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  • ACCEPTABLE FAST (5): OUTREACH TO THE POOR

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    Sunday January 29, 2023

    ACCEPTABLE FAST (5): OUTREACH TO THE POOR

    Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; Isaiah 58:7 (KJV)

    This is one major difference between scriptural fast and religious fast. When it is just religious, it lacks human compassion but Adonai expects us to remember the poor and downtrodden when we fast. This is because the heart of Elohim is constantly yearning to address the inequality that the wickedness of both humans and the devil created to foster poverty on people and you are His extension to reaching these poor ones. For your fast to be acceptable, it has to incorporate the welfare of the poor. Adonai never created anyone poor. People become poor because of poor choices and the wickedness of other humans and the devil. Most people are poor because of circumstances that is totally out of their control and their situation displeases Elohim. Your prayers are fast-tracked if you can open up your bowels to reach out to the poor. Notice these aspects that the Word lists: feeding the poor, providing shelter and clothing. No matter how small it is, plan to provide food to the poor. In your own level, try to see how you can support struggling families to pay for their accommodation. Instead of burning your used cloths, try dry-cleaning them and package for people you consider yourself better than and these people are not hard to find in your present locality.

    Psalms 41:1-3 is one of the moving scriptures about outreach to the poor and its attendant benefits to you. “1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. 2 The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.” Your deliverance in time of trouble is tied to your attitude towards the poor. Your preservation and safety is a function of your outreach to the poor. You enjoy blessing upon the earth that labour can never procure to you just for considering the poor. Adonai ensures that your enemies are helpless before you. They will watch you prosper but can’t do you anything. You enjoy supernatural order of strength in your body and your health is preserved. Even if your health is attacked, you are recovered by Adonai Himself. The poor is truly our opportunity to procure favour with Adonai and it is most important during fasting to take advantage of this channel of blessing to make your fast acceptable.

    Whatever you do to the poor ensures that you and your generations will never be in that poor position. When you reach out to the poor, you terminate any such agenda of Satan from coming near you and your generations. Go ahead and remember the poor today.

    REMEMBER: Your outreach to the poor makes your voice to be heard on high.

    CONFESSION: I am born at such a time as this to be the hand of Elohim to reach out to the poor. It is with great delight that I flow with resources to the poor. Glory be Yahweh!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I decree the compassion of Yahushua overwhelms you now towards the poor in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Proverbs 17:5

    ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Exodus 35:30-37:2

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  • ACCEPTABLE FAST (3): RELEASE THE OPPRESSED

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    Friday January 27, 2023

    ACCEPTABLE FAST (3): RELEASE THE OPPRESSED

    Is not this the fast that I have chosen? and to let the oppressed go free,
    Isaiah 58:6 [KJV]

    All these things we are enumerating are the things that Adonai said are the fast He has chosen. That means for your fast to be acceptable to Him, you must strive to accomplish these in your fast. Adonai desires that no one lives under oppression of any kind. There are human being oppression to his/her fellow. When the author was leading a Teens’ Church, there was a case of a woman that would put her kitchen knife on fire and when it is hot, she uses it to beat the small girl that she was living with. When that issue came up, if this little girl remove her cloth, you would instantly start weeping, it was an eyesore. We immediately activated that girl leaving that house same day and locked up the woman in question. A delegation was sent to return the girl to her people. That is human being oppression and wickedness to his/her fellow. Just remembering that incident now, tears still runs down my cheeks freely. It was something I have never seen before. When they say that some human beings are beast, I saw it first hand in that case. This was a woman that comes to church that can perpetrate that kind of oppression what would those that don’t even hear the Word of Adonai do?

    There are also spiritual oppressions that people labour under. This one can even be worse than physical oppression. Sickness and disease is an oppression of the devil. Delayed expectation some times can be oppression of the devil. Prolonged state of being unmarried is satanic oppression. Extreme poverty in-spite of working hard is oppression of the devil. The list is almost inexhaustible. Whenever you see what negates the Word of God in your life or in the lives of others, you are looking at the result of oppression. In Luke 13:16, Yahushua says “And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?” You see that this woman’s affliction is a direct oppression of Satan. In Acts 10:38, we saw ‘How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil? for God was with him.’ This is the life that we are called to live in Yahushua, to let the oppressed go free. In fasting, we subdue our carnal nature in order to connect to the power of Adonai to send the devil packing in our affairs and in that of the people in our world.

    There is what Adonai instituted in Leviticus 25 that is called the Jubilee. It is a year of release. At this Jubilee everyone is released and free to start life. Lands are released, properties are released and slaves are released. This is the will of Adonai that no one is under any form of oppression and He has called you to make it happen on the altar of fasting and prayer. Would you oblige Him?

    REMEMBER: Acceptable fast is releasing those that are oppressed.

    CONFESSION: I know who I am, an heir of Yahweh, a joint-heir with Yahushua. Just as my Father hates oppression, I also hate it with passion. I desire that all be released and I go about achieving this as I fast. Halleluyah!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I decree the termination of oppression in your life now in Yahushua’s name Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Leviticus 25

    ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Exodus 30-32

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  • ACCEPTABLE FAST (2): MAKE LIFE BETTER (UNDO HEAVY BURDENS)

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    Thursday January 26, 2023

    ACCEPTABLE FAST (2): MAKE LIFE BETTER (UNDO HEAVY BURDENS)

    Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to undo the heavy burdens,Isaiah 58:6 (KJV)

    Acceptable fast undo the heavy burdens. Adonai desires that life should be good for His creation. People should live in health, prosperity and peace. There should not be weeping, mourning and gnashing of teeth. This is the ideal of Adonai. However, the presence of Satan and his agents has brought untold heavy burdens upon people and Adonai is seeking for a person to stand in the gap and undo these heavy burdens upon humanity. So in fasting, you connect with power from on high as your voice is heard on high to undo heavy burdens. You don’t need to be a pastor or in the full time ministry to be used of God to undo heavy burdens. As a person you should stand for yourself and at least for your family members and ensure that no satanic burdens remain around you. Literally, this means, let those who work for you not be working under inhuman conditions. Don’t allow your workers work under conditions that make them sigh and mourn. Make life better for people around you. There are organizations today that are literal slave centres where people work under terrible conditions and as they work, their groans and sighs ascend to Adonai and this breaks His heart. Never be that kind of person that people around you are doing their work with bitterness and terrible conditions.

    Spiritually, this means undo every traces of satanic burden you sight. Be it sickness, disease or extreme poverty, attack that devil until he looses grip of his victims. When you see addictions of any type, it is a heavy burden that needs to be undone. The author heard a person say “spirit of smoking leave me alone” and the person was still popping the smoke out. That tells you that this person is held against his/her will. In the place of fasting, you attack that power holding that individual captive and undo that burden off his/her shoulders. One of the things that are prevalent in our day is sickness and disease. It is a burden that so many are labouring under and this is one of the reason that Yahushua came, to undo the heavy burden of sickness and disease. So as you fast, undo heavy burdens of sickness and disease in the life of anyone that comes to mind.

    II Corinthians 10:4-5 says, ‘(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds?) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ?’ The arsenal under our control is heavy and can undo any kind of heavy burden. You can see that the person that is not fasting is doing himself/herself great disservice. Fasting which implies praying too is your opportunity to take your place of authority both for you and the people in your world. Sleeping giant wake up!

    REMEMBER: Acceptable fast makes life better for others.

    PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Word to me today. I ask for the grace to take my place of authority as I wait upon you, undoing heavy burdens both in my life and the lives of others in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: Every heavy burden hanging on your life is cursed now in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Matthew 10:1; Galatians 6:2

    ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Exodus 28-29

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  • ACCEPTABLE FAST (1): LOOSE THE BONDS OF WICKEDNESS

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    Wednesday January 25, 2023

    ACCEPTABLE FAST (1): LOOSE THE BONDS OF WICKEDNESS

    Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness,Isaiah 58:6 (KJV)

    Scriptures lets us know that there are acceptable fasts. This means that there are also unacceptable fasts. As a rule of thumb, any fast that does not have impact on your flesh is not acceptable. Any fast that does not bring about a change in you of some sorts is not acceptable. Isaiah 58:3-5 enumerates unacceptable fasts. Fasting to show off; fasting that increases wickedness in you to your fellow human, fasting for strife and debate are not acceptable and hence your voice is not heard on high. Fasting is spiritual exercise to mortify the flesh, therefore it should eliminate the works of the flesh drastically with every session of your fast. Galatians 5:19-21 enumerates the works of the flesh, ”19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these? Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” As you fast, these things must be dropping from off you until you come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ (see Ephesians 4:13).

    One of the things that acceptable fast does is to loose the bonds of wickedness. The bonds of wickedness are those things that do not allow you and others to experience the liberty of the Spirit. These are the activities of the wicked Satan and his agents in your life or the lives of your loved ones and in the spread of the Gospel. As you fast, you are to loose such bondages of the wicked by the power of Elohim. Fasting connects you to the power of Yahweh which enables you to loose the bondages of the wicked in your life, family and in the spread of the Gospel. There are bondages over cities, communities and nations that makes the hearts of people not to be receptive to the gospel, these wickedness is dealt with as you fast. II Thessalonians 3:1 says, ‘Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:’ II Corinthians 4:3-4 says, ‘3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.’ Fasting is not a time to ask for bread and butter. It is a time of intense spiritual warfare to deal with forces that hinder the gospel from having a free course and that veil the eyes of people from seeing the light of the glorious Gospel.

    REMEMBER: Acceptable fast looses the bonds of wickedness over you, family, church, community and nation.

    CONFESSION: I am a power broker at the place of fasting, destroying the bonds of wickedness over my life, family and in the spread of the Gospel. I take my place of authority as I reign and rule with Yahushua today. Glory be Elohim!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: Every form of wickedness around your life is destroyed now in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Job 29:17; Psalms 101:8

    ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Exodus 25:10-27:21

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  • FASTING EXAMPLES (7): ELIJAH’S FAST

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    Tuesday January 24, 2023

    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 God. 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 progress 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 STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Exodus 21:22-25:9

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

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    Monday January 23, 2023

    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 has 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), ‘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 STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Exodus 18:1-21:21

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  • FASTING EXAMPLES (4): EZRA’S FAST

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    Saturday January 21, 2023

    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 take that long fast that will that will secure that intervention for you in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    Ezra 8

    ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Exodus 12:1-14:20

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  • FASTING EXAMPLES (2): DANIEL’S FAST

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    Thursday January 19, 2023

    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 STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Exodus 5:10-8:15

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  • WHAT FASTING OFFERS (11): TURNAROUND ENCOUNTERS

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    Monday January 16, 2023

    WHAT FASTING OFFERS (11): TURNAROUND ENCOUNTERS

    And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
    Luke 9:29 (KJV)

    The altar of fasting and prayer is the place of turnaround encounters. Turnaround encounters are encounters that make you count in your generation. They are landmark encounters that becomes beacons of reference in your life and destiny. The scriptures did not disclose whether the Lord Yahushua was taking a fast in addition to prayer in our text. However, it is obvious that such manifestation is typical of a fasting praying. It is fasting that brings intensity to prayer. It is fasting that brings depth of concentration to prayer. As the Lord prayed the fashion of His countenance was altered. That is what we call turnaround encounters. Fasting is not a religious activity, it is an altar for turnarounds that leaves a landmark in your life and destiny. You must expect to experience a turnaround encounter at this altar of fasting and prayer. Remember that in Luke 4:14 “And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.” At the altar of fasting, the Lord Yahushua encountered power that changed the course of His ministry forever. Fasting is for empowerment. You must desire that “Lord, out of this depletion of my body and strength at the altar of fasting, there must arise an empowerment that will change everything in my life.” This must be your desire as you fast.

    See, Daniel’s life was transformed at the altar of fasting. Daniel 9:3 says, “And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:” As Daniel was in fasting and prayer, suddenly the heavens opened and one of the encounters that altered history happened. Daniel 9:21 says, “Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.” This is what I call turnaround encounter. Beloved, we serve the God our Yahweh that is same yesterday, today and forever. There is a turnaround encounter for you at the altar of fasting. Don’t just fast, desire a visitation that will become a reference point for generations like this one Daniel had. If you know anything about eschatology, you would understand that this particular encounter of Daniel became the pillar of reference in eschatology. Oh, how far we are missing by just continuing without fasting or just fasting for religious sake.

    See the encounter of Apostle Peter in Acts 10. In the beginning of the Church the Jewish believers never thought that the command of the Master in Mark 16:15 to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature included the gentiles. In their mind, it is just salvation to the Jews. It is on the altar of fasting that the stronghold was broken. As Apostle Peter was fasting, he fall into a trance and an encounter opened up the gospel to the gentiles. Acts 10:10 says, “And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,” So, Peter was fasting and we saw that turnaround encounter that brought about Peter ever going to the house of a gentile to preach the gospel to them. It is your turn beloved to experience a turnaround encounter! Shalom!

    REMEMBER: Fasting is the platform for turnaround encounters.

    PRAYER: Holy Father, I thank You for Your word to me today. I desire a turnaround encounter in this fast Lord in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: I decree that encounter that will become a reference for generations happen for you now as you fast in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:

    Daniel 9

    ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Genesis 45:16-48:7

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  • WHAT FASTING OFFERS (10): SPEEDY ANSWERS TO PRAYERS

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    Sunday January 15, 2023

    WHAT FASTING OFFERS (10): SPEEDY ANSWERS TO PRAYERS

    Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am.Isaiah 58:9 (KJV)

    Fasting brings earnestness to your prayers. We saw at the beginning of this month that what produces dynamic power is not just prayer because everybody is praying but not everybody is experiencing tremendous power that is dynamic in its workings. It is earnest prayer that makes tremendous power available. Webster’s Dictionary defines earnest as ‘characterized by or proceeding from an intense and serious state of mind’. Artha Open Thesaurus defines earnest as ‘not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal’. Amplified Bible define earnest as’ heart-felt and continued’. And this earnestness is not a function of physical exertion and plenty of words as our Lord Yahushua has already said that you shall not be heard because of your much speech (see Matthew 6:7). Hollering and demonstrations is nothing when seeking to make your prayer earnest. This earnestness is a spiritual force that must be added to your prayer to make it produce dynamism and results. Vain repetitions cannot help in this school of prayer at all. Finesse of speech is utterly useless.

    Now take the example of Hannah at Shiloh. She was pouring out her heart to the Lord but no words could be deciphered from what was coming out of her mouth. I Samuel 1:10 has this to say of Hannah, “And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.” Somebody in that disposition couldn’t have followed others to partake of their delicacy of the occasion. She was obviously fasting because I Samuel 1:18 said that after she had encountered her change, “And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.” It was after she received her answer that she broke her fast. Obviously it was fasting that produced the earnestness required to deliver answers to her prayer. This is how this thing works beloved.

    Every matter continues in its state of rest until a relevant force moves it. Fasting is a spiritual force that gives your prayer the wings to fly to the throne room with power and comes back to you with answers. We have often heard that a prayerful believer is a powerful believer, that is surely not the whole truth. There is a level of power which you require to enforce your expectation that you cannot access in the place of prayer without fasting. Until you enter into the closet of fasting, you will be a spectator in that realm. Until you go into the power generating room of fasting, you will only wish and wish and end up in frustration. You have an opportunity now to effect that change you desire as you relate with the Lord in fasting. Do it!

    REMEMBER: Fasting produces the earnestness required to empowers your prayer.

    PRAYER: Beloved Father, I thank You for Your word to me today. I receive the grace to undertake that fast that will break the chains and set me on that pedestal of perpetual victory always in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: Every weakness of mind to discipline your body in fasting is arrested today in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    I Samuel 1

    ONE YEAR STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BIBLE READING PLAN:
    Genesis 42:29-45:15

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