Journey with us in prayer.
Praying together is a powerful expression of the church. Throughout Scripture, we see God respond when His people come together with one heart and one voice. When we pray together, our hearts begin to line up with what matters most to God, and our unity as the Body of Christ is strengthened. It reminds us that faith isn’t meant to be lived out alone—it’s something we walk out together.
Over these 21 days, our desire is to be personally transformed while also joining together as the church to seek God for His work in our community, our nation, and our world. We humble ourselves, seek God’s presence, carry one another’s burdens, and invite the Holy Spirit to fill our lives and bring healing. This journey begins right where we are—in our homes and in our local church—a church called to reach our community.
Pray the Word of God.
Pray the will of God.
Pray together.
As we set these days apart, we join in prayer and expectation—asking for God’s kingdom to come and His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Over these 21 days, our desire is to be personally transformed while also joining together as the church to seek God for His work in our community, our nation, and our world. We humble ourselves, seek God’s presence, carry one another’s burdens, and invite the Holy Spirit to fill our lives and bring healing. This journey begins right where we are—in our homes and in our local church—a church called to reach our community.
Pray the Word of God.
Pray the will of God.
Pray together.
As we set these days apart, we join in prayer and expectation—asking for God’s kingdom to come and His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Week of Fasting
Jan. 4-10
On the first week of our 21-day journey, we are fasting together. Join us as we set aside this time to empty ourselves and invite God's transforming power into our lives.
In-person Prayer
Jan. 5–10
Join us at Calvary Church to pray together. These opportunities are loosely centered around meal times (as this is also our fasting week). Calvary Español will also join us for these bilingual prayer times.
- Monday: 12-1 p.m., 7-8 p.m. (both in chapel)
- Tuesday: 12-1 p.m., 7-8 p.m. (both in chapel)
- Wednesday, 12-1 p.m. (chapel), 7-8 p.m. (Fellowship Hall: Calvary United Bilingual Service)
- Thursday, 12-1 p.m. (chapel), 7-8 p.m. (Fellowship Hall: Young Adult Prayer Service)
- Friday, 12-1 p.m., 7-8 p.m. (both in chapel)
- Saturday, 12-1 p.m. (chapel)
Anointing Service
Sunday, Jan. 11
Our week of fasting culminates with anointing prayer! We're transforming our Sunday morning services into a time for individuals to come forward for prayer. We believe that God's power works through the laying on of hands.
If you've been praying for a breakthrough in your life, come believing that God answers prayer! This will occur during our regular 9 & 11 a.m. Sunday morning services.
If you've been praying for a breakthrough in your life, come believing that God answers prayer! This will occur during our regular 9 & 11 a.m. Sunday morning services.
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Week 1: Fast and Pray
Week one invites us into repentance, humility, and petition for righteousness, unity, healing, and transformation by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Fasting is encouraged and exampled throughout Scripture. It is the intentional denial of physical needs and desires in order to place spiritual hunger above natural compulsions. Scripture describes fasting as an act of humility. It is a deeply rooted Christian practice that Jesus, the apostles, and the entire early Church regularly observed.
Choose the fast that best focuses your heart: Food fasts may be full (such as only water or juice), or partial (such as removing all sugar or caffeine). The Daniel-style fasts allow only certain foods. Abstaining from other comforts is also biblical (I Cor. 7:5).
Fasting isn’t giving up something “bad” (that’s repentance). Fasting gives up something good, necessary, or enjoyable to focus our hearts on prayer. It’s also more than skipping meals and denying comforts and pleasures. Through fasting, we silence distractions, acknowledge the priority of our spiritual need over physical and material provisions, and realign our hearts to God.
As Jesus taught in Matthew 5:6, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”
[Note: Individuals with medical conditions, especially past or current eating disorders, those on medication, or who are pregnant should consult a physician before beginning any dietary fast.]
Fasting is encouraged and exampled throughout Scripture. It is the intentional denial of physical needs and desires in order to place spiritual hunger above natural compulsions. Scripture describes fasting as an act of humility. It is a deeply rooted Christian practice that Jesus, the apostles, and the entire early Church regularly observed.
Choose the fast that best focuses your heart: Food fasts may be full (such as only water or juice), or partial (such as removing all sugar or caffeine). The Daniel-style fasts allow only certain foods. Abstaining from other comforts is also biblical (I Cor. 7:5).
Fasting isn’t giving up something “bad” (that’s repentance). Fasting gives up something good, necessary, or enjoyable to focus our hearts on prayer. It’s also more than skipping meals and denying comforts and pleasures. Through fasting, we silence distractions, acknowledge the priority of our spiritual need over physical and material provisions, and realign our hearts to God.
As Jesus taught in Matthew 5:6, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”
[Note: Individuals with medical conditions, especially past or current eating disorders, those on medication, or who are pregnant should consult a physician before beginning any dietary fast.]
Day 1
Isaiah 6:3 (NIV): “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.”
We begin in awe of God’s holiness, majesty, and might. He alone is God! He alone is holy.
As Jesus taught us, we begin with an act of honoring: “Our Father in Heaven, Holy is your name.” Let your prayers today magnify the Lord. Offer Him praise, worship, and honor due to his name.
As Jesus taught us, we begin with an act of honoring: “Our Father in Heaven, Holy is your name.” Let your prayers today magnify the Lord. Offer Him praise, worship, and honor due to his name.
Day 2
Psalm 95:6 (NIV): “Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.”
He is the potter; we are the clay. This means that God holds our story, our families, our community, our past, present, and future. His power over all (his Sovereignty) is a reason to humble ourselves before him. His holiness and faithfulness are reasons to fully surrender to the one who is the very source of our lives.
As Jesus taught us, we pray, “Your kingdom come, your will be done.” Let your prayers today express true and complete submission to the King of kings.
As Jesus taught us, we pray, “Your kingdom come, your will be done.” Let your prayers today express true and complete submission to the King of kings.
Day 3
Ezra 8:23 (NIV): “So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.”
Fasting humbles us and reminds us how there are things in our lives only God can do. It also reassures us that that he does hear, answer, and work all things for the good of those who love Him and are called to His purposes.
As Jesus taught us, we pray “give us today our daily bread.” Let your prayers today recognize he alone can meet our true needs, and he will.
As Jesus taught us, we pray “give us today our daily bread.” Let your prayers today recognize he alone can meet our true needs, and he will.
Day 4
Psalm 51:10-11 (NIV): “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.”
Through fasting and prayer, we are confronted with our sin. Some sin we are aware of and try to hide or ignore. Others are so deceptive in our hearts that we don’t even realize what motivates us.
As Jesus taught, we pray “forgive our trespasses.” Let your prayers today invite God to reveal your heart and motives. Turn from every wicked motive and action in full repentance to receive forgiveness and a renewed spirit.
As Jesus taught, we pray “forgive our trespasses.” Let your prayers today invite God to reveal your heart and motives. Turn from every wicked motive and action in full repentance to receive forgiveness and a renewed spirit.
Day 5
Mark 11:24-25 (NIV): “I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
Knowing how underserving we are of God’s forgiveness and how fully we have received his mercy compels us to have the same heart and forgive all who have wronged us in any way.
As Jesus taught us, our prayers are heard “as we forgive those who trespass against us.” Let your prayers today acknowledge that when we ask, he will give us the ability to release all who hurt us no matter how deeply. Forgive, be healed, and be free to receive his blessings.
As Jesus taught us, our prayers are heard “as we forgive those who trespass against us.” Let your prayers today acknowledge that when we ask, he will give us the ability to release all who hurt us no matter how deeply. Forgive, be healed, and be free to receive his blessings.
Day 6
Matthew 4:1-4 (NIV): “Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”
Temptation comes through human weakness and preys on human need and desire. We cannot fight spiritual battles with human strength, will-power, intellect or effort. Scripture is the weapon Jesus used to resist temptation (quoting Deuteronomy 8:3). It is our spiritual sword as well.
As Jesus taught us, we pray, “lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Let your prayers today be filled with Scripture. Pray for God to lead us by His Word and bring deliverance and victory in every spiritual battle as He alone can keep us from falling.
As Jesus taught us, we pray, “lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Let your prayers today be filled with Scripture. Pray for God to lead us by His Word and bring deliverance and victory in every spiritual battle as He alone can keep us from falling.
Day 7
Jeremiah 29:12-13 (NIV): “Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”
We fast and pray for God’s presence. We call on him to see his kingdom and his glory fill our lives and world.
As Jesus teaches us*, we pray “yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.” Let your prayers today be a desperate plea for his presence. A plea for him to be glorified in us. That is a petition he is faithful to answer! Pray with expectation that God sees, cares, and will be with us when we call on him with our whole heart.
*in newer Bible manuscripts
As Jesus teaches us*, we pray “yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.” Let your prayers today be a desperate plea for his presence. A plea for him to be glorified in us. That is a petition he is faithful to answer! Pray with expectation that God sees, cares, and will be with us when we call on him with our whole heart.
*in newer Bible manuscripts
Week 2: Consecration & Transformation
Roman’s 12:1-2 (NIV): “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
Before asking God to work in circumstances around us, we begin with seeking transformation within us. If we are to be people who are holy and pleasing to God, people who worship him in spirit and truth, then we must set our hearts to seek first his kingdom above our own. We do this by consecrating ourselves. To consecrate means to “set apart” or dedicate to a particular purpose. In these prayers, we set ourselves apart to be the people of God, a people among whom his Holy Spirit may dwell, and a people who live according to his Word and ways.
The previous week of prayer and fasting set a foundation that prioritizes our spiritual life in this physical life. This week, we maintain that heart as we turn our prayers even more intentionally to seek his face and ask him to anoint our lives to be filled with his Spirit for his purpose and glory.
Before asking God to work in circumstances around us, we begin with seeking transformation within us. If we are to be people who are holy and pleasing to God, people who worship him in spirit and truth, then we must set our hearts to seek first his kingdom above our own. We do this by consecrating ourselves. To consecrate means to “set apart” or dedicate to a particular purpose. In these prayers, we set ourselves apart to be the people of God, a people among whom his Holy Spirit may dwell, and a people who live according to his Word and ways.
The previous week of prayer and fasting set a foundation that prioritizes our spiritual life in this physical life. This week, we maintain that heart as we turn our prayers even more intentionally to seek his face and ask him to anoint our lives to be filled with his Spirit for his purpose and glory.
Day 8
Psalm 67:1-2 (NIV): “May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us so that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.”
The blessing of God has a purpose. God is working to restore all humanity to wholeness in him. This is called the missio Dei or mission of God. Just as Abraham was blessed to be a blessing to all nations, we speak God’s blessing over his people and invite his anointing (a symbol of the covering of the Holy Spirit) to set our lives apart for his purpose.
Pray for God’s blessing to be a blessing to others. We set ourselves apart to serve the Lord.
Pray for God’s blessing to be a blessing to others. We set ourselves apart to serve the Lord.
Day 9
Acts 13:2-3 (NIV): “While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.’ So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.”
We fast and pray for God’s anointing to hear his voice. We desire to be consecrated for the work God has for us. This means we must know what he has called us to do (hear) and then we have to actively fulfill (do) that work.
Pray to be faithful hearers and doers of God’s Word empowering and releasing his work in and through his people. We set ourselves apart to hear from heaven and obey.
Pray to be faithful hearers and doers of God’s Word empowering and releasing his work in and through his people. We set ourselves apart to hear from heaven and obey.
Day 10
II Corinthians 1:21-22 (NIV): “Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.”
The presence and power of the Holy Spirit enables us to stand firm in faith in a world that does not honor God. He not only guarantees our future, He gives us the power to contend for true faith against our own sinful inclinations and the conflict of cultural opposition here and now.
Pray for anointing to not only stand but to advance the kingdom of God on earth as in heaven. We set ourselves apart to hold firmly to faith.
Pray for anointing to not only stand but to advance the kingdom of God on earth as in heaven. We set ourselves apart to hold firmly to faith.
Day 11
Ephesians 2:14 (NIV): “For he himself is our peace, who … has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility …”
The God who unites us to himself unites us to every other believer as well. Unity doesn’t come easy or cheap. The peace we have with God is due to the price Jesus paid on the cross to restore our relationship.
Pray for continued unity in our church, a church of many nations, that we may be a source of healing for the divisions of our community and world. We set ourselves apart to love as God loves.
Pray for continued unity in our church, a church of many nations, that we may be a source of healing for the divisions of our community and world. We set ourselves apart to love as God loves.
Day 12
John 16:13 (NIV): “But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth.”
In a world of relativism where fake news is rampant, influencers are plentiful, and culture says there is no truth except what each one believes is “my truth,” God’s word alone is the truth that can free us. A lost and hurting world doesn’t need “our truth” or opinions – it needs the only true and dependable word of God.
Pray today for the Holy Spirit to speak to us and through us the words that lead to life. We set ourselves apart to be people of truth.
Pray today for the Holy Spirit to speak to us and through us the words that lead to life. We set ourselves apart to be people of truth.
Day 13
James 4:8 (NIV): “Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”
Drawing near to God includes consecrating our hearts and minds. We cannot determine every thought that enters our mind, but we can choose what to contemplate, dwell on (meditate), and desire. Consecration refuses to continue in our “double-mindedness” of wanting God and wanting other impure things as well. To consecrate our mind is to recognize the power of the Spirit brings a pure and undivided heart.
Pray today for the Holy Spirit to guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. We set ourselves apart to think only what is true, honest, just, pure, honorable, virtuous, and righteous.
Pray today for the Holy Spirit to guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. We set ourselves apart to think only what is true, honest, just, pure, honorable, virtuous, and righteous.
Day 14
Jude 24 (NIV): “To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy - to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord …”
Closing our week of consecration and preparing for a week of intercession, we remember that our consecration is possible only through the power of the Holy Spirit. Our God is able, and he will do it!
Pray today exalting God for his sovereign power as Creator, his great love, and his faithfulness to answer when we pray according to his will. We set ourselves apart to magnify the Lord.
Pray today exalting God for his sovereign power as Creator, his great love, and his faithfulness to answer when we pray according to his will. We set ourselves apart to magnify the Lord.
Week 3: Intercessory Prayer
Intercessory prayer is for every believer, not just the “churchy” people. Throughout Scripture, God searches for those willing to stand in the gap—people who will carry the burdens of others and pray with faith for breakthrough.
Faith in God is the foundation of all intercession. We have faith that he can heal, restore, provide, transform, and even awaken entire nations. We have faith that he will act in others’ lives in response to our petitions. Faith doesn’t deny reality—it acknowledges the greater reality that God is present and able to impact that reality. Nothing is too difficult for the Creator who is all-knowing, all-powerful, and ever-present.
Intercession also moves us beyond personal needs and into God’s mission. These final seven days call us to pray boldly for revival, restoration, and the outpouring and move of God on earth as it is in heaven.
Faith in God is the foundation of all intercession. We have faith that he can heal, restore, provide, transform, and even awaken entire nations. We have faith that he will act in others’ lives in response to our petitions. Faith doesn’t deny reality—it acknowledges the greater reality that God is present and able to impact that reality. Nothing is too difficult for the Creator who is all-knowing, all-powerful, and ever-present.
Intercession also moves us beyond personal needs and into God’s mission. These final seven days call us to pray boldly for revival, restoration, and the outpouring and move of God on earth as it is in heaven.
Day 15
Psalm 107:1 (NIV): “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.”
We begin this week by entering God’s presence with thanksgiving. Gratitude opens our hearts to God’s presence. Recalling his faithfulness in Scripture and his faithfulness in our lives grounds our faith as, with everything in us, we bless his name.
Praise God today as you remember his goodness so that your faith may increase. If he’s done it before, he can do it again!
Praise God today as you remember his goodness so that your faith may increase. If he’s done it before, he can do it again!
Day 16
Nehemiah 1:4 (NIV): “… I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.”
Luke 19: 41-42 (NIV): “As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, ‘If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.’”
Luke 19: 41-42 (NIV): “As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, ‘If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.’”
Like Nehemiah in the Old Testament, Jesus also wept over the condition of the city of Jerusalem. Nehemiah was grieved over the physical and social needs. Jesus was grieved because he knew their spiritual blindness was leading to destruction.
Today, ask God for a heart like his to see people as he sees them and be moved with compassion. Nothing will power intercession like genuine compassion.
Today, ask God for a heart like his to see people as he sees them and be moved with compassion. Nothing will power intercession like genuine compassion.
Day 17
Malachi 4:6 (NIV): “He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents …”
Every generation matters, and each has unique needs and roles to play. God is willing that none should perish. We intercede for the same—an outpouring of the Spirit where both old and young are filled. We pray for what was prophesied by Joel and fulfilled on the day of Pentecost.
Today, ask God to restore families and bring unity across generations. He is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, a God of all generations.
Today, ask God to restore families and bring unity across generations. He is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, a God of all generations.
Day 18
Joel 2:25 (NIV): “I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten…”
Scripture teaches that God not only forgives and heals when we humble ourselves and pray, he rebuilds and renews better than before. He is a God of abundance.
Today pray for God to meet needs, provide, heal, and restore where there has been loss. Pray on behalf of your own family, on behalf of others, and on behalf of our community.
Today pray for God to meet needs, provide, heal, and restore where there has been loss. Pray on behalf of your own family, on behalf of others, and on behalf of our community.
Day 19
Matthew 5:44-45 (NIV): “… Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.”
Perhaps the most difficult statement in all of the Bible is this one: We are to love those who hate and harm us. There is nothing easy about that, but that is the heart of God who demonstrated his love on a cross of our making. Intercession is not limited to those we love. We must also truly love our enemies like Jesus does.
Today, pray for God to bless those you most dislike. Pray for their forgiveness and for God to transform their heart that one day you may enter heaven with joy seeing them there as well. To pray this way is to intercede for the wicked because God loved us when we too were his enemies.
Today, pray for God to bless those you most dislike. Pray for their forgiveness and for God to transform their heart that one day you may enter heaven with joy seeing them there as well. To pray this way is to intercede for the wicked because God loved us when we too were his enemies.
Day 20
I Timothy 2:1 (NIV): “I urge… that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people …”
Intercession is not only for those in our proximity. It includes our brothers and sisters in Christ who are suffering for their faith wherever they are. It includes not only those in the family of God, but also all those who need his light and life. Intercession is for all people everywhere to know God, his deliverance, healing, restoration, and blessing. It rejoices with those celebrating and grieves with those suffering.
Today, pray for a move of God in the world. Pray for all people everywhere to know and serve the Living God and for His Spirit to be poured out on all humanity.
Today, pray for a move of God in the world. Pray for all people everywhere to know and serve the Living God and for His Spirit to be poured out on all humanity.
Day 21
Colossians 1:17–18 (NIV): “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together… so that in everything he might have the supremacy.”
We end this season of prayer recognizing that everything in our lives depends on God. He holds us and he holds this world. He really is in control, and he really is good. As we have fasted, prayed, consecrated ourselves, and sought his presence, we also do this so that God may be glorified and reign supreme in our lives, church, community and world.
Today, pray for God to accomplish his purposes in us and through us so that his name might be glorified in the earth. Pray that his Spirit be as present in us and with us on earth as he is in heaven. Pray for God to do what only God can do as we remain people desperate for his presence and set apart for his purpose and glory.
Today, pray for God to accomplish his purposes in us and through us so that his name might be glorified in the earth. Pray that his Spirit be as present in us and with us on earth as he is in heaven. Pray for God to do what only God can do as we remain people desperate for his presence and set apart for his purpose and glory.