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 Hallelujah!

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 And thank you for tuning into this message by David Entry at Carish Church.

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 As we journey in this season of great awakening,

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! May God pour fresh life into you through His Word

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! and align you more deeply with His purpose.

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 Matthew chapter 6.

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 I want to read from verse 16 to 18.

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 Jesus said,

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 Moreover, when ye fast,

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 be not as the hypocrites of a sad countenance,

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 for they disfigure their faces,

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 that they may appear unto men to fast.

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 Verily I say unto you,

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 they have their reward.

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 But thou, when thou fastest,

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 anoint thy head,

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 and wash thy face,

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 that thou appeareth not unto men to fast,

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 but unto thy Father which is in secret,

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 and thy Father which sees in secret,

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 shall reward thee openly.

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 Here ends the reading of God's Word.

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 Please let's pray.

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 Father, thank you for bringing us together

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 to share fellowship and to hear your Word

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 and to experience your power and your goodness.

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 We pray,

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 as your Word is taught,

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 give us understanding.

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 I submit myself under your power.

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 Holy Spirit,

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 use me as your vessel

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 to teach your Word

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 in accordance with sound doctrine,

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 healthy ways,

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 and in line with what you want us to hear this morning.

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 I pray that as I teach on fasting,

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 give us deeper understanding

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 and clearer insight into fasting,

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 and let the strength it takes

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 to engage in the spiritual practice of fasting

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 be granted through the teaching of your Word.

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 We give you praise.

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 Holy Spirit,

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 let my speaking be your speaking,

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 and let your name be glorified.

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 We thank you in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Why fast?

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 Why fast?

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 Why do I put myself through all that regal,

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 that physical discomfort?

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 Why should I do that?

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 Is it necessary?

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 Is fasting necessary at all?

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 When you look at the text we just read,

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 Jesus said,

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 Matthew 6, verse 16,

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 He says that,

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 moreover,

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 when you fast,

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 or when thou fastest.

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 When thou fastest.

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 Now,

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 when you look at the verse 3,

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 Jesus said,

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 when thou doest alms.

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 Let's look at the New King James Version.

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 When you do charitable deeds.

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 Okay.

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 So,

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 Jesus said,

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 when,

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 verse 5,

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 verse 5,

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 when you pray.

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 So,

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 verse 3 says,

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 when you do charitable deeds,

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 or when you give.

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 Verse 5 says,

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 when you pray.

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 Verse 16 says,

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 when you fast.

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 Okay.

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 So,

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 it's not if you pray.

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 It's not if you do your charitable deeds.

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 It's not if you fast.

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 It is expected of you,

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 of us to pray.

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 It's expected of us to give.

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 It's expected of us to fast.

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 True spirituality,

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 so long as Christianity is concerned,

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 includes fasting.

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 It includes giving.

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 It includes praying.

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 You cannot be spiritual without praying.

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 Prayer is just the norm of the believer.

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 And Jesus,

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 he says,

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 when you.

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 So,

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 not if you went.

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 That means,

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 as you're expected to pray.

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 And the same thing he said about fasting,

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 in the verse 16.

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 Fasting,

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 in Christianity,

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 involves voluntary abstaining,

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 voluntarily abstaining from food,

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 and sometimes drink,

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 for a set period to focus on prayer,

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 repentance,

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 and seeking God.

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 So,

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 it's not just not eating,

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 but it's voluntary,

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 abstaining from food,

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 and drink,

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 for a period,

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 not throughout your life,

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 only for a period,

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 to focus on prayer,

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 to focus on repentance,

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 to focus on seeking God.

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 So,

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 three things we'll be focusing on as we pray.

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 What are we going to be focusing on?

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 Prayer.

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 What are we going to be focusing on?

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 Repentance.

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 And what are we going to be focusing on?

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 Seeking God.

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 Prayer,

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 repentance,

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 seeking God.

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 Shall we all say that together?

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 Prayer.

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 Shall we say it one more?

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 Time.

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 Prayer,

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 repentance.

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 And so,

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 we are setting this time aside,

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 these 21 days,

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 setting these days aside,

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 for solely to pray,

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 solely to repent,

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 and solely to seek God.

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 Now,

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 we are doing that through fasting,

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 and fasting is putting aside,

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 or setting aside,

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 that period for abstaining from food,

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 and drink.

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 When you read the scriptures,

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 fasting appears throughout scriptures.

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 Jesus himself fasted for 40 days,

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 and the early church,

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 in Acts chapter 13,

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 also fasted.

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 In Acts chapter 14,

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 they fasted.

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 Actually,

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 Acts chapter 14,

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 verse 23.

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 In Acts chapter 14,

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 verse 26,

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 it says,

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 when they are appointed elders,

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 they prayed with fasting.

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 So,

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 fasting is not Old Testament.

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 It's not just Old Testament.

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 It's also in the New Testament.

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 Fasting is only under the Old Covenant.

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 It's also under the New Covenant.

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 Okay?

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 Jesus fasted.

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 the early church fasted.

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 It is presented as a voluntary spiritual discipline,

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 rather than a commanded ritual for all believers.

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 So,

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 fasting is not a commanded ritual,

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 but it's a voluntary exercise,

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 voluntary spiritual discipline,

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 and it's very important to understand that.

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 Also,

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 we have to understand that the goal of fasting

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 is not simply to go without food,

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 but to direct attention,

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 affection,

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 and dependence towards God.

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 Hello?

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 So,

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 the goal of fasting

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 is not just to abstain from food,

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 but we are directing attention,

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 affection,

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 and dependence towards God.

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 Fasting is most valuable

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 when it is done sincerely before God

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 rather than for the approval of others.

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 So,

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 you are doing it sincerely before God,

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 not because others,

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 we are all fasting,

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 so you want to appear to be fasting,

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 in the morning,

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 you eat two bowls of indomie.

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 So,

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 it's important.

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 Now,

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 I want us to look at the benefits,

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 some of the benefits of fasting.

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 Number one,

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 spiritual benefits,

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 okay?

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 When we look at the spiritual benefits,

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 we look at the theological benefits,

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 and we also look at the physical benefits,

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 right?

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 So,

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 A,

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 spiritual benefits.

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 Number one of spiritual benefits,

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 it deepens dependence on God,

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 or it has a way of deepening your prayer life.

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 When you read scriptures very carefully,

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 throughout scripture,

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 you see,

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 fasting is always paired with prayer.

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 Many Christians find out that

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 fasting helps them become more attentive,

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 focused,

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 and earnest in prayer.

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 So,

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 for example,

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 Moses,

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 Moses,

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 before God,

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 you know,

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 he was depending on God for the law,

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 in Exodus 34.

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 He actually was looking up to God.

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 So,

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 dependence on God.

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 Another example is Daniel.

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 When Daniel was seeking to understand,

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 in Daniel chapter 9,

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 Bible says that,

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 I desire to seek understanding,

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 and I give myself to fasting.

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 So,

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 it's more dependence on God.

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 Esther wanted intervention,

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 Esther,

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 the book of Esther chapter 4,

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 for the Jews.

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 So,

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 she engaged in fasting

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 as an expression of depending on God.

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 God,

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 if you don't do it,

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 it will be done.

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 We are counting on you.

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 And the early church,

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 our Bible says that,

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 in Acts chapter 13,

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 verse 2,

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 as they ministered to the Lord

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 and fasted,

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 they were actually looking up to God.

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 Then God spoke.

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 Okay.

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 So,

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 fasting helps us to depend on God.

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 That is why fasting always goes with prayer.

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 Fasting always goes.

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 If you don't add prayer,

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 really,

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 it kind of doesn't seem to be a spiritual exercise.

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 Okay.

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 It's just starvation.

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 Bible never says that,

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 fasting alone.

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 Bible usually talks about fasting and prayer.

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 Fasting and prayer.

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 God doesn't answer fasting.

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 He answers prayers.

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 All right.

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 So,

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 the easiest way of

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 demonstrating dependence on God

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 is in prayer.

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 Anyone who depends on God

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 gives himself to prayer.

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 Okay.

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 So,

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 fasting,

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 number one,

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 the benefit,

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 it helps us to deepen our dependence

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 on God.

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 Number two,

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 it also helps us to deepen prayer

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 and intimacy with God.

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 How many of you have experienced

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 times of fasting

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 you feel closer to God?

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 It helps you to spend more time with God.

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 It helps you to be more God-focused.

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 So,

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 it deepens prayer

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 and intimacy with God.

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 So,

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 number one is,

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 it deepens dependence on God.

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 Number two,

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 deepens prayer

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 and intimacy with God.

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 You pursue God more.

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 God loves it

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 when we look up to him.

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 God,

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 God loves it

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 when we depend on him.

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 And God loves it

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 when we get closer to him.

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 God loves it

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 when we are hungry for him.

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 So,

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 once,

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 you see,

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 your hunger for food

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 will push you

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 to be hungry for God.

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 So,

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 hunger serves as a,

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 you see,

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 sometimes when you're fasting

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 and you feel the hunger,

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 it reminds you to just pray.

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 Many people who have engaged

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 in fasting

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 have reported

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 greater focus,

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 clarity,

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 and a sense of God's presence

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 when replacing meal

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 with prayer

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 and scripture.

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 Anytime you replace meal

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 with prayer and scripture

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 when you are fasting,

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 you will really feel

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 the presence of God

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 closer

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 and

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 a greater clarity

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 and greater

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 focus on God.

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 Number three,

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 fasting builds

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 self-control.

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 Last week,

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 we saw how

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 Paul

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 reasoned

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 with

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 Felix

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 concerning

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 righteousness,

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 self-control,

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 and the judgment

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 to come.

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 Self-control

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 is necessary.

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 It's one of the

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 fruits of the spirit.

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 Self-control.

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 Many people's

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 problem

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 is self-control.

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 Many of us

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 in our spiritual journey

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 have problem.

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 It could be that

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 this morning or yesterday

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 we were just praying,

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 God,

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 help me do it.

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 This thing is really

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 getting in the way

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 of my work with God.

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 There are things

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 which always seek

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 to get in the way

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 of your work with God.

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 When we pray,

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 it helps us

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 gain upper hand

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 over those things.

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 Self-control.

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 So,

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 fasting

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 builds

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 self-control

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 and humility.

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 Fasting

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 has a way

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 of subduing

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 fleshly

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 appetites,

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 fostering

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 discipline,

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 reveal

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 spiritual conditions

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 and lead

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 to repentance

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 and brokenness.

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 When you are fasting,

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 it helps to reveal

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 your spiritual condition

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 and that will help

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 us to repent.

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 That's why

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 we set this time aside

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 to seek God

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 and to repent.

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 Okay,

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 so,

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 it does that.

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 And when you study

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 the scripture

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 very carefully,

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 fasting can be

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 an outward expression

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 of an inward repentance

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 and a way

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 of humbling

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 ourselves

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 before God.

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 In the scripture,

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 in Psalm 35,

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 verse 13,

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 the psalmist says,

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 I humble my soul

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 with fasting.

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 But as for me,

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 when they were sick,

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 my clothing was sackcloth.

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 I humbled my soul.

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 How did I humble my soul?

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 How did I humble my soul?

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 Shall we all read

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 that sentence

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 from I humble?

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 Let's go.

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 I humble my soul

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 with fasting.

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 One more time.

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 I humble my soul

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 with fasting.

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 So,

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 fasting in scripture

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 is seen as

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 humbling oneself

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 before God.

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 It's voluntary.

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 It's different

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 from humiliation.

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 Humiliation.

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 Humiliation,

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 external forces

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 act on you

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 by humbling yourself

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 before God.

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 Daniel said,

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 I humbled myself

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 with fasting.

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 In Psalm 69,

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 verse 10,

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 it says that,

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 when I wept

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 and chastened

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 my soul

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 with fasting.

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 Other translation

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 we use,

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 I humbled my soul

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 with fasting.

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 Chastise my soul.

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 Bring my soul

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 under subjection.

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 So,

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 I subdued my soul.

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 That's where

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 my appetites are.

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 That's where

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 my feelings are.

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 Sometimes,

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 during the time

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 of fasting,

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 your soul

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 is so humbled,

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 you are able

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 to actually forgive

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 the way you should.

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 So,

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 English Standard Version

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 said that,

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 when I wept

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 and humbled

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 my soul

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 with fasting,

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 subdue my body,

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 bring my body

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 under subjection.

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 In Ezra,

00:14:03.100 --> 00:14:03.879
 chapter 8,

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 verse 21,

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 it says that,

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 then I proclaim

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 a fast there

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 at the river

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 of Hava,

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 that we might

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 humble ourselves

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 before our God.

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 Why did I proclaim

00:14:15.100 --> 00:14:15.559
 the fast?

00:14:15.819 --> 00:14:16.699
 That we might

00:14:16.699 --> 00:14:17.839
 humble ourselves

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 before God.

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 We are about

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 to step into

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 a season of

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 humbling ourselves

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 before God.

00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:24.759
 Humbling ourselves

00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:25.519
 before God.

00:14:26.299 --> 00:14:27.539
 That's the Christian fasting.

00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:28.220
 Other fastings,

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 I don't know

00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:29.059
 what it means,

00:14:29.419 --> 00:14:30.279
 but Christian fasting,

00:14:30.659 --> 00:14:31.279
 we are

00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:32.819
 humbling ourselves

00:14:32.819 --> 00:14:34.659
 before God.

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 One of the most

00:14:36.219 --> 00:14:37.379
 wicked kings

00:14:37.379 --> 00:14:38.799
 in the history

00:14:38.799 --> 00:14:40.299
 of Israel

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 is King Ahab.

00:14:43.259 --> 00:14:44.000
 He was the one

00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:44.779
 who went and married

00:14:44.779 --> 00:14:45.299
 Jezebel.

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 Most of you

00:14:46.439 --> 00:14:47.000
 have heard that

00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:47.719
 name,

00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:48.419
 Jezebel,

00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:48.919
 Jezebel.

00:14:49.419 --> 00:14:49.899
 And King Ahab

00:14:49.899 --> 00:14:51.039
 was very stubborn,

00:14:51.259 --> 00:14:51.639
 notorious,

00:14:51.939 --> 00:14:52.919
 and wicked.

00:14:54.319 --> 00:14:56.079
 And King Ahab

00:14:56.079 --> 00:14:56.500
 fasted,

00:14:56.539 --> 00:14:57.179
 because fasting

00:14:57.179 --> 00:14:58.100
 is a way of seeking

00:14:58.100 --> 00:14:58.759
 God and humbling

00:14:58.759 --> 00:14:59.100
 yourself.

00:14:59.100 --> 00:15:00.680
 So in 1 Kings

00:15:00.680 --> 00:15:01.480
 chapter 21,

00:15:01.580 --> 00:15:02.120
 verse 27,

00:15:02.220 --> 00:15:02.659
 it says that,

00:15:03.040 --> 00:15:03.720
 so it was,

00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:04.680
 when Ahab

00:15:04.680 --> 00:15:06.420
 heard those

00:15:06.420 --> 00:15:06.920
 words,

00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:08.259
 that he tore

00:15:08.259 --> 00:15:09.100
 his clothes

00:15:09.100 --> 00:15:10.379
 and put on

00:15:10.379 --> 00:15:10.980
 sackcloth

00:15:10.980 --> 00:15:11.980
 on his body

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 and fasted

00:15:13.060 --> 00:15:13.560
 and lay

00:15:13.560 --> 00:15:14.180
 his sackcloth

00:15:14.180 --> 00:15:15.659
 and went

00:15:15.659 --> 00:15:17.259
 about mourning,

00:15:17.620 --> 00:15:18.139
 because God

00:15:18.139 --> 00:15:18.259
 said,

00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:18.800
 I'm going to deal

00:15:18.800 --> 00:15:19.139
 with you.

00:15:19.779 --> 00:15:20.620
 Judgment is coming,

00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:21.860
 punishment is coming.

00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:22.820
 Bible says that

00:15:22.820 --> 00:15:23.320
 he tore his

00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:23.460
 clothes,

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 a sign of

00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:24.680
 regret,

00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:25.600
 a sign of

00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:26.680
 humbling yourself,

00:15:27.340 --> 00:15:27.700
 you know,

00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:28.440
 or distress.

00:15:28.740 --> 00:15:29.360
 I'm distressed.

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 Ah,

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 I can't live a normal

00:15:30.460 --> 00:15:30.680
 life.

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 I can't be normal.

00:15:31.860 --> 00:15:32.580
 This is a type

00:15:32.580 --> 00:15:32.980
 of distress.

00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:34.080
 Tore his clothes,

00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:34.779
 put on

00:15:34.779 --> 00:15:35.220
 sackcloth,

00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:35.940
 and went

00:15:35.940 --> 00:15:36.740
 about mourning.

00:15:36.820 --> 00:15:37.320
 Look at the next

00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:37.560
 verse.

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 Verse 28 says that,

00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:40.139
 and the word of the

00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:40.820
 Lord came to

00:15:40.820 --> 00:15:41.639
 Elijah the

00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:41.980
 Tishbae,

00:15:42.060 --> 00:15:42.419
 saying,

00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:43.440
 look at verse 29,

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 see how Ahab

00:15:45.340 --> 00:15:46.000
 has done what?

00:15:46.340 --> 00:15:47.080
 Humble to

00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:47.539
 the Lord.

00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:48.580
 That's,

00:15:48.980 --> 00:15:49.600
 fasting means

00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:50.019
 to humble.

00:15:50.259 --> 00:15:51.320
 See how Ahab

00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:52.180
 assembled himself

00:15:52.180 --> 00:15:52.980
 before me.

00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:54.180
 Because he

00:15:54.180 --> 00:15:55.060
 assembled himself

00:15:55.060 --> 00:15:55.620
 before me,

00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:56.460
 I will not bring

00:15:56.460 --> 00:15:57.000
 this calamity

00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:57.340
 on him.

00:15:58.340 --> 00:15:59.240
 This wicked

00:15:59.240 --> 00:15:59.560
 king,

00:16:00.019 --> 00:16:00.700
 he deserved

00:16:00.700 --> 00:16:01.300
 punishment.

00:16:01.700 --> 00:16:02.399
 God has sent

00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:03.659
 Elijah to tell

00:16:03.659 --> 00:16:04.580
 him that judgment

00:16:04.580 --> 00:16:05.159
 is coming,

00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:06.040
 and when he

00:16:06.040 --> 00:16:06.700
 heard the word,

00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:07.940
 he humbled himself

00:16:07.940 --> 00:16:08.659
 before the Lord,

00:16:08.980 --> 00:16:09.560
 tore his clothes,

00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:10.740
 put on sackcloth,

00:16:11.060 --> 00:16:11.940
 went about mourning,

00:16:12.259 --> 00:16:12.700
 and God said,

00:16:12.779 --> 00:16:13.320
 hey, prophet,

00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:14.340
 see, see the way

00:16:14.340 --> 00:16:14.920
 this guy assembled

00:16:14.920 --> 00:16:15.379
 himself.

00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:17.600
 Because of the

00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:18.320
 state he has put

00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:18.779
 himself in,

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 I will not bring

00:16:19.779 --> 00:16:20.439
 the calamity

00:16:20.439 --> 00:16:21.299
 in his days.

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 In the days of

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 his son,

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 I will bring it,

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 because that's

00:16:25.220 --> 00:16:25.659
 what the judgment

00:16:25.659 --> 00:16:26.159
 is coming.

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 But because of

00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:27.899
 his state of

00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:28.299
 humility,

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 because of his

00:16:29.439 --> 00:16:29.779
 fasting,

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 I've suspended

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 it.

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 He will not

00:16:32.339 --> 00:16:33.079
 live to see it.

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 His son will

00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:34.939
 feel it.

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 I don't know

00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:37.399
 what my father

00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:37.980
 might have done,

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 my mother

00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:39.500
 might have done,

00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:41.139
 but, you know,

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 there's a way

00:16:41.959 --> 00:16:42.899
 that judgment

00:16:42.899 --> 00:16:43.579
 that is meant

00:16:43.579 --> 00:16:44.679
 for parents

00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:45.939
 can extend

00:16:45.939 --> 00:16:46.639
 to their children.

00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:48.539
 it is what

00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:48.740
 it is.

00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:49.080
 That's how

00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:49.539
 life is.

00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:51.980
 I don't believe

00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:52.080
 it.

00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:52.559
 I don't believe it.

00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:53.080
 Why is it that

00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:53.580
 when you register

00:16:53.580 --> 00:16:54.100
 as a GP,

00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:55.199
 they ask your

00:16:55.199 --> 00:16:56.159
 district,

00:16:56.319 --> 00:16:56.779
 is it in your

00:16:56.779 --> 00:16:57.539
 brother's line,

00:16:57.620 --> 00:16:58.120
 is it in your

00:16:58.120 --> 00:16:58.699
 father's line,

00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:00.259
 was your father

00:17:00.259 --> 00:17:00.740
 diabetic,

00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:01.419
 was your mother

00:17:01.419 --> 00:17:01.899
 diabetic,

00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:02.679
 hypertension,

00:17:03.019 --> 00:17:03.480
 there are some

00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:03.659
 things.

00:17:03.740 --> 00:17:04.240
 It stays in

00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:04.680
 the blood.

00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:06.160
 If it's true

00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:06.799
 in medicine,

00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:07.680
 then it's true

00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.139
 in spiritual

00:17:08.139 --> 00:17:08.700
 terms too.

00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:10.879
 In Exodus

00:17:10.879 --> 00:17:11.619
 chapter 20,

00:17:12.019 --> 00:17:12.599
 I think there's

00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:13.119
 three or verse

00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:13.299
 four,

00:17:13.379 --> 00:17:13.720
 it says that,

00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:14.920
 visiting the

00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:15.799
 iniquities of

00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:16.319
 the fathers

00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:17.339
 to the third

00:17:17.339 --> 00:17:18.039
 and the fourth

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 generation.

00:17:19.360 --> 00:17:19.519
 Yeah.

00:17:20.339 --> 00:17:21.360
 A father can do

00:17:21.360 --> 00:17:21.660
 something,

00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:22.460
 a mother can do

00:17:22.460 --> 00:17:22.779
 something,

00:17:22.900 --> 00:17:23.880
 and some of us

00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:25.279
 were born into

00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:25.940
 a battle we

00:17:25.940 --> 00:17:26.519
 didn't start.

00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:30.240
 Your wrist,

00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:31.500
 your eyeballs,

00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:32.519
 your hair texture,

00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:33.460
 your hair color,

00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:35.000
 your biology

00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:36.319
 has everything

00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:36.920
 to do with

00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:37.500
 your parents.

00:17:39.360 --> 00:17:39.880
 So,

00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:41.059
 God said,

00:17:41.620 --> 00:17:42.319
 you have done

00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:42.579
 it,

00:17:42.579 --> 00:17:43.879
 but it's still

00:17:43.879 --> 00:17:44.859
 a way of

00:17:44.859 --> 00:17:45.439
 punishing you

00:17:45.439 --> 00:17:46.099
 is by punishing

00:17:46.099 --> 00:17:46.559
 your children.

00:17:47.619 --> 00:17:47.720
 So,

00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:48.000
 he said,

00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:49.399
 but because of

00:17:49.399 --> 00:17:49.839
 fasting,

00:17:50.419 --> 00:17:51.240
 I've suspended

00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:51.599
 it.

00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:54.099
 I've deferred

00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:55.859
 the judgment.

00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:57.799
 So,

00:17:57.960 --> 00:17:58.599
 if the most

00:17:58.599 --> 00:17:59.199
 wicked king

00:17:59.199 --> 00:18:00.000
 in Israel

00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:01.639
 had impending

00:18:01.639 --> 00:18:02.199
 judgment,

00:18:02.379 --> 00:18:02.879
 calamity,

00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:03.980
 suspended,

00:18:04.379 --> 00:18:05.619
 how much more

00:18:05.619 --> 00:18:06.279
 a good person

00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:06.759
 like you,

00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:08.220
 sitting in church

00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:08.740
 and being in

00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:09.079
 Christ?

00:18:10.659 --> 00:18:11.139
 Fasting

00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:12.460
 can suspend

00:18:12.460 --> 00:18:13.180
 certain things,

00:18:13.380 --> 00:18:14.040
 especially when,

00:18:14.300 --> 00:18:14.860
 that would lead me

00:18:14.860 --> 00:18:15.380
 to the next one,

00:18:15.500 --> 00:18:16.380
 when you humble

00:18:16.380 --> 00:18:16.759
 yourself.

00:18:17.020 --> 00:18:17.140
 So,

00:18:17.340 --> 00:18:17.820
 Ahab

00:18:17.820 --> 00:18:18.920
 humble himself.

00:18:19.800 --> 00:18:20.200
 My sister,

00:18:20.540 --> 00:18:20.920
 my brother,

00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:22.520
 let's take advantage

00:18:22.520 --> 00:18:23.320
 and humble ourselves.

00:18:23.560 --> 00:18:24.020
 It's voluntary.

00:18:24.380 --> 00:18:24.980
 No one

00:18:24.980 --> 00:18:25.900
 should be forced

00:18:25.900 --> 00:18:26.460
 to fast.

00:18:27.820 --> 00:18:28.580
 No one

00:18:28.580 --> 00:18:29.640
 should be

00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:30.640
 forced to fast.

00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:31.180
 Else,

00:18:31.320 --> 00:18:32.140
 it's not biblical

00:18:32.140 --> 00:18:32.560
 fasting.

00:18:33.700 --> 00:18:34.340
 It might be

00:18:34.340 --> 00:18:35.280
 medical purposes,

00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:36.520
 because doctors

00:18:36.520 --> 00:18:36.840
 will say,

00:18:36.940 --> 00:18:38.840
 near by mouth.

00:18:38.839 --> 00:18:39.659
 So,

00:18:39.819 --> 00:18:40.419
 if you go

00:18:40.419 --> 00:18:41.459
 and they realize

00:18:41.459 --> 00:18:41.859
 you have eating,

00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:42.119
 they say,

00:18:42.159 --> 00:18:42.240
 no,

00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:42.740
 we have to

00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:43.980
 cancel the

00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:45.659
 surgery

00:18:45.659 --> 00:18:46.139
 and do it

00:18:46.139 --> 00:18:46.679
 another time.

00:18:47.159 --> 00:18:47.439
 That one,

00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:47.939
 you are forced,

00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:48.480
 you have to.

00:18:48.659 --> 00:18:48.879
 They say,

00:18:48.919 --> 00:18:50.079
 if you don't

00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:50.539
 fast,

00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:51.859
 we won't do

00:18:51.859 --> 00:18:52.299
 the surgery.

00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:53.539
 But God

00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:54.179
 is not like that.

00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:55.159
 It's voluntary.

00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:57.220
 It's not commanded

00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:58.159
 that you have to fast,

00:18:58.500 --> 00:18:59.259
 but it's taught

00:18:59.259 --> 00:19:00.059
 that you have to

00:19:00.059 --> 00:19:00.980
 learn how to

00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.839
 humble yourself

00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:03.379
 for spiritual purposes.

00:19:03.899 --> 00:19:04.099
 Amen?

00:19:05.159 --> 00:19:05.799
 And so,

00:19:05.879 --> 00:19:06.599
 God suspended

00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:07.359
 the judgment

00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:08.219
 coming because

00:19:08.219 --> 00:19:10.099
 he fasted.

00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:11.699
 Number four,

00:19:12.699 --> 00:19:13.139
 it breaks

00:19:13.139 --> 00:19:14.939
 spiritual strongholds.

00:19:15.579 --> 00:19:16.599
 It breaks

00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:18.439
 spiritual strongholds.

00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:21.439
 Strongholds.

00:19:21.919 --> 00:19:23.240
 What's a stronghold?

00:19:23.919 --> 00:19:24.659
 A stronghold

00:19:24.659 --> 00:19:25.219
 is anything

00:19:25.219 --> 00:19:26.219
 that holds you strong.

00:19:30.619 --> 00:19:31.559
 Can I be

00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:32.480
 frank with you,

00:19:32.659 --> 00:19:32.919
 please?

00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:34.360
 I know sometimes

00:19:34.360 --> 00:19:35.120
 we try to use

00:19:35.120 --> 00:19:36.420
 science to try

00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:36.920
 and explain.

00:19:37.360 --> 00:19:38.019
 Science doesn't

00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:38.620
 really explain

00:19:38.620 --> 00:19:39.400
 spiritual things.

00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:41.440
 Sometimes you can

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:42.279
 tell in a family,

00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:44.140
 everybody's marriage

00:19:44.140 --> 00:19:44.759
 is suspended.

00:19:46.120 --> 00:19:47.100
 It's a stronghold.

00:19:48.360 --> 00:19:49.019
 Sometimes you can

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.840
 tell in a family,

00:19:50.320 --> 00:19:51.740
 every child

00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:53.039
 in your auntie,

00:19:53.300 --> 00:19:53.740
 so you have

00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:54.580
 started your grandma

00:19:54.580 --> 00:19:55.820
 or her children,

00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:56.779
 every first child

00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:57.519
 or second child

00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.580
 must have

00:19:58.580 --> 00:19:59.720
 some kind of

00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.860
 deformity.

00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:02.359
 and you can

00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:02.859
 see the thing

00:20:02.859 --> 00:20:03.059
 is,

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:03.899
 it happened

00:20:03.899 --> 00:20:04.459
 to your sister

00:20:04.459 --> 00:20:05.439
 and you are

00:20:05.439 --> 00:20:05.899
 born again.

00:20:06.879 --> 00:20:08.379
 You can

00:20:08.379 --> 00:20:09.339
 stop that

00:20:09.339 --> 00:20:09.819
 strongholds,

00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:10.039
 you know.

00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:11.559
 Yeah.

00:20:12.179 --> 00:20:12.859
 Some of us,

00:20:12.959 --> 00:20:14.000
 our marital situation

00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:15.240
 is not

00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:16.399
 Mary Kay issue.

00:20:19.719 --> 00:20:20.339
 But you've

00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:21.079
 tried everything,

00:20:21.219 --> 00:20:22.079
 beautiful edges,

00:20:23.219 --> 00:20:24.859
 beautiful stuff,

00:20:25.199 --> 00:20:25.759
 you've gone to

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.139
 the gym,

00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:26.679
 you are growing

00:20:26.679 --> 00:20:27.259
 your beard,

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:28.180
 and you don't

00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:28.440
 know.

00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:30.740
 Every time a woman

00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:31.519
 comes into your

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:32.379
 life, you feel

00:20:32.379 --> 00:20:33.099
 maybe this is a

00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:33.900
 potential, for

00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:34.579
 some reason,

00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.400
 the thing doesn't

00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:35.720
 work.

00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:38.039
 Or iniquity is

00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:38.400
 discovered.

00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:39.700
 You find out,

00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:40.240
 no, it don't

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.519
 work.

00:20:40.700 --> 00:20:41.160
 It will come.

00:20:41.859 --> 00:20:43.400
 Listen, and you

00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:44.539
 are growing at a

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.279
 very fast rate.

00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:48.539
 This fasting

00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:51.200
 must draw a line.

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:53.960
 Yes.

00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:57.740
 When your dad

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.500
 turned a certain

00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:59.180
 age, or your

00:20:59.180 --> 00:20:59.779
 mom turned a

00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.319
 certain age,

00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.720
 this malady,

00:21:02.120 --> 00:21:02.940
 this negativity

00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.740
 popped up.

00:21:04.600 --> 00:21:05.019
 He became

00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:05.480
 diabetic.

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.779
 She was

00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:09.600
 declared this,

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.039
 this, this,

00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.779
 that, or that.

00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:11.700
 Different things

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.120
 that happen.

00:21:12.600 --> 00:21:14.100
 Please, an

00:21:14.100 --> 00:21:14.759
 apple never

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.940
 falls far

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:17.600
 from a tree.

00:21:18.360 --> 00:21:18.860
 I think it's

00:21:18.860 --> 00:21:19.740
 always good to

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.720
 look at the

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.059
 trail.

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:21.500
 There are

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.019
 some times you

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.500
 can see.

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.940
 Every male in

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.400
 your family

00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:25.000
 ends up in

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.279
 prison.

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:28.120
 And you've

00:21:28.120 --> 00:21:28.580
 had a boy

00:21:28.580 --> 00:21:28.779
 too.

00:21:28.840 --> 00:21:29.200
 Your baby

00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:29.680
 is a boy.

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.380
 That,

00:21:32.820 --> 00:21:33.200
 mom, you

00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:33.900
 need to

00:21:33.900 --> 00:21:35.000
 believe God.

00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:35.960
 Break that

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:36.600
 stronghold.

00:21:38.840 --> 00:21:39.480
 Break that

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:40.039
 stronghold.

00:21:41.320 --> 00:21:41.720
 It's not

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.360
 everything that

00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:42.860
 happens to your

00:21:42.860 --> 00:21:43.440
 family members

00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:44.140
 that is permitted

00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:44.720
 to happen to

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.380
 you if you

00:21:45.380 --> 00:21:46.100
 can rise up

00:21:46.100 --> 00:21:46.759
 and take the

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.180
 bull by the

00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.380
 horn.

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:48.720
 Yeah.

00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:50.120
 Everybody in

00:21:50.120 --> 00:21:50.440
 your family

00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:50.920
 goes to

00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.320
 divorce.

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:53.180
 Minus you.

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:55.240
 But you

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.700
 don't go

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.299
 around just

00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:56.820
 wishing.

00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:57.900
 Do something.

00:21:59.100 --> 00:21:59.940
 Enforce the

00:21:59.940 --> 00:22:00.519
 victory of the

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:00.880
 cross.

00:22:02.120 --> 00:22:02.799
 Take steps.

00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:03.820
 And I'm

00:22:03.820 --> 00:22:04.340
 telling you,

00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:05.380
 fasting breaks

00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:06.720
 strongholds.

00:22:07.080 --> 00:22:07.700
 In Mark

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:08.380
 chapter 9,

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:09.120
 verse 29,

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:10.019
 Jesus says that

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:11.000
 this one,

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.340
 and some of us

00:22:12.340 --> 00:22:12.820
 are dealing with

00:22:12.820 --> 00:22:13.620
 this kind,

00:22:14.860 --> 00:22:15.600
 this kind can

00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:16.220
 come out

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:16.620
 but,

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:18.940
 come out

00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:20.500
 by nothing

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:22.380
 prayer and

00:22:22.380 --> 00:22:22.720
 fasting.

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.720
 Nothing can

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.180
 deal with this

00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:24.500
 matter.

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.059
 But prayer and

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:26.339
 fasting.

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.180
 So,

00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:30.420
 fasting destroys

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:31.400
 spiritual,

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.059
 or breaks

00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:33.500
 spiritual strongholds.

00:22:34.859 --> 00:22:35.539
 Number five,

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.059
 renewed

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:38.039
 spiritual vision

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.779
 and sensitivity.

00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:41.259
 Renewed

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:42.200
 spiritual vision

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:43.039
 and sensitivity.

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.539
 Let me put it

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:44.880
 in a different

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.119
 way.

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:47.059
 it helps

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:48.519
 you to be

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.079
 able to

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:50.359
 receive a bit

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:51.239
 easily from

00:22:51.239 --> 00:22:51.919
 the Holy Spirit.

00:22:53.719 --> 00:22:54.199
 Practically.

00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:55.039
 You know,

00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:55.219
 there are

00:22:55.219 --> 00:22:56.019
 decisions you

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.539
 have to make.

00:22:56.859 --> 00:22:57.019
 You know,

00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:57.619
 life is made

00:22:57.619 --> 00:22:58.259
 up of decisions.

00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.279
 Some decisions

00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:01.179
 are minor,

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.139
 other decisions

00:23:02.139 --> 00:23:02.599
 are major.

00:23:04.159 --> 00:23:04.579
 You are not

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:04.939
 sure,

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:06.839
 let's say you

00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:07.239
 are a student,

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.099
 you've got two

00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:09.500
 offers,

00:23:10.719 --> 00:23:11.500
 good courses,

00:23:11.919 --> 00:23:12.279
 we are not

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.819
 sure which one

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.099
 to do.

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.079
 You are confused

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.419
 about it.

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:15.160
 You can talk

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:15.279
 to,

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:16.300
 you've spoken

00:23:16.300 --> 00:23:16.779
 to all the

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.600
 aspects and

00:23:17.600 --> 00:23:17.960
 still you are

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.320
 not sure.

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.340
 Sometimes in

00:23:19.340 --> 00:23:19.820
 the time of

00:23:19.820 --> 00:23:20.120
 fasting,

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.060
 you can get

00:23:21.060 --> 00:23:21.880
 clarity.

00:23:22.820 --> 00:23:23.320
 Things can be

00:23:23.320 --> 00:23:23.480
 clear.

00:23:23.800 --> 00:23:24.420
 Two guys have

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:24.860
 come to you,

00:23:25.060 --> 00:23:25.539
 they are both

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:25.820
 good.

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:26.940
 You are not

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.500
 sure which one

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:27.980
 to say yes

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.140
 to.

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.100
 Because,

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.519
 you know,

00:23:30.080 --> 00:23:31.279
 that's a major

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.800
 decision.

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.080
 May more than

00:23:33.080 --> 00:23:33.700
 one guy come

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.060
 to you.

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.100
 Oh,

00:23:35.100 --> 00:23:35.700
 you say amen.

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.279
 Okay,

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:37.440
 okay,

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:37.980
 you only want

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:38.140
 one.

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:38.380
 Okay,

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:38.640
 okay.

00:23:39.100 --> 00:23:39.620
 May that one

00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:40.240
 person show

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.460
 up.

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.220
 All right,

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:44.940
 but let's

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.420
 be more

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:45.940
 serious about

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.220
 this.

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.079
 Sometimes,

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.620
 it's good to

00:23:48.620 --> 00:23:48.839
 fast.

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.700
 Something I

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.079
 just dropped

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.660
 in my spirit.

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:50.980
 It's not

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.200
 on my

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.440
 script,

00:23:51.620 --> 00:23:51.980
 but permit

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.259
 me to

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.600
 drop it

00:23:52.600 --> 00:23:52.720
 in.

00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:53.799
 Sometimes,

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.819
 maybe even

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.740
 the name

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.319
 choices for

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:56.839
 your children.

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:58.900
 You are

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.259
 pregnant,

00:23:59.380 --> 00:23:59.559
 you are

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.059
 looking at

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.660
 name books.

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:01.779
 It's good

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.140
 to look

00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:02.539
 through name

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:02.779
 books,

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:04.420
 but potentially

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.200
 in the time

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.720
 of fasting,

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.900
 I'm talking

00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:07.259
 about the

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.559
 husband,

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.319
 because your

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:09.700
 wife is the

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.279
 pregnant one.

00:24:10.860 --> 00:24:11.220
 She shouldn't

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.480
 be doing

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:11.900
 fasting.

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:12.960
 But maybe

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.360
 in the time

00:24:13.360 --> 00:24:13.819
 of fasting,

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:14.579
 ask God,

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.500
 what name

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:17.140
 should I

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:17.440
 give to

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:17.900
 this child?

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:19.980
 What name

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.360
 should I

00:24:20.360 --> 00:24:20.680
 choose?

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.299
 Which school

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:23.779
 should I

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.120
 choose?

00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:26.440
 What I'm

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:27.100
 trying to say

00:24:27.100 --> 00:24:28.400
 is that maybe

00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:28.740
 you want to

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.400
 start a business.

00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:30.480
 You are not

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:30.799
 sure whether

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.299
 you should do

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:32.000
 hair business

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.500
 or shoe

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:32.940
 business.

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:35.220
 because you

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:35.640
 have got

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.340
 some good

00:24:36.340 --> 00:24:37.039
 suppliers from

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.360
 China.

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:43.100
 You are not

00:24:43.100 --> 00:24:43.660
 sure because

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:45.059
 your investment

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.700
 can go into

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:46.259
 one for now.

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:47.460
 You are not

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:47.720
 sure.

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.460
 Two jobs

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.000
 offers have

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.200
 come.

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.320
 Which one

00:24:51.320 --> 00:24:51.559
 should I

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:51.559


00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.340
 When you

00:24:52.340 --> 00:24:52.840
 are fasting,

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.799
 it helps

00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:55.259
 you to be

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.279
 clear on the

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:57.180
 voice of the

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.539
 Holy Spirit

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.519
 or the

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.299
 visions or

00:24:59.299 --> 00:25:00.120
 promptings of

00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:00.620
 the Holy Spirit.

00:25:01.080 --> 00:25:02.180
 Many major

00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:02.920
 decisions we've

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.519
 made concerning

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.380
 this church

00:25:04.380 --> 00:25:05.600
 has been made

00:25:05.600 --> 00:25:06.600
 through fasting

00:25:06.600 --> 00:25:07.380
 and prayer

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:08.840
 or during the

00:25:08.840 --> 00:25:09.460
 time of fasting

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:09.880
 and prayer.

00:25:10.840 --> 00:25:11.140
 Amen.

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.600
 You are

00:25:12.600 --> 00:25:13.200
 believing God

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.720
 for the fruit

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.240
 of the womb

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:16.039
 and when you

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.680
 fast, you'll

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.480
 be shocked how

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.920
 you begin to

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:20.380
 suddenly realize

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.700
 oh, I could

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.320
 have done this.

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:23.779
 You might not

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.259
 hear a voice,

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.380
 my son,

00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:26.680
 my son,

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:28.039
 my daughter,

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.240
 my daughter,

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.000
 like God

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.440
 speaks only

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:30.900
 American.

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:31.600
 No.

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:36.500
 You might

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.219
 not hear it

00:25:37.219 --> 00:25:37.599
 but you

00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:38.519
 watch this,

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:38.919
 watch this,

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.619
 but you have

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.299
 clarity.

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:41.819
 You have

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.659
 clarity in

00:25:42.659 --> 00:25:43.159
 your inner

00:25:43.159 --> 00:25:43.919
 man and

00:25:43.919 --> 00:25:44.219
 you have

00:25:44.219 --> 00:25:44.959
 peace about

00:25:44.959 --> 00:25:45.399
 a decision

00:25:45.399 --> 00:25:45.959
 to make.

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.159
 So fasting

00:25:48.159 --> 00:25:49.379
 helps us

00:25:49.379 --> 00:25:50.279
 get clarity

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:51.000
 from what

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.740
 God,

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.199
 our renewed

00:25:53.199 --> 00:25:53.980
 vision and

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.819
 sensitivity to

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.219
 the spirit.

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:56.319
 Someone getting

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.699
 something.

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.359
 Let me quickly

00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:58.919
 jump into

00:25:58.919 --> 00:25:59.399
 theological

00:25:59.400 --> 00:25:59.960
 benefits.

00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:01.220
 You might

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.980
 not be very

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.620
 much interested

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:03.040
 by that

00:26:03.040 --> 00:26:03.340
 at least.

00:26:04.300 --> 00:26:04.620
 When we

00:26:04.620 --> 00:26:04.880
 talk about

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.320
 theological

00:26:05.320 --> 00:26:05.900
 benefits,

00:26:06.100 --> 00:26:06.280
 that means

00:26:06.280 --> 00:26:07.100
 so long as

00:26:07.100 --> 00:26:07.740
 scripture is

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.220
 concerned,

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:09.660
 aligning yourself

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.160
 with scripture,

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:10.940
 you know,

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.700
 it's just

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.220
 beneficial.

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.180
 Even Jesus'

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.580
 birth and

00:26:14.580 --> 00:26:15.120
 his death

00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.820
 and his

00:26:15.820 --> 00:26:16.259
 resurrection

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.140
 was according

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:17.720
 to scripture.

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.960
 So our

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.480
 fasting is

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:21.140
 also according

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.700
 to scripture.

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.240
 In Romans

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.839
 chapter 1,

00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:23.299
 the Bible

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:23.940
 talks about

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.920
 Jesus Christ

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.900
 who was

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.559
 born as

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:26.980
 the scriptures

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.660
 are predicted.

00:26:28.600 --> 00:26:29.600
 In 1 Corinthians

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:31.120
 chapter 15,

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.079
 verse 3 and

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:32.860
 4, it

00:26:32.860 --> 00:26:33.420
 talks about

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:34.400
 I deliver to

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:34.700
 you first

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.279
 for what I

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.620
 received,

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.400
 that Christ

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:36.759
 died for

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.100
 our sins.

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:37.339
 How?

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.380
 Verse 4.

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:40.720
 He was

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.759
 buried and

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.360
 rose again

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:42.860
 on the third

00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:44.360
 day according

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:45.000
 to scripture.

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:46.200
 So that's

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:46.579
 what we mean

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:47.259
 by theologically

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:48.980
 in line

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.379
 with what

00:26:49.379 --> 00:26:50.099
 scripture teaches.

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:50.939
 Theological

00:26:50.939 --> 00:26:51.480
 benefits,

00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:52.079
 number one,

00:26:53.699 --> 00:26:54.720
 you participate

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.439
 in biblical

00:26:55.439 --> 00:26:56.019
 tradition.

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.039
 Biblical,

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:58.819
 it's just

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.039
 been,

00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.939
 it's something

00:26:59.939 --> 00:27:00.399
 that goes

00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:00.819
 on in the

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.039
 Bible.

00:27:01.419 --> 00:27:01.740
 So why

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.079
 don't you

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.539
 also add

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.059
 yourself to

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.980
 what people

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.240
 in the

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.619
 Bible were

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:04.839
 doing?

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.379
 Does that

00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:06.759
 make sense?

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:08.299
 Fasting is

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:08.639
 practiced

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:09.059
 throughout the

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.299
 Bible.

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.199
 As I said

00:27:10.199 --> 00:27:10.439
 earlier,

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.099
 Jesus Christ

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:11.500
 fasted,

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:11.919
 the early

00:27:11.919 --> 00:27:12.159
 church,

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.579
 the apostles

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.159
 fasted,

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:14.339
 Moses also,

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.539
 many in the

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:15.939
 Old Testament

00:27:15.939 --> 00:27:16.379
 including

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:16.780
 David,

00:27:17.260 --> 00:27:17.560
 Moses,

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.580
 Daniel,

00:27:19.320 --> 00:27:19.820
 the prophet

00:27:19.820 --> 00:27:20.360
 Jonah,

00:27:21.540 --> 00:27:22.140
 many fasted

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:22.420
 in the

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:22.720
 scriptures.

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.880
 Number two,

00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:26.980
 fasting also

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:28.480
 helps refocus

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.420
 on the

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:30.480
 ultimate hope.

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:31.760
 So number

00:27:31.760 --> 00:27:32.360
 one is

00:27:32.360 --> 00:27:33.260
 participates

00:27:33.260 --> 00:27:33.900
 in biblical

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:35.040
 tradition,

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.680
 number two

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.720
 refocuses

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.900
 on the

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:39.020
 ultimate hope.

00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:40.100
 What does

00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:40.500
 that mean?

00:27:41.800 --> 00:27:42.200
 Christian

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.580
 theology

00:27:42.580 --> 00:27:43.300
 teaches that

00:27:43.300 --> 00:27:44.240
 earthly things,

00:27:44.520 --> 00:27:45.320
 while they

00:27:45.320 --> 00:27:45.740
 are good,

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.559
 are not

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.059
 the

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.400
 believers'

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:47.980
 ultimate

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.880
 source of

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:49.680
 life and

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.259
 satisfaction.

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:51.500
 Fasting

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:52.120
 points towards

00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:53.140
 God as the

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:53.779
 true source

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.640
 of fulfillment.

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:56.319
 So it

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:57.299
 helps move

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:58.000
 your focus

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.960
 from earthly

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.640
 things to the

00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:00.519
 ultimate hope

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.120
 is God,

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:01.839
 and for that

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:02.120
 matter,

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.120
 actually,

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:04.180
 it also helps

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.620
 the believer

00:28:04.620 --> 00:28:06.500
 to focus on

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.079
 more important

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.339
 things,

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:07.700
 the second

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.180
 coming of

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.460
 Christ.

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:10.480
 fasting helps

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:10.980
 you to move

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.640
 away from

00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:12.860
 just running

00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:13.480
 your life

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.240
 based on

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.840
 purely

00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:15.640
 materialistic

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.059
 things,

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.460
 physical

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:17.980
 things,

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:19.180
 and helps

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.539
 you to

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.180
 learn

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.700
 dependence

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.620
 on God.

00:28:22.840 --> 00:28:23.500
 Number three,

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.660
 fasting is

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:25.380
 actually an

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:26.220
 act of

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:27.039
 devotion,

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.480
 and an

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:28.940
 act of

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.180
 worship.

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.720
 As they

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.360
 minister to

00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:30.819
 the Lord

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:32.059
 and fasted,

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.600
 it's an

00:28:33.600 --> 00:28:34.299
 act of

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:34.840
 devotion.

00:28:35.699 --> 00:28:35.939
 So it's

00:28:35.939 --> 00:28:36.659
 like in

00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:37.000
 scripture,

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:37.500
 when you

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:37.740
 look at

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:37.939
 scripture,

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:38.240
 you can

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.419
 see,

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.359
 fasting was

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:39.779
 an act

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.339
 of devotion,

00:28:40.939 --> 00:28:41.500
 act of

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.179
 worship,

00:28:42.399 --> 00:28:42.779
 as they

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.220
 ministered

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.459
 to the

00:28:43.459 --> 00:28:43.819
 Lord and

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.240
 fasted.

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.199
 So fasting

00:28:45.199 --> 00:28:45.559
 is an

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:45.939
 act of

00:28:45.939 --> 00:28:46.199
 worship,

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:46.759
 it's an

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.119
 act of

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:47.559
 devotion.

00:28:48.659 --> 00:28:48.919
 In

00:28:48.919 --> 00:28:49.279
 scriptures,

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:50.980
 fasting is

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.519
 not just

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.759
 primarily about

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:54.220
 self-improvement

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:55.299
 or about

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:56.139
 some breakthroughs,

00:28:56.459 --> 00:28:57.139
 but about

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:58.119
 offering

00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:58.939
 yourself

00:28:58.939 --> 00:28:59.899
 to God.

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:00.980
 It can

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.579
 become an

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:01.939
 act of

00:29:01.939 --> 00:29:02.879
 worship when

00:29:02.879 --> 00:29:03.379
 done with

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:03.839
 the right

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.240
 heart.

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:05.079
 So when

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.460
 you do

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:05.740
 it with

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.299
 the right

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:06.579
 heart,

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.579
 your fasting

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.120
 is actually

00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:08.839
 an act of

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:10.140
 worship and

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.500
 devotion.

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.440
 Amen?

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.940
 And then

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:15.279
 number four,

00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:16.359
 fourth point

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:18.039
 is it

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.400
 teaches

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.059
 stewardship

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:20.980
 of desires.

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.400
 Stewardship

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:23.460
 of desires.

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:23.900
 In other

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.839
 ways, how

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.660
 you handle

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.279
 your desire,

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:26.880
 I will

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.339
 explain it.

00:29:27.900 --> 00:29:28.400
 Theologically,

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.579
 fasting reminds

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.380
 believers that

00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:32.279
 desires should

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:33.120
 be ordered

00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:34.180
 under God's

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.779
 will rather

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:36.120
 than the

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:37.320
 rulings of

00:29:37.320 --> 00:29:37.759
 my life.

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.460
 Okay, so

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.259
 my life, I

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.960
 want a wife.

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.320
 Let's say I'm

00:29:41.320 --> 00:29:42.100
 not married and

00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:42.640
 I want a

00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:42.820
 wife.

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.580
 I want a

00:29:43.580 --> 00:29:43.779
 wife.

00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:44.720
 When you

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.420
 fast, it's

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:46.080
 also, even

00:29:46.080 --> 00:29:46.740
 though you can

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.160
 use the

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:47.580
 fasting to

00:29:47.580 --> 00:29:48.060
 break strong

00:29:48.060 --> 00:29:48.720
 goals, it

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.160
 gets to a

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.600
 place where

00:29:49.600 --> 00:29:50.700
 fasting is

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:52.880
 more yielding

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.660
 to the

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.200
 will of

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:54.519
 God.

00:29:55.580 --> 00:29:55.860
 You know,

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.620
 moving away

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.320
 from just

00:29:57.320 --> 00:29:58.240
 what I want.

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.900
 It helps

00:29:58.900 --> 00:30:00.240
 you to align

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.960
 yourself with

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.680
 what God

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.120
 wants.

00:30:02.620 --> 00:30:02.980
 Because

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:04.579
 fasting breaks

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:05.660
 the power of

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:06.759
 the flesh or

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:08.500
 it subdues the

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.920
 power of the

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.140
 flesh.

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:10.420
 Except a

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:10.940
 grain of

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:12.559
 wheat falls to

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.279
 the ground and

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.279
 dies, it

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:15.099
 abides alone.

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.359
 So there are

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:17.160
 times when

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:18.559
 something must

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.839
 die or

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:21.539
 something must

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:23.299
 be terminated

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:24.099
 for something

00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:25.400
 godly to be

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:26.000
 germinated.

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.140
 it.

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:27.920
 And fasting

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:29.279
 helps to

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:30.519
 terminate what

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:32.180
 I will, I

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:32.700
 want.

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.720
 It's just me.

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.579
 It's just me.

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.700
 Sometimes,

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:37.359
 physically speaking,

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:37.980
 sometimes when you

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.539
 are so hungry,

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.019
 you are just

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.839
 tired, you

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.240
 can't be bothered

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.880
 about a lot of

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.119
 things.

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:42.680
 And in that

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.119
 state when you

00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:43.539
 are praying,

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.880
 you find it

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:45.319
 easy to say,

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:45.700
 God, you

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.799
 know, let

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.259
 your will be

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.519
 done.

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:51.200
 Praise God.

00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:52.240
 Hallelujah.

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:53.759
 Now, quickly,

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.599
 let's go on to

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.619
 the physical

00:30:55.619 --> 00:30:56.419
 benefits, some

00:30:56.419 --> 00:30:57.319
 physical benefits

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:57.839
 of fasting.

00:30:59.099 --> 00:31:00.559
 Fasting, I

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.159
 think many of

00:31:01.159 --> 00:31:01.579
 us will like

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:01.879
 this.

00:31:05.679 --> 00:31:06.539
 Before I say

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.359
 that, scientific

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:08.639
 research on

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:09.939
 various forms of

00:31:09.939 --> 00:31:12.259
 fasting supports

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.399
 several potential

00:31:13.399 --> 00:31:14.659
 health effects,

00:31:15.239 --> 00:31:16.139
 though results

00:31:16.139 --> 00:31:16.719
 vary by

00:31:16.719 --> 00:31:19.119
 individuals during

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:20.819
 or health

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.359
 status.

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.000
 Right.

00:31:23.159 --> 00:31:23.739
 Now, one of

00:31:23.739 --> 00:31:24.959
 the physical

00:31:24.959 --> 00:31:25.559
 benefits of

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.039
 fasting is

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.639
 weight loss

00:31:26.639 --> 00:31:28.359
 and metabolic

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:28.980
 health.

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.319
 I know you

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:34.799
 like it, but

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.139
 you don't want

00:31:35.139 --> 00:31:35.639
 people to see

00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:36.099
 you are happy

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:36.679
 about it.

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.659
 Weight loss,

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.779
 or let me put

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.259
 it this way,

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.779
 rest from

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.779
 digestive system.

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:45.079
 Rest for the

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.980
 digestive system.

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:46.839
 It rests, it

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.440
 gets to rest.

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.960
 There's something

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:51.120
 I think, I

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:51.140
 think, in

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:51.880
 horticulture

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:54.039
 called regurgitation.

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.319
 Animal,

00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:59.039
 ruminants,

00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:00.480
 they regurgitate.

00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:01.740
 Some of us,

00:32:02.600 --> 00:32:03.420
 our intestines

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:04.500
 has a way of,

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:05.160
 even when you're

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:05.539
 asleep,

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.360
 you know, so

00:32:07.360 --> 00:32:08.259
 rest for the

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:09.160
 digestive system,

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.500
 and that will

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.539
 invariably lead

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:12.500
 to some weight

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:12.759
 loss.

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:15.079
 you don't

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.640
 fast because

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:16.119
 you want to

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:16.619
 lose weight.

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.660
 Then that's

00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:19.200
 just weight

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.559
 losing exercise.

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.980
 Fasting is

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.339
 primarily

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:22.879
 spiritual,

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.579
 but for

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:25.160
 some reason,

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:25.980
 it comes

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.779
 with some

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.400
 fringe

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:28.000
 benefits.

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:30.059
 Yeah.

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.599
 The other

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:31.980
 time I was

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.539
 looking at my

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:32.920
 belly, I

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.240
 said, you,

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:33.859
 June is

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:34.119
 coming.

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:34.900
 You will

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.420
 go down.

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:38.800
 You, you

00:32:38.800 --> 00:32:39.160
 will go

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.400
 down.

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.300
 You will

00:32:45.300 --> 00:32:45.720
 go down.

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:46.640
 But,

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.920
 rest for the

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.300
 digestive

00:32:49.300 --> 00:32:50.140
 system, which

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:50.920
 giving the

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.340
 body a

00:32:51.340 --> 00:32:51.680
 breath of

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.140
 constant

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:52.560
 digestion,

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.460
 allows for

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:54.200
 cellular

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:55.160
 repair and

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:56.279
 can reduce

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:57.180
 inflammation.

00:32:59.060 --> 00:32:59.680
 It's

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:00.060
 actually

00:33:00.060 --> 00:33:01.180
 recognized by

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:02.220
 medical

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.740
 science.

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:03.880
 Number

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.200
 two,

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:05.420
 which

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:07.319
 applies to

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:07.860
 all of us,

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.340
 is similar

00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:08.840
 to what I

00:33:08.840 --> 00:33:09.279
 said earlier

00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:10.039
 on in

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.380
 spiritual

00:33:10.380 --> 00:33:10.900
 benefits.

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.120
 Bodily

00:33:12.120 --> 00:33:12.880
 discipline and

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.480
 self-control.

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:15.880
 Fasting

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:16.299
 trains the

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:16.720
 body to

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.980
 submit to

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:19.240
 the will

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.920
 rather than

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.460
 the appetite.

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.519
 So,

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.299
 this is

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:24.640
 beautiful.

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.180
 You will

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.580
 like this.

00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:26.940
 When we

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:27.259
 talk about

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.740
 bodily

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.559
 discipline and

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:29.140
 self-control,

00:33:29.600 --> 00:33:30.340
 what happens

00:33:30.340 --> 00:33:31.500
 is that during

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:32.519
 fasting, you

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.299
 build the

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:34.019
 virtue of

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.639
 temperance,

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.400
 that extends

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:35.759
 to other

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.200
 areas of

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:36.599
 your life.

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:37.680
 So,

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:37.920
 you see,

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.299
 the way you

00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:38.720
 are struggling

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.240
 with some

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.779
 addiction and

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.299
 other things,

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:41.740
 once you

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.619
 build that,

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.000
 and I

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.500
 referred to

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.200
 something like

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.639
 that last

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:44.900
 Sunday,

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:45.720
 once you

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.819
 build self-control

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.379
 in one

00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:48.559
 area, it

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.319
 begins to

00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:50.440
 extend to

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.079
 other areas.

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:51.539
 So,

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:51.879
 you are

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:52.379
 dealing with

00:33:52.379 --> 00:33:52.879
 an addiction,

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:53.799
 join the

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.099
 fasting.

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:54.740
 When the

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.240
 self-control

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.879
 is built up,

00:33:56.119 --> 00:33:56.579
 you realize

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.279
 that you can

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.619
 deal with it,

00:33:57.639 --> 00:33:58.039
 you can overcome

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.359
 it.

00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:59.579
 and then

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:00.179
 what happens

00:34:00.179 --> 00:34:00.539
 is that

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:00.979
 maybe

00:34:00.979 --> 00:34:01.599
 nicotine

00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:01.979
 addiction,

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:02.839
 maybe

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:03.639
 alcohol

00:34:03.639 --> 00:34:04.119
 addiction,

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:04.959
 maybe

00:34:04.959 --> 00:34:05.379
 gambling

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:05.839
 addiction,

00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:06.579
 maybe

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:06.959
 gossip

00:34:06.959 --> 00:34:07.519
 addiction,

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:08.819
 maybe

00:34:08.819 --> 00:34:09.679
 sleeping

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.059
 addiction,

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:10.440
 some people

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.799
 have an

00:34:10.799 --> 00:34:11.659
 addiction to

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:11.980
 sleeping,

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.980
 oversleeping,

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.339
 sleeping,

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:13.739
 sleeping,

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:13.779
 sleeping,

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:14.619
 maybe

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.900
 addiction

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.619
 to meat,

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:19.119
 food,

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.799
 chocolate,

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:24.679
 Coke

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.339
 addiction,

00:34:25.339 --> 00:34:25.480
 addiction,

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:28.480
 food.

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.000
 Listen,

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:29.420
 I'm not

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:29.920
 saying they

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.300
 will go,

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:30.860
 but what I'm

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.480
 saying is that

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:32.139
 when we

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:33.500
 engage in

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.059
 the fasting,

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.820
 the discipline

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:35.380
 of fasting,

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.579
 it helps

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.659
 the body

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:39.079
 to respond

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:40.179
 to the

00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:40.679
 will,

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.400
 not just

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:42.079
 the appetite.

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:43.179
 For most

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:43.719
 of the time,

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.460
 our body

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.099
 responds,

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:46.059
 we live

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.760
 under the

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.400
 influence of

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.900
 our appetite,

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:48.579
 not the

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.059
 influence of

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.400
 our will.

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:49.760
 So,

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.039
 there are

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.539
 times you

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:51.179
 don't want

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.780
 to do it,

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.460
 but appetite

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:52.760
 says you

00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:52.980
 don't have

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.240
 a choice.

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.619
 Come on,

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.400
 go on.

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.340
 Fasting

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:56.860
 helps you

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.500
 to be

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:57.940
 able to

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.380
 bring the

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:58.699
 body

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.340
 under

00:34:59.340 --> 00:34:59.860
 subjection.

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.320
 The body

00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:01.420
 lines up

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:01.980
 to the

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.460
 demands

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:02.840
 of the

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.099
 will,

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:03.780
 not just

00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:03.920
 the

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.219
 demands

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:04.460
 of the

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:04.900
 appetite.

00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:06.480
 It is

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:07.019
 amen there.

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:08.780
 Today is

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:09.300
 like lectures,

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:09.760
 it's good,

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:11.559
 because what

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:11.960
 is ahead

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.639
 is serious.

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:14.980
 Number

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.320
 three,

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:18.099
 heightened

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:19.119
 alertness.

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.219
 Number

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:20.780
 three,

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.300
 physical

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:21.940
 benefits

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.679
 of fasting,

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:23.659
 physically,

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.920
 heightened

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.539
 alertness.

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:25.899
 Many

00:35:25.899 --> 00:35:26.719
 Christians

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:27.819
 report that

00:35:27.819 --> 00:35:28.319
 fasting

00:35:28.319 --> 00:35:29.579
 produces

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:30.119
 mental

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.699
 clarity

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:31.179
 and

00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:31.859
 sharp

00:35:31.859 --> 00:35:32.339
 focus,

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:34.079
 which aids

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.899
 in prayer

00:35:34.899 --> 00:35:35.420
 and scripture

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:35.779
 reading.

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.319
 Mental

00:35:37.319 --> 00:35:37.819
 clarity

00:35:37.819 --> 00:35:38.000
 and

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.199
 sharp

00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:38.679
 focus.

00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:39.139
 So,

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:39.719
 heightened

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:40.279
 alertness.

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:40.960
 When you are

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.239
 fasting,

00:35:41.359 --> 00:35:42.019
 something helps

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:43.460
 your faculties,

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:45.159
 or you can put

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:45.599
 it this way,

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.739
 brain and

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:47.319
 cognitive

00:35:47.319 --> 00:35:47.899
 benefits.

00:35:49.839 --> 00:35:50.399
 Fasting

00:35:50.399 --> 00:35:50.779
 comes with

00:35:50.779 --> 00:35:52.079
 some cognitive

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:53.000
 and brain

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.400
 benefits,

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:53.900
 potential

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.440
 improvement

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.699
 in focus,

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.340
 memory,

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.299
 et cetera.

00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:59.079
 And then

00:35:59.079 --> 00:35:59.739
 the last

00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:00.739
 one,

00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:01.679
 physical

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.139
 benefit,

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:03.539
 is number

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:03.920
 four.

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.400
 Fasting

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:06.139
 helps in

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:06.519
 breaking

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.460
 unhealthy

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:08.799
 patterns.

00:36:09.799 --> 00:36:10.319
 Unhealthy

00:36:10.319 --> 00:36:11.340
 patterns.

00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:13.539
 So,

00:36:13.739 --> 00:36:14.039
 fasting

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.920
 from food

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:17.239
 can interrupt

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:18.340
 cycles of

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:19.079
 overconsumption

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:21.440
 and help

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:22.019
 reset

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.759
 unhealthy

00:36:22.759 --> 00:36:23.279
 habits.

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:27.019
 I should

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.299
 say it

00:36:27.299 --> 00:36:27.500
 again.

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:27.779
 Okay,

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.400
 I will say

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:28.639
 it again.

00:36:29.299 --> 00:36:29.920
 Fasting

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.619
 from food

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:32.000
 can interrupt

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.960
 cycles of

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.960
 overconsumption

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:35.039
 and help

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.719
 reset

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:36.739
 unhealthy

00:36:36.739 --> 00:36:37.579
 habits.

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:39.559
 Physical

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.759
 benefits.

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.779
 Praise the

00:36:42.779 --> 00:36:42.980
 Lord.

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:45.179
 This is just

00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:45.739
 to add

00:36:45.739 --> 00:36:46.639
 this as I

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:47.239
 round up.

00:36:47.799 --> 00:36:48.239
 Caution.

00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:49.419
 Oh,

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:49.939
 footnote.

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:53.159
 These

00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:53.839
 effects

00:36:53.839 --> 00:36:55.119
 vary between

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:55.819
 individuals.

00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:57.259
 Everybody's

00:36:57.259 --> 00:36:58.759
 body mass

00:36:58.759 --> 00:36:59.279
 is different.

00:36:59.819 --> 00:37:00.000
 All right.

00:37:00.219 --> 00:37:01.219
 But one

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:01.739
 of the benefits

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:02.699
 actually is

00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:03.399
 that it

00:37:03.399 --> 00:37:04.079
 can reduce

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.579
 the risk

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:05.219
 of diabetes.

00:37:07.819 --> 00:37:08.459
 Fasting

00:37:08.459 --> 00:37:08.979
 can reduce

00:37:08.979 --> 00:37:09.339
 the risk

00:37:09.339 --> 00:37:09.939
 of diabetes

00:37:09.939 --> 00:37:10.839
 and certain

00:37:10.839 --> 00:37:12.000
 health

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.500
 challenges.

00:37:12.739 --> 00:37:12.879
 So,

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:13.479
 I think

00:37:13.479 --> 00:37:13.979
 it's a good

00:37:13.979 --> 00:37:14.599
 exercise.

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:15.880
 But as

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:16.400
 I said,

00:37:16.739 --> 00:37:18.019
 not everybody's

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:19.079
 body will

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:20.159
 react the

00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:20.460
 same.

00:37:21.279 --> 00:37:21.420
 All right.

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:22.159
 Because based

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:23.039
 on your age,

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.739
 based on your

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:25.239
 genes,

00:37:25.799 --> 00:37:26.420
 based on your

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:27.900
 existing health

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.519
 condition,

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:29.799
 you know,

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:31.000
 and based

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.920
 on your

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:32.519
 regularity,

00:37:32.759 --> 00:37:33.420
 it might not

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:34.019
 be the same.

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:35.059
 So,

00:37:35.139 --> 00:37:35.940
 anytime I

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:36.299
 fast,

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:36.839
 I don't

00:37:36.839 --> 00:37:37.380
 struggle to

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:37.960
 lose weight.

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:39.059
 But some

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:39.339
 of you,

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:40.000
 your story

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.400
 is different.

00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:43.319
 You can do

00:37:43.319 --> 00:37:44.339
 five days

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:45.360
 raw fasting

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:47.160
 and nothing

00:37:47.160 --> 00:37:47.800
 has changed.

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:51.059
 But it's

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.559
 human to

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:51.880
 human.

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:52.680
 All right.

00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:53.300
 And please

00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:54.500
 don't beat

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:55.720
 yourself because

00:37:55.720 --> 00:37:56.900
 you are not

00:37:56.900 --> 00:37:57.559
 seeing so much.

00:37:57.620 --> 00:37:58.059
 But definitely

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.480
 there will be

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.200
 benefits.

00:37:59.420 --> 00:37:59.640
 And then

00:37:59.640 --> 00:38:00.420
 the second

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:01.000
 thing I want

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.440
 to draw to

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:01.880
 your attention

00:38:01.880 --> 00:38:04.000
 is fasting

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.660
 should not

00:38:04.660 --> 00:38:05.079
 be viewed

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.680
 as a

00:38:05.680 --> 00:38:06.120
 guaranteed

00:38:06.120 --> 00:38:07.440
 health

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:07.960
 treatment.

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.099
 treatment.

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.659
 Don't view

00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:11.260
 it as a

00:38:11.260 --> 00:38:11.800
 guaranteed

00:38:11.800 --> 00:38:12.780
 health

00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:13.460
 treatment.

00:38:14.300 --> 00:38:14.420
 Okay.

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:14.679
 So,

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.340
 please,

00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:15.920
 caution.

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:17.079
 Don't view

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:17.599
 it as

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:18.179
 health

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:18.599
 treatment.

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:19.860
 And then,

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:20.519
 finally,

00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:21.820
 important

00:38:21.820 --> 00:38:22.639
 caution is

00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:23.579
 people who

00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:24.500
 are pregnant,

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:26.720
 diabetic,

00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:30.139
 underweight,

00:38:31.379 --> 00:38:31.839
 having

00:38:31.839 --> 00:38:32.480
 eating

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:33.179
 disorders,

00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:35.039
 or taking

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:35.539
 certain

00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:36.259
 medications,

00:38:36.799 --> 00:38:37.339
 or have

00:38:37.339 --> 00:38:38.299
 significant

00:38:38.299 --> 00:38:38.919
 medical

00:38:38.919 --> 00:38:39.799
 conditions,

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:40.359
 should

00:38:40.359 --> 00:38:41.439
 consult a

00:38:41.439 --> 00:38:41.839
 healthcare

00:38:41.839 --> 00:38:42.519
 professional

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:43.299
 before

00:38:43.299 --> 00:38:44.359
 undertaking

00:38:44.359 --> 00:38:44.899
 a food

00:38:44.899 --> 00:38:45.279
 fast.

00:38:49.339 --> 00:38:49.659
 Don't

00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:50.419
 spiritualize

00:38:50.419 --> 00:38:50.759
 everything.

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:51.720
 God,

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:51.980
 God,

00:38:52.060 --> 00:38:52.260
 no,

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:52.520
 no,

00:38:52.560 --> 00:38:52.680
 no,

00:38:52.680 --> 00:38:52.980
 please.

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:53.860
 You have

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:54.220
 a body.

00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:54.640
 Your body

00:38:54.640 --> 00:38:54.960
 is not

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:55.300
 spiritual,

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:55.520
 it's

00:38:55.520 --> 00:38:55.840
 physical.

00:38:57.160 --> 00:38:57.820
 I am

00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:58.540
 not a

00:38:58.540 --> 00:38:58.960
 health

00:38:58.960 --> 00:39:00.160
 aspect,

00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:00.580
 and I'm

00:39:00.580 --> 00:39:01.120
 not giving

00:39:01.120 --> 00:39:02.740
 health talk

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:03.100
 here.

00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:04.540
 I'm just

00:39:04.540 --> 00:39:05.040
 teaching.

00:39:05.660 --> 00:39:05.900
 Okay,

00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:06.480
 we are a

00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:06.740
 church,

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:07.180
 and we are

00:39:07.180 --> 00:39:07.600
 about to

00:39:07.600 --> 00:39:08.480
 embark on

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:08.960
 a fasting.

00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:09.840
 However,

00:39:10.080 --> 00:39:10.500
 if you

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:11.440
 fall under

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:11.740
 some of

00:39:11.740 --> 00:39:11.860
 these

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.240
 conditions,

00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:12.620
 pregnant

00:39:12.620 --> 00:39:13.040
 women,

00:39:13.820 --> 00:39:14.060
 don't

00:39:14.060 --> 00:39:14.240
 worry,

00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:14.440
 we'll

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:14.800
 fast for

00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:14.980
 you.

00:39:17.160 --> 00:39:17.600
 Stop

00:39:17.600 --> 00:39:18.080
 comparing

00:39:18.080 --> 00:39:18.600
 yourself to

00:39:18.600 --> 00:39:18.760
 others,

00:39:19.040 --> 00:39:19.580
 because maybe

00:39:19.580 --> 00:39:20.540
 you need

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:20.980
 energy.

00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:24.039
 Our bodies

00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:24.599
 are different.

00:39:24.759 --> 00:39:25.320
 So let me

00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:25.880
 repeat it.

00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:28.139
 People who

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 are pregnant,

00:39:30.059 --> 00:39:30.460
 people who

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:31.000
 are diabetic,

00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:32.420
 people who

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 are under

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:33.860
 weight.

00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:36.179
 I need

00:39:36.179 --> 00:39:36.320
 to say

00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:36.639
 overweight,

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 please.

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:39.800
 Don't add

00:39:39.800 --> 00:39:40.380
 yourself to

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:40.559
 it.

00:39:45.279 --> 00:39:46.039
 People who

00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:46.360
 are under

00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:46.559
 weight,

00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:47.000
 people who

00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:47.179
 have

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:48.079
 eaten

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:48.699
 disorders.

00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:52.259
 people who

00:39:52.259 --> 00:39:52.500
 take

00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:52.980
 certain

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:53.679
 medications,

00:39:54.719 --> 00:39:55.019
 or who

00:39:55.019 --> 00:39:55.239
 have

00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:56.139
 significant

00:39:56.139 --> 00:39:56.920
 medical

00:39:56.920 --> 00:39:57.759
 conditions,

00:39:58.259 --> 00:39:58.559
 should

00:39:58.559 --> 00:39:59.420
 consult a

00:39:59.420 --> 00:39:59.619
 health

00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:00.079
 professional

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 before you

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:01.659
 undertake this.

00:40:02.279 --> 00:40:02.599
 Does that

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.000
 make sense?

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:03.980
 Did you

00:40:03.980 --> 00:40:04.219
 receive

00:40:04.219 --> 00:40:04.559
 something?

00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:06.199
 Very

00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:06.579
 interesting

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:06.920
 preaching

00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:07.259
 today.

00:40:07.260 --> 00:40:14.300
 Thank you.

00:40:14.300 --> 00:40:16.620
 Thank you for

00:40:16.620 --> 00:40:17.020
 listening to

00:40:17.020 --> 00:40:17.500
 this message

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:17.980
 by David

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:18.260
 Entry.

00:40:18.760 --> 00:40:19.400
 We trust

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:19.660
 you've been

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 encouraged,

00:40:20.540 --> 00:40:20.880
 strengthened,

00:40:21.140 --> 00:40:21.580
 and enlightened

00:40:21.580 --> 00:40:22.240
 by the word.

00:40:23.160 --> 00:40:23.740
 Stay connected

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 by following

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00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:35.660
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00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:36.480
 and be

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:36.819
 blessed.