Fast to Overcome

1. FAST TO
OVERCOME

2. WORD OF GOD:
Matthew 6:16 "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.

3. Matthew 6:17 But you, when
you fast, anoint your head and
wash your face,
Matthew 6:18 so that you do
not appear to men to be fasting,
but to your Father who is in the
secret place; and your Father
who sees in secret will reward
you openly.

4. Luke 18:11 The Pharisee stood
and prayed thus with himself,
'God, I thank You that I am not
like other men--extortioners,
unjust, adulterers, or even as this
tax collector.
Luke 18:12 I fast twice a week; I
give tithes of all that I possess.'

5. Ezra 8:21 Then I
proclaimed a fast there at the
river of Ahava, that we might
humble ourselves before our
God, to seek from Him the
right way for us and our little
ones and all our possessions.

6. 1.FAST TO OVERCOME AND
DESTROY THE WORKS OF SATAN
ILLUS: ESTHER VS HAMAN
Esther 4:16 "Go, gather all the Jews who
are present in Shushan, and fast for me;
neither eat nor drink for three days, night
or day. My maids and I will fast likewise.
And so I will go to the king, which is
against the law; and if I perish, I perish!"

7. Esther 7:9 Now Harbonah, one of the
eunuchs, said to the king, "Look! The
gallows, fifty cubits high, which Haman
made for Mordecai, who spoke good on
the king's behalf, is standing at the
house of Haman." Then the king said,
"Hang him on it!"
Esther 7:10 So they hanged Haman on
the gallows that he had prepared for
Mordecai. Then the king's wrath
subsided.

8. 2.FAST TO OVERCOME ANY BONDAGE
Matthew 17:21 However, this kind
does not go out except by prayer and
fasting." [83]
Isaiah 58:6 "Is this not the fast that
I have chosen: To loose the bonds of
wickedness, To undo the heavy
burdens, To let the oppressed go
free, And that you break every yoke?

9. 3.FAST TO OVERCOME ALL
DOUBTS TO RECEIVE MIRACLES
2Chronicles 20:3 And
Jehoshaphat feared, and set
himself to seek the Lord, and
proclaimed a fast throughout
all Judah.

10. 4.FAST TO OVERCOME ALL
STRUGGLES AND HINDRANCES
TO SUCCESS AND FRUITFULNESS
Nehemiah 9:1 Now on the
twenty-fourth day of this month
the children of Israel were
assembled with fasting, in
sackcloth, and with dust on their
heads.*

11. 5.FAST TO OVERCOME BACKSLIDING
Joel 2:12 "Now, therefore,"
says the Lord, "Turn to Me
with all your heart, With
fasting, with weeping, and
with mourning.”

12. Daniel 10:3 “I ate no pleasant food,
no meat or wine came into my
mouth, nor did I anoint myself at
all, till three whole weeks were
fulfilled.”
Daniel 1:16 “Thus the steward took
away their portion of delicacies and
the wine that they were to drink,
and gave them vegetables.”

13. Daniel 1:17 “As for these four young
men, God gave them knowledge and
skill in all literature and wisdom; and
Daniel had understanding in all visions
and dreams.”
Daniel 1:18 “Now at the end of the
days, when the king had said that they
should be brought in, the chief of the
eunuchs brought them in before
Nebuchadnezzar.”

14. Daniel 1:19 “Then the king interviewed
[2] them, and among them all none was
found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael,
and Azariah; therefore they served
before the king.”
Daniel 1:20 “And in all matters of
wisdom and understanding about
which the king examined them, he
found them ten times better than all the
magicians and astrologers who were in
all his realm.”

15. • Daniel 6:4 “So the governors and satraps
sought to find some charge against Daniel
concerning the kingdom; but they could find
no charge or fault, because he was faithful;
nor was there any error or fault found in
him.”
NO MEAT, NO SOFTDRINKS TO ALL
LEVEL.
• SHEEP:RICE, FISH
• DEER:HALF-RICE, BREAD, MILK, EGGS (
NO FISH )
• LION: VEGGIES, FRUITS, BREAD, BLACK
COFFEE ( NO DAIRY, NO FISH, NO EGGS)

16. MOST IMPORTANT:
• NO ANGER, NO NEGATIVE TALKING,
NO NEGATIVE THINKING, NO
COMPLAINING AND MURMURING,
• NO UNFORGIVENESS, NO JEALOUSY
AND ENVY,
• NO MALLING, NO FB AND INTERNET
EXCEPT FOR RELATED TO
MINISTRY, JOB AND SCHOOL
REQUIREMENTS.