Why Fast Corporately, and What Can We Expect

Why Fast Corporately, and What Can We Expect?

Pastor Jim Langlois

Review - Why Fast, and What Can We Expect?

(Remember – testimony from Brenda)

Because Jesus did, He told us how, He said we would, and He said we should!

Jesus did:

Luke 4:2 (NKJV)
being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing,

He told us how:

Matthew 6:16-18 (NKJV)
“Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
so that you do not appear to men to be fasting

He said we would:

Matthew 9:15 (NKJV)
But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

He said we should:

Matthew 17:20-21 (NKJV)
I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”

What can we expect? New Wine!

Luke 5:37-38 (NKJV)
37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined.
38 But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.

1. Devils cast out and people healed

2. Help and guidance from God

3. Ministry to God

4. Humility

5. Repentance

6. To seek god first

7. Healing in Marriage

8. Worship & Service to God

9. Spiritual Strength to Resist Temptation

10. Breakthrough

11. Loved ones to come to the Lord

12. Prosperity

13. The blessings of the Lord

14. Spiritual growth and intimacy with Jesus

15. The bands of wickedness to be loosed

16. To undo heavy burdens

17. To let the oppressed go free

18. To break every yoke

19. To cover the Naked

20. Healing

21. Righteousness

22. Glory

23. Answers

24. Light

25. Guidance

26. Satisfaction

27. Strength

28. Repair

29. Restoration

Why Fast Corporately, and What Can We Expect?

Judges 20:18-28

Judges 20:35-36

2 Chronicles 20:1-4

2 Chronicles 20:12-24

Esther 3:13

Esther 4:15-17

Esther 7:1-5

Esther 8:7-8

Esther 8:11

Joel 1:13-14

Joel 2:12-32

Jonah 3:1-10

Acts 13:1-4

Acts 14:23

Life Christian University; Three hundred years after Paul’s death, every church that he established was still in existence!

What can we expect?

1. As with the Israelites against the Benjamites; we will have victory in Battle!

2. As with Jehoshaphat; the battle will be the Lord’s and not ours!

3. As with Esther, we will have favor and protection

4. As prophesied by Joel, we will have repentance, new wine and oil, the former and latter rain, the restoration of lost years, the land will be refreshed, the Spirit will be upon all flesh, and people will be saved.

5. As with Jonah, we will have city-wide revival

6. As with the disciples we will have the gifts and callings of God declared and sent out into all the world, and we will have churches established with appointed Pastors.

What is the Spirit saying to the Church?

Revelation 1:10-20

#1
Revelation 2:1-7	Ephesus	The Loveless Church
	Lord	He who holds the seven Stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands
	Right	Their works, labor, and patienceThey hate evil, and do not become weary
	Wrong	Left their 1st love
	Admonition	To remember, repent, do the 1st works
Verse 7	Reward	They would eat from the tree of life
	Note

#2
Revelation 2:8-11	Smyrna	The Persecuted Church
	Lord	The 1st and the last, who was dead and came to life
	Right	Their works, tribulation, and poverty (although rich)
	Wrong	The tribulation and testing for a period of time
	Admonition	To be faithful until death
Verses 10-11	Reward	The crown of life, and they would not hurt by the second death

#3
Revelation 2:12-17	Pergamos	The Compromising Church
	Lord	He who has the sharp two-edged sword
	Right	They hold fast and do not deny the Name of Jesus even though they live in a very evil place
	Wrong	False doctrine, idols, and sexual immorality around them which cause a stumbling block to others
	Admonition	Repent
Verse 17	Reward	To eat of the hidden manna, and get a white stone with a name written on it which no-one knows except those who receive it

#4
Revelation 2:18-29	Thyatira	The Corrupt Church
	Lord	Who has eyes like a flame of fire, and feet like fine brass
	Right	They have works of love, service, faith and patience
	Wrong	The doctrine of Jezebel seducing His servants to commit sexual immorality and worship idols
	Admonition	Hold fast to that which you have until He returns
Verses 26-29	Reward	They will have power over the nations, and the morning star

#5
Revelation 3:1-6	Sardis	The Dead Church
	Lord	He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars
	Right	Their works and a name that’s alive
	Wrong	They are dead, and also have imperfect works
	Admonition	Be watchful and strengthen the things that remain, hold fast and repent
Verses 5-7	Reward	They will be clothed in white garments, and their names are not blotted out of the Book of Life
	Note

#7
Revelation 3:14-22	Laodicia	The Lukewarm Church
	Lord	The faithful and true witness, the beginning of creation
	Right
	Wrong	They had lukewarm works, they were rich and said they had need of nothing, they did not know that they were wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked.
	Admonition	To buy the gold refined in the fire, anoint your eyes with eye salve so you can see, be zealous and repent
Verses 20-22	Reward	They will come and dine with Him, and be granted to sit with Him on the throne.

#6
Revelation 3:7-13	Philadelphia	The Faithful Church
	Lord	He who is Holy and true. He who has the key of David. He who opens and no one shuts, shuts and no one opens
	Right	They have a little strength, kept His word, and not denied His name.
	Wrong
	Admonition	Hold fast to what you have so no-one can take your crown
Verses 12-13	Reward	Unbelievers will worship at your feet, He will keep you from the hour of trial, And you will become a pillar in the temple, with His new name written on you

Jeremiah 23:1-6

Matthew 16:19 says that the keys (authority) to the kingdom allow us to bind and Loose, which is prayer!

King David is most well known for his heart of Prayer, Praise and Worship, and Authority

When I asked the Lord what the Key of David was, He stated that it was prayer and praise in the authority in the Name of Jesus.

David was a man after God’s own heart – a man of prayer, repentance, humility, praise, worship, & authority

Acts 13:22 (NKJV)
22 And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’

This confirmed our vision…

§ Prayer

§ Praise & Worship

§ The Word and The Spirit

§ Faith, Love, and Giving

§ Fellowship and Servanthood

§ Evangelism and Discipleship

Let’s pray and praise and send the praisers first!

We must be a church after God’s own heart!

Beginning Sunday January 1st:

§ 21-day fast with prayer every morning 7-8:30

§ Matthew & Sherrie Moore from Common Thread Ministries

§ Wednesdays - Ray Spiers and Sally Fritzsche teaching on prayer

New things coming in February…

§ Beginning Wednesday February 1st – cancel Tuesday prayer

§ Wednesday will become “Wednesday Praise and Prayer”

§ 7:30-9:00pm Doors open at 6:30

§ We will receive and offering

§ Possible mini-teaching exhortations but 98% Prayer and Praise

§ Altar calls as the Spirit directs

We will begin to strengthen, build and create new LifeGroups

I am even considering having a LifeGroup in my home.

§ Read the End Times-Dispatch

§ Read Jentzen Franklin’s Book

§ Enter into prayer

§ Decide what type fast you will do