On this week’s podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson speaks about the importance of fasting and how the Bible calls us to do so. As we approach Fear Not Conference with expectancy, its important to “clean house” and make room for new breakthrough to take up space in our lives that might be a bit covered up. When you live in a place long enough, things tend to get messy, even with good intentions. Pastor Jeremy reminds us that fasting helps us to throw out what’s unnecessary, see the work Jesus has already done in our lives, and realign ourselves with truth rather than emotions.

5 Things To Remember About a Fast:

1. Fasting is not about God touching us, it’s about us touching God and actively seeking Him out.

2. Fasting is not a fight with the devil, but it might bring on an attack.

3. Fasting is not just for the spiritually elite. It is for everyone.

4. Prayer is the most important part of fasting. They go hand in hand. Prayer changes things.

5. We need fasting because anything that has been lived in long enough will get messy, out of order and chaotic. It is a form of realigning yourself with truth rather than emotion.

What has God given you that has been hiding under all of the mess of pain, offense and fear and hurt in your life? What are you expectant for during this 10 Day Fast?

On this week’s podcast, Pastor Jeremy continues our Fear Not series with a sermon titled “Territorial Spirits.” In this message we are encouraged to think bigger and to get back up when we are knocked down, not just for ourselves but for the nations that God has entrusted us with. It can be easy to forget that there is a fight of territory our lives but we aren’t called to let fear and smallness stop us from all that God wants to give us. We’re reminded in Isaiah 54:2-4 to "Clear lots of ground for your tents! Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big! Use plenty of rope, drive the tent pegs deep. You're going to need lots of elbow room for your growing family. You're going to take over whole nations; you're going to resettle abandoned cities.  Don't be afraid - you're not going to be embarrassed. Don't hold back - you're not going to come up short.”

On this week’s podcast, Pastor Jeremy challenges us to Fear Not, as we continue on with our first series of the year. We are reminded that when we walk with God, it is impossible to fail. Although we live in a world that is overwhelming, filled with anxieties, uncertainty, and “quick fixes” that often fall short, Jesus gives us only one answer: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." - Matthew 11:28-30. Through this, we are simply reminded that in the darkness of uncertainty, hope gives us the ability to move forward. When we focus on Jesus, we also focus on hope. In life, it can be easy to find ourselves trying to move Gods plan along in our own timing or fall back from His will when we become burnt out. Let us focus our eyes on Him with anything, and continue to follow these 4 steps:

1)    Believe

2)    Abide

3)    Follow

4)    Repeat

In this podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson of Fearless LA rings in the New Year with a word on patience when it comes to Gods promise in our lives. On the first Sunday of 2019 we are reminded that it is okay to be given a promise and not yet be living in it. Gods timing is not always automatic, but his word never returns void. As we walk into 2019, we can cling onto the truth that only God holds the power and the plan over our lives, and all we have to do is let Him and His timing bring it all together.