Seek Week
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January 13-17, 2025
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Seek Week • January 13-17, 2025 •
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Welcome to Seek Week!
We are excited to spend time corporately pursuing God together, humbling ourselves through fasting, and praying specific prayers for what He has in store for us as individuals and as a church this year. This is a great time to include others from your family, small group, and SERVE Team in seeking God together. You will find fasting suggestions, daily prayer prompts, and more resources below.
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MULTIPLY
2025 is a year of personal and collective MULTIPLY - God moving in us and through us in such a way that the individuals around us are measurably changed, resulting in transformation in families, work and school environments, and our neighborhoods. This Seek Week is about each one of us catching our individual “multiply” call and being empowered through the Church to walk it out.
“Multiply” = “Rabah” = “Great Reward; Great Blessing”;
it speaks to the impact and influence God can bring through an individual and a community of Believers on those around them.
Genesis 1:27-28 “So God created man in his own image…And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply…”
Genesis 12:2 I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Genesis 17:2-3 “...I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless, 2that I may make My covenant between Me and you, and may multiply you greatly.”
Ephesians 3:20 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.
Choose Your Fast
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Liquid Fast.
Take in only water or other liquids for the entirety of the fast while devoting more time to seeking God.
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Meal Fast.
Choose a meal a day to fast and dedicate that meal time to seeking God.
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Combination.
Create your own fasting rhythm that includes periods of both liquid and meal fasts.
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Why Should You Fast?
(From Dr. Bill Bright's "Your Personal Guide to Fasting")
Fasting is one of the Spirit’s tools for strengthening and transforming grace in our lives. This spiritual practice is a gift from God meant to grow us and draw us into a deepening relationship with Him. If you do not already know this power and the importance of fasting, here are some insights drawn from God’s Word and personal experience to get you started:
Fasting was an expected practice in both the Old and New Testament eras. For example, Moses fasted for at least two recorded 40-day periods. Jesus fasted 40 days and reminded His followers to fast. He said, “When you fast,” not, “If you fast” (Matthew 6:16).
Fasting and prayer can restore the loss of your “first love” for the Lord (Revelation 2:4) and result in a more intimate relationship with Christ.
Fasting is a biblical way to truly humble yourself in the sight of God (Ezra 8:21). King David said, “I ... humbled myself with fasting” (Psalm 35:13, New International Version).
Fasting enables the Holy Spirit to reveal your true spiritual condition, resulting in brokenness, repentance and a transformed life.
Through fasting, the Holy Spirit will imprint God’s Word deeper on your heart, and His truth will become more meaningful to you.
Fasting can transform your prayer life into a richer and more personal experience.
Fasting can result in a dynamic personal revival and make you a channel of life change to others.
FOLLOW THE DAILY PRAYER & JOURNAL GUIDE
Monday
PRAY - “Search my heart for any area that isn’t fully surrendered to You”
READ - Psalm 139:23-24; Matthew 16:24-27; 2 Chronicles 16:9
WRITE - Record any areas that God brings to your heart or mind in your life that aren’t fully surrendered to Him. For each area, answer the following: Why do you think this came up? What has to happen in order for this to be fully surrendered to God and honoring to Him?
Tuesday
PRAY - Increase my faith to believe that YOU CAN do incredible things in and through me
READ - Ephesians 3:20; Joshua 1:1-9; Genesis 18:9-14
WRITE - In your own words, write down a response to God that yes, you believe He CAN use you in powerful ways and that He WILL use you in powerful ways.
Wednesday
PRAY - Give me ears to hear and eyes to see what you are saying and doing. I want to hear Your voice!
READ - John 10:3-5; 1 Samuel 3:4-10; 1 Kings 19:11-13
WRITE - Ask God to speak to you, then set a timer for 5 minutes and close your eyes and sit in complete silence. After the timer goes off, write down what was on your heart. What do you think God spoke to you?
Thursday
PRAY - Create in me a deep desire to obey You above anything else.
READ - 1 Samuel 15:22-23; John 14:21; 1 John 5:3-4
WRITE - Do you desire God’s will more than your own? In what areas of your life is it hard to fully embrace God’s will and therefore respond with immediate obedience? Is there anything God is putting on your heart right now to change or adjust in order to better obey Him?
Friday
PRAY - Show me my ‘Multiply’! Bless me and lead me to step into an opportunity where You have called me and anointed me to have a great impact.
READ - Genesis 12:2; Judges 6:11-16; Jonah 3:1-10; Acts 19:8-12
WRITE - Write down specific names of people that God has placed in your heart to impact with His love. What do these names have in common? Family? Work/School? What practical step do you feel like God is leading you to take to make a great impact?