An Invitation for Fasting

Pastor Vincent Carpenter invites the church to see prayer and fasting not as a list of rules but as an invitation to experience God. Drawing from Matthew 4:1-11, he looks at Jesus' forty days in the wilderness and the three temptations He faced: to turn stones into bread, to throw Himself from the highest point of the temple and to receive all the kingdoms of the world in exchange for worship. In each one, Satan's aim was not simply to lead Jesus into sin but to distort the character of God, question Jesus' identity and offer an alternative to the Father's plan. With encouragement from key Scriptures, Pastor Vincent reminds us that God listens, cares and comforts, that we are His unique creation and that He calls us beyond ourselves to partner with Him for our city, our nation and the nations of the earth.