Throughout history, God has called on His people to humble themselves through fasting and prayer. Fasting is a spiritual weapon God uses to advance His kingdom, change the destiny of nations, brings revival, and victory in people’s lives. There is something powerful that happens when we voluntarily humble ourselves, seek God’s will, and agree with Him for His purposes to be fulfilled.
As a church, we begin with a season of prayer and fasting every year in the month of April and ends in June. It is our way of humbling ourselves before God as a church. It is also the time when we corporately come into agreement and believe together for breakthroughs in our personal lives, families, finances, ministry and all our branch churches.
Over the years, as a result of this time of fasting (40days, 21days, 14days, 7&3days of complete day and night fasting), approximately 500+ House Of Prayer Church – nlg members with fasting, gather in powerful prayers in the last days, we have seen great revival in the church and people receiving salvation, healing, family restoration, miraculous provision, anointing of the Holy spirit and also receive GODs WILL in their lives. We have seen tremendous growth in churches. One of the highlights is always seeing and hearing testimonies of how God answers, over and beyond what people ask.
Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. Joel 1:14
1.Jesus fasted.
2.Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. Matthew 4:1, 2
Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.Luke 4:14
Before He began His ministry, Jesus fasted forty days. He knew He was going to need spiritual strength to fulfill His purposes. Fasting makes us physically weak but spiritually strong and prepares us to do God’s work.
3.Fasting is an act of humility, consecration and transforming into his image.
. . . I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. . . .Psalm 35:13
Humility results in the grace of God. When we humble ourselves in prayer, we have instant access to the heart of God. As we deny ourselves as an act of consecration, we are better able to exercise self-control. We can keep our emotions and desires under control.
4.Fasting helps us become sensitive to the Holy Spirit.
5.While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Acts 13:2
When we deny ourselves of our natural cravings, our spiritual senses become sharper. We become more sensitive to His voice as we divert ourselves of worldly distractions. We are better able to focus on God and submit to His will. This opens the door for the Holy Spirit into our lives.
6.Fasting brings revival.
…in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the LORD given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years. 3So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes. Daniel 9:2, 3
Fasting helps us prevail in prayer and intercession. Daniel understood that Israel was headed for destruction. He also knew that in times like these, there is only one recourse—intercession through praying and fasting. Throughout human history, God has brought revival and delivered nations from destruction in response to prayer and fasting.
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