Why fast & pray?
Matthew 6:17-18
Fasting helps in:
1. Governing oneself
2. Contentment
3. Personal Growth
4. Endurance
Fasting alone accomplishes little except to cause us to eat more at the next meal.
Prayer by itself is often limited or blocked in some way. But prayer and fasting
together produce miracles.
- Fasting and prayer go hand in hand; you almost can’t have without the other,
- Fasting helps to increase our spiritual activity
- Fasting is to abstain from gratifying any physical appetite
- Fasting should be a spiritual exercise. It can aid in one’s prayer life; it is valuable in times of crisis when one wishes to discover the will of God
- It is valuable in promoting self- discipline
- Fasting is a matter between an individual and God and should be done only with adesire to please Him
- Fasting brings a note of urgency and importance into our prayer
Fasting helps in:
1. Governing oneself
2. Contentment
3. Personal Growth
4. Endurance
Fasting alone accomplishes little except to cause us to eat more at the next meal.
Prayer by itself is often limited or blocked in some way. But prayer and fasting
together produce miracles.
21 Confessions of faith
Day 1- I can do all things through Him who strengthens and empowers me//I am sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency; I am ready for anything & equal to anything through Him who infuses me with inner strength and confident peace…Phil. 4:13
Day 2- I will stand still, wait on God’s direction, and trust the Holy
Spirit to supply me with all things I need…Phil. 4:19
Day 3- I will think on things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely and
of good report; if there be any virtue, if there be any praise, I will think
on these things and God’s peace will be with me… Phil. 4:8-9
Day 4- The favor from the Lord is upon me…Prov. 12:2
Day 5- I will succeed and prosper and be in good health, even as my
soul prospers spiritually…3John 1:2
Day 6- Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and
I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever…Ps. 23:6
Day 7- This is the day the Lord hath made; I will rejoice and be glad in
it…Ps 118:24
Day 8- I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be
in my mouth…Ps.34:1
Day 9- I will cast all my anxieties, worries and all my concerns cares
upon him; for he watches over me…1 Pet. 5:7
Day 10- I will cry for help and the Lord will hear and rescue me from all
my troubles…Ps. 34:17
Day 11- I am blessed in the city and blessed in the field…Duet. 28:3
Day 12- I will trust and rely confidently on the Lord with all my heart
and not rely on my own insight or understanding… Prov. 3:5
Day 13- I will obey God’s word that I may be wise and successful in
everything I do…Joshua 1:8
Day 14- I will walk not trust in my flesh, for in my flesh dwells no good
thing…Rom. 7:18
Day 15- I will cast down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth
itself against the knowledge of God, I will bring into captivity every
thought to the obedience of Christ…2 Cor. 20:5
Day 16- I will observe and do the commandments of God my way shall
be prosperous and I shall have good success…Joshua 1:8
Day 17- I will hide in the shadow of God’s wings in the times of trouble
for He is my refuge and my fortress… Ps. 91:2
Day 18- I will walk in the Spirit that I do not fulfill the lust of the
flesh…Gal. 5:16
Day 19- I will be strong and courageous for I know God is with
me…Joshua 1:18
Day 20 – I will rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him…Ps 37:7
Day 21- I will receive the righteous desires of my heart when I delight
myself in the Lord… Ps. 37:4
Day 2- I will stand still, wait on God’s direction, and trust the Holy
Spirit to supply me with all things I need…Phil. 4:19
Day 3- I will think on things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely and
of good report; if there be any virtue, if there be any praise, I will think
on these things and God’s peace will be with me… Phil. 4:8-9
Day 4- The favor from the Lord is upon me…Prov. 12:2
Day 5- I will succeed and prosper and be in good health, even as my
soul prospers spiritually…3John 1:2
Day 6- Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and
I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever…Ps. 23:6
Day 7- This is the day the Lord hath made; I will rejoice and be glad in
it…Ps 118:24
Day 8- I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be
in my mouth…Ps.34:1
Day 9- I will cast all my anxieties, worries and all my concerns cares
upon him; for he watches over me…1 Pet. 5:7
Day 10- I will cry for help and the Lord will hear and rescue me from all
my troubles…Ps. 34:17
Day 11- I am blessed in the city and blessed in the field…Duet. 28:3
Day 12- I will trust and rely confidently on the Lord with all my heart
and not rely on my own insight or understanding… Prov. 3:5
Day 13- I will obey God’s word that I may be wise and successful in
everything I do…Joshua 1:8
Day 14- I will walk not trust in my flesh, for in my flesh dwells no good
thing…Rom. 7:18
Day 15- I will cast down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth
itself against the knowledge of God, I will bring into captivity every
thought to the obedience of Christ…2 Cor. 20:5
Day 16- I will observe and do the commandments of God my way shall
be prosperous and I shall have good success…Joshua 1:8
Day 17- I will hide in the shadow of God’s wings in the times of trouble
for He is my refuge and my fortress… Ps. 91:2
Day 18- I will walk in the Spirit that I do not fulfill the lust of the
flesh…Gal. 5:16
Day 19- I will be strong and courageous for I know God is with
me…Joshua 1:18
Day 20 – I will rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him…Ps 37:7
Day 21- I will receive the righteous desires of my heart when I delight
myself in the Lord… Ps. 37:4
