This document discusses the importance of prayer and fasting together. It provides biblical examples of figures like Moses, David, Elijah, and Daniel who fasted and prayed. Fasting was also a New Testament practice that Jesus and the early church engaged in. The document outlines occasions for fasting throughout history and suggests a 60 day prayer and fasting plan for the church community that includes 24 hour prayer chains, fasting from one meal or for a full day, and joining together for prayer services. The story of Jonah and Nineveh illustrates how the people fasted and prayed, leading God to relent from punishing them.

1. Prayer and Fasting:
The Next 60
Days

4. They Go
Together

5. Examples of Prayer & Fasting
Moses – Ex. 34:28; Deut. 9:18-21
David – Ps. 35:13; 2Sam. 12:16
Elijah – 1Kings 19:5-8
Daniel – Dan. 9:3; 10:2,3
Israelites – 1Sam. 7:5,6;
Nehemiah 9:1,2
Ninevites – Jonah 3:4-9

6. Is this a New
Testament
Practice?

7. Is this a NT Practice?
• Jesus fasted
• Jesus taught on fasting
• The first century church
fasted
• So why don’t we fast today?

8. Is Prayer
Important?

9. The Importance of Prayer
There is forgiveness from God
There is peace from God
There is strength from God
There is opportunity from God
There is boldness from God
There is wisdom from God
There is healing from God
There is tranquility from God

10. Then Teach me
to Pray

11. Then Teach Me to Pray
Praying on the basis of:
A new relationship
A new respect
A new priority
A new submission
A new dependence
A new pardon
A new direction
A new protection

12. Occasions for
Fasting

13. Occasions for Fasting
The day of atonement
When they were at war
When loved ones were sick
When loved ones died
When they sought forgiveness

14. How, How Not,
and How Long?

15. How, How Not, & How Long
How should we fast?
How should we not fast?
How long should we fast?

16. The Next Sixty
Days

17. The Next Sixty Days
Prayer:
Two 24 hour prayer chains
May 21 and June 25
Two Prayer Fasts
May 16 and June 13
“One church family” prayer
June 14 – 8:30 & 10:15
Thanksgiving prayer service
May 31 – 5:00pm

18. The Next Sixty Days
Fasting:
Personal between you and God
Consult your physician
Start with one meal – lunch?
Proceed to a one-day fast
Three and seven day fast are
not for everyone but may be
for you!

19. The Next Sixty Days
Fasting:
1. Set the date for your one
meal fast!
2. Set the date for your one
day fast!
3. Join us tonight as we
discuss the purpose of
prayer and fasting!

20. Jonah 3:4-10
4 And Jonah began to enter
the city on the first day’s
walk. Then he cried out and
said, “Yet forty days, and
Nineveh shall be
overthrown!”

21. Jonah 3:4-10
5 So the people of Nineveh
believed God, proclaimed a
fast, and put on sackcloth,
from the greatest to the least
of them.

22. Jonah 3:4-10
6 Then word came to the king
of Nineveh; and he arose
from his throne and laid aside
his robe, covered himself with
sackcloth and sat in ashes.

23. Jonah 3:4-10
7 And he caused it to be
proclaimed and published
throughout Nineveh by the
decree of the king and his
nobles, saying, Let neither
man nor beast, herd nor flock,
taste anything; do not let
them eat, or drink water.

24. Jonah 3:4-10
8 But let man and beast be
covered with sackcloth, and
cry mightily to God; yes, let
every one turn from his evil
way and from the violence
that is in his hands.

25. Jonah 3:4-10
9 Who can tell if God will turn
and relent, and turn away
from His fierce anger, so that
we may not perish?

26. Jonah 3:4-10
10 Then God saw their works,
that they turned from their
evil way; and God relented
from the disaster that He had
said He would bring upon
them, and He did not do it.

27. The Purpose of
Prayer and
Fasting
Tonight::