Welcome to Grace Church Family’s 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting! Over the next three weeks, we’ll be praying for God to move powerfully in Tampa this Easter—opening doors to share our faith and transforming lives during Easter weekend.

Fasting is simply choosing to give up something physical for a spiritual purpose. It’s making space by removing something that normally fills it, so we can fill that space with prayer, worship, and time with Jesus.

We don’t fast to impress God. We fast to draw closer to Him. In Matthew 6, Jesus didn’t say if you fast, He said when you fast. It’s part of how we grow spiritually and seek Him more intentionally.

Throughout Scripture, people fasted for clarity, breakthrough, repentance, and direction. Fasting helps remove distractions so we can hear God more clearly.

We’re sharing this now so you can prepare. Pray about it. Talk with your family. Decide what these 21 days will look like for you. We’ll provide details and resources online, including daily devotionals.

At its heart, this is about removing anything that gets in the way of being close to Jesus.

Begin asking: What am I believing God for? What breakthrough am I praying toward? Where do I need deeper surrender?

For 21 days, we will seek God together and we believe when a church prays and fasts together, God moves powerfully.

• COMPLETE FAST - In this type of fast, you drink only liquids, typically water with light juices as an option.
• SELECTIVE FAST - This type of fast involves removing certain elements from your diet. One example of a selective fast is the Daniel Fast, during which you remove meat, sweets, and bread from your diet and consume water and juice for fluids and fruits and vegetables for food.
• PARTIAL FAST - This fast is sometimes called the "Jewish Fast" and involves abstaining from eating any type of food in the morning and afternoon. This can either correlate to specific times of the day, such as 6:00 AM to 3:00 PM, or from sunup to sundown.
• SOUL FAST - This fast is a great option if you do not have much experience fasting food, have health issues that prevent you from fasting food, or if you wish the refocus certain areas of your life that are out of balance. For example, you might choose to stop using social media or watching television for the duration of the fast and then carefully bring that element back into your life in healthy doses at the conclusion of the fast.

SCRIPTURE

We will give you a scripture to read and reflect upon each day. These scriptures were chosen to guide you through the next 21 days.

PRAYER

We've highlighted a few items you may want to pray about daily during your fast. We encourage you to use these items as a starting point for your prayer time.

ENCOURAGEMENT

We realize you will have highs and lows over the next 21 days. Throughout these posts, you will find words of encouragement to help you on your journey.

ACTION

During certain days of the 21-Day Fast, you will be prompted to take actionable steps.