The Awaken Experience has begun a new series called UPRISING.  We are simply looking at the Book of Acts to see what happens to ordinary people when they begin to say ‘yes’ to Jesus, and how God uses their lives to do extraordinary things. Over the next 21 Days the Awaken Experience will be doing a YOUVERSION study that will focus us on 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting.  My prayer is that on when we replace something in our life with more focused time on God that we will draw closer to God and that we would begin to be used by God in new and incredible ways. This study 21 Day Challenge begins today, and we encourage you to join us. Here is a link to the study.

21 Day Prayer and Fasting Study: CLICK HERE

Today we will look at Day 1 of this study.

Looking at Daniel 10 and the devotion that was written with it, I can only imagine that the first day of giving something up to make more room for God can be a new and perhaps scary deal.  The question that sits in the back of our heads is ‘what if God asks me to do _____?’.  Today our focus is not to be intimidated by what God may ask of us, but to be reflective and ask the question ‘what clarity do I need from God in my life’.  That to me is a huge question to start with.  I could personally fill several pages in my journal on that question alone.  Today as we begin this journey let us focus on Him. I pray for strength and encouragement as we begin this three week journey.  No doubt there will be some incredible stories of celebration in your life, make sure you journal your daily thoughts.  I believe that the next 21 days can provide a great opportunity for us create an incredible benchmark in our lives.  Be bold, be strong and know that you are loved by God.  Use this time to draw closer to Him.