ALC Vision

We Will Bring Life (Zoe), Love (Agape) and Value To Everyone, Everywhere, Every Day

1. Think Big
2. Excellence
3. Giving
4. Sacrifice
5. Evangelism
6. Work Hard
7. Integrity
8. Serving
9. Change
10. Life Transformation

Focus On The Word Of God

By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
Hebrews 11:3

The Word Is How We Are Born Again

having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,
1 Peter 1:23

He sent His word and healed them,
And delivered them from their destructions.
Psalm 107:20

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Matthew 24:35

Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven.
Psalms 119:89

“For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there,
But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater, So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
Isaiah 55:10-11

Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.
John 8:31

If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
John 15:7

Jesus Taught That It Is Your Spiritual Food

But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”
Matthew 4:4

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
John 6:63

IMPORTANT!!!!!!!
You Cannot Starve Yourself For 167 Hours Per Week
And Be Strong In The Lord At The Same Time!!!!

Focus On Prayer
Simply Communion With God

Types Of Prayer (Communion With God)
Prayer Of Faith, Worship, Confession, Thanksgiving, Praise, Adoration, Petition, Intercession, Waiting, Warfare, Praying In Tongues

“Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;”
Colossians 4:2

“Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart,”
Luke 18:1

“pray without ceasing,”
1 Thessalonians 5:17

And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words. “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. In this manner, therefore, pray:
Matthew 6:7-9

“Our Father” (v. 9)
The Paternal Need

“Hallowed be Your name” (v. 9)
God’s Presence

“Your kingdom come” (v. 10)
God’s Priorities

“Give us” (v. 11)
God’s Provision

“And forgive us”
God’s Forgiveness (v. 12)

“And do not lead us” … “deliver us from the evil one”
God’s Power Over Satan (v. 13)

“For Yours is the kingdom”
Divine Partnership (v. 13).

Prayer Is Always A Positioning Of Your Heart Before God

Focus On Fasting

What Is Fasting?

It’s Not Changing God’s Mind
It’s Not Controlling Other People

Fasting Is:
Voluntarily Abstaining From Food For Spiritual Purposes

Cover To Cover God’s People Have Always Fasted

But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
Matthew 6:17-18

What Does Fasting Do?
Fasting Aligns Our Soul (Mind, Will And Emotions) With God’s Word And Will

Fasting Is Self-Humbling

But as for me, when they were sick, My clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting; And my prayer would return to my own heart.
Psalms 35:13

I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.
Gal 5:16-17

Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.
Luke 4:1-2

Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region.
Luke 4:14

Fasting Enables Us To Overcome The Devil

The Power of the Christian Life Is The Holy Spirit
Humbling Ourselves Is How We Yield To Him
The Flesh, The Carnal Nature Opposes The Holy Spirit
Fasting Is The Way To Bring The Carnal Nature
Under Subjection To Our Spirit and The Power of The Holy Spirit

Ways To Fast
Daylight to Dark Fast
1 Day Food Fast
1 Meal A Day Fast
3 Day Food Fast
21 Day Daniel Fast (Fruits and Vegetables)
40 Day Food Fast

What Does The Word Say?
Have I Prayed About It?
Have I Fasted About It?
Do You Have Peace With It?