Prayer and Fasting for Purpose

It is the beginning of the year, a time for fasting. Our ministry begins 40 days of fasting today and as such I will be doing less blogging during that time I will post as the Lord leads.


The word fast comes from the Hebrew word Tsuwm which means to cover the mouth. Fasting simply put is abstaining from food for spiritual purposes. Our mouth is the greatest tool to our destruction we posses. With it we destroy not only people but our own lives.

God has taken the very thing that was the cause of man's fall in the Garden of Eden and of man losing his power and dominion over it, and has turned it around so that by abstaining from eating (fasting) we can enter again into a new dimension.

When we can control the appetite we can control the flesh-king of our body. Fasting gives us a holy sense of true values. So as you go into your time of fasting watch how you begin to die to the fleshly desires that were becoming hindrances in your life and threatened to destroy you.


In Isaiah 58:8-9,11-12 There are a list of promises to those that fast according to the will of God. The Lord promises that all these results will follow if fasting is done in a way pleasing to Him


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,

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.




Here is a list of ten specific promises for those who fast according to the will of God
Light
Health
Righteousness
Glory
Answered Prayer
Continual guidance
Satisfaction
Refreshing
Work that endures
Restoration

So don't just fast for the sake of fasting know what you are about there must be purpose in your fasting. God will reward you in fasting if you seek Him with the right motives and in a scriptural way.


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