JANUARY 12 - FEBRUARY 1
ABIDE is a 21 day season dedicated to prayer, fasting, and worship. It is our prayer that the Lord will use this season in a significant way in your life. This is a time to clear out the distractions of life, focus your heart, and seek the Lord together as a church. No matter where you are in your faith journey, this ABIDE season is for you! One primary way to draw near to Jesus is to study His Word. To help you do that, we will provide a scripture journal centered around the book of John. We hope this tool will assist you in focusing your heart each day as you study God's Word. We will hand out the journals during our weekend gatherings on January 8 & 11.
Fasting will begin on Monday, January 12, and end on Sunday, February 1.
GROW IN YOUR FAITH
As part of ABIDE, your next step of formation as disciples is the ABIDE Cohort. This year’s Cohort will be online only and released in 3 parts on January 13, 20, and 27. As you journey through the Cohort, you will begin to see how we are all being formed. However, is that formation faulty or fruitful? In the Cohort, you will see what it looks like to be a disciple and begin to create a Rule of Life as you follow Jesus. The last part of the Cohort journey is to start a Fourmation Group where your Rule of Life is shared with your group so you can encourage each other. We have some new things for the Cohort and Fourmation Groups this year, so even if you have already gone through the Cohort or you are already in a Fourmation Group, we still want you to take part. No registration is needed.
Men's and Women's
ABIDE NIGHTS
These nights held at Revolution Canton will be a time for Men and Women to join together as we close on our Abide season. This year we will host an Abide Night for Men and an Abide Night for Women. Each of these evenings will be full of incredible worship and amazing teaching featuring a guest speaker. This is a FREE event. To help our team prepare, registration is required and closes Friday, January 23.
We will not offer childcare for Abide Nights. Learn more and register for Abide Nights below.
REGISTER FOR ABIDE NIGHTS
Jan 30, 2026 • 6:30p - 9:30p
Abide Men's Night
Jan 31, 2026 • 6:30p - 9:30p
Abide Women's Night
ABIDE NIGHTS ONLINE
If you cannot attend ABIDE MEN'S OR WOMEN'S NIGHT in person, we encourage you to join in on these special worship evenings online! Tune in at 6:30p on Friday, January 30, and Saturday, January 31.
REVSTUDENTS ABIDE NIGHT
All 6th-12th graders are invited to join us Wednesday, January 28 at 6:15p for a night of worship, prayer and seeking the Lord. We encourage all RevStudents to come to the campus they normally attend as we celebrate all God accomplished through ABIDE 2026.
WHAT IS PRAYER?
God started a conversation with His people (us) through His Word. Prayer is our response to Him. And here’s the awesome part, He wants to hear from us. He delights in us.
WHAT IS FASTING?
Removing things from our lives for a time to pursue intimate fellowship with God. Fasting can be an expression of finding our greatest pleasure and enjoyment in life from God. Food, or whatever we fast from, has a mastery over our lives. Fasting says, "I long to be satisfied in God alone."
WHY DO WE DO THIS AS A CHURCH?
A season of focused prayer and fasting puts our church body on the same trajectory. Imagine the power of thousands of people speaking to our heavenly Father at the same time about the same thing.
Fasting Overview
Please keep in mind that your fast is not something that has to be compared to other people’s fasts. It should be challenging for you, though. As we begin our fast, consider your health and nutritional needs.
COMPLETE FAST
This fast involves drinking only liquids, typically water with light juices as an option.
SELECTIVE FAST
This fast involves removing certain elements from your diet. One example of a selective fast is the Daniel Fast, during which you remove meat, sweets, and bread from your diet and consume water and juice for fluids and fruits and vegetables for food.
PARTIAL FAST
This fast involves abstaining from eating any type of food in the morning and afternoon. This can either correlate to specific times of the day, such as 6:00 am to 3:00 pm, or from sunup to sundown.
SOUL FAST
This fast is a great option if you do not have much experience fasting from food, have health issues that prevent you from fasting food, or if you wish to refocus certain areas of your life that are out of balance. For example, you might choose to stop using social media or watching television for the duration of the fast and then carefully bring that element back into your life in healthy doses after the fast.
