Why are we fasting and praying?
I believe the focus of this New Year of 2025 is about living in the Promised Land of our life in Christ.
The promised land plays an important role in the Bible and is a land that God promised to Abraham
all the way back in Genesis. It acts as a picture of covenant faithfulness as God’s people try (and
sometimes fail) to live out their divine calling. We see the children of Israel eventually make their
way out of the wilderness and cross the Jordan to take the land. We find out that was the easy part
as they then have to learn to live in it.
 

Prayer is essential to being able to live in a way that represents Jesus to the world He loves and died
to redeem. There are giants to fight and strongholds to pull down in the land of promise. Prayer and
fasting access the grace of God which releases the supernatural power we need to live out our
promises.
Let’s go!

Pastor Paul Lloyd.