Believe For More: Fasting 

Believe For More: Fasting 
Pastor Blake Hanson | 1.8.23 

Fasting: Abstaining from food for spiritual purposes

Fasting us to see and BELIEVE FOR MORE from God. 

Luke 4:2 (NLT) 

2 where he was tempted by the devil for forty days. Jesus ate nothing all that time and became very hungry.

Daniel 10:3 (NLT)

3 All that time I had eaten no rich food. No meat or wine crossed my lips, and I used no fragrant lotions until those three weeks had passed.

Jonah 3:10 (NLT)

10 When God saw what they had done and how they had put a stop to their evil ways, he changed his mind and did not carry out the destruction he had threatened.

Why Fast 

1. Fast to engage in a level of with God. 

Luke 2:37–38 (NLT) 

37 Then she lived as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the Temple but stayed there day and night, worshiping God with fasting and prayer. 

38 She came along just as Simeon was talking with Mary and Joseph, and she began praising God. She talked about the child to everyone who had been waiting expectantly for God to rescue Jerusalem.

Acts 13:2 (NLT)

2 One day as these men were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Appoint Barnabas and Saul for the special work to which I have called them.”

2. Fast to see what us. 

Psalm 69:10 (ESV)

10 When I wept and humbled my soul with fasting, it became my reproach.

Colossians 3:10 (NLT)

10 Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.

3. Fast to see who or what you. 

Matthew 4:4 (NLT) 

4 But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

John 4:31–32 (NLT)

31 Meanwhile, the disciples were urging Jesus, “Rabbi, eat something.” 

32 But Jesus replied, “I have a kind of food you know nothing about.”

4. Fast for in life.

1 Corinthians 6:12 (NLT)

12 You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. And even though “I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything.

How To Fast

1. Pray about what you’ll .

Ezra 8:23 (NLT)

 23 So we fasted and earnestly prayed that our God would take care of us, and he heard our prayer.

2. Start and go from there. 

Ecclesiastes 11:4 (NLT)

4 Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.

3. Make it between and God.

Matthew 6:16 (NLT)

16 “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.

4. Expect God to . 

Isaiah 58:9 (NLT)

9 Then when you call, the Lord will answer…

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