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Fasting Fridays—What Will You Give Up So You Can Step Up?

But to effectively pull all of this off God’s people must pray. We desperately need God’s intervention to inspire host churches to say “Yes,” youth leaders to join in and teenagers to attend! That’s why I’m asking you to join me in prayer.

On #FastingFridays will you please pray for…

• The right 50 host churches to sign up and that 50,000 teenagers will participate with us this first year of Dare 2 Share Live.

• God to use this event to spark a nation-wide Gospel conversation navigated by the teenagers we train there.

• Hundreds of youth leader networks to be commit to reaching every teenager in their communities.

• 5,000 churches/youth groups that will choose to build a Gospel Advancing, disciple-multiplying ministry strategy as a result of Dare 2 Share Live.

• Teen-focused, evangelistic ministries like Youth for Christ, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Everyschool.com, Student Venture, Young Life, Sonlife, etc. to continue to gain momentum in their teen outreach efforts.

To see a revival of biblical proportions sweep this nation and, eventually, the entire world through teenagers who are praying for the lost with passion, pursuing them with love and persuading them with the truth of the Gospel!

That’s what #FastingFridays is all about for me. I’m asking you to join me in fasting and praying every Friday for a spiritual awakening to burst forth in and through this next generation. I’m asking you to pray for Dare 2 Share Live to be a smashing success and to play a key role in the coming spiritual awakening.

Fasting is like waving a red flag toward heaven that says, “God, we’re so serious about this that we are willing to forego what we love to ask you to accomplish what you love…revival!”

What can you fast from?

The simple answer is anything you enjoy. You can choose to fast from food (one meal, two meals, three meals, four?), coffee, social media, television, etc.

I don’t want this to be a legalistic thing but a joyous occasion where you can choose to say “no” to something so you can say “yes” to praying for the next generation.

My plan is to choose what I’m going to fast from the night before the Friday fast. The time I’d normally engage in that activity (eating, watching television, drinking coffee, etc.) I’ll spend praying for a spiritual awakening.

Join me. Forward this blog to others who long for revival in and through the next generation. Ask them to give up something so they can step up in prayer for spiritual awakening.

Who’s with me?

*Special thinks to my friend @malachiobrien for helping me to begin to understand the importance of fasting! He’s a prayer warrior of biblical proportions who is helping to raise up an army of prayer warriors for the grand mission God has put before us!