A CALL TO PRAYER AND FASTING!

Yes! Cheese Steaks are in fact the most glorious of all foods...that's right, fresh cut beef with the cheese oooozing out and a great marinara sauce on or on the side – man…, you just can’t beat it!! If you're like me, you're a sucker for these, and maybe some perogies and fries on the side! It does not matter what diet I am on, whenever I get to Penna., I just have to get me one of those stuffed cheese steaks with hot peppers, onions and sauce. It is a must every time I am in the area!

Fasting is a spiritual discipline practiced by many people in the bible, Jesus' forty day fast while being tempted in the desert being the most memorable. Fasting has been practiced by Christ followers throughout history, and it is used today most often to show God the earnestness of our prayers. If you have ever fasted, you know that by simply removing food from your day you pray with a focus that is often lacking in our daily prayer times.

Prayer is essential to this project becoming a sustaining force for the Kingdom of God here on earth in the Lehigh Valley. We expect that when we arrive we will build relationships, reach people through serving them, and attract others through advertising. As good as our resources hope to be, I do not believe we alone are slick enough to attract a crowd and turn them into passionate followers of Jesus. We will be asking God to bless what we are doing in order to be successful in the Valley. So we are going to ask God to do just that. The bible says in James 5.16 (nlt): the earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. If we earnestly ask God to help us do His Kingdom work in the Lehigh Valley, we seriously believe He will answer our prayers.

So.., we are asking you to join us in prayer and fasting for The Lehigh Valley Project (Church). We want someone fasting for this project from September 1 of this year until the day the project has its first open service in September of 2009. We are asking you to choose one day per month that you could fast on for the entire year leading up to our launch, and for the 24 hours of that calendar day abstain completely from all food and drink besides water. Then, when the hunger pangs strike, call on God to bless our work.

If you are interested in helping in this way, choose a day of the month by leaving a comment or emailing me at lvp2009@gmail.com. We want to have someone praying and fasting each and everyday of the month for an entire year! If you agree to this, it won't be easy, but I am confident that in heaven one day people you have never met will “Thank You” for giving up some lovely Cheese Steaks (or YOUR favorite food). Because of your fasting and prayers their lives were changed/transformed, and they were able to live for Him then, and now with Him forever! That will be a great day!

So…, I want to “Thank You” for coming alongside us like this!