Fasting- Leaders Reference
Saturday, October 22, 2005

Before I start, I would want all to pray for our selves as leaders. By now you would realize that we ourselves are bleeding. Through the last 9 month, we see the splitting of the fellowship. Sound like LOTR, but in a way, it is a journey, and sad to say, casualities are high in this journey. But one thing for sure, it force us to grow up and ask question that really matters. But let me assure you one thing, we have not seen it all yet, for I believe, the next 2 month would have more casualities. We will continue to see that many would not want to pay the price, and move on.

Sound scary, so what is the word of caution? Simple actually. It would be Humility.

It is when we are so sure that we are OK, that we to start to make decision that will make us make wrong decision tomorrow. We make compromise and say that is nothing wrong with it, as if we can manage it. And before we know it, we are suck back to where we come from. Pride creeps in when we start to think that we are OK and that we can handle it. Sad to say, some of us never manage to break the pride and ourselves to realise how actually vulnerable we are. I ask all to pray for all of us as I believe, some of us are already deep inside this pride thingy. We would need God to do such miraclous act, the same act that touches our hearts when we first responded to God.

Now, back to the lession plan.

Since it is fasting month, it would be right time to ask what is fasting in the perspective of our context.

To start off, what is fasting not?

Get them do the question on the extreme left side of the Fasting sheet. Which is
Roman 14.3, Heb 10:19 and Matt 6:16-18

Get one leader to sum this up (you can read the note on the left side of the sheet.)

Then get the student to do 2 Kings 22:10-13 or 2 Sam 12:1-23 or Daniel 9:1-6.( For those with smaller groups, just need to do one. For bigger groups, you can split your leaders to smaller grouping, to do all 3, gather back and present.)

What to present?

Ask them to summaries what they have read, in point form. 1 way to do so, make sure the student close the bible and recite what they can remember. That would help.
Ask them from the event, what do they think is the key thought of the passage.
Ask them what do they thing is the key words..( That is words that keep repeating or different words but similar meaning that keep repeating)
Ask them if they select the key verse. Then finally,
Give a title for it.

I would suggest leader to prepare this before hand, else, you would be as blur as them.

Then final touch would be to chose one leader to summarise what is fasting then. Read the notes on fasting. and you would know.

The hint on fasting.... is a reaction. Just imagine, what would make you not want to eat your meal? When, you are not feeling well, you are busy, you want to go on diet.and the most important one. When something most concern you bother you so much so that you have no more desire to eat, what else would you do? Obvious right. You pray too.

Some of us would find it too simple to accept. But if you think it too complex and religious, you would enter into what Jesus say that we have make all this practise to replace him.

Posted by Sheep In Wolf Clothing 9:48 PM