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Why We Fast

We are setting aside 21 days to fast and pray, believing that God has greater things in store for us, both in our lives and in the future of Community Church. Fasting is about surrender, letting go of lesser things so God can do more in us and through us.

“Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these.” – John 14:12

Fasting creates space for God’s presence to move in powerful ways. As we deny ourselves, we draw closer to Him, trusting that His plans for us as individuals and as a church are greater than anything we could imagine.

We invite you to join Community Church for 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting as we seek God for greater things in our lives and our church’s next season.

21 Days of Prayer & Fasting starts September 14.

How Are We Fasting for 21 Days?
For these 21 days, we’re doing a Daniel Fast together. That means simplifying what we eat and focusing on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, and water while stepping away from meat, sweets, processed foods, and other comforts.

The goal isn’t simply to change what’s on our plate. It’s to intentionally remove distractions and create more room to seek God through prayer and time in His Word. As we fast together, we’re asking God to deepen our dependence on Him and bring breakthrough in our lives, families, church, and community.
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Day 9: Bearing Fruit in Life

Welcome to day nine of 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting. Today, we’re gonna take an honest look at what’s growing in our lives. And I’m gonna take that honest look right alongside of you.

You know, Jesus says this in John 15:8, this is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. You see, you can identify a tree by what you see growing on its branches. If you see an apple, you know it’s an apple tree.

If you see the pine cone, you know it’s a pine tree. If you see oranges, well, obviously it’s an orange tree. You see, over time, our lives should reveal our connection to Jesus, the vine.

And his love begins to shape how we live and how we love. His patience starts showing up in our actions and reactions. His goodness influences decisions that nobody else will see.

You know, that’s fruit. And here’s something that I’ve had to watch in my own life. My abilities can develop faster than my character.

I can become a better communicator while becoming a poorer listener. I can lead a meeting with patience and then walk into my front door with none left for my family. I can prepare a message about Jesus without even making room for Jesus to work in me.

You know, maybe you know that tension as well. You’re carrying more responsibility. I mean, people trust in your judgment, but what’s growing beneath the surface? Galatians 5, it gives us a really good place to look.

You should read it today. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. You know, read that list really slow today.

And where do you see growth? Thank God for it. Maybe you’re quicker now to apologize. Maybe a situation that once set you spiraling for days, now you see it as an opportunity to trust God even more.

I mean, small beginnings are worth noticing, gang. Then ask the harder question. You know, where would the people closest to me say I need to grow the most? Maybe it’s your tone, you know, when you’re interrupted or your response when you don’t get your own way.

See, those ordinary moments, they just give us opportunities to practice what we pray. So just choose one area today. Bring it honestly to God and ask Him for help with just one specific response.

I mean, your prayer could sound like this. Holy Spirit, grow patience in me. You know, when I feel myself getting irritated, help me pause and listen.

Holy Spirit, grow gentleness in me. Help me tell the truth without using my words to hurt other people. Listen to me, friend, listen.

Fruit takes time to mature. So just stay close to Jesus. Respond to His correction and keep practicing obedience.

You can trust the Spirit to do a great work in you. I love you, and I’ll see you tomorrow.

Day 8: Ask Whatever You Wish

Welcome to day eight of 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting. You know, we’ve spent a week just making room for God. But today I want us to begin to really bring him our requests. Jesus makes an incredible promise in John 15:7.

Let me read it for you. He says this: If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. I mean, wow.

That should make us just stop in our tracks. I mean, ask whatever you wish yes, but hey, read the beginning of that sentence again. He says If you remain in me and my words remain in you See the asking grows out of the abiding.

And as we spend time with Jesus and let his words just take root in us. It begins to shape our lives; we begin to care about only what he cares about.

And then our prayers grow beyond what would make life easier into what would make us more fruitful. We actually get to the point in our faith that we only want what God wants for our lives. So that’s why Jesus can say Ask for whatever you want because if we’re remaining in him, we will only want what he wants to begin with.

So here’s the question: What have you stopped praying about? I mean, maybe you pray for months, maybe years, and somewhere along the way disappointment just convinced you to lower your expectations. Yeah, you still pray about the meeting or the traffic, the long week ahead, and your Father, though, cares about those things, but he also welcomes the requests that you can barely bring yourself to say out loud.

You know the marriage that you’re afraid will never heal, the child you long to see come home, the place in your own heart. You’ve almost given up believing; you know that God can change. Bring that to him. Eight days of fasting haven’t earned you or me an answered prayer.

But Jesus has already invited you to come to the Father. You come because he loves you, and you can trust him with what matters to you most.

You know in Matthew 7 Jesus tells us to ask and seek and knock. He describes a father who gives good gifts to his children, and First John reminds us that our confidence rests.

In asking according to his will, we can ask boldly and leave the outcome in his hands. So today, just write down one request that you’ve been hesitant to bring. You know, put a date beside it. Take time to pray over it with your bible open, allowing his word to shape your asking.

You don’t have to know how God will respond before you bring him the request. What would you ask your Father today if you trusted that he really wanted to hear from you? So start there. I love you. I’ll see you tomorrow.

Day 7: The Danger of Drift

Welcome to day seven, we’re one week in. I’m so proud of you for making it this far. And let me just encourage you, keep showing up and keep making room for God in your life.

You know, Bekah and I have been, we’ve been taking our kids to the Jersey shore every summer since they were in diapers. When they got old enough and they knew how to swim, I’d let them go into the ocean on their own. With one caveat, they had to stay right in front of the lifeguards.

But if you’ve ever been to the shore, the ocean current is strong. And you know, when you’re a kid, you’re just playing around, splashing around. You can easily drift down the shore without even realizing it.

And then look up and realize you’re far away from the lifeguard. What happens to kids in the ocean can also happen to us in our spiritual walk. And that’s why Jesus says this in John chapter 15.

He says, if you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers. That’s a hard one to hear. And I don’t wanna sand the edges off of it.

But I want you to notice something about how it happens. You know, there’s no dramatic moment in that sentence. Nobody storms off.

Nobody says, forget you, God. No, it’s just the branch stops being connected to the vine and then it dries out. And slowly enough, it dries out until it’s brittle.

And I’ve been a pastor for nearly 30 years. And so I’ve, you know, watched many people walk away from God when they never planned to do that. They just got busy.

Prayer became something reserved for emergencies. A few Sundays away from church became a few months away. And the people who used to encourage them in their faith haven’t heard from them in a while.

And each decision seems small, but together they carried them somewhere they never intended to go. And drift can happen, even while you’re still in church. I mean, you know the songs, you serve on a team, people count on you, people know you.

But somewhere along the way, your relationship with Jesus started running on yesterday’s experiences. And friend, if that’s you, pay attention to what Jesus says to the church in Revelation. He says, remember, repent, and do the things you did at first.

Remember when you made time for him. What did that look like? An open Bible before you opened your phone, an honest prayer on the drive to work, a friend who asked how you were really doing and waited for the answer. Then repent; tell God where you’ve wandered.

You know, you can be honest with the one who already knows and calls you to return. Then take a step. Today, pick up one practice that helped you stay close to Jesus and tell somebody.

You know, Hebrews reminds us to encourage one another daily because we need help recognizing the drift that we can’t see in ourselves. Send that text. You know, hey, I’ve been feeling distanced from God.

Hey, would you pray for me this week? You know, that conversation could be your first step back. You know, one week down, as we enter week two, let’s give Jesus our full attention again. I love you, and I’ll see you tomorrow.

DAY 6: Dependent on God

Welcome to day six of 21 days of prayer and fasting. Today, we’re gonna talk about something that capable people really struggle to admit, and it’s we need help. And yes, I’m preaching to myself today.

In John chapter 15, in verse five, Jesus says this, apart from me, you can do nothing. I’m like, nothing? I mean, Jesus, have you seen my calendar? I’m getting a lot done. You know, but a full calendar doesn’t tell us whether we’re bearing fruit or not.

You know, a branch can look healthy for a little while after it’s disconnected from the vine, but what it cannot do is sustain its own life, and neither can we. You know, God gave you gifts, and you’ve developed skills, you’ve gained experience, and those are all good things, but somewhere along the way, we can begin trusting the gifts while losing touch with the giver of the gifts. So we stop praying about what we think we’ve mastered.

I don’t know, maybe that’s your marriage. You know how to keep the peace, but you’ve stopped asking God to deepen your love. You know, maybe it’s your work.

You know all the answers before anybody asks the questions. Hey, when was the last time you asked God for wisdom at work? You know, maybe it’s serving right here at church. You know how to prepare the lesson, lead the team, run the event, but have you prayed for the people you lead? Have you asked the Holy Spirit to fill you afresh and anew? Here’s today’s question.

Where has confidence in your ability crowded out your dependence on God? You know, Paul learned to bring his weakness to God, and God met him there. He said, my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Listen, friend, you don’t have to manufacture a weakness to me, God.

You already depend on him for every breath. Prayer is where you acknowledge it, and fasting gives that prayer a physical reminder. So when hunger interrupts your day, let it interrupt your self-sufficiency too.

So why not just pause and just name one area you’ve been managing without bringing it to God, and then pray before you take the next step. You know, whether it’s the meeting, answering the phone, the conversation, the decision, say, God, I’ve gotten comfortable doing this without asking for your help. Forgive me.

Give me wisdom. Make me attentive to you. Teach me to depend on you here and now.

For it’s not by might nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord. So today, bring your strongest ability back to the one who gave it to you in the first place. I love you, and I’ll see you tomorrow.

DAY 5: THE TRUE VINE

Well, today is day five, and I mean, this is the one. If you only take one word out of these 21 days, make it this one, and the word is remain. You know, Jesus says in John chapter 15, verse four, he says, remain in me as I also remain in you.

No branch can bear fruit by itself. It must remain in the vine. So remain, you know, some of your Bible translations might say the word abide.

It just means stay, stay put, don’t wander off, you know, kind of pitch a tent and camp here for a while, hang out. Jesus is saying, put down some roots, make yourself at home in my presence. Here’s why, you know, a branch doesn’t bear fruit by striving.

A branch bears fruit by abiding. You see, fruit is not the result of trying harder. Fruit is the result of staying closer, closer to Jesus, connected to Jesus, connected to the vine.

Listen, abiding is not a mood, it’s not a vibe, it’s not a feeling that comes over you during worship on a Sunday when the spirit moves, and those moments are real, and I thank God for them, but you can’t build a life on them because you cannot schedule them. Abiding, on the other hand, is a set of small decisions that you repeat until they begin to shape your life. That’s it, that’s the whole secret.

It’s not complicated and it’s not glamorous. We are five days into this fast and you’ve already proven that you can give something up. Now, I want you to build something up.

So today, if you haven’t done so already, I want you to decide on paper what remaining actually looks like for you for the next 16 days. You know, when, where, how long, what do you do the second that you wake up before your phone starts popping off? You know, you gotta make a decision. Make it small enough that you actually do it on a bad day.

Small and consistent beats big and occasional every single time. Because in three weeks, this fast is going to end and Revival Nights is going to come and go and what carries you past all of it, it’s not just the intensity, it’s the rhythm you built while you were hungry. So decide today, then stay there.

Remain, let’s pray. Jesus, help me remain in you today. When I’m distracted or tempted to pull away from you, draw me closer, teach me to trust your love, listen to your voice and depend on your strength.

Let my life bear fruit as I stay connected to you, amen.

DAY 4: ALREADY CLEAN

Welcome to day four of 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting. You know, some years ago when my wife started working full-time with me at the church, I made the strategic decision to hire someone to come and clean our house twice a month. You know, it was a huge relief to me and to Bekah, at least I thought it was.

Because on the night before the cleaner would show up to clean the next day, Bekakh and I, we found ourselves actually cleaning the house. And we laugh about it now, but sometimes, you know, we approach God that way, don’t we? You know, let me get this under control. Let me, you know, figure this out.

Let me, you know, have a better week and then I’ll come to you, Jesus. Well, you know, Jesus said this to his disciples in John chapter 15. He says this, verse 3, You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

Now just stop for a minute and think about you know, who he is saying that to. This is the same group of men who are going to argue about who’s the greatest. They’re going to fall asleep while he asks them to pray.

They’re going to run when it gets hard. They’re going to deny that they even knew him. And before any of that happens, he looks at them and he says, you’re already clean.

Like the cleansing is God’s work. It’s his act of grace. It’s not something you produce by, you know, feeling bad enough for long enough.

And that is exactly what makes today safe. Because some of you are in this fourth day of the fast. You’re trying to do everything right on the outside.

And yet there is one thing you have never named. Not to God, not to your spouse, not to a friend. You have just been kind of managing it behind the scenes, keeping it fed and keeping it quiet, you know, that anger, that lust, that critical spirit, that greed, that resentment.

And it’s costing you more than you’re willing to admit. Because here’s what I know about secrets. They do not get smaller when you carry them.

They actually get heavier and they get roots. And so today I’m asking you to say the specific thing out loud. Not a general, hey God, forgive me of my sins.

The actual word for the actual thing out loud, where you can hear it yourself. You know, say it out loud. And then here’s what I want you to do.

I want you to go over to Psalm 51 and read it slowly and let David say the rest for you. You’re not confessing to get clean. You’re confessing because he already made a way for you to be clean.

There is nothing you are about to say that he didn’t already know when he chose you. So say it today. So let’s pray.

Jesus, thank you that I can come honestly into your presence. I confess the sin I’ve been hiding and excusing. So forgive me, cleanse me.

Holy Spirit, give me the power to turn from it, the courage to receive help. Teach me to walk openly with you, trusting in your grace. Amen.

DAY 3: CUT BACK TO GROW

Welcome to day three. Now, today, you gotta stay with me because today is the other half of what we talked about yesterday. Yesterday, we read that God cuts off the branch that bears no fruit, but listen to the rest of verse two.

Jesus says this, and every branch that does bear fruit, he prunes so that it will even be more fruitful. Now, I wanna read that slowly again. And every branch that does bear fruit, he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.

Jesus says that the branch that is doing well gets cut too. That is the verse that has gotten me through some of the hardest years of my life. And I really hope it encourages somebody today who could really use some encouragement because here’s what happens.

You know, you’re doing your best to follow Jesus, to live for him, to do the right thing, but you’ll learn pretty quick that doing the right thing, the godly thing, it doesn’t necessarily mean that everything goes right. You know, you go through a season of loss, like a real loss, a job that doesn’t work out, a relationship that just can’t be mended, a ministry door that gets closed, a year that like seriously took something like out of you that still has yet to come back. And somewhere in the middle of all of that, you do the math just like I did, and you come to the conclusion just like I did, hey, God must have stepped back, God must have abandoned me, I must have done something wrong, and I must have messed up, and here’s the deal.

I wanna challenge that thought today because it was wrong in me, and I believe it’s probably wrong in you. Because what if the cutting was not abandonment? What if the cutting was an investment? Jesus says the gardener prunes the fruit, the fruitful branch, on purpose, and he tells you the reason out loud, so that it will bear more fruit, that it will be more fruitful. Pruning is how God increases capacity.

You know, what he takes is almost in service of what he’s about to give, so that relationship or that opportunity or that job, maybe it was God the gardener intentionally removing something from your life so that he could make more room for something more, something better, not just for you, but for his kingdom work in and through you. Now, I get it. The losses in life are real and they hurt, and I’m not suggesting that whatever was cut out of your life whatever that loss was, I’m not suggesting it was good.

I’m just telling you, God is not wasting it. He never wastes a hurt, he never wastes a painful moment, but he can use it to one day help you bear more fruit in your life. So today, day three of the fast, in your time of prayer, let me just encourage you, bring the last thing you lost to God.

Don’t try to minimize it, don’t try to explain it away, and don’t try to pretend it didn’t hurt. Just say, God, if you were pruning me, then grow something here and now. Friend, he’s not finished with you.

I love you, I’ll see you tomorrow.

DAY 2: THE PRUNING

Welcome to day two. You know, yesterday Jesus said, he said, I am the vine and God is the gardener. And today Jesus tells us exactly what a gardener does.

And I’ll be honest with you, it’s not, you know, comfortable to hear. In John 15 verse 2, Jesus says, he, referring to God, the gardener, he cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit. Like, cuts it off.

That’s the word. Not ignores, not works around, cuts off. Listen, fruit matters to God.

And his care includes dealing with what hinders growth. And here’s what I’ve learned about God. In seasons like this, he’s not primarily, you know, after, like, the big sin in your life.

I mean, he’s after the clutter in your life, the stuff that isn’t necessarily evil. It’s just not producing anything good. And it has been quietly drinking up the resources that were meant for something else.

I mean, you know, you can be busy every night of the week and still be avoiding the one thing that God has asked you to do. A busy life is not necessarily a fruitful life. And that’s why God cuts off the branch that bears no fruit.

I want you to think about that for a second, a branch that bears no fruit. It’s still getting fed. It’s still pulling water and nutrients out of the vine.

It looks alive. It has leaves on it. And it has not yet produced anything, though, in years.

And you, you probably have one of those. Maybe it’s a commitment that you made years ago. You said yes to it in, like, 2019.

And you’ve been remaining faithful to that commitment, but you’ve also been resenting it ever since. Maybe it’s a habit that eats up, like, two hours every night. Maybe it’s a relationship that only takes.

Maybe it’s a version of yourself that you’ve been defending for a decade that God is not asking you to defend anymore. You see, fasting is what makes this question askable. When you take something out of your life on purpose for 21 days, you start to notice everything else you have been carrying that God never handed you.

So pray this with me today out of Psalm 139. Oh, God, search me, God. Show me the branch that’s not bearing any fruit.

And give me the nerve to hold still while you cut. It’s in your name I pray. Amen.

I love you. I’ll see you tomorrow.

DAY 1: THE TRUE VINE

Welcome to day one of 21 days of prayer and fasting. Now, before we ask God for one single thing over these next 21 days, I want us to settle something right here and right now. Because if we skip this, you know, the rest of this is just a bunch of religious effort with a hungry stomach attached to it.

So as we begin our study on John chapter 15, I want you to notice what Jesus says first. He says this, he says, I am the true vine and my father is the gardener. I just look what he did there.

He just took like both jobs. He said, he’s the vine, he’s the source. He’s the thing that all of life runs through.

And then the father is the gardener. He’s the one who decides what gets tended and what gets cut, which leaves us with neither one. And here’s why that matters.

You know, I’ve been doing this a long time, devoted my life to this book and living for Jesus. And I can tell you that the most exhausted Christians that I’ve ever met, they were exhausted because they quietly took one of these two jobs. Like somewhere along the way, they decided, you know, hey, I have to be the source.

I have to generate the energy. I have to produce the fruit, make things happen, deliver the results and show up with a good attitude for work and show up in a good mood on Sunday morning at church. And then some of us decided we had to be the gardener.

We had to solve all the problems, manage everybody, fix everybody, prune everybody, including ourselves. You know, friend, that is an exhausting way to live out your Christian faith because here’s the truth. Neither one of those two things is your job.

Jesus says he is the vine and the father is the gardener. And as we will discover, you and me, we are the branch. Now the branch has work to do, but you can only do that work while you’re depending on the vine, on Jesus, on his wisdom, on his strength, on his Holy Spirit.

Your assignment is to stay connected to Jesus. Don’t break away from the vine. Don’t disconnect your life from the source.

See, that’s our job as the branch is to stay dependent, stay connected to Jesus, stay in his presence, spend time with him every day. So on day one of our 21 days of prayer and fasting, I’m asking you, hey, not to try harder, not to carry more. I’m actually asking you to put something down that you were never intended to carry in the first place.

So here is our prayer today. God, show me where I’ve been the vine. God, show me where I’ve been the gardener and show me what my life looks like if I’m neither one.

It’s in your name I pray, amen. That’s the first step and we’ll pick it up there tomorrow.

START HERE

Well, hey, Community Church, we’re about to spend 21 days praying and fasting and listening to God’s voice together. And our focus is gonna be on John chapter 15, where Jesus says this, I love it. He goes, remain in me and I in you.

So what we’re gonna do for 21 days is to make room to hear God’s voice, to spend time with Jesus, and then also put into practice what he says. I love what it also says in Psalm 119:60. He says this, I will hurry and not delay to obey the commands of the Lord.

So that’s our posture for the next 21 days. We’re gonna say, God, hey, when you speak, I want to respond. And as we act on God’s word, as we learn to trust him more deeply, here’s what’s gonna happen.

The Holy Spirit is gonna empower us to change us. Like from the inside out, he’s gonna change our habits, help us surrender our sin, forgive and take next steps that maybe we’ve just been afraid to take. And those steps of obedience, they can become places of spiritual breakthrough.

Listen, we can’t control God’s timing, but we can respond to what he’s making clear to us today. So let me give you some advice on how to prepare for this fast. Number one, first, choose your fast.

As a church, we’re doing the Daniel Fast and you’ll find all the information about that fast on our website. But you just need to make a specific plan for setting aside food and all the time we spend preparing it or going out to eat so that we can spend time with Jesus so we can seek him. Listen, if you have a medical condition or you take medication, just consult your healthcare professional first.

Don’t try to change your medication on your own. If a Daniel Fast isn’t gonna work for you, you can still participate. Join us in prayer.

And then you can fast other things that might distract you like social media or binge watching your favorite Netflix show. Second, you need to choose a time and a place to pray and meet with God every day. I would schedule it, put it on your calendar, make an appointment with Jesus.

Find a spot also where you can just quiet all the distractions and just give God your attention, even if it’s just for 10 or 15 minutes a day. This could be like in your favorite chair in your living room or at your kitchen table or just even sitting in your truck on your lunch break, but choose a place and stick to it. Third, bring your Bible and your journal with you when you meet with God.

And so that when you read the scripture every day, read it slowly. And then when you pray, pray something like Holy Spirit, help me understand your word. Show me how to live it.

And then just write down in your journal what you sense God’s saying to you and what you’re going to do about it. Listen, I don’t know what you need God to do in the next 21 days. Maybe you need him to heal a broken relationship.

Maybe you need to just like jumpstart some good spiritual habits like reading your word and spending time in prayer every day. Or maybe like physically, you just need to go to bed earlier and get on a better rhythm, drink more water. Don’t eat sugar.

I don’t know. For some of you, you might be seeking a direction. You’ve got a big decision ahead of you and you just need God to give you wisdom that the Holy Spirit will guide you in what to do.

Some of you just need God to do a miracle just in your life or your family, whatever it is. My prayer is that God is going to meet you in these next 21 days and do above and beyond what you could ever imagine. So let me pray for you as we begin.

Father, just give us ears to hear and hearts ready to obey. Holy Spirit, open your word to us and empower us to put it into practice. Grow our faith as we trust in you.

Bring freedom where we’re bound, courage where we’re afraid, and a deeper hunger for you, Jesus. And when you speak, help us to respond without delay. It’s in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Day 10: Deepening Love Reflection

Welcome to day 10 of 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting. Now today’s invitation is simple, but it’s not easy. I want you to spend 10 minutes just receiving the love of God.

Hey, if you’re anything like me, that will be harder than, like, skipping an entire meal. Hey, give us an assignment, we’re on it. Give us a problem, we’ll work on it.

But invite us to sit quietly with nothing to prove, you know, suddenly we’re checking the clock. But listen to what Jesus says in John 15, nine, as the father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.

So before you rush to the next verse, just kind of let that settle in your spirit. Jesus describes his love for you by pointing to the love of the Father for him. I mean, think about the depth of that kind of love, the closeness, the intimacy, the delight.

And then hear Jesus say, so have I loved you. Hey, some of us, we have an easier time believing God can use us than believing he delights in us. You know, we serve, we show up, we become the person everybody can count on.

And somewhere along the way, we start treating our relationship with God like a performance review. Have I done enough? Have I given enough? Have I prayed enough? Even a fast like this can just become another way to somehow earn God’s approval. So let me just remind you today: hey, you began this fast already, loved.

God’s love was there before day one, before you volunteered, before you signed up for a serve team, before you had anything to put on your spiritual resume. And on the days, even when you’re exhausted and have very little to give, his love remains. You know, Jeremiah 317 gives us an extraordinary picture of God rejoicing over his people with singing.

Have you ever watched a parent sing over a sleeping child? Becca would sing over our kids every single night when she would put them down. You know, even though our child hadn’t even accomplished a thing yet, Becca’s delight over them came from a parent’s love for their child. Let that picture just challenge the way you imagine God looking at you.

So here’s today’s practice. Put your phone away, sit somewhere quiet for 10 minutes, and read John 15, nine slowly, and then pray. Jesus, help me receive the love you say you have for me.

You know, when your mind wanders to unfinished work, gently bring it back. When you feel the urge to prove yourself, just tell him. You can bring your restlessness into his presence too.

You may feel peaceful; you may feel distracted. Either way, his promise holds. Before you get back to everything you need to do, remember how deeply you are loved.

And I love you too. And I’ll see you tomorrow.

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