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Echoes Church · all sermons
Pastor Daniel Goulding · Jan 12, 2026
Drawing from Jesus' own prayer practices, this sermon calls believers to move beyond public or ritualistic prayer into a genuine, transformative relationship with God. Jesus prayed privately—withdrawing from crowds to be alone with the Father—prayed passionately, bringing real emotion and grief to God, and gave His disciples a practical plan for prayer in the Lord's Prayer. Over 21 days of prayer and fasting, the invitation is to let these three practices reshape our intimacy with God and our capacity to see Him move powerfully in our lives.
Pastor Daniel Goulding · Jan 5, 2026
Pastor Daniel opens the year by calling Echoes Church to a 21-day season of prayer and fasting, arguing that these two disciplines form a powerful, inseparable combination. Prayer is not about informing or influencing God but about experiencing genuine intimacy with Him, while fasting is the voluntary act of humbling ourselves so that God — who opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble — can move powerfully in and through us. Together, prayer and fasting align us with God's will, position us for breakthrough, and invite us into our God-given purpose in the middle of what he believes is a coming great spiritual awakening.
