This is Zoe Church, LA.

We're not just fans, but rather followers of Jesus.

Tune in as Pastor Chad Veach teaches of God's love and how we can live a Zoe life, an abundant life.

Amen.

If you have your Bibles, turn with me to the book of Genesis, which that's the coolest book to turn to because it's the first book.

And it's the book of beginnings. Go to Genesis 24. And this morning, I have a word. In our church, we started off in January, 21 days of seeking God.

And we declared this to be the best year yet and I want you to write that down

2017 not only for Pastor Chad Julia Zoe Church but you is going to be the best year yet I

wanted to look at your neighbor and give them a fist bump, say best year yet.

Look at your other neighbor.

Say focus.

And I believe that the best year yet, it comes when we begin to focus on God.

Our church entered in not only praying and fasting, and we were doing that so we would focus on who God is, not God can do for us but who he is and what's interesting in prayer and fasting I hate people who love fasting okay

I don't know if you've ever met someone who kind of talks with a breathy tone I'm going to miss

fasting it's like who aren't you I mean, I hate fasting. People, you know,

they fueled up to fast. They, they ordered clean drink. I went to McDonald's, and I ate a big

mac to fuel up before the fast. Now, my wife, she kind of changed her fasting with every meal.

She started off with juices, and she went to soups. By the next day for breakfast, she added salads. Then by dinner, the next day, chicken, then beef. She ended the fast with Snickers. My God, come on. And what's interesting, I know if you've ever met someone, but in our church, she actually had people who gained weight on the fast you know they go my gosh what do you know nothing but liquids pastor nothing but liquids

i said yeah you put an orio in the blender a crispy creams in the blend babe get a snickers bar

put it in the blender let's just liquefied you know and it's like my god and so i am not a good

faster that when we fast we really are wanting

to have a clearer picture of who god is everyone say best year yet and you know what's amazing

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