Fasting

Hello My Fellow Laborers! I'm posting this because as you know I would like us all to go on a fast tomorrow, Wednesday, March 25th. I want us to fast and pray for one another and ourselves. In case you don't know that much about fasting(and even if you do) I'm posting this for you to read. It's one of the many things that God revealed to me during my 3 day fast. Hope you enjoy!

Isaiah 58: 3 - 14

3 ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say,‘and you have not seen it?Why have we humbled ourselves,and you have not noticed?’“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers.
4 Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,and in striking each other with wicked fists.You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high.
5 Is this the kind of fast I have chosen,only a day for a man to humble himself?Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed and for lying on sackcloth and ashes?Is that what you call a fast,a day acceptable to the LORD?
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 him,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 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.“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.
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 on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.”The mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Fasting isn't for recognition, it's not to be done with grief. It's not done to punish you, but to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke. It's a time to give food to the hungry, shelter to the homeless, clothes to the naked. It's a time to GIVE. When you operate in this manner a good name will go before you(verse 8) and God will protect you past, your testimony will be covered with God's goodness(verse 8). verse 3 says in the day of your fast you should find pleasure.

Reasons For Fasting

1. Periods of distress(2 Sam. 3:35; Psalm 35:13)
2. National Crisis(2 Chr. 20: 3; Ezra 8:21; Esth. 4:16)
3. Individual Needs(Matt. 17:21)
4. When Facing Spiritual Decisions(Matt. 4:2; Act 13:2)
5. Anticipation For Christ's return (Luke 5:35)

Outcomes For Fasting

1. Relief of heavy burdens (Is. 58)
2. Wisdom (Dan. 10)
3. Revival (Is. 58: 6)
4. God's Protection (1 Kings 21: 27-29)
5. Recovery of the Sick (Ps. 35:13)
6. Inauguration of a Great Ministry (Matt. 4:2)

Honor God on His day by doing His will, not yours, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause you to ride in the high places of the earth, and eat with the chosen people.

PLEASE JOIN ME AND YOUR FELLOW LABORERS IN FASTING AND PRAYER!

THANK YOU, LOVE YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU!