Every part of the Lord’s prayer pattern is intended to be Christ-encountering. As we will discover over the next seven days, when Jesus gave His prayer pattern, He was not providing us with a religious instrument. He was imparting to us a means of encountering the manifest presence of Christ every day.  Read More

If you are dreading your extended fast, you are focused on the wrong thing. You need to stop and change your perspective. Yes, it is true that you will abstain from solid food, but what you are giving up is not worth comparing to what you will be receiving from God.  Read More

When you fast there are several guidelines that will be helpful. Read extensively in the Bible. Your fast needs to be more feasting on God’s word than skipping food; you want to focus more on what God is giving you in the Bible than on what you’re physically giving up.  Read More

People often ask, “How can I determine how long I should fast?” The answer is easy—how hungry are you? If you have a one day hunger for God, then fast one day. If you have a seven day hunger for God, then fast seven days. If you have a twenty-one day hunger for God, then fast twenty-one days. Let’s not make it too complicated.  Read More

This day, January 6, in the year of our Lord 1907, marks the beginning of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Korea. The Presbyterian church in Korea had been experiencing unusual hunger for God for months prior. People loved reading God’s Word and spending extraordinary time in prayer. On this day, prayers turned to confession of sin, open repentance, deep sorrow, loud weeping, and an overwhelming sense of repentance. Fifteen hundred people erupted simultaneously in audible prayer. “It seemed as if the roof was lifted from the building and the Spirit of God came down from Heaven in a mighty avalanche of power upon us. I fell…and wept and prayed as I had never prayed before…” Some threw themselves their full length upon the floor; hundreds stood with arms outstretched to Heaven. Each man forgot the other. Each was face to face with God. “I can hear yet that fearful sound of hundreds of men pleading with God for life, for mercy.”  Read More

Let’s face it, it is virtually impossible to have absolute secrecy during an extended fast. Despite our sincere efforts to keep it private, both our family members and work colleagues will find out sooner or later. So, does that ruin the impact?  Read More

In a day of golden arches and pizza palaces, fasting from food is certainly a form of rebellion against the status quo. While some enjoy it more than others, we all like to eat. To deny yourself the pleasure of eating solid food for a day, a week, or a month is counterintuitive. So why do it?Fasting is the fastest way to get something from God; that is to say, it is th...  Read More

Do you have a heart cry for revival—a desire deep in your belly to encounter the manifest presence of Christ? Do you have that burden for your family and your church family to also be led to a fresh encounter with Christ? Once you taste the manifest presence of Christ, you will never want to settle for life without the manifest presence. This is the heart cry for revival expressed in Psalm 85:6  Read More

On this day, January 2, in the year of our Lord 1908, Pastor Boddy spoke at a church convention on the Latter Rain of the Holy Spirit. Pastor Boddy had previously fallen to the ground under the power of the Holy Spirit while preaching in his church in Pennsylvania. While ministering at the church convention in St. Louis, many received a similar Holy Spirit manifestation. Lives were  Read More

Happy New Year from your College of Prayer family! On New Year’s Day, you don’t so much need a new car, new house or new marriage. You do, however, need new oil from God. Too often we become discontent with our station in life—our friends, our home, our family, our local church. Perhaps what is needed is not a change in your environment, but a change in your heart that leads you to a fresh encounter with Christ  Read More