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Ready To Give an Answer
Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.
1 Peter 3:15


Forty Days
of

Prayer and Fasting

Personal Spiritual Journal

Introduction

    Too often people live with more question
marks than exclamation points. Does faith in Christ provide any answers for a questioning world?          

    During this Forty Days of Prayer & Fasting
emphasis, we focus on seven of the big questions of our age—
      Which God?—the question of sovereignty
      Whose Truth?—the question of absolutes
      Why?—the question of justice                         
      Will It Ever Stop Hurting? —question of human suffering
      Who Am I?—the question of identity           
      Who Cares?—the question of significance
      What Does It Mean?—the question of purpose and destiny


Each daily devotional in this Personal Spiritual Journal relates to one of these questions. A Forty Day of Prayer and Fasting Daily Prayer Guide is also available as a companion piece to give additional direction to your Bible reading and prayer.

Hope can be lost in the relativism, pluralism, and syncretism of an age like ours — lost because a meaningful relationship with God can be lost in culture's unsatisfactory answers to life's big questions. Should followers of Christ have a reliable response to the questions of our time? Is there a reason for hope? Are you ready to give an answer when someone asks you for the reason for your hope?

God's Word points us toward the One who is the answer to our big questions. It is possible to live with an exclamation point rather than a question mark!

Bookmark this page and use the links below to read and meditate on the daily devotions.


Daily Devotionals

Day

  1    Any God or One God?
  2    An Incomparable God
  3    A Jealous God
  4    A God Who Carries or Must Be Carried
  5    What is Truth?
  6    Whose Truth?
  7    Salad Bar Truth
  8    Truth is a Person
  9    A New Way of Thinking
10    Living the Truth
11    What Does The Lord Require?
12    Persistent Example
13    God's Silence
14    The Final Promotion
15    Divine Demonstration
16    Interceding Justice
17    Flying With Clipped Wings
18    The School of Hard Knocks
19    Find the Pill
20    Speaking the Language of Pain
21    Fruit Out of Season
22    In Its Time
23    Persons of Reality
24    A Child of God
25    Forgiven By His Grace
26    Full of Potential
27    Precious in His Sight
28    A Velveteen Christian
29    In The Image of God
30    Loving God With Everything
31    Part of The Family
32    Using Your Gift
33    Waiting to Hear From You
34    Children of God
35    Wisdom of God
36    A Resting Place for Faith
37    Living in the Light
38    Saved in Hope
39    A Safe Source for Answers
40    Answers that Please






Forty Days of Prayer and Fasting
is a biblical pattern of spiritual renewal and revival. Use this personal spiritual journal to record your insights and reflections along the way as you take a forty day spiritual journey during which you will prepare yourself to give an answer for the hope that you have in Jesus Christ.

In these daily devotional walks, you will affirm your relationship with God, commit yourself to the authority of God's Word in your life, and spend quality time with the Lord in prayer. Anticipate the work of the Holy Spirit as He sharpens your spiritual sensitivity. Read — apply — pray — and celebrate the exclamation points God brings to your life.

This spiritual journal is the call for you to come face to face with God. Bow before Him! Tremble before Him! Yield to Him! Embrace Him! Know Him! Love Him! Enjoy Him!

This daily prayer calendar will encourage you day by day as you experience the wonder of God's presence. Keep it near your Bible or devotional book as a reminder to draw nearer to the Lord during the next forty days (Forty Days of Fasting and Prayer).

Forty Days of Prayer and Fasting

An emphasis of the Wesleyan Church Evangelism and Church Growth Department

EVANGELISM & CHURCH GROWTH
A General Department of The Wesleyan Church
P.O. Box 50434 Indianapolis, IN 46250-0434
Phone: 317–570–5125
Fax: 317–570–5265
Email: E&CG@wesleyan.org
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