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Fasting: Voluntarily withdrawing from food and/or drink, or other - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Fasting: Voluntarily withdrawing from food and/or drink, or other - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Fasting: Voluntarily withdrawing from food and/or drink, or other fleshly appetites, for a specified period of time. Fasting is refraining from food (or it could be certain pleasures or practices) for a spiritual purpose. Fasting is
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Fasting: Voluntarily withdrawing from food and/or drink, or other fleshly appetites, for a specified period of time.
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Fasting is refraining from food (or it could be certain pleasures or practices) for a spiritual purpose.
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Fasting is refraining from food (or it could be certain pleasures or practices) for a SPIRITUAL PURPOSE.
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"The power of the fast is found in the abject humility
- f people who desire the Lord's
way in their lives more than the bread that sustains their physical bodies.“
- -Jack Hayford
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John 4:32
"But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about.""
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John 4:34
"My food, is to do the will
- f him who sent me
and to finish his work."
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When we fast we are:
SURRENDERING FOOD IN ORDER TO SURRENDER TO THE LORD.
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Fasting is a temporary renunciation
- f something that is in itself good,
like food, in order to intensify our expression of need for something greater — namely, God and his work in our lives.
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We abstain from food (or
- ther things) in order to give
- urselves to prayer and
fellowship with the lord.
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Matthew 9:15
"The days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast"
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Matthew 6:16
“WHEN you fast . . .“ WHEN you fast, not “IF” you fast.
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Matthew 6:18
(Do you fasting) "only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."
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NINE PURPOSES FOR FASTING
ISAIAH 58:6-8
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- 1. TO GET FREEDOM
FROM ADDICTIONS
Isaiah 58:6 "To loose the bonds of wickedness"
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- 2. TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
Isaiah 58:6 "To undo the heavy burdens"
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- 3. FOR REVIVAL AND
SOUL WINNING
Isaiah 58:6 "To let the oppressed go free"
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“The secret of spiritual success is a hunger that persists ... It is an awful condition to be satisfied with
- ne’s spiritual attainments ...
God was and is looking for hungry, thirsty people.”
- Smith Wigglesworth
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As we fast and pray . . . LET THE POWER OF THE NEW LIFE BE GREATER THAN THE POWER OF THE OLD LIFE.
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- 4. TO CONQUER MENTAL
AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS
Isaiah 58:6 “And that you break every yoke”
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- 5. TO MEET THE PHYSICAL
NEEDS OF OTHERS
Isaiah 58:7
"Is it not to share your bread with the hungry . . . "
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- 6. FOR CLEARER INSIGHT
IN DECISION-MAKING
Isaiah 58:8
"Then your light shall break forth like the morning,"
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- 7. FOR HEALTH REASONS,
FOR HEALING
Isaiah 58:8
"Your healing shall spring forth speedily"
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- 8. FOR A MORE RIGHTEOUS
LIFE AND INFLUENTIAL TESTIMONY
Isaiah 58:8
"Your righteousness shall go before you"
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"The power of the fast is found in the abject humility
- f people who desire the Lord's
way in their lives more than the bread that sustains their physical bodies.“
- -Jack Hayford
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- 9. FOR THE GLORY OF GOD
Isaiah 58:8
"The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard"
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Four Reasons For Fasting
- 1. We fast to learn self-control
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Four Reasons For Fasting
- 1. We fast to learn self-control
- 2. We fast to think more clearly
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Four Reasons For Fasting
- 1. We fast to learn self-control
- 2. We fast to think more clearly
- 3. We fast to open ourselves up to
God’s power flowing through us
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Four Reasons For Fasting
- 1. We fast to learn self-control
- 2. We fast to think more clearly
- 3. We fast to open ourselves up to
God’s power flowing through us
- 4. we fast to confess our sin and
brokenness
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Search me, O God, And know my heart today; Try me, O Savior, Know my thoughts, I pray.
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