“Fasting is abstinence from food and privileges for a defined period in order to seek God’s face.”
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Our Fasting purpose and focus is for the following:
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Our main scriptures from the Holy Bible New King James Version (NKJV) are as follows:
Day 1: Acts 1:8, Deuteronomy 8:18, Matthew 6:16-18 & Matthew 17:14-21
Day 2: Acts 1:8, Deuteronomy 8:18, Joel 1:14-16 & Zechariah 4:6-10, Psalm 61, Psalm 63, Romans 8
Day 7: Acts 1:8, Deuteronomy 8:18, 3John 2, Psalm 61, Matthew 7:7
The concept of fasting is not new; we see it across both the Old and New Testament. God called the people of Israel to fast on several occasions. It can be done by a group of people, corporately, or as individuals privately. Jesus expected his disciples to fast.
The early church fasted (Acts 13) and all Christians through the ages have found it a biblical and rewarding way to seek the Lord. The purpose of fasting is to seek the face of God in a more focused way. This is why Christian fasting is accompanied by prayer.
The purpose of fasting is not: • To earn God’s love (futility) • To impress God (legalism) • To impress man (hypocrisy)
The purpose of fasting is to: • Humble ourselves (Psalm 35:13, Ezra 8:21) • Seek God’s heart (2 Chronicles 20:2-4) • Be empowered by the Holy Spirit (Luke 4:1-2)
Types of Spiritual Fast
1. Corporate Fast – (Nehemiah 9, Acts 27:33, Acts 13:1–4, Acts 14:23) This usually involves the whole congregation as directed by the leadership.
2. Private Fast – Daniel (Daniel 10:3), Jesus (Luke 4:1–2) This is usually self-appointed as directed by the Holy Spirit.
3. Partial Fast – liquids and/or vegetables (also called a Daniel fast) This involves the eating of vegetables only (i.e. no meats or other substantial solid foods) for an appointed period. Water is usually drunk during this fast. It also involves choosing to forgo certain daily pleasantries during this time (Daniel 10:1-4).
4. Absolute Fast – No food This involves complete abstinence from food entirely, it is advisable to consume sips of water during the course of the fast. (Luke 4:1-2).
How to do a Spiritual Fast Ideally during the course of the fast (6am – 6pm), your fast should be taken seriously and consecrated (to declare sacred/holy) without no distractions such as TV, entertainment, food, snacks or any enjoyable activities such as sex with your spouse.
Play worship & Gospel music to create a glorifying and Spirit filled atmosphere.
Also avoid loose or fowl talking (Ephesians 4:29-32 & Ephesians 5)or negative or fowl music or people around you to keep your atmosphere sacred and honourable to God. So you can focus on the holiness and sacrifice of the fast unto God Almighty.
Lengths of fast The lengths of fasts vary greatly as you feel directed by God. Remember the focus is not about the length or quantity but the quality. Focusing on humility, denying the body of food and its normal cravings and solely depend on God. 1. 1 day (Daniel 6:18, Judges 20:26) 2. 3 days (Acts 9, Esther 4:15–17 3. 7 days – 21 days 4. 40 days (Exodus 24:18, Luke 4)
Like prayer, it is not so much how long, but what you do when you fast. You should set aside time to pray and read the Bible. Having said that, we see different lengths of fasts in the Bible. The mature Christian will usually have a sense of what God is calling him to do, and for how long. This need not be mystical in any way but to simply respond to what is in your heart.
Who should fast? All Christians who, as true disciples, want to grow and mature in the disciplines of the kingdom. Jesus encouraged his disciples to fast (Matthew 6:7–17).
Who should not fast? All can fast, however people with particular medical conditions and also pregnant women should carefully consider their situation. In certain cases, they should not fast.
Benefits of fasting The benefits of fasting are many: • Fasting purifies your body, mind, spirit and gives you a heightened sense, knowledge, wisdom, insight, foresight, revelation and causes you to experience supernatural breakthrough in your life which ultimately glorifies God Almighty. • Because fasting involves deprivation of food, the heart can become sensitive to God’s calling and promptings. The Christian can therefore expect to receive direction and guidance by the Spirit. • Fasting helps to strengthen the mind, will, and emotions, which is often crucial when it comes to breaking bad habits and forming good ones. • Fasting makes the human spirit more awake, alive, alert, acute and attuned to the Holy Spirit. • Fasting helps bring deliverance and demolishing of strongholds in lives. • Fasting breaks cycles of defeat in life. • Answered prayer and salvation to a Nation (Jonah 3). • Fasting should lead to generosity (Isaiah 58:6-12).