Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I attach the Bible Study Outline for 15 September on the topic Seeking God Through Prayer and Fasting”.  This is the next in our Quarter series on Living Out Our Faith – A Study of the Life of Daniel.  The main text is Daniel 10:1-21 and the key learning points are as follows:

1. As Christians, we are in a spiritual war whether we know it or not.  Fasting and prayer are two of the most powerful weapons God has given us to win this war. Daniel 1:2; Eph 6:10-12, 2 Cor 10:3-5
2. It is up to us to engage in battle, disciplining ourselves like good soldiers.  Jesus expected His disciples to fast just as He expected them to pray. Daniel 10:12; Mathew 6:16
3. We are to fast unto God, according to His purpose, in line with His character and in step with the Holy Spirit.  This is the “fasting that the Lord chooses”.  Isaiah 58:1-14

Yours in His service

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Brethren,

How has your week been? We trust this finds you well.

This Sunday, we shall continue our series on Lessons from the Life of David. And we shall be seeking to learn from him, the Importance of seeking God.

The key lessons are outlined:
1. God acknowledges our active seeking and willingly gives of Himself to us for all situations in which we seek His intervention(s). When we actively seek after God, we hear Him, we see Him at work. He is no longer a point of inference but becomes reality to us.

2. We receive confidence when we actively seek after God. Confidence to act decisively despite our fears and despite the relentlessness of the enemy. As it says in 1 John 5:14-15 (NKJV) 14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

3. True faith in the reality of God as displayed by David enables our spiritual sense to function. Where our faith is defective, the result will be inward insensibility and numbness towards spiritual things as displayed by Saul.

See attached outline for your further reference.

Amos 5:4