Focus 40-ONE

March 16 - April 24 (Easter Sunday)

You may be asking, "What's Focus 40-One all about?" Here is a simple explanation.

Focus 40-ONE is about focusing, through prayer and fasting, for 40 days on God and ONE unsaved person.

(1) Focus 40
Simply put, Focus 40 is about you and I spending some intentional time reconnecting with God. Biblical fasting partnered with prayer has a way of aligning us with God’s will for our lives. An individual fast has many physical and spiritual benefits. Focus 40 is designed to be a specific time for the us to pull away from the many distractions, voices, and noise associated with our daily lives and intentionally call upon our Lord. This is a time the church is encouraged to call on God and to hear from him. The forty days immediately leading up to Easter 2011 have been designated for such a time- March 16-April 24. Our belief is that God will hear our collective cries and respond to his church with a sense of renewal and revival.

(2) ONE
The second part, ONE, is simply ONE unsaved family member or friend that you will be praying for during the 40 days. Our faith family is adding an outreach dimension to the Church of God's Focus 40. Over the 40 days we are going to hone our attention on one unchurched person, a family member or friend, who we know needs to come to Christ.

For 40 days we commit to…
1- Pray Daily for your ONE.
Pray each day for their spiritual, emotional, physical, financial, relational wellbeing.
2- Connect Weekly with your ONE
Set a time each week to connect, bless, or serve your ONE. This could be a weekly phone call, lunch, a cup of coffee, a facebook chat.
3- Invite your ONE to Easter Service
Take the opportunity to share the gospel with them and/or invite them to Easter Church service with you.

Prayer: "Lord in this season of preperation before the world rejoices in the resurrection, we focus our attention now on you. Our heart's desire is to draw close to you, our Great High Priest and our best friend. We pray that this journey of Focus40-One would deepen our spiritual awareness, enrich our verbal witness, and empower our good works. May we see our lives and the lives of our 'one' forever changed by the power of your Holy Spirit. In the name of our Lord Jesus, who suffered for us. Amen."