In the last decade much emphasis has been placed within the church about the importance of becoming a person of excellence and rightly so. However many misconstrued excellence to be the kind of car that one drives and the house that one resides in.
The conundrum of effective ministry is solved when you add fasting to your arsenal. When it comes to supernatural success we have the mental belief but we do not have the physical manifestations and that is because we lack spiritual power.
Fasting is the quantum leap that you need to break delays; it will be the abrupt interruption from stagnation to a life of fulfillment. Do you feel grounded and stagnated in your life and finances?
Is fasting relevant today? As with other subjects, this is a question that you must answer for yourself in order for you to fully thrust yourself forward in this endeavor. The apostle Paul made these remarks and it will behoove us to pay attention:
That is an excellent question. I can tell you that if you have never fasted before and you are just learning about it, do not jump up and say, 'Bless God, I’m going on a forty day fast.' You won't last one day!
Today there are many ministers who purport that those who fast and the churches that declare days of fasting are being legalistic. Is that the case? Is fasting legalistic?
Many times I have been asked, 'Glenn when should I fast?' That is a great question. While we can fast just because we want to have a deeper walk with God or that we want a higher dimension in a church service, the Scriptures unveil to us certain times when God's people fasted.
The opening chapter of the book of Luke gives us a great lesson that has been overlooked, and yet it is very pertinent to the lives of millions of believers today—the story of Zacharias and Elizabeth.
At Christmas (and at other times!), we need to think about what the birth of Jesus means to us as believers. First of all, Christmas is not a season but a person:
It is important that as you embark on a fast that you prepare and position yourself correctly to maximize the results of the fast.