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Fasting
Prayer Assembly
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FASTING... 1 day, 3 days, 7 days, 10 days, 21 days or even 40 days!
 
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If the greatest people on earth are those who pray, then THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE THOSE WHO FAST!
 
There's nothing like the power of fasting.  There's nothing you wouldn't be able to accomplish.  In one occasion, after Jesus' healing of a boy with a demon, then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, "Why couldn't we do it?" 
 
Jesus answered them this way in the Message,  "Because you're not yet taking God seriously, said Jesus.  The simple truth is that if you had a mere kernel of faith, a poppy seed, say, you would tell this mountain, 'Move!' and it would move.  There is nothing you wouldn't be able to tackle."  (Matthew 17:18-20)  In some manuscripts, there's an additional verse after this: "However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting." (v.21 NKJV)
 
There we have it.  Another precious secret.   While feasting is a norm in the life of the church, we all should take God seriously in regarding prayer and fasting as well !
 
Our hope is that we would be able to equip our church people to take God seriously in prayer and fasting, not just abstaining from food for 1 meal, but also for 1 day, 3 days, 7 days, 10 days, 21 days and yes, even 40 days.  Remember Jesus' teaching: "Nothing is impossible for you!"
 
For more information, please contact us: LEWF@lanxangvision.org
 

Pre-caution:

 

In Bible times, fasting was a time of

repentance.  Those who grieved by their own sinfulness would often tear their clothing, put on sackcloth, and throw dust and ashes onto their heads.  Faster often went barefoot, and would neither eat nor drink.

 

However, the Bible makes it plain that outward signs of fasting were not enough.  In fact, Jesus urged fasters to wash their faces and put on a smile so that no one else would know of their fast (Matthew 6:17). 

 

It is not the show of sorrow that counts, but the change of heart that matters to God.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then Jesus gave them this illustration: "No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and use it to patch an old garment.  For then the new garment would be ruined, and the new patch wouldn't even match the old garment.  And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the new wine would burst the wineskins, spilling the wine and ruining the skins.  New wine must be stored in new wineskins.  But no one who drinks the old wine seems to want the new wine.  'The old is just fine', they say."  (Luke 5:36-39 NLT).

 

A minister commends on the subject, "Fasting is what prepares you for a new anointing.  God can't put that kind of wine in old skins.  If you want new wine [power], new miracles, new closeness, new intimacy with Him, then it's time to call a fast and shed that old skin for the new."  (Jentezen Franklin)

 

Another Christian leader wrote in his book "Prayer Summits":

 

If your heart is barren, something is wrong.

If your homes are coming apart at the seams, something is wrong.

If your leadership team is in a shamble, something is wrong.

If your church isn't growing, something is wrong.

If your church lacks vision, something is wrong.

[If there's a rift between any groups, something is wrong].

If your pride keeps you from doing something about it, something is wrong.

 

If any of the above are true, you and your church desperately need revival.  Chances are it must start with you and the born-again pastors of your community and then spread to the people.  Ultimately, revival tarries until 'your people, who are called by His name, humble themselves and pray.'  Your people. 

 

2 Chronicles 7:14 is a marvelous blueprint for achieving a fresh work of God in your midst.  If revival is to come, your people must:   humble themselves and pray and turn from their wicked ways.  (Dr. Joe Aldrich)