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Why Do We Fast?


Fasting is a deliberate decision to abstain from food or pleasure for the purpose of seeking the Lord and feed the spirit man.
Jesus said when you fast in Mat 6:16 not if you fast, so He is saying fasting is a must for every believer.
  • If you are a believer in this wicked and dark world, you need to keep your spirit man on fire and walk in the spirit.
Everything starts from the spirit and is controlled by the spirit. If a man’s spirit is dead, then everything dies.
Fasting fuels your prayers, it intensifies your prayers! A believer cannot eat 365 days without feeding their spirit and looking after their souls! Man is a three dimensional being; a spirit, soul and body and if you must be balanced, you must attend to your spirit.

  • Fasting kills the flesh
  • Fasting is a sign of humility
  • Fasting is seeking the face of God
  • Fasting is waiting upon the Lord for empowerment.
  • Fasting is asking for more of God
  • Fasting is asking God for divine intervention
  • Fasting is asking for an open heaven
  • Fasting is focusing on the Lord and thus blinded to the things of the world
  • Fasting is a sign of repentance and plead for God’s mercies
  • Fasting puts urgency on your quest for God’s favour
  • Fasting increase our spiritual sensitivity and spirituality.
Many believers fast wrongly and some do not even fast at all. I remember some years ago, the early days of this commission, I was reading Matt 17: 21 “Jesus said this kind cannot go except by fasting and prayers” but a lady who had a catholic (good news bible) could not find that verse in her bible, that verse was taken out from that translation because satan wants many people not to be aware of the power of fasting.
Reasons why we often do not fast?
  • Laziness
  • We love food
  • We love pleasure
  • We do not care about our spirit man
  • Lack of knowledge
  • Over hyped grace teachings
MANY FAST BUT IT IS A WRONG FASTING
  • They fast but do not pray, that is starvation or hunger strike not fasting!
  • When you fast and have no fellowship with the Lord and other believers
  • No act of benevolence, this is when you fast but show no kindness for those in need. As we embark on this fast, let us give to the food banks for christmas hampers.
  • When you have Unforgiveness and Bitterness
  • Fasting hypocritically- for superficial reasons for example to get noticed by people so that they know you are spiritual
  • Fasting with under demonic inspiration,a demonic spirit can lead people into a fast , like those forty men in the bible who fasted so that Paul will be killed.
GREAT MEN THAT FASTED IN SCRIPTURES
  • Moses fasted 40 days and 40 nights trice in his lifetime
  • Esther fasted 3 days and 3 nights
  • Daniel fasted for 21 days
  • Elijah fasted for 40 days and 40 nights
  • Jesus fasted for 40 days and 40 nights

I see you being added in the list of a great man&woman who fasted and walked in God’s divine will for

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