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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television audience welcome I believe

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

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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

love I mean we were just two people in

love and had only been probably a month

and then you know I found out I was

pregnant and we were just like oh my

gosh like what are we gonna do from here

like we’re babies how are we gonna have

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that simple checkup turned into hey you

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trade to celebrate so he was 26 weeks

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he he was the size of my hand it was

those weeks where they told us that he

wasn’t gonna make it and he wasn’t going

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prepare for the worst

we started praying we started claiming

the name of Jesus over him and we

roughly about a week later he was off

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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

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hit closer with God and that they see

that miracles do happen and God is still

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