JANUARY 13 - FEBRUARY 2
ABIDE is a 21 day season dedicated to prayer, fasting, and worship. It is our prayer that the Lord will use this season in a significant way in your life. This is a time to clear out the distractions of life, focus your heart, and seek the Lord together as a church. No matter where you are in your faith journey, this ABIDE season is for you! One primary way to draw near to Jesus is to study His Word. To help you do that, we have provided an ABIDE GUIDE that you can download. We hope this guide will assist you in focusing your heart each day as you study God's Word.
Fasting will begin on Monday, January 13, and end on Sunday, February 2.
During the 21 days of fasting is when you will use the Abide Guide.
Men's and Women's
ABIDE NIGHTS
These nights held at Revolution Canton will be a time for Men and Women to join together as we close on our Abide season. This year we will host an Abide Night for Men and an Abide Night for Women. Each of these evenings will be full of incredible worship and amazing teaching featuring a guest speaker. This is a FREE event. To help our team prepare, registration is required and closes Friday, January 24.
We will not offer childcare for Abide Nights. Learn more and register for Abide Nights below.
Register for Abide Nights
Jan 31, 2025 • 6:30p - 9:30p
Abide Men's Night
Feb 1, 2025 • 6:30p - 9:30p
Abide Women's Night
REVSTUDENTS ABIDE NIGHT
All 6th-12th graders are invited to join us Wednesday, January 29 at 6:15p for a night of worship, prayer and seeking the Lord. We encourage all RevStudents to come to the campus they normally attend as we celebrate all God accomplished through ABIDE 2025.
WHAT IS PRAYER?
God started a conversation with His people (us) through His Word. Prayer is our response to Him. And here’s the awesome part, He wants to hear from us. He delights in us.
WHAT IS FASTING?
Removing things from our lives for a time to pursue intimate fellowship with God. Fasting can be an expression of finding our greatest pleasure and enjoyment in life from God. Food, or whatever we fast from, has a mastery over our lives. Fasting says, "I long to be satisfied in God alone."
WHY DO WE DO THIS AS A CHURCH?
A season of focused prayer and fasting puts our church body on the same trajectory. Imagine the power of thousands of people speaking to our heavenly Father at the same time about the same thing.
Fasting Overview
Please keep in mind that your fast is not something that has to be compared to other people’s fasts. It should be challenging for you, though. As we begin our fast, consider your health and nutritional needs.
COMPLETE FAST
This fast involves drinking only liquids, typically water with light juices as an option.
SELECTIVE FAST
This fast involves removing certain elements from your diet. One example of a selective fast is the Daniel Fast, during which you remove meat, sweets, and bread from your diet and consume water and juice for fluids and fruits and vegetables for food.
PARTIAL FAST
This fast involves abstaining from eating any type of food in the morning and afternoon. This can either correlate to specific times of the day, such as 6:00 am to 3:00 pm, or from sunup to sundown.
SOUL FAST
This fast is a great option if you do not have much experience fasting from food, have health issues that prevent you from fasting food, or if you wish to refocus certain areas of your life that are out of balance. For example, you might choose to stop using social media or watching television for the duration of the fast and then carefully bring that element back into your life in healthy doses after the fast.
