Be Doers of the Word in Prayer and Fasting
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Summary
This closing portion of the service is a pastoral call to receive the preached word by faith and to live it out, not merely to hear it. Echoing the apostle James, the pastor reminds the congregation that blessing comes to those who become doers of the word and act on what they have received.
Much of the message centers on shared spiritual discipline. Believers are urged to train themselves in prayer, to gather for the church's weekday prayer meetings, and not to let their zeal grow cold. The pastor announces an approaching three-week church fast on plant-based food and shares his wife's testimony that fasting is easier and more fruitful when the whole church does it together in unity.
The service ends with thanksgiving and intercession - blessing visiting ministers and missionaries, praying for those sick during the flu epidemic, and committing the week's gatherings to God, so the church may serve Him with one heart and one voice.
Key Points
- Receive the preached word by faith and put it into practice; be a doer, not only a hearer
- Train yourself in prayer and keep the habit of the church prayer meeting
- Keep your zeal for serving alive and do not let it grow cold
- Prayer and fasting are stronger when the whole church seeks God together in unity
- Prepare your heart, and even your kitchen, for the coming season of fasting
- Give thanks to God for His presence, cleansing, and mercy in worship
- Carry one another's needs to God, praying for the sick and for guests
Devotional
It is one thing to hear a sermon and another to live it. Today, let one truth you have heard sink into your heart by faith, and ask God how to act on it before the day is over. Make room to pray, not only alone but alongside your church family, where zeal is rekindled and burdens are shared. As you train yourself in prayer and prepare for seasons of fasting, remember that God meets His people most powerfully when they seek Him together, with one heart and one voice.
Let the word settle in us by faith, so that we live it and walk in its blessing.
Keep serving with zeal - do not let that fire grow cold.
When the whole church fasts together in unity, the help of God comes more easily.
