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Prayer Request How To Please God When You Fast
WOW!! I JUST GOT A HUGE REVELATION ON FASTING!
Did you know there are Fasts that are pleasing to God and Fasts that are dis-pleasing to God?
- Purifying and Giving Fasts are pleasing to God!
- Selfish and Gloomy Fasts are dis-pleasing to God!
Together we are doing a Purifying and Giving Fast that pleases God, according to His word in Isaiah 58:5-8
In order to please God during your 21 Day Fast according to Isaiah 58:8-8 we must not be visibly miserable, gloomy, grouchy, complaining or acting like ‘poor me, feel sorry for me I am fasting’! Jesus even blasted the Pharisees for acting that way when they fasted! Instead we are to be doing our best to love others and be giving even more than usual during this time. One very powerful part of this Fast is choose some charitable work you can do for the poor and needy, give in love and give BIG, go and pray for people randomly at the park or even take time to help that neighbor.
Your acts of Love and Giving are actually one of the most important part of your Fasting time to please God and have Him hear your prayers and move powerfully on your behalf for your own needs and breakthroughs. This can actually expedite your deliverance from strongholds!
The word says in Isaiah 58:5-8 “Is such the fast that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord? “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh? Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.”
Wow! God is speaking through His prophet Isaiah exactly how HE will bless a person who is fasting! This comes with being kind, loving, charitable, cheerful and giving during your fast – and not to walk around all gloomy and obvious that you are “fasting”. Really it’s about you allowing GOD to work through you even more to show who HE is when you Fast – less of “you” and more of HIM.
This means Jesus was teaching the same thing in Matthew 6:16 (NLT) “And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I tell you the truth, that is the only reward they will ever get. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,…”
I realize your body might be struggling a bit through this (the flesh) you might even feel yucky the first week and not have the energy to do much, however this is really when you call upon the Holy Spirit to come and take over where you are lacking – and be the hands and feet of Christ like you never have before. The cleansing that happens in you is your pride and fleshly ways being removed – and so much so that people will not even realize you are fasting – instead they will see more of Jesus filling you up and pouring forth from you – and God will reward you BIG for that! The word of God says we are to be transformed more into the image of Christ and we will go to another level of Glory in our lives and spiritual maturity. This pleases the Father greatly when we do this because when He looks upon us He sees more of His Son in us! This is when we see incredible miracles in our lives and in our homes, families and even those we pray for!
- 2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
- Philippians 3:21 Who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
- Philippians 2:13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
Is it time for you to Fast and grow into that next level of Glory? This is a beautiful graduation program for YOU straight from the heart of Your FATHER God!
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Much Love,
Coach Annamarie
