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Welcome to NovemberFast 2025.
Each November, we spend 21 days praying together as a church to seek God and find direction for the new year. While the future is uncertain, we can either let situations take control as they unfold or we can hear from God ahead of time, set our course, and face challenges confidently. NovemberFast will help us start the new year aligned with God and all that He has for us.
About Fasting…
Fasts appear throughout the Bible. During fasts, God’s people gave up food, sometimes water and other comforts and used the time to draw closer to God, seek answers, and ask for breakthrough. Fasts could last from one meal to 40 days. Although fasting caused discomfort, this sacrifice was part of achieving their goal. It was never about forcing God’s hand through suffering, but about connecting with Him to receive His help more easily.
Commitments for NovemberFast…
commit to a personally defined level of fasting
attend regularly scheduled weekend gatherings (Sunday 10AM) and mid-week corporate prayer (Wednesday 6:30PM-7:30PM).
listen to daily NovemberFast podcast each day
read assigned Bible passages each day.
spend time in topical prayer each day.
Take Your Next Steps…
determine and commit to a personally defined level of fasting including individual foods, complete meals, entertainment, leisure activities, social media, hobbies, etc.
join us Sunday November 2 for Novemberfast launch.
join us here everyday and listen to the daily podcast entry. Be sure to leave a comment so we can enjoy the challenge together.
stick with Novemberfast all 21 days. If for some reason you miss a day or two, do not quit. Pick back up with the current day, and if you have time, go back and visit missed days. And if you don’t find time to go back, keep moving forward. Better to miss a day or two then drop out because of a day or two. But even better, knock it out of the park all 21 days.
join us Sunday November 23 at 10AM as we break our fast together with breakfast and a celebration of all God has done!
This Year’s Theme: “I Sought The Lord.”
We have chosen this theme because as disciples following Jesus, we are called to seek God first, for all things in our lives, so that His Best can be experienced. We believe during this time God is wanting to bring revelation, vision and strength to you, your family and our church as He answers!
This is going to be an incredible 21 days, and we are excited to have you join us.
Pastor Steve & Rowena
Day 20 - He Guides Every Step, Until The Final Step
Memory Verse: Psalm 48:14: "For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.
Bible Reading: Acts 13: The church in Antioch fasts and prays before sending Paul and Barnabas on mission; Acts 14: Paul and Barnabas appoint elders with prayer and fasting; Acts 27: People on the ship with Paul abstain from food during a storm, possibly fasting.
Primary Thoughts:
Our Focus Is On Improved Strength For The Journey
The Enemy Speaks Fear As We Get Older
God Is The Same At The End Of The Journey As At All Other Legs
Saturday Prayer Prayer Focus:
Personal - Take Some Time To Configure Your Daily Prayer Guide For 2026
Church - Take Some Time To Configure Your Daily Prayer Guide For 2026
Build Your 2026 Prayer List!
Day 19 - Delight Leads To Desires Fulfilled
Memory Verse: Psalm 37:4 (ESV) Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Bible Reading: Luke 4: Jesus’ 40-day fast in the wilderness is described; Luke 5: Jesus responds to questions about fasting, comparing it to His presence.
Primary Thoughts:
Delighting in the LORD is the precursor to so many good things.
God’s directs our hearts desires
God grants our hearts desires
Friday Prayer Focus:
Personal - Family
Church - C3 Families
Build Your 2026 Prayer List!
Day 18 - Seeking God For Others
Memory Verse: Joel 2:28: And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
Bible Reading: Matthew 9: Jesus addresses fasting in response to questions about His disciples’ practices; Mark 2: Jesus discusses fasting when questioned about His disciples not fasting.
Primary Thoughts:
A Life That Hears From God Is Wonderful
Hearing God For Others (Who Might Not Be Listening) Changes Everyone’s Eternity
This Is Who You Are
Thursday Prayer Focus:
Personal - Career; Calling & Ministry
Church - Our Children/Students/Young Adults
Build Your 2026 Prayer List!
Day 17 - Seeking God Is The Antidote To Self Reliance
Memory Verse: Proverbs 3:5: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding."
Bible Reading: Matthew 4: Jesus fasts for 40 days in the wilderness before His temptation; Matthew 6: Jesus teaches about fasting as a private act of devotion, not for show.
Primary Thoughts:
We Have Brains And We Should Use Them
We Sell Ourselves Short If We Rely Only On Facts
Seeking God Reveals The Right Now Truth That Exceeds Natural Facts
Wednesday Prayer Focus:
Personal - Health; Disciplines; Finances; 2026 Giving/Visionbuilders Commitment
Church - 2026 Visionbuilders Projects
Build Your 2026 Prayer List!
Day 16 - You're Not Knocking, He Is
Memory Verse: Revelation 3:20: "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in."
Bible Reading: Jonah 3: The Ninevites fast in repentance after Jonah’s preaching, and God spares them; Zechariah 7: God questions the sincerity of fasts, emphasizing obedience over ritual; Zechariah 8: Fasts are mentioned as times of mourning that will become joyful.
Primary Thoughts:
God Is Always Knocking
We Can’t Hear Because We Are Not Listening
Fasting Repositions Us To Hear The Knock And Gives Us Access To Open The Door
Tuesday Prayer Focus:
Personal - Your Future; Desire/Function In Spiritual Gifts
Church - Current and Future Meeting Space
Build Your 2026 Prayer Outline!
Day 15 - Expect God To Speak
Memory Verse: Isaiah 30:21: Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, 'This is the way; walk in it.'
Bible Reading: Joel 1: Joel calls for fasting in response to a locust plague and God’s judgment; Joel 2: Fasting is urged as part of repentance to avert God’s judgment (v. 12-15).
Primary Thoughts:
Expectation Is A Posture
Expectation Is A Catalyst
Expectation Is Rewarded
Monday Prayer Focus
Personal - Intercession For Key Needs; Local, State and National Leadership
Church - Current Leaders, Future Leaders
Build Your Prayer 2026 Prayer Outline!
Day 14 Seeking Answers For Tough Spots
Memory Verse: Isaiah 58:11: "The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame.
Bible Reading: Daniel 9: Daniel fasts, prays, and confesses sins while seeking God’s mercy for Israel (v. 3).
Primary Thoughts:
Deserts (Tough Spots) Are A Reality
Guidance & Dominion Are Available
Always Is Not Sometimes… It’s Always!
Sunday Prayer Prayer Focus:
Personal - Unsaved Family/Friends To Follow Jesus
Church - Future Outreaches Locally & Overseas
Build Your 2026 Prayer List
Day 13 - Seeking For Family Frustrations
Memory Verse: Job 2:9–10 (ESV) Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.” But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Bible Reading: Daniel 6: Daniel’s prayer and fasting (implied) lead to his deliverance from the lions’ den.
Primary Thoughts:
Deserts Are A Reality
Guidance & Dominion Are Available
Always
Saturday Prayer Prayer Focus:
Personal - Family Impact
Church - Community Impact
Build Your 2026 Prayer List!
Day 12 - Seek For Family
Memory Verse: Job 1:5 (ESV) And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.
Bible Reading: Job 1
Primary Thoughts:
We/Parents Are Limited In The Natural, But Unlimited In The Supernatural
Most Of Us/Parents Over Exert In The Natural, And Under Exert In The Spiritual
Fasting/Seeking Establishes In The Natural What Was Fought For In The Spiritual
Friday Prayer Focus:
Personal - Family
Church - C3 Families
Build Your 2026 Prayer List!
Day 11 He Leads Where You've Never Been
Memory Verse: Isaiah 42:16: "I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them.
Bible Reading: Psalm 35: David references fasting as part of his prayer for deliverance; Psalm 69: David mentions fasting as an act of humility and mourning
Primary Thoughts:
Unfamiliar = Uncomfortable
Faith = Confidence In The One Leading While Taking Steps
Write The Book Afterward
Thursday Prayer Focus:
Personal - Career; Calling & Ministry
Church - Our Children/Students/Young Adults
Build Your 2026 Prayer List!
Day 10 - Seek With Empty Hands
Memory Verse: Exodus 4:2–3 (ESV) The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A staff.” And he said, “Throw it on the ground.” So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses ran from it.
Bible Reading: Esther 4: Esther and the Jews fast to seek God’s intervention against Haman’s plot.
Primary Thoughts:
If Your Hands Are Full, You Can’t Receive Anything New
Obedience Is A Powerful Catalyst That Unlocks Future Blessing
God Is Able To Take What You Give Him And Turn It Into Something Better
Empty Hands Can Receive Everything He Has
Wednesday Prayer Focus:
Personal - Health; Disciplines; Finances; 2026 Giving/Visionbuilders Commitment
Church - 2026 Visionbuilders Projects
Build Your 2026 Prayer List!
Day 9 - Seek With The Correct Posture
Memory Verse: Psalm 25:9: "He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.
Bible Reading: Nehemiah 1: Nehemiah fasts and prays upon hearing of Jerusalem’s ruin, seeking God’s favor; Nehemiah 9: The Israelites fast during a corporate confession of sins and renewal of the covenant
Primary Thoughts:
Incorrect Postures
Correct Postures
Outcomes
Tuesday Prayer Focus:
Personal - Your Future; Desire/Function In Spiritual Gifts
Church - Current and Future Meeting Space
Build Your 2026 Prayer Outline!
Day 8 - Seek Direction In The Word
Memory Verse: Psalm 119:105: "Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path."
Bible Reading: Ezra 8: Ezra leads a fast to seek God’s protection for the exiles’ journey from Babylon to Jerusalem.
Primary Thoughts:
The Word Reveals Facts
The Word Reveals Truth
The Word Reveals Right Now Instruction
Monday Prayer Focus
Personal - Intercession For Key Needs; Local, State and National Leadership
Church - Current Leaders, Future Leaders
Build Your Prayer 2026 Prayer Outline!
Day 7 - The Spirit Leads The Way
Memory Verse: John 16:13: But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth."
Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 20: King Jehoshaphat proclaims a fast to seek God’s help against enemies.
Primary Thoughts:
The Spirit “Comes”
The Spirit Reveals Truth, Guiding Us To Best
Sunday Prayer Focus:
Personal - Unsaved Family/Friends To Follow Jesus
Church - Future Outreaches Locally & Oversees
Build Your 2026 Prayer List!
Day 6 - Seek, While Engaged With The Spirit
Memory Verse: Romans 8:14 (ESV) For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God."
Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 12: David fasts and prays for his sick child, seeking God’s mercy.
Primary Thoughts:
Natural vs. Spirit-Engaged Prayer
Learn To Engage The Spirit First
Pray Second
Saturday Prayer Prayer Focus:
Personal - Family Impact
Church - Community Impact
Build Your 2026 Prayer List!
Day 5 - God First Is The Key That Unlocks All Doors
Memory Verse: Matthew 6:33 (ESV) But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you
Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 1: David and his men fast to mourn the deaths of Saul and Jonathan
Primary Thoughts:
Wee Seek Many Things
When God Is First, Everything Else Falls Into Line
Friday Prayer Focus:
Personal - Family
Church - C3 Families
Build Your 2026 Prayer List!
Day 4 - Don't Be A Fool, Seek God’s Wisdom
Memory Verse: Ephesians 5:17: "Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 7 Israel fasts as part of repentance and seeking God’s deliverance from the Philistines
Primary Thoughts:
The world considers impractical ideas to be foolishness
Biblical foolishness are ideas/actions that have not been run through the filter of God’s Word and prayer.
Wisdom is acting on what God says for the setting your are in, which can often appear to the world to be impractical and foolish.
Faith is trusting God.
Thursday Prayer Focus:
Personal - Career; Calling & Ministry
Church - Our Children/Students/Young Adults
Build Your 2026 Prayer List!
Day 3 - Fasting Unlocks Things Locked Down
Memory Verse: Mark 9:29 (KJV 1900) And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
Bible Reading: Judges 20: The Israelites fast as they seek God’s guidance before battling the tribe of Benjamin.
Primary Thoughts:
Some “Should Be” Situations Are Locked With A Resounding “NO”
Fasting Increases The Strength Needed To Enforce A “YES”
Yes Opens The Door For The “Should Be” To Become “What Now Is”
Wednesday Prayer Focus:
Personal - Health; Disciplines; Finances; 2026 Giving/Visionbuilders Commitment
Church - 2026 Visionbuilders Projects
Build Your 2026 Prayer List!
Day 2 - Seeking God Aligns You To Receive Answers
Memory Verse: Psalm 34:4 (ESV) I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
Bible Reading: Leviticus 16: The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) involves fasting as part of Israel’s repentance and cleansing.
Primary Thoughts:
We unsuccessfully chase answers and come up empty
Seek God first, and everything else will be added.
Tuesday Prayer Focus:
Personal - Your Future; Desire/Function In Spiritual Gifts
Church - Current and Future Meeting Space
Build Your 2026 Prayer Outline!