FASTING...A Very Powerful Tool, USE IT!

FASTING...A Very Powerful Tool, USE IT!

The real impact of fasting is to give you power to overcome obstacles you're unable to destroy in your own physical strength.  Fasting is a spiritual enabler.  It empowers.

WIKIPEDIA: Fasting is the abstention from eating and sometimes drinking. From a purely physiological context, "fasting" may refer to the metabolic status of a person who has not eaten overnight (see "Breakfast"), or to the metabolic state achieved after complete digestion and absorption of a meal.

Fasting is the act of foregoing food with or without foregoing other 'regular habits' in order to (re)gain clarity, deliverance, power and maybe lose weight. It is a physical exercise with a very spiritual outcome.

For a Christian, fasting is more than foregoing food.  In addition to spending more time 'spiritually focused', it involves serving the less fortunate based on the Almighty God's command. Fasting should serve both self and others simultaneously.

Isaiah 58: 6-8

6 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
    and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
    and break every yoke?

7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry
    and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—
when you see the naked, to clothe them,
    and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

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.

There are multiple benefits from a habit of fasting. One great attribute is it offers clarity. You are able to focus better upon completion. It sharpens your discernment skills.  It brings healing. In addition, God's promise is to be your rear guard, i.e your protector/ bodyguard as a result.

The human being has a mixture of physical and spiritual abilities. The spirit world and physical world co-exists. There is always a competition between both. 

Galatians 5: 16-17  

16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. 

On any given day, for every individual, either of these powers are leading. Whichever of these powers you feed the most will always be in the winning position.

Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me".

There are several different types of fasts which include:

• Dry fast - Avoid all food and drink
• Water fast - Only drink water
• Liquid fast - Only drink liquids
• Daniel fast - Only eat vegetables for atleast 21 days

Naturally the body can go without food for 40 days.  A dry fast is the most effective. However, people have different habits and challenges.  It is a deliberate choice to abstain in order to accomplish a greater spiritual and or physical health for a specific period of time.  God is a spirit and man was made in God's image and likeness.  Genesis 1: 26-28 Therefore man is a spirit as well.  Man is a spirit that lives in a physical body.  God himself commands us to worship HIM in spirit and in truth. John 4:24 The spiritual is more powerful than the physical.  In fact, in order for things to be manifested in the physical they first have to happen in the spiritual.  

The world is regulated by laws, God's laws.  

Psalm 138: 2  I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving kindness and for thy truth: For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.  

God is a king; and a king's word in his kingdom is always unrefutted law. For instance: gravity is a law.  It doesn't matter the time, weather, or emotion.  If it jumps/ or free falls, it will hit the ground.  Fasting is also governed by God's laws.  When you fast you gain power.  You can fast for good or bad reasons.  Christians fast, but so do witches and warlocks.  Read the story of Jehosaphat in 2 Chronicles 20 OR Read the story of Queen Esther and Mordecai Esther 4

When you are faced with challenges and want an effective accelerated change you should fast.  Effective fasting should include abstinence from food and all other pleasures to focus on scripture and praying.  it should include dancing, praising, joyful shouting to God and laughter.  These are manifestations of the presence of the Holy Spirit.  Challenges are considered bondages.  Each bondage requires a different level of fasting.  Isaiah 58 Fast until you experience liberty from the bondage you are experiencing.  There is " absolutely no chain that cannot be broken".  2 Kings 6 God is the most powerful being in the universe.  HIS word as a king in HIS Kingdom says: Matthew 16:19 "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."

It doesn't matter who or what is your opposition.  God's law is eternal.  If you want (change) power, and even more power, fast.

Jeremiah 29: 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart

TESTIMONY: George's Story | FAST 2019

WORSHIP: So Will I (100 Billion X) // Do It Again - Cross Worship ft. Osby Berry

Fasting is the game changer you need to clear the oversize boulder in your life, try it!