THE MOMENTUM FAST

 

 

 

Isaiah 58:6-14

“Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke? ⁷ Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not hide yourself from your own flesh? ⁸ Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. ⁹ Then you shall call, and the Lordwill answer; You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, ¹⁰ If you extend your soul to the hungry And satisfy the afflicted soul, Then your light shall dawn in the darkness, And your darkness shall be as the noonday.¹¹ The Lord will guide you continually, And satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail. ¹² Those from among you Shall build the old waste places; You shall raise up the foundations of many generations; And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In. ¹³ “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, From doing your pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath a delight, The holy day of the Lord honorable, And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, Nor finding your own pleasure, Nor speaking your own words, ¹⁴         Then you shall delight yourself in the Lord; And I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, And feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

 

 

 

1. Cause we are in a Moment

 

Is the product of the mass and velocity of an object in Physics?

Def. force or speed of movement

: strength or force gained by motion or through the development of events :

impetus -  a driving force : impulse : stimulation or encouragement resulting in increased activity

Momentum deals with moments

Our life and future is often determined by how we respond and react to moments in time.

Moments produce momentum – how we respond to the momentum determines our end result.

 

2. It’s a proper response to Crisis

 

Ex. Joel 1 – 3

Fast

Pour out my spirit

Leave a Blessing etc.

 

3. Promise of Restoration

 

Joel 2:25-26

“So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling locust, The consuming locust, And the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you. ²⁶ You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, And praise the name of the Lord your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; And My people shall never be put to shame. My people shall never be put to shame.

 

 

The Chewing Locust 

 

The Swarming Locust

(Hebrew "Arbeh.") military locust or migrating locust. It is when you come under strategic attack.

 

The Crawling Locust (Cankerworm)

(Hebrew "Yeleg.") - a wingless locust larva.

It’s an undetectable worm. Like a tapeworm or pinworm that works deep in the belly. Cankerworm is an attack that’s designed to hatch.

 

A larva hatches from eggs and insects. It then transforms into a pupa or chrysalis form from which the adult emerges.

And what the locust left, the cankerworm was

The cankerworm feeds on buds before fruit can develop.

 

The Consuming Locust

(Hebrew "Chasil") - the adult ravager that brings total destruction.

All hell has broke loose – an attack on all sides. An invasion. Thousands swarm and strip everything that show signs of life.                  

                        

 

 

4. Opens you up to hear God’s voice.  

Acts 13:2

As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said…

 

5. To abort the attacks of the devil. 

Mt. 17:20-21

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.”

 

6. Draw closer to the Lord.  

Joel 2:12-13

¹² “Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.” ¹³ So rend your heart, and not your garments

 

7. Overcome yokes and strongholds.  

Is 58:6

To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke?

 

8. Improve your health.  

Is. 58:8

Your health will spring forth speedily

 

9. Righteousness will increase.  

Is. 58:8

            And your righteousness shall go before you

 

10. Increase in Glory of God.  

Is 58:8

            The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard

 

11. Answered Prayers.  

Is 58:9

            Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am

 

12. Your light will rise in darkness.  

Is. 58:10

 

13. Your darkness will be as the noonday.  Is 58:10

 

14. Constant Guidance.  Is 58:11

 

15. Satisfied Soul.

 

16. Fat Bones.  (Support Systems)

 

 

17. You affect your generations

 

Is 58:12

Those from among you Shall build the old waste places; You shall raise up the foundations of many generations; And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In.

  

 

 

YOUR MOUTH AND YOUR DESTINY

Ezekiel 37:1-14

 The hand of the Lord came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. ² Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry. ³ And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” So I answered, “O Lord God, You know.” ⁴ Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! ⁵ Thus says the Lord God to these bones: “Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. ⁶ I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ” ⁷ So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone. ⁸ Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them. ⁹ Also He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” ’ ” ¹⁰ So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army. ¹¹ Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!’ ¹² Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. ¹³ Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves. ¹⁴ I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and performed it,” says the Lord.’ ”

 

I.               GOD GOVERNS THROUGH SPEECH

 

Gen 1:1-7

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ² The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. ³ Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light….⁶ Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”…and it was so.

 

John 5:28

Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice ²⁹ and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

 

2 Thess. 2:8

And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.

 

Rev 19:15

¹⁵ Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron

 

 

II.             YOU ARE A SPEAKING SPIRIT

Gen 1:26

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

 

Psalm 8:2-5

Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That You may silence the enemy and the avenger. ³ When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, ⁴      What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? ⁵ For You have made him a little lower than the angels (Elohim), And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

 

The power of speech is a distinguishing factor between man and the animal kingdom. 

 

III.           WE ARE REQUIRED TO RELEASE WORDS

 

1.     To God

Matthew 7:7

⁷ “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

 

James 4:2

^“…Yet you do not have because you do not ask.”

 

Isaiah 45:11

Thus says the Lord, The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: “Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons; And concerning the work of My hands, you command (instruct) Me. 

 

2.     For God (On behalf of God)

Matthew 6:9-10

Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. ¹⁰ Your kingdom come.

Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. 

 

Psalm 2:4-7

He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The Lord shall hold them in derision. ⁵ Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, And distress them in His deep displeasure: ⁶ “Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion.” ⁷ “I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.

 

Matthew 8:8

The centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed.

 

3.     Against Enemies

Luke 4:8

And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. ⁷ Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.” ⁸ And Jesus answered and said to him, “Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ 

 

Matt 16:23

But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”

 

Matthew 8:16

When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick.

 

Acts 16:16

But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And he came out that very hour.

 

4.     For Ourselves

Job 22:8

You will also declare a thing, and it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways

 

Mark 11:12-14;20-24

Now the next day, when they had come out from Bethany, He was hungry. ¹³ And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. ¹⁴ In response Jesus said to it, “Let no one eat fruit from you ever again.” And His disciples heard it…²⁰ Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. ²¹ And Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.” ²² So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. ²³ For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. ²⁴ Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them,and you will have them.

 

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. 

 

IV.          HEBREW DECADE PEH

 

5780 – 5781. (80 is Peh).  (1 is Aleph  Peh – Mouth. Aleph – Unity, One, God (The Lord our God is One)

 

V.            STEPS TO PROPHESYING YOUR FUTURE

 

1.     View your future through the Spirit

Ezekiel 37:1-3

The hand of the Lord came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. ³ And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”

 

2.     Face your current circumstances

Ezekiel 37:2

Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry.

 

3.     Be honest with where you are so God can help you

Ezekiel 37:3

And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” So I answered, “O Lord God, You know.”

 

4.     Declare the Word of the Lord over your circumstances

Ezekiel 37

Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! ⁵ Thus says the Lord God to these bones: “Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. ⁶ I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

 

5.     Don’t run when your words cause a shaking

Ezekiel 37:7 

 So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone.

 

6.     Prophecy with the breath

Ezekiel 37:8

Also He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” ’ ” ¹⁰ So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.

 

7.     Use your elevated position to give others hope

Ezekiel 37:11-14

 Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!’ ¹² Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. ¹³ Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves. ¹⁴ I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and performed it,” says the Lord.’ ”