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1 The eleventh hour a lovesingapore concert prayer celebrating God's love for our nation ! 8th AUGUST. Singapore Indoor Stadium pm Free Admission The Eleventh Hour Twenty-Eleven is a year of reckoning. That's not foresight. It's hindsight. The stunning events of the past six months confirm it: The Arab uprising. The killing of al-Qaeda's top leaders. The arrest of the two men suspected of the genocides in Rwanda and Bosnia. The indictment of the IMF chief for sexual assault. The exposure of a New York congressman who tweeted lewd pictures of himself.

2 Just to name a few. God is settling accounts suddenly and severely. Twenty-Eleven has also seen an alarming increase in natural disasters: the earthquake, tsunami, and meltdown in Japan, monster tornados and floods in the USA, wildfires and volcanoes in Europe and the Americas, the worse droughts to hit Africa, Europe, and China in decades, the outbreak in Germany. How many more disasters must strike before we see the last grains of sand sifting through the hour glass? Crisis demands response. We are living through an Eleventh-Hour moment in history.

3 The world as we know it is coming to an end. God is tipping scales, turning tables, testing hearts. God is writing on your wall. Are you reading the signs? This is no time to be half-hearted or fainthearted. Our redemption (or retribution) draws near. Astonishingly, this is the theme of the majority of Jesus' parables. Parables are pray-ables. They are about as close as you can get to the mind of Christ. The stories He told address our times as they did His. They not only comfort and console, they also confront and convict. Rightly read, they read us.

4 They expose our secrets and bring us to our knees. They warn us to wise up to the Midnight Hour. The way to be ready then is to get ready now. All is at stake. Fast and pray. Watch and wait. Sleepers, Awake! HOW TO FAST HOW TO ENJOY FASTING HOW TO INVOLVE OTHERS. CREDIT. SCRIPTURE quotations, You are free to fast however the Set aside time each day to seek Fasting together as a group is easier than doing it alone. unless otherwise indicated, Spirit leads you. Here are some God in prayer and fasting. It may be are from The Holy Bible: New Family options: half an hour or one hour or more.

5 Revised Standard Version, Agree to fast and pray as a family. Decide on the type of fast Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Total Fast Adopt an attitude of prayer as you your family members are comfortable with. Use this 40-Day Nelson Publishers, 1989. Other Abstain from solid foods and go about your daily duties at home, prayer guide for your family devotion. quotations are from: The Holy beverages for 24 hours. Take only at work or at school. Apply what you Bible: New International Version, learnt in tangible actions. Neighbours Grand Rapids, Michigan: water.

6 Find out who are the Christians in your block. Get together Zondervan Publishing House, Scale down your normal activities. Partial Fast as often as possible for prayer . 1996; Holy Bible: New Living Avoid rigorous exercise such as Translation, Wheaton, Illinois: Abstain from solid foods for an rock-climbing, cycling or jogging. Cell Group Tyndale House Publishers, extended part of the day. Take only Be alert! Besides fasting from food, Obtain more copies of this 40-Day prayer guide for your cell 2004; Eugene H. Peterson, The water. You may fast from sunrise fast from things that distract, such as members.

7 As a group, commit yourselves to a specific type Message. Colorado Springs, to sundown or from breakfast to television, internet, computer games; of fast. Throughout this 40-Day period, yearn for personal Colorado: NavPress, 2002. Used with permission. All rights afternoon tea. or things that destroy such as coarse transformation and national transformation. Ask God to use reserved. Short quotations are 1-Meal Fast jesting or careless words. your cell group to be His mouthpiece and His outstretched italicized and often paraphrased. hands here in Singapore and the nations.

8 Sacrifice one full meal a day. Break your fast gradually and RESOURCES CONSULTED. wisely. For health reasons, you Friends AND RECOMMENDED: Dietrich Beverage Fast should consume small portions as In this city of mobile phones, prayer is really just a beep Bonhoeffer, Discipleship, Abstain from solid foods for 24 you break fast, avoiding chilli or away. Keep a daily prayer appointment with a friend by Minneapolis, Minnesota, Fortress Press, 2003 (1937). Dodd, hours. Take only water and liquid acidic foods as much as possible. phone. Send SMS reminders.

9 At the agreed time, connect The Parables of the Kingdom, foods such as milk, milo or other to pray! New York: Charles Scribner's health beverages. HOW TO USE THIS Sons, 1961. Arland J. Hultgren, Office prayer GUIDE The Parables of Jesus, Grand Daniel Fast Inspire colleagues to fast with you. Utilise tea breaks or Rapids, Michigan: William B. Daily pray through the 40-Day prayer lunch breaks at the office to pray together. Follow the 40- Abstain from meats and other Eerdmans Publishing Company, guide. For each entry, first read Day prayer guide.

10 Rally others in your same office block to favourite delicacies. Take only small 2001. Joachim Jeremias, aloud and meditate on the Scripture pray together. portions of fresh vegetables, fruit Rediscovering the Parables, referenced. New York: Charles Scribner's and juices. You may practise this as City@ prayer a 40-day routine. Or as Daniel 1:12 Pray as the Spirit leads. Stop, Sons, 1966. Peter Rhea Jones, Every weekday. 1-2 pm. City Mission Church, The Arcade Studying the Parables of Jesus, suggests, make this a 10-day fast. listen and wait for impressions from Office Building 13th Floor Opposite Collyer Quay.