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DAY 6: Into The Wilderness
By David & Audry Kim (Contend Global)
“Immediately the Spirit impelled Him to go out into the wilderness. And He was in the wilderness forty days...” — Mark 1:12-13 (NASB)
The life and ministry of Jesus on earth were spectacular. Had He a ministry newsletter, it would have read: “the blind receive sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.” But before Jesus “returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit” (Luke 4:14), the “Spirit impelled Him to go out into the wilderness” (Mark 1:12). Between the transitional moment between His public commissioning and His public ministry, there was a 40-day wilderness of fasting and prayer. Before God manifests His power, He first “impels” His Body into this same wilderness.
From the First and Second Great Awakenings in the 1700 and 1800s to the Jesus Movement of the 1970s, every great move of God has been preceded by great movements of prayer and fasting. God has impelled His people into this wilderness throughout church history, and they came forth in His power. Historically, universities have been ground zero for such seasons of revival. In the words of Jonathan Edwards, “it all began with the young people.”
So it is true in our day. Before there can be any Jesus movement, there must come first a Jesus fast. As the Holy Spirit impelled Jesus into the wilderness, may the Lord impel us in this season of prayer and fasting.
PRAYER POINTS:
- Pray for supernatural grace for fasting — that our hunger for His presence would far exceed our hunger for comfort, strength, and earthly enjoyment.
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200 years ago in 1823, nearly every major denomination and university across America united in prayer for our nation’s college students. Campuses were being radically transformed by powerful seasons of spiritual awakening. Today, churches and campuses across America are once again uniting in prayer for the next generation on college campuses. Will you join us for 30 days of prayer for revival and spiritual awakening? (Designed for churches: to activate faith to believe & pray for the next generation!)
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