit and follow your faith decisions.
SCRIPTURAL REASONS FOR FASTING
Fasting & Prayer for Humility
Psalm 35:13-14 “I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest. I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning.”
Fasting & Prayer to Overcome Bondage & Selfishness
Isaiah 58:3-7 “Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’ Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers. Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with a wicked fist. Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high. Is such the fast that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord? “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?”
Fasting for Greater Anointing and Spiritual Ability
Matthew 17:14 And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, 15 “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. 16 So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him.” 17 Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.” 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour. 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” 20 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief, for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. 21 However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”
WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT FASTING & PRAYER
Matthew 6:16-18 ESV
“And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Teaching: "This Kind Does Not Go Out Except by Prayer and Fasting"
