MOMENTUM FAST

Exodus 19:10-15

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes. ¹¹ And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the Lord will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people…¹⁴ So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes. ¹⁵ And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day; do not come near your wives.”

Fasting is one of the ways to consecrate and develop spiritual and natural momentum.

Matthew 6:16-18

¹⁶ Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. ¹⁷ But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; ¹⁸ That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. 

 

WHAT IS FASTING

It’s not merely going without food for a period of time

It’s refraining from food for a spiritual purpose

Some things won’t move until you add fasting. 

Matthew 17:14-21

And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, ¹⁵ “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. ¹⁶ So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him.” ¹⁷ Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.” ¹⁸ And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour. ¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”²⁰ So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. ²¹ However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”

When the Holy Spirit is calling you to fast He is preparing you for what is ahead.   

                                                       

WHY WE ARE FASTING AT BEGINNING OF THIS NEW SEASON

1.     We will set the course for the rest of the season

 

2.     First fruits Principle

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

 

Prov. 3:9-10

Honor the Lord with your possessions, And with the first fruits of all your increase; ¹⁰ So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine.

 

Exodus 22:29 

“You shall not delay to offer the first of your ripe produce and your juices. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me. ³⁰ Likewise you shall do with your oxen and your sheep. It shall be with its mother seven days; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me.

 

3.     Fasting releases the anointing, blessing and favor of God in your life

 

4.     Fasting is a means of hungering after God 

Matthew 5:6

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.

 

5.     Brings you into an intimate more powerful relationship with the Lord

 

6.     Redirects your affections

Col 3:1-2

If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. ² Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth

 

7.     Makes you sensitive to the Spirit of God -  

 

8.     Good for your body

-       Digestive system a rest

-       Cleans toxins

-       Fasting can heal sickness and diseases

-       Slows aging process

FASTING REQUIRES THAT YOU TAKE CONTROL

1.     Adam and Eve ate themselves out of house and home. Gen 2 :8-17

2.     Esau ate himself out of His Birthright. Gen 25:34; Heb 12:15-17

3.     Children of Israel lusted after food and irked God

Numb 11:4-6

Now the mixed multitude who were among them yielded to intense craving; so the children of Israel also wept again and said: “Who will give us meat to eat? ⁵ We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic; ⁶ but now our whole being is dried up; there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes!”

TYPES OF FAST

1.     Total or Complete 

2.     Liquid Fast

3.     Partial/Daniel

4.     Sun up to Sun Down

5.     Intermittent Fasting