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A TIME TO GROWwider... longer... higher... deeper.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Our Week of Prayer andFasting

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2017..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

A TIME TO GROWwider... longer... higher... deeper.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

CONSIDER FASTING .............................................................................................................................. During this week we encourage you to fast

from something for all or part of the time

e.g. Food, TV, Social Media

There can be many benefits to fasting:

• Breakthrough in prayer

• Heightened sensitivity to the Holy Spirit

• A fresh insight into our own heart

• A fresh revelation of God’s heart

• A humbling before God as we relinquish

control of everything to him

.............................................................................................................................. Ultimately the purpose of fasting must be

centred on God. We fast with our eyes fixed

on Him, with the sole intention of glorifying

Him. We encourage everyone to make

fasting a regular discipline in our lives as

well as joining together to fast as a church in

weeks such as this.

THINGS TO CONSIDER IN RELATION TO FASTING.............................................................................................................................. Fast Sensibly If it’s your first time, try missing one meal to

start with or fasting from lunchtime one day

to lunchtime the next or a partial fast with

soup in the evening. Whatever you do, it

should serve to release time and focus

on prayer.

• Drink plenty of water

• If you are pregnant, suffer from diabetes,

a heart or other medical condition, on

certain medications, or suffer from an

eating disorder - DO NOT fast from food –

or only with your GP’s consent

.............................................................................................................................. Fast Sensitively Take time to listen and hear God speak to

you personally, for others and for the church.

Words and prophecies for the church can be

passed on to your Connect leader, an elder

or emailed to info@thisiscfc.com.

Fast Sacrificially Let it cost us something.

Fast Specifically and expectantly Ask God to direct our focus each day

and expect answers.

Fast Supernaturally We need God’s supernatural grace

and power.

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Ephesians 3: 16-19I pray that out of his glorious riches He

may strengthen you with power through

His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ

may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I

pray that you, being rooted and established

in love, may have power, together with all

the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide

and long and high and deep is the love of

Christ, and to know this love that surpasses

knowledge - that you may be filled to the

measure of all the fullness of God.

The MessageI ask Him to strengthen you by His Spirit

- not a brute strength but a glorious inner

strength - that Christ will live in you as you

open the door and invite Him in.

And I ask Him that with both feet planted

firmly on love, you’ll be able to take in

with all followers of Jesus the extravagant

dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and

experience the breadth! Test its length!

Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live

full lives, full in the fullness of God.

Our daily prayerHeavenly Father – I start this day secure

in the knowledge that I am rooted and

grounded in your love. Help me today to

truly grasp just how wide and long and high

and deep is the love of your Son.

Let your love go far beyond my head

knowledge today. I pray for my church

family in CFC today – may we all have

fresh revelation of this incredible love and

together be strengthened by His Spirit, to

live full lives, filled with all the fullness of

God.

Help me today, Lord, to know your love,

grow in your love and take every opportunity

to show your love, so that others get to

experience your extravagant love too. Amen

MONDAY .............................................................................................................................. Help us today Lord to experience the

extravagant width of your love and as a

result may we reach WIDER.

Pray that we will have:Wider Influence - personally and as a church.

Wider Connections - with other churches,

partnerships, church planting (ARC).

Wider Reach into our Communities.

East: Opportunity Knocks, Alpha, CAP,

Anchor, MOPS / MOPS and TOTs, Oasis,

Schools work

South: project Hello, Alpha, new youth

outreach

Antrim: Alpha, Foodbank, Oasis, new

youth work

Sign Language: Deaf Friendly evenings,

Alpha, a new venue that could

accommodate families

TUESDAY .............................................................................................................................. Help us today lord to consider the extensive

length of your love to all generations and as

a result may we reach LONGER.

Give thanks and pray for:The over 50’s who bring wisdom,

experience, mentoring, resourcefulness.

The 30’s and 40’s who bring energy,

creativity, fresh insights.

The 18-30’s young adults who bring more

energy, innovation, questions and solutions.

The children and young people - who bring

fun, faith and expectation.

Pray for salvation and increase in every

generation.

May your Spirit move like never before in

every generation Lord, that we will be a

Spirit Filled multigenerational church.

WEDNESDAY .............................................................................................................................. Help us today lord to look up and see the

heights of your love and as a result may we

rise up with you even HIGHER.

Pray for:Those going through challenging times -

that we will help one another to walk tall and

have the courage to face the giants in our

lives.

A spirit of courage to reach higher, to

embrace the new or the unknown and try

new things.

Our individual and corporate worship, that it

will be an encounter with God that pleases

Him and changes us.

A renewed passion for prayer both

personally and as a church.

THURSDAY .............................................................................................................................. Help us today Lord, to plumb the depths

of your love and as a result may we find

ourselves going DEEPER.

Pray for:Our Connect groups - members, leaders and

a new Connect Pastor.

The continued development of new

discipleship initiatives.

Those who teach us and that we will all take

responsibility to go deeper into God’s word

this year.

Our Prayer Ministry teams - may we see

increased breakthrough in healing and

freedom this year.

FRIDAY .............................................................................................................................. As we embrace a new year and a new

season in CFC let us commit today to

praying for one another that we may all live full lives, filled with all the fullness of God

Give thanks and pray for:Yourself, that 2017 will be a year that you

grow wider, longer, higher and deeper in

God’s love.

For someone else - ask God to put someone

specific on your heart to pray for today.

Our new Senior Pastor Owen Crane, his wife

Anne and children Beth, Joe and Isaac.

Our eldership team Richard, Heather, Elaine,

Colin, Keith, Arlene, Colin.

All our current leaders and that God will

raise up more to share the load.

All our amazing volunteers.

We will meet at 7:30 tonight to worship and

then pray with and anoint Owen after which

we will break the fast and celebrate together

with communion.

TIMES AND PLACES ..............................................................................................................................

Monday 16 January.............................................................................................................................. East: 7am / 1pm / 7.30pm Main Auditorium

South: 7.30pm YMCA South Belfast

Antrim: 7.30pm Oasis Antrim

Tuesday 17 January.............................................................................................................................. East: 7am / 1pm / 7.30pm Main Auditorium

SLC: 7.30pm Prayer House

Wednesday 18 January.............................................................................................................................. East: 7am / 1pm / 7.30pm Main Auditorium

South: 7.30pm YMCA South Belfast

Antrim: 7.30pm Oasis Antrim

Thursday 19 January.............................................................................................................................. East: 7am / 1pm / 7.30pm Main Auditorium

Friday 20 January.............................................................................................................................. East: 7am / 1pm / 7.30pm Main Auditorium

SLC interpreters will be provided in East

throughout the week.

SITES ANDLOCATIONS ..............................................................................................................................

CFC East10 Belmont Road

Belfast

BT4 2AN

Tel: 028 9067 1838

Oasis Antrim10d High Street

Antrim

BT41 4AN

CFC South 56-58 Knightsbridge Park

Stranmillis

Belfast

BT9 5EH

Prayer House181 Holywood Road

Belfast

BT4 2DG

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CFC Prayer House ..............................................................................................................................................................................

Open 8am Monday 16th – 7pm Friday 20th January

Book your 1 hour slot online at www.thisiscfc.com/prayer

Christian Fellowship Church 10 Belmont Road,

Belfast BT4 2AN,

Northern Ireland

Tel: 028 9067 1838

Fax: 028 9065 5298

Web: www.thisiscfc.com

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