Ever wonder about fasting? I've always been interested in knowing how or the right way to fast.
I do know from personal experience that the times I have fasted, have been some pretty incredible experiences and the closeness I felt is indescribable.
These are some of the things that I personally found interesting in Chapter 1. If you don't read the passages provided, the words posted will only be words of another human so I strongly suggest, Get out your Bible and READ THE SCRIPTURES!!!! I'd like to get feedback from those of you who might be reading these notes. Everything posted are quotes taken directly from the pages of this book written by J. Franklin.
Every assignment has a birthplace. When God has placed a dream inside you that only He can make possible, you need to fast and pray.
When i find myself growing dry spiritually, when I don't sense that cutting-edge anointing, or when I need a fresh encounter with God, fasting is the secret key that unlocks heaven's door and slams shut the gates of hell.
Since you are reading this book, you are probably not content to go through this year the way you went through last year. you know there's more. You know there is an assignment for your life. You know there are things that God desires to release in your life, and there is a genuine desperation for those things gripping your heart.
Matt. 6:1-18
Suggestion: Highlight, underline and/or circle in this passage these words..."When you give...When you pray...When you fast..."
What is fasting? I first want to clarify what fasting--biblical fasting- is NOT. Fasting is not merely going without food for a period of time. That is dieting--maybe even starving--but fasting IT IS NOT. (EMPHASIS MINE)
...biblical fasting is refraining from food for a spiritual purpose.
Ps. 42:1-3, 7
Fasting brings one into a deeper, more intimate and powerful relationship with the Lord. "Deep calls unto deep". David was fasting. His hunger and thirst for God were greater than his natural desire for food. You will soon realize that fasting is a secret source of power that is overlooked by many.
Ecc. 4:12
When giving, praying and fasting are practiced together in the life of a believer, it creates a type of threefold cord that is not easily broken.
In the Beatitudes, specifically in Matt. 6, Jesus provided the pattern by which each of us is to live as a child of God. That pattern addressed 3 specific duties of a Christian: giving, praying and fasting. Jesus said, "When you give..." and "When you pray..." and "When you fast." HE made it clear that fasting, like giving and praying, was a normal part of Christian life. As much attention should be given to fasting as is given to giving and to praying.
The three duties of every Christian are giving, praying and fasting.
What answers to prayer are not getting through? What bondages are not being broken because we fail to fast?
Matt. 17:20-21 (KJV)
...I think a lot of people stop at the part of this passage where it reads, "and nothing shall be impossible unto you." but Jesus didn't because He knew there was more---much more.
When you faithfully follow the three duties of a Christian, God rewards you openly.
If Jesus could have accomplished all He came to do without fasting, why would He fast? How much more should fasting be a common practice in our lives?
Luke 5:34-35
According to the words of Jesus, it is the duty of every disciple and every believer to fast.
Jesus didn't expect His disciples to do something He hadn't done as well. 1 Pet. 2:21
Luke 6:40
Matt. 6: God delights in giving rewards...He says that when giving, praying and fasting are practiced in your life, He will "reward you openly."
An example of open reward can be found in Daniel...his fasting--ever partial fasting of certain foods--brought about the open reward of God, who blessed Daniel with wisdom beyond that of anyone else in that empire. In chapter 10 of Daniel, he ate no choice breads or meats and drank no wine for three weeks. His fast broke the power of the delayer and released the angels of God so that God's purposes could be revealed and served.
Do you desire to know God's will for your life, whom you should marry, or what you should do in a critical situation? Whether you desire to be closer to God or are in a need of great breakthroughs in your life, remember that nothing shall be impossible to you. Fasting is truly a secret source of power!
That's it for Chapter 1! Stay tuned...
I do know from personal experience that the times I have fasted, have been some pretty incredible experiences and the closeness I felt is indescribable.
These are some of the things that I personally found interesting in Chapter 1. If you don't read the passages provided, the words posted will only be words of another human so I strongly suggest, Get out your Bible and READ THE SCRIPTURES!!!! I'd like to get feedback from those of you who might be reading these notes. Everything posted are quotes taken directly from the pages of this book written by J. Franklin.
Every assignment has a birthplace. When God has placed a dream inside you that only He can make possible, you need to fast and pray.
When i find myself growing dry spiritually, when I don't sense that cutting-edge anointing, or when I need a fresh encounter with God, fasting is the secret key that unlocks heaven's door and slams shut the gates of hell.
Since you are reading this book, you are probably not content to go through this year the way you went through last year. you know there's more. You know there is an assignment for your life. You know there are things that God desires to release in your life, and there is a genuine desperation for those things gripping your heart.
Matt. 6:1-18
Suggestion: Highlight, underline and/or circle in this passage these words..."When you give...When you pray...When you fast..."
What is fasting? I first want to clarify what fasting--biblical fasting- is NOT. Fasting is not merely going without food for a period of time. That is dieting--maybe even starving--but fasting IT IS NOT. (EMPHASIS MINE)
...biblical fasting is refraining from food for a spiritual purpose.
Ps. 42:1-3, 7
Fasting brings one into a deeper, more intimate and powerful relationship with the Lord. "Deep calls unto deep". David was fasting. His hunger and thirst for God were greater than his natural desire for food. You will soon realize that fasting is a secret source of power that is overlooked by many.
Ecc. 4:12
When giving, praying and fasting are practiced together in the life of a believer, it creates a type of threefold cord that is not easily broken.
In the Beatitudes, specifically in Matt. 6, Jesus provided the pattern by which each of us is to live as a child of God. That pattern addressed 3 specific duties of a Christian: giving, praying and fasting. Jesus said, "When you give..." and "When you pray..." and "When you fast." HE made it clear that fasting, like giving and praying, was a normal part of Christian life. As much attention should be given to fasting as is given to giving and to praying.
The three duties of every Christian are giving, praying and fasting.
What answers to prayer are not getting through? What bondages are not being broken because we fail to fast?
Matt. 17:20-21 (KJV)
...I think a lot of people stop at the part of this passage where it reads, "and nothing shall be impossible unto you." but Jesus didn't because He knew there was more---much more.
When you faithfully follow the three duties of a Christian, God rewards you openly.
If Jesus could have accomplished all He came to do without fasting, why would He fast? How much more should fasting be a common practice in our lives?
Luke 5:34-35
According to the words of Jesus, it is the duty of every disciple and every believer to fast.
Jesus didn't expect His disciples to do something He hadn't done as well. 1 Pet. 2:21
Luke 6:40
Matt. 6: God delights in giving rewards...He says that when giving, praying and fasting are practiced in your life, He will "reward you openly."
An example of open reward can be found in Daniel...his fasting--ever partial fasting of certain foods--brought about the open reward of God, who blessed Daniel with wisdom beyond that of anyone else in that empire. In chapter 10 of Daniel, he ate no choice breads or meats and drank no wine for three weeks. His fast broke the power of the delayer and released the angels of God so that God's purposes could be revealed and served.
Do you desire to know God's will for your life, whom you should marry, or what you should do in a critical situation? Whether you desire to be closer to God or are in a need of great breakthroughs in your life, remember that nothing shall be impossible to you. Fasting is truly a secret source of power!
That's it for Chapter 1! Stay tuned...
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