Fasting is abstaining from food, pleasure and travail in order to seek the face of God. The key part of fasting is abstinence. As we enter into this year of doing the first works with the first love, we must understand that by the arm of flesh shall no man prevail. You can win only by the supernatural hand and help of God. This is the time and the season that we must awaken and step out to get what it takes to do the first works.
We are arising to do the first works of adding numbers to the fold and to the kingdom. The second month must begin the season of vigorously pursuing the lost and adding them to the fold. We are going out and going after them to take them into the kingdom.
We are therefore stepping into 4 days of waiting, fasting, and praying. In these four days, we are believing God to do the following;
1. Break the power of anything that is trying to hold any of us captive:
This includes past addictions, negative habits, and defeatist mentality. The Lord said “such as this comes forth not except by fasting and prayer“. Fasting and prayer deals with impossible things.
2. Activate the power that works in us:
Ephesians 3:20 teaches that God is “able to do above all that we can ask or think according to the power that is at work in us“. Fasting and prayer activates that power already at work in us. This is not a fast just to loose weight, believe God to activate the power that is at work in you. Trust God to activate that power through fasting and prayers. Luke 4 teaches that the Lord returned from the wilderness full of the Holy Ghost and power.
3. Cause our light to break forth from obscurity:
Isaiah 58 teaches that fasting as the Lord has appointed will cause your light to break forth from obscurity. Your light will shine and luminance will increase. As you arise, your fasting and prayers will cause your light to shine greatly. Fasting and prayer will remove all the dross and clutters and you shall shine brighter and brighter.
4. Cause our health to spring forth speedily:
Isaiah 58 teaches that as we fast as the Lord has appointed, our health shall spring forth speedily. I speak to every infirmity in your body to give way now. Fresh and new health is springing forth in you speedily in the name of Jesus Christ!
5. Stir up the supernatural:
Fasting and pray provokes the supernatural. When the church fast and pray, all heaven is attentive to our prayers. Great change will take place. Weaknesses will turn into strength. Heaven will begin to pour out on us the times of refreshing. Be ready for an encounter of a lifetime. You will win and testify.
6. Prepare us to hear and receive from God:
Fasting and praying leads to deliverance and answer to prayer. Fasting is not for God’s benefit, rather, it is for our benefit. Fasting positions us spiritually to be able to recieve from God. Many of the times, God is speaking but we cannot hear Him, but as we fast and pray, we are prepared to hear and recieve from God.
It is my prayer that you shall make a decision to wait on God with us from Monday to Friday. We want to pray and fast until something happens. I believe and I declare that as we wait on God, everything will be fine. The Lord will be our Helper and greater things will happen.
Be blessed, I love you!
Kofi Simpe
Prayer:
Dear God, I know that You will give us the grace to reach out to You, and I thank You for it in Jesus name, Amen!
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