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21 DAYS OF FASTING AND PRAYER 2026 MEDITATION 15

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Here is our noon time meditation for this 19th day of the 21 days of fasting and prayer in 2026.

1 JOHN 4:1-6

 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.

4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 5 They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit[a] of truth and the spirit of falsehood.

1 John 4:1-6 (Source: Equip the Called)Theme: Testing the Spirits
1. Do not believe every spirit, but test them to see whether they are from God.
2. Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.
3. The One in you is greater than the spirit of the antichrist in the world.

THINKING TIME:

1.HOW DO YOU TEST THE SPIRITS IN LIFE?

2. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST ALREADY BEING IN THE WORLD?

3. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE GREATER THAN SPIRIT WHO LIVES IN YOU?

21 DAYS OF FASTING AND PRAYER 2026 MEDITATION 14

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We are systematically working our way through the book of 1 John as we continue towards the end of our 21 days of fasting and prayer. I am looking forward to unpacking all that I have learned during this fast and the changes it has brought about in me.

1 JOHN 3:19-24

This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: 20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God 22 and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. 24 The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.

1 John 3:19-24 (Source: Equip the Called)Theme: Assurance Before God
1. You can be assured before God; even if your heart condemns you, God is greater than your heart and knows all things.
2. When you keep His commands, you have confidence and receive what you ask because you ask according to His will.
3. This is His commandment: believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another.

THINKING TIME:

  1. WHAT DOES CONFIDENCE LOOK LIKE IN YOUR LIFE?
  2. DO YOU SPEND TIME FOSTERING CONFIDENCE IN YOUR LIFE? WHY OR WHY NOT?
  3. WHAT ARE SOME THINGS IN YOUR LIFE THAT ARE STEALING YOUR CONFIDENCE TODAY?

21 DAYS OF FASTING AND PRAYER MEDITATION 10

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Welcome to the noon time meditation on the first day of our final week of Cornerstone’s 21 days of fasting prayer. We are on meditation number 10.

1 John 2:26-29

I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. 27 As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.

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28 And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.

29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.

1 John 2:26-29 (Source: Equip the Called)Theme: The Anointing and Abiding
1. The anointing you received from Him (the Holy Spirit) teaches you all things and is real.
2. Abide in Him so that you may have confidence and not be ashamed at His coming.
3. Everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him and reflects His character.

THINKING TIME:

  1. WHAT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT TEACHING YOU TODAY?
  2. HOW DO YOU PRACTICE ABIDING OR CONTINUING IN THE SPIRIT?
  3. WHAT PART OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ARE YOU BEING LED TO PRACTICE TODAY?

21 DAYS OF FASTING AND PRAYER 2026 MEDITATION 9

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Well it’s the final countdown of our 21 days of fasting and prayer, but we are only on the ninth meditation of the fast. We are going to continue catching up throughout this final week of fasting. Please Join us in the meditations.

1 John 2:18-25

Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.

20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.[e] 21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth. 22 Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son. 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

24 As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is what he promised us—eternal life.

1 John 2:18-25 (Source: Equip the Called)Theme: Warning Against False Teachers
1. The presence of antichrists is a sign of the last hour; stay alert and grounded in truth.
2. Remaining in the teaching you heard from the beginning ensures you remain in the Son and the Father.
3. Denial of Jesus as the Christ is a denial of God the Father; confess the Son always

THINKING TIME:

  1. HOW DOES SOMEONE DENY THAT JESUS IS THE SAVIOR (THE CHRIST)?
  2. HOW CAN YOU REMAIN IN THE TEACHING THAT BROUGHT YOU TO CHRIST?
  3. WHAT ARE WAYS WE DENY CHRIST AND GOD THE FATHER?

21 DAYS OF FASTING AND PRAYER 2026 MEDITATION 8

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We are now finished two weeks of our 21 day fast and prayer season for 2026. It haas been eye-opening and convicting to me. There is much that I will be thinking about and praying into over the next several months. I think I will be writing about some of the process God is working in me soon.

Here is our eighth meditation as we continue to catch up in the Book of 1 John.

1 John 2:15-17

15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father[d] is not in them. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.

1 John 2:15-17 (Source: Equip the Called)Theme: Do Not Love the World
1. The world’s desires (lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, pride of life) are fleeting and pass away.
2. Doing the will of God is the only pursuit with eternal value; it abides forever.
3. Prioritize your eternal connection with God over temporary worldly allurements.

THINKING TIME:

1.What does it mean that the world’s desires are fleeting and passing away?

2. How does that help you too resist and reframe the world’s desires that you struggle with?

3. What is the will of God you know to do right now?

21 DAYS OF FASTING AND PRAYER 2026 MEDITATION 6

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HERE IS OUR AFTERNOON MEDITATION. AS WE SEEK TO CATCH UP WITH THE 21 DAYS OF MEDITATION, WE ARE ON DAY 12 OF OUR ANNUAL FAST FOR 2026. OUR CONGREGATIONAL MEDITATION IS IN THE BOOK OF 1 JOHN.

1 John 2:7-11

Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. 8 Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.

9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister[b] is still in the darkness. 10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister[c] lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble. 11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.

1 John 2:7-11 (Source: Equip the Called)Theme: The Old and New Commandment (Love)
1. The commandment to love one another is both old (from the beginning) and new (embodied in Christ).
2. Walking in love is walking in the light; hatred keeps you in darkness, stumbling aimlessly.
3. The true light is already shining, empowering you to live a life of love.

THINKING TIME:

  1. HOW IS LOVE DIFFERENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND NEW?
  2. HOW IS WALKING IN THE LIGHT DIFFERENT FROM WALKING IN THE DARK?
  3. HOW ARE YOU ALLOWING CHRIST TO SHINE HIS LIGHT IN AND THROUGH YOUR LIFE?

21 DAYS OF FASTING AND PRAYER MEDITATION 4

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I am feeling pretty good about this new rhythm God has established for me during this season of fasting and prayer. It seems like my time is being multiplied. It took a while to get this rhythm established but it seems to be going strong now. Here is our evening meditation.

1 John 2: 1, 2

My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

1 John 2:1-2 (Source: Equip the Called)Theme: Jesus Our Advocate
1. When you fail, turn to Jesus, your advocate, who intercedes for you with the Father.
2. Christ is the atoning sacrifice (propitiation) for your sins, making a way for you to be right with God.
3. Strive for obedience, but rest in the grace that covers your shortcomings through Christ’s work

WHAT IS YOUR NORMAL REACTION TO FAILURE?

HOW DOES HAVING SOMEONE WHO WILL ALWAYS ADVOCATE MAKE YOU FEEL?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO REST IN GRACE?