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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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  • ACCEPTABLE FAST (6): EXTEND MERCY TO YOUR RELATIONS

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    Thursday, January 11, 2024

    ACCEPTABLE FAST (6): EXTEND MERCY TO YOUR RELATIONS

    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; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?Isaiah 58:7 (KJV)

    Fasting exposes one to see the vanity of this world and its possessions. It is easy to drift into a life of selfishness where nobody but you and yourself matters. You find that most times people are good to all but their own relations. They give to outsiders but when they get home, it is a different ball game. No wonder, Elohim is emphasizing that you are not to hide yourself from your own flesh. When you see needs in your family, don’t hide and pretend as though you are not seeing it. I Timothy 5:8 says, ‘But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.’ This is a very serious issue. Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood. Show mercy to your relations and ensure that they are not crying out to Yahweh for needs that you can meet. Know that Adonai placed you in their lives for you to be His extension to reaching them. That starts with ensuring that they have heard the gospel enough to make a decision whether to accept or reject the offer of salvation that Yahushua brought. So ensure that their spiritual needs are met. This is your first obligation as a believer. Acts 16:31 (NET) says, ‘They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”’ If you are saved, the next obligation for you is to ensure that your household comes to the saving knowledge of the Lord Yahushua.

    Secondly, Adonai placed you into their lives to ensure that their physical needs are met according to your grace and capacity per time. So, please don’t hide yourself from your flesh and blood. This starts with your relations and family and extends to the larger body of Yahushua. You are the answer to the prayers of your people and whenever what is needed is within your means then don’t allow such to still remain a prayer request. Do you now see that Adonai is very mindful of the welfare of humanity. You can see that all that makes fasting acceptable before Him all concern the welfare of humanity. See what Mark 11:25 says, ‘And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.’ That is your fasting will be a waste of time and exercise in futility if you are not in good terms in your relationships. You must live a life of forgiveness. All these are requirements for acceptable fasting.

    It is pertinent to conclude this day with this charge: “17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy? 18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate? 19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.” (I Timothy 6:17-19).

    REMEMBER: Adonai expects you to be His hands to your family and relations.

    PRAYER: Dear Father, thank You for Your word to me today. I ask for the grace to always be there for my flesh and blood according to the capacity you have given me per time in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    PROPHETIC RELEASE: Everything you need to provide for your family and relations and be a blessing to the body of Yahushua is released now in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

    FURTHER READING:
    I Timothy 5:16

    ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Job 20:1-21:34; Matthew 8:18-9:8

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  • ACCEPTABLE FAST (5): OUTREACH TO THE POOR

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    Wednesday, January 10, 2024

    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 CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Job 18:1-19:29; Matthew 7:24-8:17

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

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    Sunday, January 7, 2024

    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 Yahweh 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 CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Job 8:1-10:22; Matthew 5:38-6:18

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

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    Saturday, January 6, 2024

    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 fast 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 CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
    Job 4:1-7:21; Matthew 5:17-37

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