Wednesday Fast and Prayer! Desperate for Mercy—Fasting Like Moses, Anchored in the Gospel!
Thank you for joining the Wednesday fast! Your sacrifice is making an impact and we can’t wait to see what God has in store for the upcoming school year!
One of our former student leaders—now a college student—recently reached out with a passionate desire to come back and share the gospel with the club she once helped lead. Her heart still burns for her high school, and she even tried to order 1,500 Life Books to get the Word of God into the hands of every student.
She’s not just passionate—she’s bold. At her graduation in May 2024, she gave all the glory to the Lord Jesus Christ in front of her entire class, standing as a powerful witness for the gospel!
Now she’s coming back—not for recognition, but to lift up the name of Jesus and point this next generation to the only One who saves!
Let’s continue to press in with faith, asking God to raise up a set-apart revivalist to lead the Atlanta club—and to move in a redemptive, restorative, relational, and revival-filled way in the hearts of every student, teacher, and parent (12-12-12-12 prayer vision). Because of the power of the gospel, we believe the best is still ahead!
As we gather again this Wednesday to fast and pray, we want to invite you into one of the most sobering and hope-filled moments in Scripture—when Moses stood in the gap for a rebellious people, not once, but twice.
After receiving the Ten Commandments, Moses came down the mountain and found Israel worshiping a golden calf—blasphemously rejecting the very God who had just delivered them. It was one of Israel’s darkest hours.
What did Moses do?
He went back up the mountain and fasted for 40 days and 40 nights—without food or water—to intercede for their sin(Deut. 9:18). And when he saw their idolatry and how close they were to destruction, he did it again.
“I fell down before the Lord those forty days and nights… because the Lord said He would destroy you.”
—Deuteronomy 9:25
This wasn’t a fast for comfort or clarity—it was a fast of desperation. Not for personal breakthrough, but for gospel mercy. Moses knew that only God could forgive, and only grace could save.
And that’s exactly what the gospel reveals.
Thousands of years later, Jesus would climb another hill—not too fast, but to die. Not to plead for mercy, but to become mercy. The fast of Moses pointed forward to the greater intercession of Christ, who bore our rebellion and broke every yoke on the cross.
“While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
—Romans 5:8
So why do we fast now?
We fast not to earn God’s favor, but to remember it. We fast not to escape the world, but to cry out for its redemption. We fast because the same gospel that saved us is the power of God to save others—and we want to see hearts awakened and captives set free.
Moses interceded. Jesus fulfilled. And now we carry the same gospel burden—to stand in the gap, not just with words, but with our lives.
“Is this not the fast which I choose…
To undo the cords of the yoke…
To let the oppressed go free?”
—Isaiah 58:6
This kind of fast leads to revival—not because of our strength, but because of Christ’s sufficiency. And just like Moses, when we fast with clean hands and desperate hearts, God responds:
“You will call, and the Lord will answer;
You will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’”
—Isaiah 58:9
This Wednesday, let’s fast in the power of the gospel.
Let’s pray like Moses, standing in the gap for a generation steeped in idolatry. Let’s believe that the grace of Jesus is still enough to forgive, to restore, and to raise up messengers of fire. Let’s feast on His Word and cry out for His presence—because only the gospel transforms hearts!
We’re not after hype—we’re after Him.
We don’t want flash—we want fire.
And when we fast in faith, the gospel moves through us—bringing sons and daughters home!
“You will be called the repairer of the breach,
The restorer of the streets in which to dwell.”
—Isaiah 58:12
United for the harvest,
Joseph and the Crossroads Team
