Prayer with Fasting, The Fasted Lifestyle

NIHOP
January 2016
PRAYER WITH FASTING,
AND THE FASTED LIFESTYLE

RECALLING THE GLORY OF THE
FIRST (“old”) COVENANT:
EXODUS 19:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto
the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and
let them wash their clothes,
11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the
LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon
mount Sinai.
12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round
about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not
up into the mount, or touch the border of it:
whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to
death:
13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be
stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall
not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come
up to the mount.
14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people,
and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third

Exodus 19
16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that
there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud
upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding
loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to
meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the
mount.
18 AND MOUNT SINAI WAS ALTOGETHER ON A SMOKE,
BECAUSE THE LORD DESCENDED UPON IT IN FIRE: AND
THE SMOKE THEREOF ASCENDED AS THE SMOKE OF A
FURNACE, AND THE WHOLE MOUNT QUAKED GREATLY.
19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and
waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God
answered him by a voice.
20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the
top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to
the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

PICTURES OF MT. SINAI
(IN SAUDI ARABIA) today

NOTICE
THE WHOLE
MOUNTAIN IS
BURNT

Rock at Rephidim were water
gushed out when Moses struck the
rock

The evidence of God’s mighty work is
still there:

Site where Moses built an altar

Where Israel camped in the
wilderness:
A PLACE ABSOLUTELY BARREN

WHAT IS THE POINT OF ALL
THESE?
1. THE GLORY OF THE LORD WHICH WAS
REVEALED WHEN THE LAW WAS GIVEN
WAS VERY REAL – a burnt mountain still
stands today; how much more will the glory be
of the new covenant of grace? HOW REAL
CAN THE MANIFESTATION OF THE GLORY
BE?
2. The wilderness beneath the mountain of
Sinai is absolutely barren; YET, THE LORD
SUSTAINED ISRAEL (AT THAT TIME AT
LEAST TWO MILLION PEOPLE) FOR FORTY
YEARS!
How much more able is God able to sustain us
today???

NOW WE GO TO THE GREAT
SUBJECT MATTER OF
PRAYER

The disciples asked Jesus to
teach them to pray (Luke 11:1-13)
1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place.
When he finished, one of his disciples said to
him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John
taught his disciples.” 2 He said to them,
“When you pray, say: “‘Father, hallowed be your
name, your kingdom come. 3 Give us each day
our daily bread. 4 Forgive us our sins, for we
also forgive everyone who sins against us. And
lead us not into temptation.’

Luke 11
 5 Then he said to them, “Suppose one of you has
a friend, and he goes to him at midnight and
says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 6
because a friend of mine on a journey has come
to me, and I have nothing to set before him.’ 7
“Then the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me.
The door is already locked, and my children are
with me in bed. I can’t get up and give you
anything.’ 8 I tell you, though he will not get up
and give him the bread because he is his friend,
yet because of the man’s boldness he will get up
and give him as much as he needs.

Luke 11
 “9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you;
seek and you will find; knock and the door will be
opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks
receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who
knocks, the door will be opened. 11 “Which of
you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give
him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg,
will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though
you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your
children, how much more will your Father in
heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask
him!” Luke 11:1-13

THIS WAS A REVOLUTIONARY
TEACHING FOR THREE
REASONS:
FIRST, the Jews NEVER PRAYED TO
GOD AS THEIR FATHER;
God was the “God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob”
but never “the Father…” THEY CANNOT EVEN
PRONOUNCE THE NAME OF GOD!! Now Jesus
is telling them to call God THEIR FATHER!!
- Jesus was telling them that those who believe in
Jesus have become the sons (children) of God
(John 1:12), and therefore, God has also become
their Father
- That the prayer of the Christian is towards God AS
THEIR FATHER (OUR – FATHER)
- And because God is OUR LOVING HEAVENLY
FATHER, all we need is ask, seek and find, and we
will receive, and find and the door will be opened to
us

SECOND REASON (why this was a
revolutionary teaching):
JESUS TAUGHT THAT THE MAIN THING
ABOUT PRAYER IS the HOLY
SPIRIT, AND THAT YOU CAN ASK
THE FATHER TO GIVE YOU THE
HOLY SPIRIT:
“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish,
will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for
an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then,
though you are evil, know how to give good gifts
to your children, how much more will your
Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those
who ask him!” Luke 11:1-13

BECAUSE OF THIS
REVOLUTIONARY TEACHING:
1. PRAYER HAS BEEN MADE SIMPLE
2. PRAYER HAS BEEN MADE AN ISSUE OF
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HEAVENLY
FATHER, AND NOT OF RELIGION
3. PRAYER IS A DELIGHT, NOT A DUTY
4. PRAYER, IN A VERY REAL SENSE, HAS
BECOME VERY, VERY EASY, JUST LIKE
TALKING TO YOUR LOVING HEAVENLY
FATHER.
5. UNDERSTANDING THE WORK OF, AND
WORKING WITH, THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS
BECOME VERY CRUCIAL IN A VIBRANT
PRAYER LIFE (“PRAY IN THE SPIRIT”…)

There is a THIRD REASON: The Lord’s
Prayer is a COMPLETE OUTLINE of
LIFE
1. Our Father – GOD’S PATERNITY (Who is our father? Paternity -
identity)
2. Who art in Heaven – GOD’S PLACE (Where do we belong?
citizenship)
3. Hallowed be Thy Name – GOD’S PRAISE (What do we seek?)
4. Thy Kingdom come – GOD’S PROGRAM (What is our
involvement?)
5. Thy will be done… – GOD’S PRIORITY (What is important, truly
matters?)
6. Give us this day our daily bread – GOD’S PROVISION (Who is
our security for our needs?)
7. And forgive us our trespasses – GOD’S PARDON (Have we
found freedom?)
8. As we forgive those who trespass against us – GOD’S PRE-
REQUISITE (Have we released others who have hurt us? MICAH
– WHAT DOES GOD REQUIRE?)
9. And lead us not into temptation – GOD’S PATH (How do we

With these…
PRAYER INDEED DOES SOUND
SO SIMPLE AND EASY.
WHAT THEN IS FASTING?
IS IT NECESSARY?
WILL IT NOT COMPLICATE
THINGS?
DO WE STILL NEED TO FAST IF GOD
IS OUR LOVING HEAVENLY
FATHER?

LET US SEE HOW CHRIST
HIMSELF PRAYED (Hebrews 5)
5 In the same way, Christ did not take on himself the
glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him,
“You are my Son;
today I have become your Father.”[a]
6 And he says in another place,
“You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.”[b]
7 During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up
prayers and petitions with fervent cries and
tears to the one who could save him from death, and
he was heard because of his reverent
submission. 8 Son though he was, he learned
obedience from what he suffered 9 and, once
made perfect, he became the source of eternal
salvation for all who obey him 10 and was
designated by God to be high priest in the order of
Melchizedek.

WE ARE ALSO PRIESTS: AND MUCH, IN FACT,
MOST OF OUR PRAYERS COME FROM OUR
ROYAL PRIESTHOOD
(1 PETER 2)
 4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected
by humans but chosen by Godand precious to
him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being
built into a spiritual house[a] to be a holy
priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special
possession, that you may declare the praises of
him who called you out of darkness into his
wonderful light.

LET US, THEREFORE, DISTINGUISH
THE PRAYER OF A SON/DAUGHTER to
the Father, FROM THE
SON/DAUGHTER ACTING AS
INTERCESSOR before a Holy God
 WHEN WE PRESENT TO GOD OUR
NEEDS, WE COME TO HIM AS A FATHER,
AND PRAYER IS SIMPLE, SPONTANEOUS,
FREE, EASY…
 BUT WHEN WE STAND IN THE GAP FOR
OTHERS, WHEN WE PRAY FOR OTHERS,
FOR THE NATION, THIS IS NOW
INTERCESSION, AND WE STAND
BETWEEN GOD AND MAN AS GOD’S

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
PRAYER AND INTERCESSION: I
Timothy 2
 2 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions,
prayers, intercession and thanksgiving
be made for all people— 2 for kings and
all those in authority, that we may live
peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and
holiness. 3 This is good, and pleases God
our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be
saved and to come to a knowledge of the
truth. 5 For there is one God and one
mediator between God and mankind, the
man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a

PAUL ON PRAYER: I
THESSALONIANS 3
 9For what thanks can we render to God for you in
return for all the joy with which we rejoice before
our God on your account,
 10 AS WE NIGHT AND DAY KEEP PRAYING
MOST EARNESTLY THAT WE MAY SEE YOUR
FACE, AND MAY COMPLETE WHAT IS
LACKING IN YOUR FAITH;
 11 Now may our God and Father Himself and
Jesus our Lord direct our way to you;…

2 TIMOTHY 1:3
 I thank God, whom I serve
with a clear conscience the
way my forefathers did, as I
constantly remember you
in my prayers night and
day, 4longing to see you,
even as I recall your tears, so
that I may be filled with joy.

EPHESIANS 3:14-21
 For this reason, I kneel before the Father, from
whom his whole family in heaven and on earth
derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious
riches he may strengthen you with power through
his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may
dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that
you, being rooted and established in love, may
have power, together with all the saints, to grasp
how wide and long and high and deep is the love
of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses
knowledge—that you may be filled to the
measure of all the fullness of God.

WHEN PEOPLE PRAY ALL NIGHT, IN TEARS,
TRAVAILING IN INTERCESSION, ARE THEY MAKING
PRAYER “COMPLICATED”?
Is this what we call “pudag-pudag”?

Colossians 1: 3-14
 For this reason, since the day we heard about you,
we have not stopped praying for you and asking
God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through
all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray
this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord
and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in
every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
being strengthened with all power according to his
glorious might so that you may have great endurance
and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father,
who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of
the saints in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued
us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into
the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have
redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

ACTS 20:31 (Paul to the Ephesian
brethren):
So be on your guard!
Remember that for three
years I never stopped
warning each of you
night and day with tears.

Which brings us to the subject of
FASTING:
HEBREW WORD – TSOM
GREEK WORD –
NESTEIA
Meaning “to deprive
oneself, to deny
oneself”; to afflict one’s
self; “to say no to a

The most comprehensive statement
on THE PURPOSE OF FASTING
(ISAIAH 58)
6 “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.

ISAIAH 58
 “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.

ISAIAH 58 (Keeping the Sabbath is a
form of fasting)
13 “If you keep your feet from breaking the
Sabbath
and from doing as you please on my holy
day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight
and the LORD’s holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
and not doing as you please or speaking idle
words,
14 then you will find your joy in the LORD,
and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the
heights of the land and to feast on the
inheritance of your father Jacob.”

The MOST COMPREHENSIVE
STATEMENT ON FASTING (Isaiah
58):
1. TO LOOSE THE BANDS OF WICKEDNESS
(deliverance) v. 6a
2. UNDO HEAVY BURDENS v. 6b
3. LET THE OPPRESSED GO FREE v. 6c
4. BREAK EVERY YOKE v. 6d
5. BREAK THE SPIRIT OF POVERTY (“GIVE BREAD
TO THE HUNGRY AND PROVIDE THE POOR WITH
SHELTER) v. 7
6. BREAKTHROUGH (“allow people’s light to break forth
like the morning”) v. 8
7. HEALTH AND HEALING v. 8b
8. CAUSE RIGHTEOUSNESS TO SHINE v. 10

The example of Jesus:
1. YESHUA FASTED
2. AND CLEARLY TAUGHT
FASTING.

Matthew 4
1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be
tempted by the devil.
2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was
hungry.
3 The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the
Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."
4 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on
bread alone, but on every word that comes from the
mouth of God.' "
THE NEXT VERSES SHOW THAT:
- Jesus overcame Satan
- began to preach

YESHUA ALSO TAUGHT
FASTING
AT LEAST THREE
THINGS HE
TAUGHT ABOUT
FASTING:

1. The friends of the bridegroom will fast
when the bridegroom is away - LUKE 5:33-
39
 Jesus Questioned About Fasting
33 They said to him, “John’s disciples often fast and pray,
and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go
on eating and drinking.”
34 Jesus answered, “Can you make the friends of the
bridegroom fast while he is with them? 35 BUT THE TIME
WILL COME WHEN THE BRIDEGROOM WILL BE
TAKEN FROM THEM; IN THOSE DAYS THEY WILL
FAST.”
36 He told them this parable: “No one tears a piece out of a
new garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will
have torn the new garment, and the patch from the
new will not match the old. 37 And no one pours new
wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will
burst the skins; the wine will run out and the
wineskins will be ruined. 38 No, new wine must be
poured into new wineskins. 39 And no one after drinking old

Here he said something VERY
INTERESTING:
FASTING IS CONNECTED TO THE ABILITY TO
RECEIVE NEW WINE
Luke 5:36 He told them this parable: “No one tears a
piece out of a new garment to patch an old one.
Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment,
and the patch from the new will not match the
old. 37 And no one pours new wine into old
wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the
skins; the wine will run out and the wineskins will
be ruined. 38 No, new wine must be poured into new
wineskins. “
CHURCHES THAT DO NOT GET INTO FERVENT,
SPIRIT-LED PRAYING, WITH FASTING, will HAVE
DIFFICULTY RECEIVING NEW WINE, NEW

2. Second thing Jesus taught:
FASTING IS REGULAR – Matthew 6
Giving to the Needy
6 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be
seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in
heaven.
2 “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as
the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored
by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
 Prayer
5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray
standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by
others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But
when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your
Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in
secret, will reward you.
 Fasting
16 “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they
disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you,
they have received their reward in full. 17 But when you fast, put oil
on your head and wash your face, 18 so that it will not be obvious
to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is

3. Third thing Jesus taught: Fasting
is required for higher spiritual
authority – Matthew 17
14 And when they were come to the multitude, there
came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him,
and saying,
15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatic, and
sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and
oft into the water.
16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could
not cure him.
17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and

Matthew 17
18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he
departed out of him: and the child was cured
from that very hour.
19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and
said, Why could not we cast him out?
20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of
your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye
have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall
say unto this mountain, Remove hence to
yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing
shall be impossible unto you.
21 HOWBEIT THIS KIND GOETH NOT OUT
BUT BY PRAYER AND FASTING

The “MECHANICAL
EXPLANATION” for FASTING (I
Corinthians 15)
 If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual
body. 45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became
a living being”[f]; the last Adam, a life-giving
spirit.46 The spiritual did not come first, but the
natural, and after that the spiritual.47 The first man was
of the dust of the earth; the second man is OF
heaven.48 As was the earthly man, so are those who
are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also
are those who are OF heaven. 49 And just as we
have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall
we[g] bear the image of the heavenly man.
 50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, THAT
FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT INHERIT THE
KINGDOM OF GOD, nor does the perishable

FLESH CANNOT RECEIVE SPIRITUAL
THINGS -- I CORINTHIANS 2
6 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the
mature,
9However, as it is written: "NO EYE HAS SEEN, NO EAR
HAS HEARD, NO MIND HAS CONCEIVED WHAT GOD
HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM"--
10 but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit
searches all things, even the deep things of God.
11 For who among men knows the thoughts of a
man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way
no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of
God.
12 We have not received the spirit of the world but the
Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what
God has freely given us.
14 The man without the Spirit does not accept the

I CORINTHIANS 9
 “24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run,
but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to
get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games
goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that
will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last
forever. 26 Therefore I do not run like someone
running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer
beating the air. 27 No, I strike a blow to my
body and make it my slave so that after I have
preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for
the prize.”
“I BEAT MY FLESH” OR “I AFFLICT MY FLESH” IS
THE SAME WORD FOR FASTING “TO AFFLICT
ONESELF”. If we do not subjugate the flesh, we

INSTANCES WHEN BELIEVERS
FASTED IN THE BIBLE
1. WHEN INTERCEDING FOR A NATION
NEHEMIAH 9:1 Now in the twenty and fourth day
of this month the children of Israel were
assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes,
and earth upon them.
ESTHER 4:3 And in every province, whithersoever
the king's commandment and his decree came,
there was great mourning among the Jews, and
fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many
lay in sackcloth and ashes.

2. When we seek the face of the
LORD:
DANIEL 9:3 And I set my face
unto the Lord God, to seek by
prayer and supplications, with
fasting, and sackcloth, and
ashes:
JOEL 2:12 Therefore also now,
saith the LORD, turn ye even to
me with all your heart, and

3. When the work of the kingdom
is undertaken and the church
organized
ACTS 14:21 And when they had preached the
gospel to that city, and had taught many, they
returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and
Antioch,
22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and
exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that
we must through much tribulation enter into the
kingdom of God.
23 And when they had ordained them
elders in every church, and had
prayed with fasting, they commended
them to the Lord, on whom they

4. FOR SUPERNATURAL
REVELATION
 Act 10:30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was
fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I
prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood
before me in bright clothing,
31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine
alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon,
whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of
one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he
cometh, shall speak unto thee.
33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast
well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all
here present before God, to hear all things that are
commanded thee of God.

CAUTION: Fasting is not a
formula or a hunger strike to God
Psalm 35:13 But as for me, when
they were sick, my clothing was
sackcloth: I humbled my soul with
fasting; and my prayer returned
into mine own bosom. (MY
PRAYERS RETURNED TO ME
UNSANSWERED)
14 I behaved myself as though he
had been my friend or brother: I

5. ZEAL FOR THE HOUSE OF THE
LORD
caused DAVID TO FAST (Psalm 69) –
7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath
covered my face.
8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto
my mother's children.
9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the
reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that
was to my reproach.
11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb
to them.
12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the
song of the drunkards.
13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an
acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear
me, in the truth of thy salvation.
14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be
delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

6. WHEN WE ARE UNDER
UNUSUAL ATTACK (Psalm 109)
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold
not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the
deceitful are opened against me: they have
spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3 They compassed me about also with words of
hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

Psalm 109
21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's
sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded
within me.
23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am
tossed up and down as the locust.
24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh
faileth of fatness.
29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let
them cover themselves with their own confusion, as
with a mantle.
30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I
will praise him among the multitude.
31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to
save him from those that condemn his soul.

7. WHEN A PROPHETIC WORD OF
JUDGMENT WITH HOPE IS TO BE
ANNOUNCED TO THE PEOPLE
JEREMIAH 36:1 And it came to pass in the fourth
year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah,
that this word came unto Jeremiah from the
LORD, saying,
2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all
the words that I have spoken unto thee against
Israel, and against Judah, and against all the
nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the
days of Josiah, even unto this day.
3 3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the
evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may
return every man from his evil way; that I may
forgive their iniquity and their sin.
4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and

Jeremiah 36
5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut
up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
6 Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which
thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the
LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD'S
house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt
read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of
their cities.
7 It may be they will present their supplication before
the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way:
for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath
pronounced against this people.
8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that
Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the

Types of fast:
1. EXTREME FAST – no food, no water
Moses in the entire Bible – 40 days, and another 40
days
Elijah (I Kings 19:4-8) – 40 days
Esther (Esther 4:15-17) – 3 days 3 nights
Paul – 3 days (Acts 9:9)
2. NORMAL FAST – no food, only water
Jesus (Mat. 4:1,2)
3. PARTIAL FAST (DANIEL FAST) – NO CHOICE FOOD,
WINE, only vegetables and fruits
- Daniel 1:8
ASK THE LORD TO DIRECT YOU
WHAT KIND OF FAST YOU
NEED TO DO

There is also a LIFESTYLE
FAST:
1. Daniel 1 – abstained from the
king’s meat and wine, ate only
vegetables and fruits
2. John the Baptist (Luke 1) – A
Nazirite by vow, abstained from
wine
BUTCH YULO TORAH FAST – no pork, no
shrimps, no fish without scales, no talaba, no
sitsaron

A REVIEW OF THE CHAMPIONS
OF FASTING:
1. EZRA – Ezra 8:23
2. Samuel – 1 Sam. 7:6
3. Elijah – I Kings 19:4-8
4. Moses
5. Daniel
6. Paul
7. John the Baptist
8. Esther
9. David
10. THE LORD YESHUA HAMASHIACH

PRACTICAL TIPS ON FASTING:
1. Start with partial or lifestyle fast
2. FOR EXTREME OR ABSOLUTE FAST, it may
be best to check with a Christian doctor first
before you go into serious fasting – know your
body condition
3. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER

5. HAVE A JOURNAL ALWAYS READY
WITH YOUR BIBLE
OTHER USEFUL
THINGS:
 CONCORDANCE
 MARKERS
 TAPE RECORDER
 CD PLAYER/MUSIC
 PRAYER
MAT/KNEELING PAD
 GUITAR
 PRIVACY

PHYSICAL BENEFITS OF
FASTING
 Description
 The principle of fasting is simple. When the intake of food
is temporarily stopped, many systems of the body are
given a break from the hard work of digestion. The
extra energy gives the body the chance to heal and
restore itself, and burning stored calories gets rid of
toxic substances stored in the body.
 The digestive tract is the part of the body most exposed to
environmental threats, including bacteria, viruses,
parasites, and toxins. It requires the most immune system
support. When food is broken down in the intestines, it
travels through the blood to the liver, the largest organ of
the body's natural detoxification system. The liver breaks
down and removes the toxic by-products produced by
digestion, including natural ones and the chemicals now
present in the food supply. During fasting, the liver and
immune system are essentially freed to detoxify and
heal other parts of the body.

Common ailments healed by
fasting:
 Fasting can be used for nearly every chronic
condition, including allergies, anxiety , arthritis,
asthma, depression , diabetes, headaches, heart
disease , high cholesterol , low blood sugar,
digestive disorders, mental illness, and obesity .
Fasting is an effective and safe weight loss method. It
is frequently prescribed as a detoxification treatment
for those with conditions that may be influenced by
environmental factors, such as cancer and multiple
chemical sensitivity . Fasting has been used
successfully to help treat people who have been
exposed to high levels of toxic materials due to
accident or occupation. Fasting is thought to be
beneficial as a preventative measure to increase
overall health, vitality, and resistance to disease.
Fasting is also used as a method of mental and

THE BODY IS DESIGNED TO BE
READY TO FAST –
I SAMUEL 1:7 – Hannah was so
distressed over her state of
childlessness that “SHE WEPT
AND DID NOT EAT”
DAVID fasted when Abner (Saul’s
General) died – 2 Samuel 3:55
DAVID fasted when his baby with
Bathseba got sick (2 Samuel 12:15-
23)

THE LAST DAYS IS A CALL TO FAST
– Joel 2
 1 Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my
holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the
day of the LORD is coming. It is close at hand—
 12 "Even now," declares the LORD, "return to me
with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and
mourning."
 13 Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to
the LORD your God, for he is gracious and
compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in
love, and he relents from sending calamity.
 14 Who knows? He may turn and have pity and leave
behind a blessing-- grain offerings and drink offerings
for the LORD your God.
 15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy
fast, call a sacred assembly.

CONCLUSION:
1. YESHUA FASTED
2. THE MOST VICTORIOUS
CHRISTIANS FASTED
3. FASTING IS NECESSARY FOR
SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY and
REVIVAL
4. FASTING AIDS IN RECEVING
SUPERNATURAL REVELATION
5. FASTING IS A CALL OF THE

Let us:
1.LEARN HOW TO
FAST – BOOKS,
INTERNET
2.ASK GOD TO TEACH
US WHAT TO FAST
FOR

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