Setting aside ordinary comforts for a defined season to seek God

Giving up food forever to prove spiritual seriousness

Making the practice public so others notice your commitment

Waiting for the season to end without changing any habits

If you would like to receive Jesus, pray this with me: Lord Jesus, I come to you in repentance. I admit that I have sinned and often chased comfort and appetite instead of you. I believe you died for my sins and rose again. Forgive me, make me new, and be my Lord and Savior. Teach me to hunger for what is holy and to follow you all my days. Amen.

Come to Jesus in Repentance

Lord, revive your Church to hunger for you more than for comfort. Where we have grown careless, teach us restraint; where we have become hurried, teach us to wait; where our desires have been too full, empty us so we may seek you with undivided hearts. Awaken us to prayer and holiness, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Revive Your Church to Seek You

Name one comfort or habit you want to set aside for a defined season. Ask God to use that restraint to sharpen your attention to him, strengthen your will, and make room for prayer and listening.

Pray Through a Season of Restraint

Father, thank you for the grace to lay aside what is unnecessary and to find you faithful in seasons of restraint. Thank you that you can strengthen us to wait, to pray, and to keep our hearts steady, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Thanks for Strength to Refrain

Pray for: a person who is in a long season of waiting; the grace to keep seeking God without becoming bitter; a calm heart that can live faithfully while the answer is still delayed.

For Someone in a Long Wait

Father, I confess that I often reach for pleasure before I reach for you. Forgive my excess, my impatience, and my distracted habits. Teach me to choose wise restraint and to desire your presence above comfort, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Turning from Self-Indulgence

לֶ֣חֶם{LE-khem###LEH-khehm###bread of} חֲמֻד֞וֹת{kha-mu-DOT###khah-moo-DOHT###delicacies} לֹ֣א{LO###LOH###not} אָכַ֗לְתִּי{a-KHAL-ti###ah-KHAL-tee###ate} וּבָשָׂ֥ר{u-va-SAR###oo-vah-SAAR###and meat} וָיַ֛יִן{va-YA-yin###vah-YAH-yihn###and wine} לֹא־בָ֥א{lo-VA###loh-VAA###did not enter} אֶל־פִּ֖י{el-PI###ehl-PEE###to my mouth} וְס֣וֹךְ{ve-SOKH###veh-SOHKH###and anointing oil} לֹא־סָ֑כְתִּי{lo-SAKH-ti###loh-SAAKH-tee###did not anoint myself} עַד־מְלֹ֕את{ad-me-LOT###ahd-meh-LOHT###until the completion of} שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת{she-LO-shet###sheh-LOH-sheht###three} שָׁבֻעִ֖ים{sha-vu-IM###shah-voo-EEM###weeks} יָמִֽים׃פ{ya-MIM###yaa-MEEM###days}

Daniel 10:3 — DynamicTAB

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