Isaiah 58:8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. Fasting fast-tracks physical and emotional healing. Dr. Albert Schweitzer says “Each patient carries his own doctor inside him. Fasting is the...
Category: Spiritual Guidance
Post
27 January 2022-Why, What and How to Fast?-Part 6
2 Chronicle 20:3 Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah. When you are alarmed, intimidated or overwhelmed, fast. Jehoshaphat was attacked by a collation of three nations – the Moabites, Ammonites and the Meunites. The King of Judah did not call his army commander to prepare...
Post
26 January 2022-Why, What and How to Fast?-Part 5
Exodus 34:29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the LORD. Moses was on a supernatural fast for 40 days and 40 nights. He was on Mount Sinai communing with...
Post
25 January 2022-Why, What and How to Fast?-Part 4
Daniel 1:20 In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom. Fasting with the humble attitude, right motive and meekness will change our attitude, increase our aptitude and elevate our altitude both in the natural...
Post
24 January 2022-Why, What and How to Fast?-Part 3
Act 9:9 For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything. Saul was like a fire-breathing dragon to the early church, plundering people and property. Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison (Acts 8:3). On the...
Post
23 January 2022-Why, What and How to Fast?-Part 2
Nehemiah 1:4 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of Heaven. Nehemiah was in Persia when he heard about the destruction of his homeland and the disgrace of his people. He did not run to the phone or friends to...
Post
22 January-2022-Why, What and How to Fast?-Part 1
Matthew 4:2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. Fasting is a dedication to a period of time to devote oneself to spiritual priorities of prayer without food. Spiritual fasting requires complete or partial abstinence from food for a fixed time period. It is not skipping meals when we don’t feel like...
Post
21 January 2022 – Fasting – Part 7
Daniel 10:2-3 At that time I, Daniel, mourned for three weeks. I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over. Fasting is like housecleaning to the body. It gives a rest to the organs from the normal digestion routine...
Post
20 January 2022 – Fasting – Part 6
Esther 4:16 “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will fast as you do. Esther called for a ‘focused fast’. Her uncle (Mordecai) reminded her empirically that she was in the palace with...
Post
19 January 2022 – Fasting – Part 5
Numbers 11:4-5 The rabble(crowd) with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat!”. The top three essentials for survival are air, water and sleep. Permanent damage can be caused to the brain if there is no oxygen supply for 4 minutes and...