arise church corporate fast

april 2026

day 2 focus: alignment & consecration

Day 1 was about alignment, getting into position with the will of God. Day 2 takes it deeper. Alignment tells you where to stand. Consecration determines whether you are clean enough to stand there. You cannot occupy holy ground with an unholy life. God is not looking for perfect people, but He is looking for separated people, men and women who have made a deliberate decision to be set apart for His purposes.

The word consecrate means to dedicate something or someone entirely to God. It is not a partial transaction. You do not consecrate 80% of your life and hold the rest back for yourself. Consecration is total. It touches your time, your relationships, your thought life, your resources, your ambitions, and your habits. If it belongs to you, God wants to consecrate it. Not to take it from you, but to sanctify it for kingdom use.

Notice what Joshua said to Israel right before they crossed the Jordan: "Sanctify yourselves: for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you." The wonders were already planned. The miracle was already prepared. But the people had to consecrate themselves first. God does not move through unclean vessels. Not because He cannot, but because consecration is the evidence that we actually believe what He is about to do matters.

Today, do not just fast from food. Fast from noise, distraction, careless words, and anything that has been crowding out the voice of the Holy Spirit. Use this time to let God do a deep internal work. What He touches in this fast will determine what He can release through you on the other side of it.

scriptures

1. Leviticus 20:26 (KJV)

And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

2. Romans 12:1 (KJV)

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

3. 2 Corinthians 6:17 (KJV)

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

4. 1 Peter 1:15-16 (KJV)

But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

5. Joshua 3:5 (KJV)

And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.

6. Psalm 24:3-4 (KJV)

Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

7. Isaiah 52:11 (KJV)

Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.

8. Hebrews 12:14 (KJV)

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.

9. Ezekiel 36:26 (KJV)

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

10. James 4:8 (KJV)

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

11. Psalm 51:10 (KJV)

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

12. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 (KJV)

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

prayer points

1. A Heart Set Apart

Father, I consecrate my heart to You today. Not just my actions, not just my words, but the deep internal place where my motives are formed and my desires are rooted. Search me thoroughly. Expose anything that has no place in a consecrated life. I want what You want, and I want to want it for the right reasons. Set me apart from the inside out in Jesus’ Name.

2. Separation from Distraction

In the Name of Jesus, I renounce every distraction, every entertainment, and every habit that has been competing with Your voice for my attention. During this fast, I choose to pull back from noise so I can move toward clarity. Create in me a hunger for Your presence that makes everything else feel like clutter in the Mighty Name of Jesus.

3. Sanctification of the Mind

Father, I bring my thought life before You. Consecrate my mind. Every anxious thought, every impure imagination, every obsession with outcomes I cannot control: I release them to You now. Let the Word of God be the dominant voice in my inner world. I declare that my mind belongs to the Holy Spirit, and I will guard what I allow to occupy it in Jesus’ Name.

4. Cleansing from Double-Mindedness

O Lord, Your Word says a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. I repent of every area where I have been trying to hold on to You with one hand and hold on to my own preferences with the other. I choose complete surrender. I will not negotiate with compromise. Stabilize me in Your truth and let my devotion to You become singular and unshakeable in Jesus’ Name.

5. Consecration of the Tongue

Father, consecrate my words. The tongue has the power of life and death, and I confess I have not always stewarded that power responsibly. I repent of every careless word, every negative declaration over my life and the lives of others, and every complaint that has come out of my mouth during seasons when You were teaching me to trust. Let my lips be an instrument of Your kingdom from this day forward.

6. Purity of Motive in Ministry

Father God, Purify my motives in ministry. If I have served for recognition, if I have led for position, or if I have given to be seen, forgive me and cleanse those places. Let everything I do from this point forward be rooted solely in my love for You and my genuine care for people. Let ministry come from overflow, not performance in the Name of Jesus.

7. Consecration of Relationships

Father, I bring every significant relationship in my life before You. Consecrate them. Show me which ones are aligned with where You are taking me and which ones are pulling me in a direction You never ordained. Give me the wisdom to invest deeply in divine connections and the courage to create healthy distance from relationships that are consistently leading me away from consecration in Jesus’ Name.

8. Separation from the Spirit of the Age

I decree and declare today that I am not shaped by the spirit of this age. I am consecrated to kingdom culture. Let Your Word define what is normal for me. Let Your standards set the baseline for how I think, how I live, and how I lead. I refuse to drift into conformity with a world that does not know You in the Name of Jesus.

9. A Fresh Encounter with Holiness

Father, show me Your holiness. Not as a list of rules, but as a revelation of who You are. Let the weight of Your glory fall on me in this fast and recalibrate my understanding of what it means to be Yours. Give me the grace to be so gripped by the reality of Your holiness that compromise becomes unthinkable and consecration becomes the natural posture of my life in Jesus’ Name.

10. Consecration of the Home

My Father, My King, I dedicate my home and my family to You. Let the culture inside my house be holy. Let the conversations, the atmosphere, the media, and the values that govern my household reflect the kingdom of God. I stand as the spiritual leader of this home and I declare it is consecrated ground in the Mighty Name of Jesus.

11. Daily Renewal of Consecration

Father God, teach me that consecration is not a ceremony. It is a lifestyle. Give me a fresh consecration on today. Build the habit of daily consecration into the rhythm of my life so that holiness becomes my default, not my exception in the Name of Jesus.

12. Consecration Before Promotion

O Lord, I submit to the process of consecration even when it is uncomfortable. If there are things You need to deal with in me before I can handle what You have for me, deal with them now. Father, prepare me so that I don’t enter promotion prematurely. Give me the grace to honor the process in which you are shaping me and give me the wisdom to navigate through this season of consecration in the Name of Jesus.

13. Fire of God: Burn Away What Does Not Belong

Father God, give me the fire of the Holy Ghost to move through every area of my life. Burn away what is not of You. Purge every unclean area. Consume every place of backwardness and stagnation. Let the fire do its full work, and let me come through it more consecrated than when I entered in the Mighty Name of Jesus.

14. Consecration as a Corporate Body

Father, I stand in intercession for Arise Church. We consecrate ourselves to You as a corporate body. Let there be no division, no hidden sin, and no compromise operating in this house. Purify the leadership. Sanctify the congregation. Let the standard of holiness rise in this church so high that the presence of God becomes the defining reality of every gathering in Jesus’ Name.

15. Sustained Consecration: A New Normal

Father, as we close this day of prayer, I ask that what You have done in this time of consecration would not be undone when the fast is over. Let this become a new standard for how I live. Let the disciplines, the hunger, and the sensitivity to Your Spirit that this fast has produced become permanent features of my daily walk. I decree and declare that consecration is not a season. It is my new normal in Jesus’ Name.