Isaiah 58:6-9 Amplified Bible Classic
Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every [enslaving] yoke? Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house–when you see the naked, that you cover him, and that you hide not yourself from your own flesh? Then shall your light break forth like the morning, and your healing shall spring forth speedily; your righteousness (your rightness, your justice, and your right relationship with God) shall go before you [conducting you to peace and prosperity], and the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and He will say, Here I am.
Type of Fast
The Daniel Fast (see Daniel 1) – no meat, no bread, no sweets, no dairy; only fruits, vegetables, water, and juice.
Duration
Sunday thru Saturday; beginning @ 12 am January 2nd; ending @ 12 am January 22nd
Theme
“ARISE AND BUILD”
Purpose
To seek God for the purpose of revealing His divine pattern, structure, and the order of how He wants Stay Free Ministries to be built.
Scripture
Matthew 16:18; Exodus 25:9, 40; 1 Chronicles 28:11-12, 19; Nehemiah 2:18, 20
Matthew 16:18 King James Version
Upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Exodus 25:8-9, 40 New King James Version
And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it…And see to it that you make them according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.
1 Chronicles 28:11-12, 19 King James Version
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat. And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things…All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
Nehemiah 2:18, 20 King James Version
Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work…Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build.