The pastor is calling the congregation to fast for 21 days to seek breakthrough. Fasting involves sacrificing something like food, TV, or coffee and spending that time in prayer and worship. The pastor believes their church needs breakthrough financially and spiritually. Fasting will help them position themselves to receive answers from God and experience a fresh outpouring of his power. Daniel fasted for 21 days and received understanding and breakthrough, so the pastor is encouraging the congregation to fast similarly to seek God's guidance and blessings during this challenging time.

1. Daniel 10:12-14

2. Dr. Pothana

3. Daniel 10:12-14 – 12 Then he said, "Don't be afraid,
Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for
understanding and to humble yourself before your
God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have
come in answer to your prayer. 13 But for twenty-one
days the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia blocked
my way. Then Michael, one of the archangels, came
to help me, and I left him there with the spirit prince
of the kingdom of Persia. 14 Now I am here to explain
what will happen to your people in the future, for this
vision concerns a time yet to come.“ (NLT)

4. • It is time for what?
• It is Breakthrough Time!
• Definition: The Breakthrough time is the
period between exposure to a harmful
substance and the appearance of its effects.

6. Micah 2:13 – The Breaker [the Messiah] will go up
before them. They will break through, pass in
through the gate and go out through it, and their
King will pass on before them, the Lord at their
head. (AMP)
• The Breaker – is a messianic title for Jesus.
• It is a lesser known title but a very important one.
• This verse gives the idea that we are in a sheep pen
and have been there for some time.
• The grass is now gone and nothing is left but mud,
dirt and dust.
• We need a breakthrough!

7. • This is where many of us are in our present walk
with the Lord.
• The place where you are right now was at one time
a place of victory and provision, but it is time to
move on.
• This place is no longer meeting your needs
spiritually.
• You are on a plateau.
• But, you need the Breaker to show up and break
you through the gate to a new level.

8. • Many have plateaued, and it is our time to move on
to new places in our walk with God.
• We can’t just rest where we are.
• We must keep growing.
• But, there are forces which are resisting our
growth.

9. • Many of you need breakthrough in your:
– Health
– Finances
– Marriage
– Jobs
– Salvation of loved ones
– Children
• Now is the time for this to take place!
• God is a now God.
• If not now, then when?
• If not with you, then with whom?
• If not here, then where?

10. • Many times there are things that are blocking
breakthrough from coming and just praying about it
(as important as that is) is not enough.
• Often we need to place ourselves in a position to
hear and receive from God.
• Remember when the disciples were trying to cast a
demon out of a boy and were not successful?

11. Matthew 17:14-21 – 14 And when they had come
to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling
down to Him and saying, 15 "Lord, have mercy on
my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely;
for he often falls into the fire and often into the
water. 16 So I brought him to Your disciples, but
they could not cure him." 17 Then Jesus answered
and said, "O faithless and perverse generation, how
long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with
you? Bring him here to Me." 18 And Jesus rebuked
the demon, and it came out of him; and the child
was cured from that very hour.

12. 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and
said, "Why could we not cast it out?" 20 So Jesus
said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for
assuredly, 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.
• Most people stop reading right here and focus on
Nothing will be impossible for you.
• But, the word however shows that there is more to
this.
21 However, this kind does not go out except by
prayer and fasting." (NKJV)

13. • If Jesus could have accomplished all He did without
fasting, why did He fast?
• Remember He fasted 40 days and 40 nights at the
beginning of His earthly ministry.
• Jesus knew that there are spiritual things that can
only be released through prayer AND fasting.
• This brings me to my main point this morning.

14. • There are keys to our breakthrough on a corporate
level as well as on a personal level.
• And, fasting puts us in the position to receive the
answers we need.
• Our church needs breakthrough in finances, and we
need a new building.
• We also need a fresh release of God’s anointing and
power in our services.
• It is time for us to step it up to a new level and
place in the Spirit.

15. As the pastor of this church, I want to
ask you to prayerfully consider fasting
21 days for Breakthrough.

16. • Now, before you get your defenses up and protest
that you cannot fast, let me explain more fully.
• I am aware that some people are not able to fast
food for health reasons.
• But, there are different kinds of fasts.
• You can ask the Lord and seek what He would have
you fast for 21 days.
• This will be a great opportunity for everyone to
hear from the Lord about this.
• Let me give you several examples of what you can
fast.

17. • You can fast:
– TV
– Sugar
– Soft Drinks
– One meal a day
– Desserts
– Coffee
– Videos & Movies
– Video Games
– Texting
– Daniel Fast – only fruits, vegetables & water for 21 days
– Or, you can do a food fast and drink only water.

18. • (If you are not used to fasting regularly, I do
recommend starting out with a 21 day food fast.)
• There are different types of fasts.
• You need to hear from God to see what He would
have you do or if you should do anything at all.
• We are not going to condemn you if you don’t.
• We only want those whose hearts have been stirred
by the Holy Spirit to do this.

19. • Allow me to give you 3 reasons it is good to pray in
this pandemic situation
1. You set the course for the pandemic situation .
• Just as starting your day out with prayer sets the
course for your whole day and covers all that may
happen during that day, the same is true of this
pandemic situation with a fast.

20. 2. God’s blessings will follow you and your family

21. 3. You will release the Matthew 6:33 Principle in
your life.
Matthew 6:33 – But seek first the kingdom of God
and His righteousness, and all these things shall be
added to you. (NKJV)

22. • What is fasting?
• Because there are so many misconceptions about
fasting I need to tell you first what it is not.
1. Fasting is not merely going without food.
– That would be a diet.
2. Nor, is fasting something for monks or ministers
only.
• It is a practice that should be a normal part of our
Christian walk.

23. • It is about developing a deeper hunger for the
presence of God in your life.
• You will become more sensitive to the Lord and to
His voice.
• It allows us to position ourselves for breakthrough
to come in our lives.

24. • Fasting filters out all the competing noises, so you
can hear the gentle voice of the Holy Spirit.
• And, you will receive the power of the Lord for your
Breakthrough.

25. Matthew 9:15 – And Jesus said to them, "Can the
friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the
bridegroom is with them? But the days will come
when the bridegroom will be taken away from
them, and then they will fast. (NKJV)
• The time for us to fast is now!
• The Bridegroom, Jesus, is in heaven, and we are
living in the age when fasting should be a normal
part of our Christian walk.

26. “Fasting . . . opens the way for the outpouring of
the Spirit and the restoration of God’s house.
Fasting in this age of the absent Bridegroom is in
expectation of His return. Soon there will be the
midnight cry, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to
meet Him.’ It will be too late then to fast and to
pray. The time is now.” — God's Chosen Fast, Arthur
Wallis

27. • Now, let me give some practical points about
fasting.
• Whatever you eliminate from your life for a period
of time, replace it with prayer and worship.
• For instance, if you are going to fast lunch every
day, spend that time praying and seeking the Lord.
• You need to listen to your body.
• If you are getting sick, you may need to go back to
eating normally.
• If you fail, that is OK.
• Just continue where you left off.

28. • If you have blood sugar issues or other health
problems, you should not refrain from foods unless
you have your doctor’s permission.
• Fast TV and spend the time you usually watch TV to
pray and worship the Lord.
• Pregnant or nursing mothers should not refrain
from food either.
• Drink lots of water!
• Breakthrough often comes after the fast rather
than during the fast.

29. • If you have small children, it may be more difficult
to do it as well.
• Be creative and allow the Holy Spirit to guide you in
this.

30. Daniel 10:12-14 – 12 Then he said, "Don't be afraid,
Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for
understanding and to humble yourself before your
God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have
come in answer to your prayer. 13 But for twenty-one
days the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia blocked
my way. Then Michael, one of the archangels, came
to help me, and I left him there with the spirit prince
of the kingdom of Persia. 14 Now I am here to explain
what will happen to your people in the future, for this
vision concerns a time yet to come.“ (NLT)