July 10-12

This week for TVVT we will be switching our focus for the rest of the year.
Yes, this is still a fast, but we are going to be focusing more on time given to the Lord. I've said it before and I'll say it again: This is NOT about the fast...The verse that highlights TVVT is Matt 5:6
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied."
There are ways to get filled on God (getting oil) and a few that we focus on are communing with His Spirit and by getting down daily in the Word. If you add a bit of fasting to any of your methods of reaching God it totally helps spur on revelation and intimacy.
That is why we fast. So its not really about the fast, but the fast just helps us get there... so it is about the fast! hah.
Anyways, after saying all of that I just want to write and say that TVVT is now shifting from Fasting to Setting time apart for the Lord and fasting.
I'll give you mine and my brothers plan for this so you get a little heads up about what this looks like: On Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays Stefan and I will spend our entire day in a quiet place dwelling on the Lord through prayer, time spent in the Word, playing music to God... those sorts of things. If we have work that day we work but as soon as we come home we hit that room and give the rest of the day to God. We cancel all social times and continually focus on God straight for 3 days.
We started this group at IHOP where we had tons of time to focus on God, so it made sense to just throw fasting in there to help it along, but now we have to take a step back and get down to square one where we realized that the time set apart is just as (if not more) important than the fast itself.
So we hope you can do with this what you will. Have fun this week. Make that schedule and Good luck with all that God has blessed you with!
-Drew
Ephesians 4:7 - But to each one of us grace was given accordingly to the measure of Christ's gift.