This is “What Happens in the Unseen World When We Fast and Pray.” The Bible speaks of a spiritual realm that takes prayer AND fasting to conquer. Daniel knew it. Paul knew it. Jesus knew it. You MUST know it too. You have things in your life that WILL not come off with just a colossal prayer. YOU must fight through Fasting in addition to your prayers. In this message, learn how your physical action through fasting moves God’s hand in your favor.
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connection God says when you begin to
fast and pray there’s something about
you doing a physical act of obedience
that brings spiritual release a favour
and blessing look out miracles will come
favor will come blessing will come God
will raise you up it’s less of you and
more of him and you know when you get
there to God be the glory to God be the
glory I want to welcome our stream in
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God is going to do something in 2018
that’s gonna revolutionize your life so
I want to talk to you today on this
subject what happens in the unseen world
when you fast and when you pray what
happens in the unseen world when you
fast and when you pray I want to first
tell you a quick story from the book of
Exodus the 17th chapter because it has a
profound lesson to teach us today about
fasting indirectly it’s the story of
Moses and the Amalekites Moses and the
children of Israel fighting the
Amalekites and God told him to go up on
the mountain and lift his hands toward
heaven he said in Exodus 17 and verse ii
verse 11 lift your hands Moses God
commanded him to and as long as he had
his hands in a physical posture raised
toward heaven and obedience to what God
told him to do with a physical command
and place a posture the way what he did
with his body as long as as he had
physical obedience
he was winning the battle in the unseen
world because of his physical obedience
this story ‘m is important because it
reinforces the fact that physical
obedience listen bring spiritual release
you can say well if god’s gonna win the
battle he’ll just win the battle but in
this story god said what you do with
your physical body moses determines
whether or not this particular battle is
going to be won
because physical obedience brings
spiritual release that’s why this story
is so important that somehow there is a
connection between what we do physically
and what happens spiritually what we do
here with our physical bodies makes a
difference of what happens in the unseen
world angels were released into that
battle when he raised his hands
physically if his hand started coming
down because God told him to do it and
if his hand started coming down then the
Angels with withdrawal and the enemy
would begin to defeat Hebrews chapter
one says that angels are sent out to
render services on behalf of those who
inherit salvation
it says the angels of God are spirits
that are sent as as flames of fire it
says that in that same chapter later in
that same chapter there he’ll make his
ministers flames of fire his he mentions
that there is breath there is wind this
wind and fire that’s what angels are
like and he said I’ll release those
angels and they will be dispatched into
the situation so get it now here’s the
point hands are raised and as long as
Moses obeys what God tells him to do
with a physical act the battle is won
because of what he’s doing physically
with his
badi if his hands go down then he begins
to lose the battle you see the Bible
said lift up your hands without wrath or
doubting the word wrath means don’t get
mad about the instruction God’s giving
you to do something physically do it
without wrath and then do it without
doubting doubting means don’t question
well what good does it do
don’t question when God tells you to do
something physically if he said lift
your hands
don’t stand there arguing with God
saying I don’t have to do that no the
truth is physical obedience brings
spiritual release every time in the
modern church we have reduced everything
down to feelings and intellect and not
to any physical actions I feel like I’m
humble so I never have to get on my
knees and bow before the Lord I feel
like I love the Lord and I worship Him
on the inside and I don’t have to clap
my hands I don’t have to raise my hands
I don’t have to stand to my feet and
worship God physically with my body God
knows my heart I feel faith so I don’t
have to risk anything I have faith in my
heart everything gets reduced down in
the modern day Church to internal stuff
and there is no outward manifestation
but if you tell your wife or your
husband I love you on the inside but you
never show it on the outside they’re
gonna question you and God says
sometimes I demand of my people a
physical act of obedience before I
release spiritual reward and fasting is
one of those acts of obedience there are
times when God requires of all of us a
physical action a physical action why
because there’s a connection between the
physical action here
the spiritual power that is released
there Moses with his hands up as long as
his hands are up Israel wins physical
obedience releases spiritual power favor
help protection healing miracles
blessing I want you to understand that
it’s foolish to worship angels no doubt
about it we don’t we don’t go around in
you know amazed and looking for weird
angels it’s foolish to worship angels
the Bible is clear on that but it’s
equally foolish to ignore them they’re
in this book therefore they are real and
when you begin to fast and pray you
release God’s supernatural power and
forces of heaven I’m going to show you
this right out of the Bible in just a
moment I want you I want you to think
with me for just a moment some people
always worried you know I hear this
little say in higher levels higher
Devils and that’s a good saying and I
get it you know that the higher you go
up in God the more the devil fights you
but it’s almost that’s that statement
almost glorifies the devil to me higher
levels higher it’s almost says I don’t
want to I don’t want to I don’t want to
go too high cause then the devil and
know who I am
and really attack me let me help you
with that he already knows who you are
and who is protected more on a
battlefield a private a new enlisted
soldier or a five-star general who has
more soldiers around him protecting him
the private or the general the truth is
listen to this higher level higher
angelic protection higher angelic
participation in the assignment God has
given you the greater God trusts you
with greater assignments the greater
he’s like Eli sure when he when his
servant went out and said oh my god the
Assyrians are surrounding us what
we gonna do profit he said just relax
Lord opened his eyes and he looked out
and when he looked again he saw chariots
of horses and fire surrounding them
because the higher the call on your life
and assignment the higher the divine
protection of God around you and your
family don’t be afraid to dream big to
ask big to believe good big I’m not
gonna back down cuz I’m scared the devil
will fight me more if we keep doing more
we’ve just begun and we’re going to
higher levels and we’re gonna have more
angelic protection clap your hands and
praise God if you believe Daniel chapter
10 I’ll begin reading with verse 2 in
those days I Daniel was mourning three
full weeks I ain’t no Pleasant bread no
meat no wine came in my mouth nor did I
anoint myself at all till three whole
weeks were fulfilled verse 10 suddenly
while I was fasting while I was eating
vegetables while I was seeking God while
I was praying I made a vow I told God
and if you read Daniel chapter 1 he goes
into detail of what he ate he said I ate
vegetables and water and I abstained
from pleasant food he said while I was
in this three-week time an angel came
verse 10 suddenly a hand touched me that
made me tremble on my knees and on the
palm of my hands and he said everybody
say these next words o
daniel man greatly beloved understand
the words I speak to you this is an
angel talking to him and notice he said
I come and this is how God feels about
you old Daniel man greatly below
understand the words I speak to you
stand upright for I have been sent to
you while he was speaking the word to me
I started to tremble verse three he said
I ate no Pleasant bread listen carefully
the word pleasant there is desirable I
ate no Pleasant or desirable bread in
other words my translation of that is I
became a vegetarian he said I ate no
desirable no Pleasant food now watch
this oh what’s interesting is when when
Daniel 11 said our Daniel 10 and verse
11 says old Daniel man greatly beloved
the word greatly beloved is the same
word described desirable Oh Daniel
greatly desired I ate no desirable bread
God’s response was Oh Daniel you are
greatly desired by me I ate no desirable
food I became a man greatly desired by
God during this 21 days there’s a
difference folks between God’s love and
God’s favor God’s love is 100% full-on
seven days a week 24 hours a day there’s
nothing you can do that can make him
love you more there’s nothing you can do
that can make him love you less you
don’t earn it you can never deserve it
his love is full his love is free and
God loves you there is a difference
between God’s love and God’s favor favor
is different because it is initially
given to us as a gift and it’s increase
in our life is dependent upon our
stewardship of what we do to gain God’s
favor the love of God is it is
absolutely full and free it’s perfect
love and it’s full and it’s yours
but the favor of God does not come in
its fullness on your life until you do
certain things that gets God’s attention
you can’t buy God’s favor but you do not
get more of God’s favor without
sacrifice the increase of favor comes
from obedience and sacrifice Daniel’s
story is a story of favor it’s a picture
of unusual increase of favor that’s my
story I shouldn’t be the pastor of this
church I’m certainly not qualified if
you look at my walls you see no degrees
I am a folde man but when I was just a
kid even though I was born into a great
home my mother and father were godly
people are godly people my mom’s still
alive but at an early age something got
ahold of my heart and I realized that I
can’t live off daddy’s relationship with
God and I can’t live off mom’s
relationship with God I have got to find
God’s plan for my life and I began as a
teenager pushing away desirable food
pushing away that which was desirable
first today and then three day fast and
then seven day fast and then 21-day fast
I would drive down to the beach in North
Carolina and get me a hotel as a young
man and shut myself in and stayed for
three and four days at a time and just
be in that room and read the Bible not
watch TV and consume the Word of God and
while I while I did that somewhere I
don’t know
went on a 21-day fast and an another one
and God began to move in life and some
were in that process
God said spiritually over me you have
become greatly desirable to me because
you gave up that which is desirable
that’s why I’m here today that’s why I’m
preaching to you today I’m just a
country boy from North Carolina I’m not
qualified to be and go all over the
world and do what I do and speak to
people that I speak to people who who
are who are so powerful but God says
when you win my favor when you do things
there’s something about you doing a
physical act of obedience that brings
spiritual release a favour and blessing
look out miracles will come favor will
come blessing will come God will raise
you up it’s less of you and more of him
and you know when you get there to God
be the glory to God be the glory
clap your hands and praising if you know
I’m preaching the truth today oh I feel
like praising him just a moment the
presence of God is coming in this room
lift up your voice and praise him at
every campus
Oh God
when you love to hear God’s say that
over you
instead of saying old Daniel Oh Jacob Oh
Charisse Oh Brock Oh Tim Oh Jen s’en you
have become extremely desirable to me
even greater than that Oh Courtney Oh
charissa
Oh Caroline Oh Connor Oh Drake Oh Amelia
Oh Luke I got two more in the ovens
whatever their names it will be you have
become greatly desirable to me because
you had a granddaddy and a grandmother
who would fast for 21 days and I have
this family has found favor I’m greatly
desirable of this family hallelujah he
said Daniel man greatly beloved
understands the words that I speak to
you stand upright for I’ve been sent to
you do not fear Daniel listen from the
first day you set your heart to
understand and humble yourself before
God your words were heard I have come
because of your words listen now the
Angels talking but the prince of the
kingdom of Persia withstood me
twenty-one days there was a principality
over Persia witches Iran and this strong
demon power withstood me the angel said
for twenty-one days but because you kept
fasting and praying Michael one of the
chief Prince’s Michael came to help me
there are three major angels Gabriel
Michael and Lucifer Lucifer failed
Gabriel brings messages but Michael is
the warring angel and he was sent as
reinforcements to break through the
enemy’s resistance
now let me explain something to you
there is no battle between God and Satan
God God’s not warring with the devil God
said if I by the finger of God cast
Satan out all God’s got to do is flip
his finger he gave the devil the finger
and cast him out of heaven there’s not
like this big bow there is no war
between God and Satan but listen
everything was created for purpose there
is a war between the angelic forces and
demonic forces and you and I get to vote
who wins that’s what this story teaches
that there are angels and demons that
are battling and angels have the answer
to prayer and they’re battling and you
and now what we do physically can
release spiritual power to those angels
we vote in the battle of the heavenlies
now let me close with this thunk in that
story in mark chapter 17 when the
disciples said why could we not cast
this devil out Jesus gave two reasons he
said you have unbelief and you are a
perverse generation in other words he
was saying to his own disciples because
that’s who asked him number one if you
have unbelief
you have you have disconnected from God
you have disconnected from the word you
have disconnected from praise and
worship you have disconnected from
church you have disconnected from my
presence you have disconnected from
hunger in for me and when you disconnect
from God unbelief begins to take over
your not faith filled unbelief begins to
take over your life fear anxiety
hopelessness despair and he said first
of all your unbelief you’re disconnected
from God now watch this and you’re
perverse it comes from the word pervert
in other words he’s saying you you’re
not connected to God and on top of that
you’re too connected to the world but
let me tell you how you fix that
this kind comes by fasting and prayer
what is prayer prayer is connecting to
God connecting back to God
fasting is disconnecting from the world
disconnecting from the lust of the flesh
the lust of the eyes the pride of life I
don’t care who you are
constantly I am your pastor I am your
preacher I do this full-time and I
constantly have to go back and align
myself and say God help me because I’m
disconnecting from you and I’m
connecting to the world and that’s why I
love this season when we get real when
we get honest when we get to this place
where we feel like we’re disconnected
from God we’re too connected to the
world him comes fasting and it
disconnects us from the world and in
comes prayer it reconnects us to God and
suddenly we have Dominion and power over
the enemy and a fresh anointing and we
obtain the favor of God again on our
lives somebody give him a great shout of
praise don’t you want that in 2018
say this if I give up desirable food
I’ll become very desirable to God the
next 21 days that’s not a boastful
statement that’s not an arrogant
statement but the fact that God can say
over me and all he did was gave up meat
and bread and sugar and ate vegetables
and God said Oh Daniel you are greatly
desirable to me because you’re doing
something physical that brings spiritual
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hi I’m Britt C and I’m afraid of we got
married about a year ago we were just in
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we started praying we started claiming
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a nurse came to us and she said you
don’t know this but many nurses go into
that room because they feel God’s
presence they they don’t even take care
of april’s some days and they just walk
in there because they want to feel God
through through all this commotion and
stuff people were giving their life to
Christ
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lashes fast really helped us get through
you know the hardest year of our life so
with this year’s fast we’re fasting for
complete heating we’re just fasting for
no more sickness no more disease another
purpose behind this fasting that’s
coming up is so even more people could
be impacted by Abel story and that they
hit closer with God and that they see
that miracles do happen and God is still
good no matter what we’re going through
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