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  • WHAT FASTING OFFERS (3): PHYSIOLOGICAL CLEANSING OF THE BODY (A)

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    Sunday, January 21, 2024

    WHAT FASTING OFFERS (3): PHYSIOLOGICAL CLEANSING OF THE BODY (A)

    Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.
    Hebrews 12:11 (NASB)

    Fasting is a physiological process and would rid the body of most diseases. We are going to see some scientifically backed process that happen in our body when we fast. They include:

    1. Promotes Blood Sugar Control by Reducing Insulin Resistance: Several studies have found that fasting may improve blood sugar control, which could be especially useful for those at risk of diabetes.1 Decreasing insulin resistance can increase your body’s sensitivity to insulin, allowing it to transport glucose from your bloodstream to your cells more efficiently.2
    2. Promotes Better Health by Fighting Inflammation: While acute inflammation is a normal immune process used to help fight off infections, chronic inflammation can have serious consequences for your health. Research shows that inflammation may be involved in the development of chronic conditions, such as heart disease, cancer and rheumatoid arthritis.3 Some studies have found that fasting can help decrease levels of inflammation and help promote better health.4 Fasting could decrease several markers of inflammation and may be useful in treating inflammatory conditions, such as multiple sclerosis.
    3. May Enhance Heart Health by Improving Blood Pressure, Triglycerides and Cholesterol Levels: Heart disease is considered the leading cause of death around the world, accounting for an estimated 31.5% of deaths globally.5 Switching up your diet and lifestyle is one of the most effective ways to reduce your risk of heart disease. Some research has found that incorporating fasting into your routine may be especially beneficial when it comes to heart health. Fasting has been associated with a lower risk of coronary heart disease and may help lower blood pressure, triglycerides and cholesterol levels.
    4. May Boost Brain Function and Prevent Neurodegenerative Disorders: Though research is mostly limited to animal research, several studies have found that fasting could have a powerful effect on brain health. Animal studies show that fasting could improve brain function, increase nerve cell synthesis and protect against neurodegenerative conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s.6,7 Well, the case of Daniel in Daniel 1:20 shows that fasting indeed do affect brain function.
    5. Aids Weight Loss by Limiting Calorie Intake and Boosting Metabolism: Some research has also found that short-term fasting may boost metabolism by increasing levels of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine, which could enhance weight loss.8 In fact, one review showed that whole-day fasting could reduce body weight by up to 9% and significantly decrease body fat over 12–24 weeks.9 Fasting may increase metabolism and help preserve muscle tissue to reduce body weight and body fat.

    Cont’d tomorrow!

    REMEMBER: There are unquantifiable health benefits from fasting.

    CONFESSION: Even though my spirit-man is flourishing as I wait on Adonai, my physical is also undergoing renewal and cleansing. It is all gains. Glory to Yahweh!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: Every trace of sickness or disease dies in your body as you fast in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Psalm 42:1-2

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Genesis 18:1-19:38; Matthew 13:36-58

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  • WHAT FASTING OFFERS (2): THE HIGHEST INTENSIVE PRAYER

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    Saturday, January 20, 2024

    WHAT FASTING OFFERS (2): THE HIGHEST INTENSIVE PRAYER

    O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
    Psalms 63:1 (KJV)

    Fasting is the expression of the longing of the flesh after Adonai. Fasting is the flesh saying that there is something more important to me now than taking care of me. It is in that longing state that the soul can express the highest intensity of prayer possible. The earnestness that makes prayer produce tremendous power that is dynamic in its working is only possible in a fast. Fasting offers you the opportunity to produce the highest intensity of prayer that can ever be possible from the human soul. The flesh in a fast has been completely dethroned and the soul is at its purest state and can easily connect to the frequency of Adonai. This accounts why in a long fast, once you cross 14 days to 21 days, it just seems your eyes pops open and you begin to see into the realm of the spirit easily. At that point, your prayer even without eloquence or vigour in expressing it, carries such power that blows the mind of the world around you. Most people think that what makes prayer powerful is the expression when you are praying. Others think that your demonstrations will avail in the realm of the spirit, so they go ahead to shout, haul, kick, box and do all manner of gymnastics. But the intensity of prayer is not in any of those things. When you are around 21 days and above in your total fast, without even energy, if you have opportunity to see a demoniac, just a “go” under your breathe sends the legion quaking out.

    That was the difference between Yahushua and his disciples in Matthew 17 where they couldn’t cast that demon out and heal that boy. With all their gymnastic skills and shouts, still nothing happened. But when Yahushua came on the scene, without stress, the boy was delivered and healed. Not because He is the Son of Yahweh, no! He fasted 40 days and because of that his words was with power. You can operate in that realm too, if you can go through that discipline. It makes you to live free from the elements of this world and hell. Fasting confers on you the dominion of Yahweh because in a fast, you had stayed long in his presence that some of His authority has robbed off on you. This was the secret of “Jesus, I know, Paul, I know, but you who are you?” (see Acts 19:15). Demons knows the one that has got that authority, your shouting and gymnastics notwithstanding.

    Remember that our focus this month is AS I WAIT ON THE LORD I AM STRENGTHENED TO LIVE IN TRIUMPH. We are showing you today how fasting produces the highest intensive prayer that can be and that is exactly what terminates the “this kind”, our Lord talked about in Matthew 17:21. Take advantage of what fasting offers. Selah!

    REMEMBER: Fasting produces the highest intensity of prayer possible.

    CONFESSION: As the hart pants after the water brooks, so pants my soul after You, O Adonai. My soul thirsts for Adonai, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before Adonai? Thank You Yahweh for the privilege of fasting!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: May fasting be the delight of your soul and flesh from today in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Psalms 63:1-8

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Genesis 15:1-17:27; Matthew 13:24-35

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  • WHAT FASTING OFFERS (1): MORTIFICATION OF THE FLESH

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    Friday, January 19, 2024

    WHAT FASTING OFFERS (1): MORTIFICATION OF THE FLESH

    For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.Romans 8:13 (KJV)

    We have said over and over again that fasting does not change Adonai. You are not fasting to get Yahweh to change His mind because He is not a man with shifting shadows (see James 1:17 NASB). Fasting is a tool to dethrone the flesh and until fasting has accomplished this task, you have not fasted. In Colossians 3:5, we see what must be put to death, “Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth? fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:” and they are not something that you can do once and for all. That accounts why consecrational fasts should be a regular routine for any serious minded believer that is expecting the rapture. But there is a long fast that breaks the holds of these members of your flesh and disables them that they become no more issues in your life. You must take opportunity of at least one 21 or 40 days total fast just to deal with any form of flesh manifestation in your life. Yours may not be fornication, but what of bitterness, pride, hatred, gossip, wrath, malice, lies, envy and jealousy (see Colossians 3:8-9). Even among ministers, you see a lot of envy and jealousy. You need a total fast to lay yourself down at the altar and let the Lord Holy Spirit expose you to you.

    Our text says that if you through the Spirit mortifies the deeds of the flesh you shall live. It is you that will do it but through the Holy Spirit. It is you that is going to push the plates away and come before the Lord Holy Spirit, for this dissection. You can see from that scripture that though at salvation you received eternal life but you cannot manifest the reality of that life until flesh is mortified. It is not whether you are saved, but is there proof of your salvation? The proof of salvation is a mortified flesh that enthrones the Holy Spirit to reveal the reality of the life that is in your recreated human spirit. This is what fasting is all about. It is not a religious obligation. No! A thousand times No! Fasting is an altar of death to the flesh. It is a place of death and until your flesh dies, your spirit-man will die. It is either the flesh dies and the spirit-man lives or the flesh lives and engenders the inevitable death of the spirit-man.

    Even though you are going to reap other numerous benefits in fasting, the main objective is to mortify the flesh. Let us say here that this is NOT the three days fast thing. This is a fast of at least 21 days total fast. If you are busy and needs energy to work, you can try Daniel’s fast and be importune in the place of prayer scheduling like four to seven sessions of prayer daily. But no matter how busy you are, plan to take at least one time 21 or 40 days total fast in a whole 365 days. Instead of travelling for sight-seeing, plan your next leave to be spent fasting. Selah!

    REMEMBER: Mortification of the flesh is the main task of fasting.

    CONFESSION: My body is totally laid at the cross. As I fast, everything that is not consistent with the gospel drops off me. I am continuously changing into the image of the Son of Adonai. Thank You Yahweh!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: Everything in you that is not representing Yahushua well drops off you as you fast in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Romans 8

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Genesis 11:27-14:24; Matthew 13:1-23

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  • FASTING EXAMPLES (7): ELIJAH’S FAST

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    Thursday, January 18, 2024

    FASTING EXAMPLES (7): ELIJAH’S FAST

    And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
    I Kings 19:8 (KJV)

    Of all that the Bible would cite as an example of someone whose prayer was effective, earnest and heart-felt with tremendous power which was dynamic in its working, Elijah was chosen. It is important, therefore, for us to examine the secret of this great patriarch of the faith. And it is not even so far fetched or a mystery, what powered his effectiveness in his relationship with Adonai. We all are praying, so prayer is not the tool of Prophet Elijah’s power with Yahweh. And if you look at James 5:16 from the Amplified Bible, you would see that it was not just the prayer of Elijah that made him powerful. Prayer is good but until prayer is earnest that is heart-felt and continued, it cannot be dynamic in its working. What is it that makes prayer earnest? If we can discover what made Elijah’s prayer earnest, and apply same, we shall get the same result of power with Yahweh as Elijah because Yahweh is not a respecter of person but in every nation, whosoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him (see Acts 10:34-35).

    Our opening text was the story of Prophet Elijah after he ate the meal that the angel brought to him, went in the strength of that meal for 40 days and nights unto Horeb the mount of Adonai. It is important for us to know that fasting for 40 days and nights he was travelling to meet with Adonai as it were at Horeb. Fasting was the secret of Elijah’s earnestness in prayer. When you fast, your prayer transcends mere words to heart-felt energy and if the fast continues for a long time, it begins to produce tremendous power that is dynamic in its workings. There is absolutely nothing that cannot be handled in such an atmosphere. The author read of the story of a young man that was jilted by the love of his life and the best way he resolved to deal with the trauma was to starve himself to death. As the days process in his death starvation mission, he encountered Yahushua and was saved and gloriously filled with the Holy Spirit, after 80 days of no food, he came out a vessel of revival. Whatever situation that drives you to fasting has given you an opportunity to encounter destiny with Adonai.

    Prophet Elijah’s fast was 40 days and nights and that produced an earnestness in his prayer life that made tremendous power available. Listen, you will not die, if you fast for 40 days without food, drinking water only. Remember, as said at the beginning of the month that fasting by definition is going without food. Water is not part of what you should go without. It is utter ignorance that makes anybody to do without water in long fast. As a matter of duty when you are doing any fast that is more than three days long, you must drink at least 1.5- 2 litres of water daily and adjust as your body requires. Selah!

    REMEMBER: Fasting produces the required earnestness to make your prayer powerful.

    CONFESSION: I am operating under a better covenant than Elijah, therefore, I am getting better results as I fast and pray. I am making tremendous power available that is dynamic in its working. Glory to Yahweh!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I see you changed as you fast, to such a level that your generation stands in awe of Elohim at work in your life in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    I Kings 18, 19

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Job 40:1-42:17; Matthew 12:38-50

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  • FASTING EXAMPLES (6): APOSTLE PAUL’S FAST

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    Wednesday, January 17, 2024

    FASTING EXAMPLES (6): APOSTLE PAUL’S FAST

    And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.Acts 9:9 (KJV)

    When I look at Apostle Paul, I am not marvelled as much at his usefulness in the hands of the Lord Yahushua because the way he entered the race was loaded. What I mean is this: from the very first day he encountered the Lord, he began a three-day dry fast. There are so many today that have been believers in Yahushua for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 years respectively that have not fasted for a three-day dry before. Apostle Paul’s introduction into HaMashiach (Christ) is with three days dry fast. There is something fasting does to your spirit-man. It establishes you in the Word of Adonai, firmly making it possible to believe the Word and dare anything. The daring nature of Paul was imparted to him on the altar of fasting. In his own words later, he said “in fastings often” (II Corinthians 11:27). Isaiah 58:8 says, “Then shall thy light break forth as the morning,” that is you will begin to swim in revelations and that was exactly the testimony of Apostle Paul. Because of the abundance of fastings, there were also abundance of revelations. II Corinthians 12:7 says, ‘And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.’

    If you are a business person, learn to take business decision only after you have spent enough time in fasting about the decision. From now, never make any decision especially those that will impact on your future and posterity without at least three days fast to involve Adonai and know what He is saying. Decisions on who to marry is very crucial and should be preceded with a fast. Decisions to invest money. Decisions on where to build or rent. Decisions that will impact on your peace of mind should be passed through some fasting and prayer. Are you looking for admission, before you fill your JAMB form, pass that decision through fasting and prayer. Are you looking for a job, take sometime out to fast and pray that the Lord will locate you at the right place for you. These things are very important to fulfilling your destiny. Do you notice that fasting was involved in selecting Church leaders. In Acts 14:23, “And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.” Decisions that impact on the future and eternity are not supposed to be taken without fasting, not in your personal affairs, neither in business nor in the Church.

    Know the problem or challenge you want to tackle in the fast. Define your problem. If you cannot define it, you cannot find a solution to it. Gather information on the challenge. Take the matter up in your fast and be open to the direction of the Holy Spirit. Shalom!

    REMEMBER: You don’t take any decision that will impact your future and eternity without a fast.

    CONFESSION: I know what to do because the Holy Spirit is my extraordinary strategist. As I fast, He unveils the best decision to me, causing me to multiply my success and walk in joy unspeakable full of Glory. Thank You Father!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I decree that your eyes of understanding is enlightened as you fast in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Acts 9:1-20

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Job 38:1-39:30; Matthew 12:22-37

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  • FASTING EXAMPLES (5): DAVID’S FAST

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    Tuesday, January 16, 2024

    FASTING EXAMPLES (5): DAVID’S FAST

    My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
    Psalms 109:24 (KJV)

    The Bible didn’t tell us how long David’s fast was but for anyone that is acquainted with long fast, one will recognize that it would not have been anything less than 40 days for fatness to start failing from his flesh. When one finish even a partial fast of 40 days, your flesh will tell you that it has lost a lot in terms of fatness, let alone when the fast is a total or complete fast. David fasted so much that he become so lain that evoked mockery from people. Psalms 109: 23-25 says, ‘23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. 24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. 25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.’ I truly understand what David is saying here. The author believes that David’s fast was nothing less than 40 days long. It takes that long for the effects that he described to be so. The author is a witness to that.

    We have only known that David was a singer, worshipper and one after Adonai’s own heart. But how many of us know that the secret of David was probably in his life of fasting and not just fasting but fasting so long that he presses into power with God. No wonder, some Messianic prophecies came through him. Beloved, you have been singing and worshipping. That is so wonderful but Yahushua didn’t say that “this kind goes not out except by thanksgiving and worship”. He says “this kind goes not out but by fasting and prayer” (see Matthew 17:21). This is very crucial because this year, Adonai wants you to touch the reality of answered prayer and some level of ease in life. How I wish, you can defy all odds and go on a long fast, long enough to receive from Elohim your desire. Most of use, we fast but before we are ready to make the connection with Adonai, we have already concluded the fast.

    The way the stories were recorded in the Bible gives some people the impression that some things happened in such a snap. I Samuel 5:19 says, ‘And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.’ Is it not so sweet to be able to get answers from Yahweh in such a snap like this. However, you must recognize that this is a narration and that it may not have happened in such a snap. Seeing that David spent such a long time in fasting, gives us a clue that some of these records that seem as if the response from Yahweh was in such an instant, may not actually be so. Some of these responses were gotten from days of fasting and praying. Selah!

    REMEMBER: Real change happen when you fast for a long time.

    CONFESSION: I long to be with you dear Father. Your presence is so sweet I don’t want to leave. I thank You for strength to tarry in Your presence in fasting and for the transformation You bring into my life thereby. Halleluyah!!!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: You shall begin to find fasting interesting from this day in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Psalms 109

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Job 35:1-37:24; Matthew 11:25-12:21

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  • FASTING EXAMPLES (4): EZRA’S FAST

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    Monday, January 15, 2024

    FASTING EXAMPLES (4): EZRA’S FAST

    Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
    Ezra 8:21 (KJV)

    Have you been in a situation that because of your faith in Adonai and how much you have represented Him and His power you were faced with a situation where the power of that your God must be seen or you are put to shame. This was actually the situation that Ezra found himself. Adonai gave Ezra favour before Artaxerxes the king of Babylon and the king was sending him to Judea. In the presence of the king, Ezra had boasted of the might of Adonai to keep those that trust Him, and because of that, he couldn’t ask the king for security escorts. So, they were left to themselves and the wolves on the way to Judea and except Adonai intervenes it would be impossible to reach Judea alive with all the nations along the way and their hatred for the Jews. What was Ezra’s response to this dilemma? He proclaimed a fast. It is not clear how many days Ezra’s fast lasted. Ezra’s fast is another example of group fast that yielded massive results. This fast has also validated what Yahushua said that “this kind” answers to only fasting and prayer.

    We are seeing different situations that have confronted people and how they have responded in fasting to secure interventions from on high. Principles are best communicated through examples. The principle of fasting has been validated through numerous examples of scriptures of real threatening situations that secured divine intervention. Your case is not any different. You too can secure divine intervention this season. You don’t need to cry and let the enemy see your tears. There is a weapon at your disposal and that is fasting. Push the plates aside for once. Sincerely, 40 days in 365 days of the year is not too much to secure an intervention and end the looming shame. You can intensify your prayers with a fast and the Lord is calling you today to come up hither where you can take delivery of whatever is your issue. We have heard testimonies of people with diverse sicknesses that entered into fast and before they came out, that sickness was dead and they walked free.

    Ezra’s testimony was that of divine protection and preservation and it was secured through fasting. Beloved, thus says the Lord to you “come up hither”. Would you come? Would you declare a fast to facilitate the performance that you desire? The ball is in your court. Seeing we are living in the very tail end of the last days, what other way can we be prepared for the return of the Lord than to wait on Him in a fast? Remember that it is to those that look for him that He would appear the second time to. Hebrews 9:28 says, ‘So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.’ Are you ready for the rapture?

    REMEMBER: Adonai is waiting to manifest His Almightiness to you.

    PRAYER: Sweet Heavenly Father, thank You for Your word to me today. I ask for the grace to defy the flesh and take a long fast in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I declare that grace is released upon you today to fast for a long period in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Ezra 8

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Job 32:1-34:37; Matthew 11:2-24

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  • FASTING EXAMPLES (3): ESTHER’S FAST

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    Sunday, January 14, 2024

    FASTING EXAMPLES (3): ESTHER’S FAST

    Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
    Esther 4:16 (KJV)

    Just as we have said that fasting according to our Lord Yahushua is to handle “this Kind” situations that comes up from time to time in our lives as we journey on earth. In Matthew 17:21, Yahushua says, “Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.” This was exactly the kind of situation that the Jews found themselves in the days of Queen Esther in the Kingdom of Ahasuerus in Shushan. A man by name Haman rose up and because of his ego that appears to be humbled by Mordecai’s behaviour decided not just to end Mordecai but to exterminate the Jewish race from off the face of the earth. It was the days of weeping, mourning and wailing for the Jews all over the kingdom of King Ahasuerus as the edit of Haman in the signatory of the king went forth. It was a dangerous mission that Queen Esther would have to embark on to secure the deliverance of her people the Jews. Then she requested that before “this kind” situation would be dared, three days of fasting and prayer be done to seek the face of Adonai. Three days of fasting of food and water. So many cites this example to embark on fasting without water. Remember that this fast was just for three days. You can go without water for three days, that won’t hurt or harm your body. But the truth is that fasting does not imply not drinking water. Fasting by definition is going without food in order to concentrate on spiritual things. That this folks didn’t drink water for three days does not impart on the seriousness of their fast. The fact is that whether you drink water or no, does not affect the intensity or otherwise of your fast.

    Fasting is the answer to “this kind” situation. If you have a situation that has defiled solutions. You have done all that you know to do, would you please consider, gathering a group of people to agree to take the matter to God in a three days fast? Esther’s fast was a group fast. There is power in united fast. This kind of group fast of three days without food and water was also replicated in Nineveh after Jonah cried against it. The whole kingdom of Nineveh was on lockdown in a three days fast. Jonah 3:7 says, ‘And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water’. Fasting in group with one purpose has proved to be effective over the years, I encourage you to organize one. Endeavour to join in your Church’s weekly fast and any scheduled fast.

    God did intervene in Esther’s days and the evil plot of Haman was destroyed and the Jews had joy. Beloved, fasting works, especially when it is done not as a religious duty but with earnestness as the Jews and Esther did in their days. It was a matter of life and death that there was no room for the shenanigans of religion. Selah!

    REMEMBER: Whenever you are confronted with what only God can do, declare a fast.

    CONFESSION: I do not run helter skelter in the race of life because I am connected to a Father that can change anything and give me laughter where evil people and Satan wants me to cry and moan. As I fast, I change “this kind” situations in my world. Glory to the Father!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: You shall no more be overwhelmed with situations as you engage with God in fasting in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Jonah 3; Esther 4

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Job 29:1-31:40; Matthew 10:16-11:1

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  • FASTING EXAMPLES (2): DANIEL’S FAST

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    Saturday, January 13, 2024

    FASTING EXAMPLES (2): DANIEL’S FAST

    2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. 3 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.Daniel 10:2-3 (KJV)

    We are going to see several fasting examples in the Bible with the view of learning how fasting works and how to engage it. We are looking at Daniel’s fast today. The first thing about Daniel’s fast is that he purposed in his heart to walk in holiness. Until you are all out to walk in holiness taking advantage of the nature of righteousness you already possess in HaMashiach (Christ), you are not ready for fasting. You must decide to do away with any form of sin and unrighteousness before you make the decision to fast. With that decision, the fasting will help you permanent it by helping you mortify the flesh, setting your spirit free as it were to drive hard after Adonai. That was the starting point of the life of Daniel (Dan.1:8).

    Daniel’s fast is a partial fast in which meat, wine, and other rich foods are avoided in favour of vegetables and water for typically three weeks in order to be more sensitive to God. Daniel experimented this fast for 10 days in which afterwards “at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat” (Daniel 1.15). Then, after the experiment, Daniel was on this diet for three years of his education in Babylon. So in Daniel’s fast, you eat only vegetables and water for at least three weeks. It is important to know that Daniel’s fast is only an option when you are doing a major fast. A major fast is a fast of from 21 days to 40 days and upwards. Daniel was on that kind of diet for three years. No wonder at the end of their education, “in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.” (Daniel 1:20). This type of diet imparts on your mentality so much.

    Another major factor in Daniel’s fast is that it was a fast that was laced with prayers, minimum three sessions daily. It is a fast that you are highly “prayerised”. Because it is not a total fast, you have plenty of energy to pray. You cannot be doing Daniel’s fast and not be having a minimum of three prayer sessions daily. In fact, to have strength to go about your duties and pray is the reason that it is not a total fast. Daniel was working for the king and has to attend to his duties, so he had to eat something to have some energy to work. This is the reason it is not a total fast, so plan to pray at least three times daily all through your fasting season. As you focus, you shall come to visions and revelations of the Lord as was the case with Daniel. What a sweet communion.

    REMEMBER: Daniel’s fast is a fast where you take vegetables and water only for a minimum of 21 days.

    PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Word to me today. I ask for the grace to be focused and disciplined to go through this kind of fast this year in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: As you start this kind of fast, I decree it shall impart on your mentality and eternity in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Daniel 1:8-20; 10:1-21

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Job 25:1-28:28; Matthew 9:35-10:15

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  • FASTING EXAMPLES (1): TOTAL FAST (YAHUSHUA’S FAST)

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    Friday, January 12, 2024

    FASTING EXAMPLES (1): TOTAL FAST (YAHUSHUA’S FAST)

    And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
    Matthew 4:2     (KJV)

    We are going to see several fasting examples in the Bible with the view to learning how fasting works and how to engage it. It is important we understand that fasting is an expression of a yearning for Adonai and His pleasure. Fasting is not a means to get something from Adonai. Elohim answers prayer whether with fasting or not. What fasting does is to amplify your quest for the manifestation of Elohim both in your life and for His glory. Fasting boost faith because in fasting the flesh is mortified boosting your spirit to believe the Word of Adonai which results in the performance of the same. It is important to enter fasting with the right perspective. It is not to change Adonai or force him to do something against His Will. Fasting is essentially to mortify you and change you from inside out. So when you are not changed after the fast to be more humble, meek, easily forgiving and other spiritual qualities, you have not achieved anything. Another thought is, if your fast cannot change you, it cannot effect change for you.

    A total fast is a fast that you go without food but drink only water. This kind of fast will ensure that your body achieves the best form of detoxification that is possible. This is the best way to mortify the flesh. People that were finding it difficult to experience the baptism of the Holy Spirit were filled during total fast. It is important to note that if you have any health issues, you would need to check with your medical doctor to see if you can embark on total fast. It may not be the best for people with certain illnesses. It is advisable to begin your fasting adventure with a 24 hour total fast, when your body has mastered a 24 hour total fast, then do a three days total fast, do that for some time until your body has mastered a 3-day total fast. Then move on to seven days total fast, then to 14 days fasts, then to 21 days, then to 40 days and so on. It is better you train your body in this way than to just start a straight 40 days total fast.

    The length of time you should fast is not a matter of religion. You fast until you get a note of victory in your spirit that your prayer is heard. It may take you a day, three days, 21 days, 40 days or more. Until you are able to sort out all the “This Kind” that Yahushua spoke about. Total fast require so much sensitivity to your body during the fast. Don’t over-spiritualize things. Walk in Wisdom. So many people have damaged their body by ignorance. Fasting by definition does not include drinking water. You fast food not water. For all total fast, you must be diligent to drink enough water daily to keep your body cleaned up. If you are new in this thing, please seek counsel. Selah!

    REMEMBER: Total or complete fast is one that you drink only water for ten days and upwards.

    PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Word to me today. Please guide me into this kind of fasting in wisdom in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: Grace is released upon you to start exercising yourself in total fast in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Matthew 4:1-11.

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Job 22:1-24:25; Matthew 9:9-34

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