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Title: The fruit of prayer with fasting.
“Is not this the fast that I have chosen?
to loose the bands of wickedness,
to undo the heavy burdens,
and to let the oppressed go free,
and that ye break every yoke?
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning,
and thine health shall spring forth speedily:
and thy righteousness shall go before thee;
the glory of the Lord shall be thy rearward.” Isaiah 58:6, 8 KJV.
It is critical for the child of God to understand that sometimes you need to seek the Lord God in prayer with fasting,
which is abstaining from food and drink for the purpose of seeking God
and breaking through spiritual barriers.
Fasting makes your spirit to ascend into the mountain of God, into His presence just as Moses fasted for forty days and forty nights before he ascended
into the mountain of God and into His presence to obtain the ten commandments (Exodus 34:28).
Fasting makes our spirit to ascend into the presence of God allowing you to hear from Him more clearly
when it is critical to receive specific instructions from Him (Ezra 8:21).
Fasting is also critical for breaking down the power of the enemy satan in the name of Jesus Christ,
to loose people from demonic forces of wickedness,
to undo heavy burdens, to let oppressed go free and break every joke of the enemy.
Remember Jesus Christ fasted for 40 days and 40 nights before being tempted by satan. (Matthew 4:1-2).
When His disciples failed to cast a demon spirit,
He told them such demons go not away except by prayer and fasting (Matthew 17:21).
In Daniel 10:12-13 we read of how an answer to prayer was intercepted by a demon called the prince of Persia
and Daniel fasted for 21 days and finally obtained his breakthrough.
In Acts 13:2 we read how the disciples at Antioch prayed with fasting seeking the will and guidance of the Holy Spirit before sending Barnabas and Saul on a missionary journey.
The apostle Paul says he fasted often (2 Corinthians 11:27).
Esther and the Jews fasted for three days and three nights before the deliverance
of the Jews in Shushan (Esther 4:16).
Point of reflection:
The Almighty God honours your prayer with fasting.
He says when you pray with fasting for yourself and others
your light will break forth as the morning,
your health, spiritual and physical will spring forth steadily,
your righteousness will go before you
and the glory of God will be your rear guard- will cover your back.
In other words God will put His glory upon you.
Glory be to God forevermore.
If you desire this-
Call for action:
Pick a day of the week (like today) when you will omit breakfast,
lunch and afternoon tea to call upon God for the deliverance and salvation of souls in your own nation.
Give us feedback of your experience. Fasting is a spiritual exercise and therefore needs to be done in faith.
Remember your body gets used to fasting- the more often you do it
the less onerous it becomes and the more fulfilling it will get.
If you have medical conditions requiring medications- you may need medical counsel.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father as we come together in corporate prayer for Planet Earth,
we bring every nation before you and we cry for salvation of souls,
we command the enemy satan, in the name of Jesus Christ
to let the people of God go free to serve the living God.
We bring before you those regions of the world with wars and conflict-
we ask for peace and break the demons of blood-shed.
We pray for regions with disasters, hunger, disease and other humanitarian crises-
we ask for bowls of mercy to move your people to intervene.
We break every demonic force in the name of Jesus Christ.
We ask you Father to move by your Spirit across Planet Earth.
As your word is preached- confirm your word with signs following
and undeniable miracles in the name of Jesus Christ.
We bring before you national leaders and ask for your wisdom as they make decisions
so that your people may lead quiet and peacable lives in all godliness and honesty.
We ask in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Additional Resources:
Https://Planetministries.org.uk/message/turningsituationaround/youneedtobefilledwiththeHolySpirit
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/needs/righteousness.
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/needs/understandingsonship
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/promises/characterstatureandachievement
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/needs/understandingredemption
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/turningyoursituationaround
Year in Focus:
2025 The Year of the Overcomer.
His word says in 1 John 2:12-14:I write to you, little children,
Because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.
13 I write to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one.
I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father.
14 I have written to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you,
And you have overcome the wicked one.
To overcome the wicked one you need the word of God to dwell in you richly, you need to know Him who
was from the beginning (to know God) and you need strong conviction regarding His promises to you. These are the three critical attributes of an overcomer.
He also says: Look among the nations and watch—Be utterly astounded!
For I will work a work in your days, which you would not believe, though it were told you. (Habakkuk 1:5)
Almighty God wants to work a work in our day, in your day, in the work of the Ministry and in your own life,
which you will not believe even if it is told you. For you to be a part of what He is doing, you need to acquire and grow in the three critical attributes of an overcomer.
He says further:
Then the Lord answered me and said:
“Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. (Habakkuk 2:2-3).
He says write the vision and make it plain upon tables that he may run who reads it.
As you enter another phase in your walk with God and as we enter a new phase in our calling as Planet Ministries, remember the vision is for an appointed time.
That time is nigh. Wait for it, it will not be late by one second. Remember Genesis 18:10-14; Genesis 21: 1-2 and Exodus 12:40-41.
a) What you need to know:
We are moving into a period of accomplishing the vision which Almighty God has set before us.
There is in the calendar of God something called the fullness of time.
The vision is for an appointed time and that time is nigh.
You need the knowledge of the Father and His essential attributes, a knowledge of the word of God- you need the word of God to dwell in you richly
(see also Colossians 3:16) and you also need strength of conviction.
As these three attributes increase in you, they will make you to become an overcomer of the wicked one.
b) What you need to understand (or have a revelation of):
1. There is in the calendar of God something called the fullness of time.
2. As we enter the fullness of time you need to continue waiting upon God.
3. You need a revelation of the essential attributes of God.
That He is good to you all the time. He is holy, that means He gets it right all the time ( Leviticus 11:44-45; His mercies are new every morning (Lamentations 3:23);
His loving kindness is better than life (Psalms 63:3), He is faithful (1 Thessalonians 5:24; Genesis 28:15; 1 Kings 8:56; Numbers 23:19-20; Isaiah 46:9-11), He is righteous and He is just (Psalms 89:14). He promises to go before you. He says He will not fail you. (Joshua 1:5; Deuteronomy 31:6, 8;
1 Chronicles 28:20; Psalms 89:33-35).
c) What you need to do: Activities of 2025:
Run with the vision. Remember we are:
1. Witnessing the love of Jesus Christ and making disciples across the nations. (Matthew 28:18-20). Use every avenue available to you to send the message of the gospel.
2.We are praying and interceding to the God of the harvest to send labourers into the harvest. (Matthew 9:37-38; 1Timothy 2:1-5). Take time to pray.
3. We are faithful stewards of time, the mysteries of God and of substance. (Luke 12:42-44; Luke 16:10-12; 1 Corinthians 4:1-2; 1 Peter 4:10). Prayerfully examine your stewardship of time, mysteries
of God and substance.
4. We are light to the world- dispensing darkness- let your light so shine that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5:14-16).
5. We are salt, condiment to the earth to give flavour and fight the unsavoury works of the enemy satan ( Matthew 5:13).
6. We release the fragrance of the knowledge of Jesus Christ - God wants to diffuse through you the fragrance, perfume of the knowledge of Jesus Christ as you allow the fruit of the Holy Spirit to
manifest in your life. ( 2 Corinthians 14-15).
d) In all this remember to have your own personal agenda with God as you stand on His promises.
He says in John 16:24: Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
He says in John 15:7: If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
He says in John 14:13-14:
And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.
He also says in John 15:16: You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the
Father in My name He may give you.
Remember, we have been given exceedingly great and precious promises that by these we may be partakers of divine nature. ( 2 Peter 1:4, John 16:24).
In this year of the overcomer, as you run with the vision, remember to have a personal prayer agenda with God.
Keep a prayer diary and tick things off, as He answers your prayers.
We love you as we invite you to be counted among the overcomers of the wicked one in 2025 and beyond.
As you run with the vision, we are praying for you and wish you a 2025 filled with the victory that comes from God.
In the service of Jesus Christ.
Apostle Dr Max and Joyce Matonhodze.
Planetministries.org.uk