Bishop Calls the Diocese to Prayer and Fasting.

The Bishop is asking that we pray and fast from Sunday, September 6 through Wednesday, September 9 and the focus of your prayer and fasting is a Court filling our Diocese is presenting in the 141st District Court for consideration to the Court by our Diocesan Attorney's.  The purpose of the fillings involves property issues.

Fasting for this spiritual need can be done from Sunday through Wednesday or for Wednesday only.  Fasting in this situation would mean a modified meal plan like we do on Fridays during the Season of Lent.  What this means is that the total amount of what we eat during the course of the day (such as three meals of breakfast, lunch and dinner) should be no more in quanity of food then what we would consume at one main meal (such as dinner).  For people 60 and older they are dispensed from fasting and any person with health needs must always pay attention to that before they modify their diet.

It is important that we not simply put all of this in the hands of the attorney's, but that we take up the spiritual tools of prayer and fasting.  Please hold up in prayer our attorney, Shelby Sharpe and also Judge Chupp, who will be hearing the case.