Niceville Campus eLetter
From our Lead Pastor
New year. New you. That’s what people say, at least. What if that could be true this year by beginning the new year with intentional time with God, who makes us new?
For the third year in a row, we are calling our church to Ten Days of Prayer and Fasting from January 6-15 to kick off the new year with God as the focus. If you participated last year, you know that this time of fasting and intentionally seeking God was refreshing and led to spiritual breakthroughs for many. I know I always go into fasting thinking, “Why am I doing this?” and come out of it thinking, “I wish I did this more often.” It’s that good! This is a beautiful way to renew our commitment to Jesus, refocus, and regroup for the year ahead.
If you’ve never fasted before, it’s the practice of giving up something and replacing it with prayer and time with God. Most of us will be fasting food for lunch during these 10 days, so we encourage you to try that. However, we also know that not everyone can fast lunch or food. Also, some may want to fast for longer periods of time. Make this fast your own. If you can’t, or don’t want to, fast food, choose something else to cut out of your life for the next 10 days. The important thing is to replace the time you would’ve been doing that thing, at whatever time, with time with God.
You can do it; we can help! We have a prayer guide to help make your time with God intentional. You can pick up these guides this Sunday when you come for a worship service or on the crosspoint.church app.
Also, all campuses will be open at noon all 10 days for us to gather and pray. I’ll be at the Niceville Campus Sanctuary and would love for you to join me!
I’ll be praying for you as we wade into deeper waters and experience this big reset together! New year. New you! Same God!
Happy New Year!
P.S. – Join us on Sunday, January 5, to kick off a new series called “Running from God” on the book of Jonah. It will be super interesting!
Jeremy Smith, Lead Pastor
