“Fasting: Faith for Complete Victory, pt. 2: Change Your Heart” - By Rev. Katie Gholson

Sunday, 

August 14, 2016 

Sermon Self-Examination Questions

You are in a safe place, surrounded by the love of Christ. Ask God to help you see yourself as God sees you. 

• Did Christ live in me today?
• Am I jealous, impure, critical, irritable, or distrustful?
• What triggers an emotional reaction from me?
• What kind of person do I hope to be?
• Is the way you are living right now preparing you to become this person?
• What is holding me back from having a complete relationship with God?

Fill yourself with this prayer:

God is here. 

Above. Below. Beside. Beneath. Behind. Before.

God is here.

Within. Embracing. Inspiring. Encompassing. Pouring. Enveloping.

God is here.

God is, God was, God always will be. Amen.

Joel 2:12-17 (CEB)

 

“Change Your Hearts”

¹²Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your hearts, with fasting, with weeping, and with sorrow; ¹³tear your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, very patient, full of faithful love, and ready to forgive. ¹⁴Who knows whether he will have a change of heart and leave a blessing behind him, a grain offering and a drink offering for the Lord your God? ¹⁵Blow the horn in Zion; demand a fast; request a special assembly. ¹⁶Gather the people; prepare a holy meeting; assemble the elders; gather the children, even nursing infants. Let the groom leave his room and the bride her chamber. ¹⁷Between the porch and the altar let the priests, the Lord’s ministers, weep. Let them say, “Have mercy, Lord, on your people, and don’t make your inheritance a disgrace, an example of failure among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”