12.30.18 || Power of Fasting

1. What Is Fasting 2 Samuel 12:16-17 – “…David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground. … nor did he eat food with them.” 2. How To Fast  Regular Fast Judges 20:26 – “Then all the people of Israel, the whole army, went up and came to Bethel and wept. They sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening; and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.”  Full Fast Acts 9:9 – ‘And for three days he [Paul] was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.”  Daniel Fast Daniel 10:3 – “I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, for the full three weeks.” 3. Why Practice Fasting  To Grow In Humility Psalm 35:13 – “…I humbled myself with fasting, and my prayer was genuine.” Matthew 6:16 - “When you fast, stop looking sad like hypocrites. They put on sad faces to make it obvious that they’re fasting. I can guarantee this truth: That will be their only reward.”  For The Good Of Others Esther 4:16 - “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do.”  To Increase The Power Of Prayer Acts 13:2 – ‘While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.”  For Spiritual Victory Mark 9:29 – “So He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting.”  To Follow Jesus Matthew 6:16 - “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting...”