The way we begin always matters. Every year at KBCF, we set off the year with praying and fasting together. We believe that prayer is not our last recourse, but our first response. As John Bunyan said, “You can do more than pray, after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.” Prayer should be our first resort!
For this reason, we dedicate the first month of the new year pressing into God’s presence, setting apart to seek His heart, seeking direction for the ministry and our personal lives through prayer, and with fasting. We will seek God collectively as a church beginning Monday, January 15th until Saturday, January 20th, believing in Him to do all that He wants to do in and through us. We want God to help us navigate the journey ahead of us with confidence. It is that time again! What an honor and privilege.
There is no better way to rebuild, restructure, energize, and transform our spiritual life than initiating the year 2024 with prayer and fasting. Rebuilding begins with prayer because prayer puts rebuilding in motion. We believe the power of prayer deepens our dependence on God and sharpens our faith, that’s why we pray. The act of prayer nurtures and furthers our intimacy with God, knowing that our pleas and appeals go to a God who hears us and who invites us to be involved in His plan. When we pray, we choose to put everything in God’s hands, knowing that He will show up and work in every aspect of our lives and those around us.
There is a connection between sacrificing necessity that brings greater clarity and revelation into our life, that’s why we fast. The motivation of our fasting is to draw closer to the heart of God. Fasting helps us break the power of the flesh in our life and leads us to feed on the Spirit of God. It is an intentional decision to abstain from the nourishment of this world in order to feast on the nourishment of God alone. We fast because we want God. It is a central expression of our hunger for God. When we fast, we truly feast on God’s Word and God’s Presence in a way that reminds us of His sufficiency and satisfaction.
We are excited to embark on this prayer and fasting journey together as a family. We know that it is in times like these where God reveals His heart and changes ours. It is a time for us to reflect, take stock of the past year, and invite God to order our individual and corporate steps in the new year. Whether you are brand new or you have experienced this in previous years, we hope you will enter the next six or seven days with great expectancy for how God will commune with us.
May we let the words of E.M. Bounds inspire us to pray with bold faith and expectancy: “What the church needs today is not more machinery, not new organizations or more and novel methods, but men and women whom the Holy Ghost can use—men and women of prayer, mighty in prayer. The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods but through men and women. He does not anoint plans, but people, men, and women of prayer.”
Setting aside time during the first part of the year gives us the spiritual momentum to not just survive but to thrive and grow! We look forward to seeing God do magnificent and amazing things in our life individually and corporately as a church. We anticipate a great move of the Holy Spirit. So, during this time, turn down the noise of the world to focus our life and attention on God. Pray to God and listen to His voice. Like Jesus, let this become the wilderness part of our day, free from rushing and agendas, free from distractions and demands.
The goal is not to check prayer and fasting off our list, but to create closeness with God and rhythm in our life that lasts well beyond these 6-7 days. We pray that God will speak clearly to us during this time of prayer and fasting. It is our prayer that we find new levels of intimacy with the Lord Jesus Christ in prioritizing Him above all else. Together, we faithfully seek God first, trusting in His power alone to create lasting impact in our lives, our church, and our community.
To help guide us in the next 6 to 7 days we have curated devotions from various individuals from the faith family of KBCF. This booklet has been designed to help us study and apply the life-shaping principles for a deeper devotional experience that enable us to discover deeper stability in this chaotic world, and fan into flame fresh zeal in our spiritual and prayer life. Our hope is for us to come out of prayer and fasting strengthened, encouraged, and ready to live out our faith at its best!
Prayer and fasting together as a community of faith is a way to express not only personally, but also corporately, that we are dependent on God and hungry for more of Him. Charles Spurgeon, once said, “Our seasons of fasting and prayer at the [Metropolitan] Tabernacle have been high days indeed; never has Heaven’s gate stood wider; never have our hearts been nearer the central Glory.”
It is our faith that God will renew, REBUILD, and restore our life as we embark on this exciting journey of prayer. May God use our prayer and fasting at KBCF to experience a deeper craving for the beauty of the Lord and for the wonder of His leading in our life and in our church; to open up the gates of Heaven and pour out His Spirit on His Church so that we might experience His great glory in our day.

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Digital copies of the prayer booklet are available in this website and social media pages. You can download the file by clicking the button below. Hard copies are also available upon request. KBCF is enjoining every family and attender to ascribe to the Lord all glory honor and praise, and continue to entrust to Him the whole year.

Corporate Prayer Gathering

We invite you to join our 6-Day Corporate Prayer Gathering from January 15-19, 2024, Monday to Friday, 7pm at the KBCF Worship Hall. We will also have the culmination of our Prayer and Fasting on January 20, 2024, 9am at KBCF Worship hall. We encourage you to plan ahead, and let us all be blessed with what God will be revealing us as we seek Him this Prayer and Fasting Week! We hope to see you there.

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