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"His Love Endures Forever" The Blessings of Fasting - Pastor Ben

So arise Saints of God... prepare yourselves with prayer and fasting...

"Fasting and prayer moves the hand of God!"

2 of the greatest weapons we have at our disposal: Prayer & Fasting!

Isaiah 58:6-12 (Fasting results in:)

“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[a] will go before you,
    and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
9 Then you will call, and the Lord will answer;
    you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.

“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
    with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light will rise in the darkness,
    and your night will become like the noonday.
11 The Lord will guide you always;
    he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land
    and will strengthen your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
    like a spring whose waters never fail.
12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins
    and will raise up the age-old foundations;
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,
    Restorer of Streets with Dwellings."

 

12 Benefits of Fasting & Prayer:

  1. Revelation
  2. Healing & wholeness
  3. Righteousness
  4. Presence of God (Shekinah glory)
  5. Answered Prayers
  6. Guidance
  7. Contentment
  8. Refreshing
  9. Strength
  10. Work that endures like an ever flowing spring
  11. Raising up future generation
  12. Restoration

Matthew 17:20 "Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Ask the Holy Spirit to show you what and how you should fast: (examples of what to fast...)

  • Food
  • social media
  • coffee/caffeine
  • desserts/sugar

People of God

(song lyrics)

 From all over the worldPeople are beginning to come togetherTo join hands and to give praise to our lordFrom every denominationWe are breaking down the barriersThat have kept us apart for so longTogether we're all members of one bodyBecause of the blood of JesusWe have now become the people of God
… With our lipsLet us sing one confessionWith our heartsHold to one truth aloneFor he has erased our transgressionsNamed us and called us his ownHis very own
… We're the people of GodCalled by his nameCalled from the darkAnd delivered from shameOne holy raceSaints everyone
… Because of the blood of christ
… Jesus the son
… So hear usO spirits of darknessSo you will know where we standWe are his childrenAnd we're purchased with scarsBought by the blood of the lambThe blood of the lamb
… We're the people of GodCalled by his nameCalled from the darkAnd delivered from shameOne holy raceSaints everyoneBecause of the blood of Christ Jesus the son
… We're the people of GodCalled by his nameCalled from the darkAnd delivered from shameOne holy raceSaints everyoneBecause of the blood of Christ Jesus the son
… Oh yeah
… Because of the blood of Christ Jesus the son
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