A Plan for Prayer and Fasting
Habakkuk 2:1,2 (KJV)
1I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 2And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
Write it down
Make it plain
Run with it
The Hour of Prayer
Acts 3:1 (NKJV)
1Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
I have been impressed concerning the phrase – The Hour of Prayer
The Pattern Established
Psalms 55:16, 17 (NKJV)
16As for me, I will call upon God, And the Lord shall save me. 17Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, And He shall hear my voice.
Daniel 6:10 (NKJV)
10Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.
Facts:
Jewish Day
24 hours and divided into 12 hours
Called Day and Night
John 11:9 (NKJV)
9Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
9AM – 3rd Hour
Noon – 6th Hour
3PM – 9th Hour
The Pattern Emphasized
Pentecost (3rd Hour)
Acts 2:15 (NKJV)
15For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.
Lame Man Healed (9th Hour)
Acts 3:1 (NKJV)
1Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
Peter’s Given a Vision at noon (6th Hour)
Acts 10:9 (NKJV)
9The next day, as they went on their journey and drew near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour.
Jesus Crucified at noon (6th Hour)
Luke 23:44 (NKJV)
44Now it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
Something very significant about the hour
God is a God of Order
The Plan Executed
Prayer and Fasting
Begin – Sunday evening, January 9th at 6pm
End – Friday evening, January 14th at 6pm
Monday – Friday at 6am
An hour of Prayer and Worship in the Sanctuary
We will be joining Church of the Highlands’ Service
Monday – Friday at Noon
An hour of Praise and Devotion given by the Pastors of New Hope in the Sanctuary
Monday – Friday at 6pm
An hour of Prayer and Devotion in the homes of the families of New Hope
Close with Family Communion in the home on Friday, at 6pm
The Promise Extended
Mark 11:24 (NKJV)
24Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
Expect God to Act