21-Day Corporate Fast | January 2 - 22, 2026
Dear SSBC Church Family,
Greetings in the matchless name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. As we prepare to enter year 2026, it is vital that we align our hearts, minds, and spirits with God’s will and direction for our lives. Therefore, as a church family, we will embark on a 21-day Corporate Fast from Friday, January 2, 2026, through Thursday, January 22, 2026. This sacred time of fasting and praying will be rooted in our foundational Scripture, 2 Chronicles 7:14,
Fasting and prayer are powerful spiritual disciplines for believers who are seeking the face of God. Together they help us get closer to God and position us to clearly hear His voice. During this time, we will seek God for personal renewal, corporate unity, and divine direction for the church and our individual lives. As we fast together as a congregation, I encourage you to make this season meaningful for your personal spiritual growth. Daily dedicate time for prayer, Scripture reading, and journaling.
The Daniel Fast is an opportunity to draw closer to God through fervent, focused prayer. The Daniel Fast is taken from the Bible, Daniel 10:2-3: In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
While on the fast:
During the fast:
We will join our Wednesday Noonday Prayer Call to pray corporately - dial-in: (518) 530-1840; access code: 689-878-294. In addition, Bishop advises to form prayer circles to strengthen and support each other.
Thanks you for your commitment to this sacred time of fasting and prayer. I anticipate hearing the testimonies of how God will move in your life and our church. May God bless and strengthen you during this journey.
In His Service,
Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr.
Greetings in the matchless name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. As we prepare to enter year 2026, it is vital that we align our hearts, minds, and spirits with God’s will and direction for our lives. Therefore, as a church family, we will embark on a 21-day Corporate Fast from Friday, January 2, 2026, through Thursday, January 22, 2026. This sacred time of fasting and praying will be rooted in our foundational Scripture, 2 Chronicles 7:14,
"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land."
Fasting and prayer are powerful spiritual disciplines for believers who are seeking the face of God. Together they help us get closer to God and position us to clearly hear His voice. During this time, we will seek God for personal renewal, corporate unity, and divine direction for the church and our individual lives. As we fast together as a congregation, I encourage you to make this season meaningful for your personal spiritual growth. Daily dedicate time for prayer, Scripture reading, and journaling.
The Daniel Fast is an opportunity to draw closer to God through fervent, focused prayer. The Daniel Fast is taken from the Bible, Daniel 10:2-3: In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
While on the fast:
- Do not consume meat, sweets, sugars/sweeteners. No bread, dairy products, or alcoholic beverages.
- Do consume beans & lentils, vegetables, and fruits.
During the fast:
We will join our Wednesday Noonday Prayer Call to pray corporately - dial-in: (518) 530-1840; access code: 689-878-294. In addition, Bishop advises to form prayer circles to strengthen and support each other.
Thanks you for your commitment to this sacred time of fasting and prayer. I anticipate hearing the testimonies of how God will move in your life and our church. May God bless and strengthen you during this journey.
In His Service,
Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr.
Below are the 21 Corporate Prayer Targets and Scriptures that we will pray and stand together during the fast. As we agree corporately, please also take time to seek the Lord and develop personal prayer targets, supported by Scripture, as led by Holy Spirit.
What are you believing God for?
Day 1 - Repentance
Acts 3:19: Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.
Jeremiah 15:19 {NIV} :Therefore this is what the Lord says: "If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me; if you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you will be my spokesman.
Mark 1:15: And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Day 2 - Consecration
Joel 1:14: Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord.
Deuteronomy 4:29: But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
Joel 2:12-13: 12Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: 13And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Day 3 - Healing
Isaiah 53:4-5: 4Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
1 Peter 2:24: Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Day 4 - Deliverance
2 Corinthians 1:10: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
Psalm 34:17: The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
Psalm 50:15: And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
1 John 4:4: Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Day 5 - Wisdom
Proverbs 2:6: For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Ephesians 1:17: That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
James 1:5: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Day 6 - Re-filling of Holy Spirit
Ephesians 5:18: And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Acts 1:8: But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Day 7 - Unity within the Body of Christ
Philippians 2:2: Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
1 Corinthians 1:10: Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Day 8 - Alignment of Men in their Role as Leaders
Psalm 119:9: Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Ephesians 5:23: For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Day 9 - Salvation of family members
John 3:16: For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
1 Timothy 2:3-4: 3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
Day 10 - Government leaders
1 Timothy 2:1-4: 1I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
Proverbs 29:2: When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Day 11 - Guidance and Counsel from Holy Spirit
Psalm 32:8: I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Isaiah 41:10: Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Psalm 5:8: Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
Day 12 - Increased faith
Romans 10:17: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Matthew 21:22: And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Psalm 20:7: Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
Day 13 - Renewed mind
Romans 12:1-2: 1I 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. 2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Ephesians 4:23: And be renewed in the spirit of your minds;
Psalm 119:11: Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Day 14 - Peace
Philippians 4:6-7: 6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:6: For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
John 16:33: I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
Day 15 - Bishops, Pastors and church leaders
Romans 15:30: Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
Jeremiah 3:15: And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Ephesians 6:19: And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
Day 16 - Holiness
Matthew 5:48: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Exodus 19:5-6: 5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Leviticus 11:44: For I am the Lord your God
Day 17 - Protection and Perseverance of the church universal... and the work of the ministry
John 17:11: And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
John 17:15: I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Psalm 91:14: Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Day 18 - Seniors, Widows and Widowers
Psalm 71:9: Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
1 Timothy 5:3-6: 3Honour widows that are widows indeed. 4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. 5Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. 6But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
Day 19 - Youth and Young Adults
Psalm 144:12: That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
Psalm 103:5: Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Day 20 - Singles
Romans 12:1: 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.
Matthew 6:33: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
2 Corinthians 6:14: Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Day 21 - Godly Marriages
Genesis 2:24: Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Proverbs 18:22: Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
Hebrews 13:4: Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
"WE ARE ONE IN THE SPIRIT"
JOHN 17:21
What are you believing God for?
Day 1 - Repentance
Acts 3:19: Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.
Jeremiah 15:19 {NIV} :Therefore this is what the Lord says: "If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me; if you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you will be my spokesman.
Mark 1:15: And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Day 2 - Consecration
Joel 1:14: Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord.
Deuteronomy 4:29: But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
Joel 2:12-13: 12Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: 13And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Day 3 - Healing
Isaiah 53:4-5: 4Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
1 Peter 2:24: Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Day 4 - Deliverance
2 Corinthians 1:10: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
Psalm 34:17: The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
Psalm 50:15: And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
1 John 4:4: Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Day 5 - Wisdom
Proverbs 2:6: For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Ephesians 1:17: That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
James 1:5: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Day 6 - Re-filling of Holy Spirit
Ephesians 5:18: And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Acts 1:8: But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Day 7 - Unity within the Body of Christ
Philippians 2:2: Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
1 Corinthians 1:10: Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Day 8 - Alignment of Men in their Role as Leaders
Psalm 119:9: Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Ephesians 5:23: For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Day 9 - Salvation of family members
John 3:16: For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
1 Timothy 2:3-4: 3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
Day 10 - Government leaders
1 Timothy 2:1-4: 1I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
Proverbs 29:2: When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Day 11 - Guidance and Counsel from Holy Spirit
Psalm 32:8: I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Isaiah 41:10: Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Psalm 5:8: Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
Day 12 - Increased faith
Romans 10:17: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Matthew 21:22: And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Psalm 20:7: Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
Day 13 - Renewed mind
Romans 12:1-2: 1I 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. 2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Ephesians 4:23: And be renewed in the spirit of your minds;
Psalm 119:11: Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Day 14 - Peace
Philippians 4:6-7: 6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:6: For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
John 16:33: I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
Day 15 - Bishops, Pastors and church leaders
Romans 15:30: Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
Jeremiah 3:15: And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Ephesians 6:19: And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
Day 16 - Holiness
Matthew 5:48: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Exodus 19:5-6: 5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Leviticus 11:44: For I am the Lord your God
Day 17 - Protection and Perseverance of the church universal... and the work of the ministry
John 17:11: And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
John 17:15: I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Psalm 91:14: Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Day 18 - Seniors, Widows and Widowers
Psalm 71:9: Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
1 Timothy 5:3-6: 3Honour widows that are widows indeed. 4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. 5Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. 6But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
Day 19 - Youth and Young Adults
Psalm 144:12: That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
Psalm 103:5: Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Day 20 - Singles
Romans 12:1: 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.
Matthew 6:33: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
2 Corinthians 6:14: Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Day 21 - Godly Marriages
Genesis 2:24: Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Proverbs 18:22: Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
Hebrews 13:4: Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
"WE ARE ONE IN THE SPIRIT"
JOHN 17:21