THE LAWS AND POWER OF FASTING || Apostle Michael Orokpo

00:12:16
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概要

TLDRIn this video, the speaker outlines the proper understanding of fasting in a Christian context, emphasizing that fasting should be accompanied by prayer and righteous living to be spiritually beneficial. Fasting is not merely abstaining from food but involves removing distractions to seek God. The speaker warns against fasting that lacks prayer and righteousness, as it not only becomes ineffective but could also lead to spiritual pitfalls. The discourse also touches upon the misconception that physical self-denial alone pleases God, whereas true fasting involves living a life of justice and compassion towards others, aligning oneself with God's presence. The effective merging of fasting with prayer increases spiritual sensitivity and brings protection and potential medicinal benefits.

収穫

  • 🙏 Fasting should always include prayer for spiritual growth.
  • 📿 Righteous living is key to effective fasting.
  • ❌ Avoid distractions to focus on God during fasting.
  • 👀 Spiritual sensitivity increases when fasting correctly.
  • 🤝 Treat others with justice and compassion while fasting.
  • 🚫 Fasting without prayer is merely a hunger strike.
  • ⚠️ Incorrect fasting can lead to spiritual vulnerability.
  • ⏳ Fasting is a lifestyle, not just an event.
  • 🧘 Fasting strengthens the power of prayer.
  • 💡 Understand fasting beyond just avoiding food.

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  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The speaker emphasizes the importance of proper fasting to receive its benefits, pointing out that simply abstaining from food is not enough. It's crucial to move towards God through prayer during fasting, as it increases spiritual sensitivity. Fasting without prayer is seen as foolish because your spirit becomes sensitive and needs to receive feedback from God. Fasting should be an ongoing lifestyle, not just an event tied to church declarations, akin to a 'fasted life' that lays the foundation for genuine impact.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:12:16

    Continuing on fasting, the speaker stresses that fasting should include righteous living, and fasting without righteousness renders it ineffective in God's eyes. Oppressing others, being unjust or hypocritical during a fast leads to God rejecting the fast. True fasting also involves prayer, as it connects with God and protects the soul from other influences. The example of Jesus praying and fasting is highlighted, emphasizing that it's prayer that enables spiritual breakthroughs during fasting. The video concludes with encouraging viewers to subscribe for more insights.

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ビデオQ&A

  • What is the correct way to fast according to the video?

    The video suggests that fasting correctly involves prayer, righteous living, and focusing on God rather than just abstaining from food.

  • Why is prayer important during fasting?

    Prayer is important during fasting because it helps to guide spiritual focus towards God and prevents the entrance of negative influences.

  • What happens if you fast without praying?

    Fasting without praying can make you spiritually sensitive to negative influences and does not carry the spiritual benefits intended.

  • Can fasting be harmful if not done correctly?

    Yes, fasting can be harmful as it can lead to physical weakness and spiritual vulnerability if not accompanied by prayer and righteous living.

  • What is the main goal of fasting?

    The main goal of fasting is to seek God by removing distractions, aligning life with righteousness, and increasing spiritual sensitivity.

  • Is fasting only about abstaining from food?

    No, fasting is not just about abstaining from food but also involves avoiding distractions and living a life of righteousness.

  • How should fasting be incorporated into one's lifestyle?

    Fasting should be a lifestyle, integrated regularly with prayer and righteous living, rather than only during specific times like church-declared fasts.

  • What does the video say about righteousness during fasting?

    Righteousness is crucial during fasting, as unrighteous acts like oppressing others invalidate the fasting effort in the spiritual realm.

  • Can fasting have medicinal value?

    Yes, fasting can have medicinal value when done correctly, as the presence of God can provide protection and benefits.

  • Why might people not benefit spiritually from fasting?

    People might not benefit spiritually from fasting if they focus only on the physical aspect of abstaining from food without prayer or righteous living.

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    if you don't fast correctly the
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    guarantee of having benefit is not there
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    you can only receive the benefit of
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    fasting when you fast
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    correctly God does not move because you
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    fast you are the one who moves and so if
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    you separate yourself from food and you
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    don't move in the direction of God
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    through prayer any other thing you do at
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    that time the impact will be stronger
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    because at that time your spirit is
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    sensitive if you watch a movie at that
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    time a demon of loss can enter you
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    because your antenna is sharp the moment
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    you start fasting and mortifying the
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    flesh you will notice that spiritual
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    sensitivity begins to increase and so it
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    is foolishness to fast without praying
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    welcome to my channel like And subscribe
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    to this channel share this video and
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    make it go viral thank you so the first
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    thing you need to know about fasting is
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    that we fast
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    Church declares fasting that is good but
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    whether they declare it or not we live
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    fasting we live a fasted life that's the
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    secret of victory in this realm ask
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    anybody making genuine impact you can
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    make impression and people will look at
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    you and assume things are happening Time
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    Will Reveal that that thing is fake if
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    what you are doing is genuine you must
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    put fasting at the foundation if it is
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    not there it will fail how do you fast
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    number one when you
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    fast basically fasting like you know is
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    to starve yourself from distraction
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    including food in order to seek God
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    that's what fasting is star yourself of
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    distractions both illegitimate and
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    legitimate distractions in order to
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    allow you time to seek God so if you are
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    not seeking God you're not fasting it
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    could be hunger strike are we together
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    but in addition to avoidance of such
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    things there are a few things that must
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    be added to that starving process while
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    you are yet seeking God and that's what
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    I mean when I say how do you fast you
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    fast
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    with righteous
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    living if you are
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    fasting and your life and your lifestyle
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    is not consistent with the standard of
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    righteousness stop you're wasting your
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    time God will reject you so fasting is
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    not just a time of avoiding
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    food it's actually a time of calling
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    your attention to righteous and just
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    living because it is that just living
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    that validates that fast before God many
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    persons are fasting they are oppressing
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    the house
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    GE the child is eating chicken the house
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    GE is drinking G without
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    sugar you you just went on hunger strike
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    for 40 days you didn't fast because that
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    Wicked act will make God abh that your
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    fasting in his
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    realm somebody is fasting and is
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    suppressing his workers at work pay
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    salary you won't pay you carry their
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    money you put in fixed deposit you want
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    to generate some quick interest
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    why somebody's child is driven from
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    school why somebody has no food to eat
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    and you come to church you say you are a
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    spiritual person they call you a woman
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    of God you say bless you bless you you
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    are a wol in ship clothing a
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    wol you say you are fasting somebody is
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    laboring trying to make progress in life
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    and you are doing everything possible to
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    stop that person that thing is not
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    fasting don't kill yourself this is why
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    many people have
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    AA because the power of God does not
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    come the presence of God does not come
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    to Shield them if you go hungry for a
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    long time it can kill you the reason
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    that hunger does not affect your system
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    is because the presence of God comes to
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    Shield you why do you think Moses was
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    able to stay without food and water for
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    40 days it was because of the intensity
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    of the presence of God and so if you
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    don't fast correctly that excess hunger
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    will trigger a negative reaction that
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    will destroy you but if you fast
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    correctly that fasting can become even
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    of medicinal value Isaiah 58: 3-6 New
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    Living
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    Translation I want you to hear this
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    thing Let It sing so you don't just know
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    it but you practice
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    it get me the scripture
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    quickly Isaiah 58:3 to6 it say we have
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    fasted before
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    you why aren't you impressed they asking
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    God we thought you say you love fasting
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    we have fasted why are you not impressed
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    we have been very hard on ourselves have
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    you found some people people who fast
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    they want to literally kill themselves
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    because they think God is impressed when
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    they are live become dry like rock if
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    there's no righteousness God won't see
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    it they say we have not just fasted we
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    were hard on
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    ourselves and he say you don't even
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    notice
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    it and God answered I will tell you why
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    is because you are fasting to pleasure
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    to please yourself how can you be hungry
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    to please
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    yourself when the spirit is talking
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    sometimes it's is difficult to
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    understand how can you be hard on
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    yourself to please yourself what kind of
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    pleasing yourself is that I thought when
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    you want to please yourself you look for
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    a suculent environment that can create
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    some form of massage and relaxation how
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    can you be hard on yourself and you say
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    is pleasing yourself but a spirit
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    talking it say even while you fast you
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    keep oppressing your
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    workers so that fasting is wrong you are
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    fasting and you are oppressing your
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    workers go to the next
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    verse it's say what good is fasting when
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    you keep on fighting and quarreling they
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    said this kind of fasting will never get
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    you anywhere with me if it's me you are
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    trying to Journey with you have wasted
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    your time you will not go anywhere with
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    me go
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    next it say you humble yourself by going
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    through the motion of penance and I wish
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    I had time to tell you about Penance
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    what these people do when they are
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    fasting some people will go barefooted
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    and climb a mountain their whole leg
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    will be full of blister they are doing
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    Penance some is on their knee and they
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    will even be reciting some things on
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    their knees and they will climb a
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    mountain the whole Knee will be torn
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    with
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    blood and then the hope God will see it
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    and say my daughter my daughter I have
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    seen the way you for
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    yourself that is not the god of Heaven
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    God actually acknowledged that they
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    humbled themselves they say you humed
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    yourselves by going through the motion
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    of penance bowing your heads like e
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    bending in the wind he say you dress in
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    bollock and cover yourself with ashes
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    that is D
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    reputation so they did everything right
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    he say is this what you call
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    fasting is it by pour ashes on yourself
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    is it by Penance is it by humbling
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    yourself that's God talking he said do
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    you really think this will please the
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    Lord now go to the next
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    verse I'm showing you how to fast some
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    people think fasting is just about
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    avoiding food and then they come and say
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    I didn't eat for the first 14 days the
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    next seven days I drank only water and
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    then the last
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    day I I didn't eat anything God bless
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    you but God is not counting that yet
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    until this is gotten he said no this is
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    the kind of fasting I want he say free
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    those who are wrongly in prison lighten
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    the burdens of those who work for you he
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    say let the oppressed Go free remove the
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    chains that buying people you can't
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    claim you are fasting you are pulling
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    somebody down you are destroying
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    somebody he said to subvert a man in his
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    CA the Lord proth not so if you don't
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    want to waste your time better eat
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    healthy don't have quo until you have
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    done the right
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    thing how do you fast you fast with
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    prayers somebody is fasting he's
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    watching he gathers all the seasonal
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    movies thank God it's a week of fasting
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    he's looking for what to do to cover
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    time because after he prayed the third
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    time it was 10:40 a.m. and he supposed
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    to go up to 3:00 meanwhile 12 is like
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    Mount
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    Everest and so in order to Journey to
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    the top of the mountain without knowing
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    he's now substituting another
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    distraction with the distraction he took
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    away in form of food he will now go and
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    gather Prison Break he was season one to
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    season 3 the first two days of the fast
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    the next four days he goes to season 12
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    and then he will say ah we just canceled
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    14 days where are you going to Mount
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    Zion or you are going to
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    holywood this is why people have AER
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    fasting because they are not praying
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    they are not
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    studying in the New Testament almost
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    every time the word fasting is used
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    prayer is
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    harded I just quoted for you Matthew
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    17:21 this kind go not but by what
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    prayer and fasting when Jesus was
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    teaching about fasting in Matthew 6
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    prayer was was also taught there you
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    can't separate fasting from prayer
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    because when a man fasts he is trying to
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    seek the face of
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    God and so the fasting separates him
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    from worldly distraction it is the
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    prayer that carries him to the G God
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    does not move because you fast you are
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    the one who moves and so if you separate
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    yourself from food and you don't move in
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    the direction of God through prayer any
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    other thing you do at that time the
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    impact will be stronger because at that
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    time your spirit is sensitive if you a
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    movie at that time a demon of loss can
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    enter you because your antenna is sharp
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    the moment you start fasting and
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    mortifying the flesh you will notice
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    that spiritual sensitivity begins to
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    increase and so it is foolishness to
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    fast without praying because when your
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    antenna is sensitive that's when you
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    want to receive feedback and so the
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    second way to fast is to fast with
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    prayer if you know that your itinary is
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    too choked and you won't have time to
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    pray reschedule that fast
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    so you don't allow evil enter your soul
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    your soul is porous when you
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    fast the reason you pray when you fast
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    is because you want God to saturate you
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    if you don't give God time of prayer
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    something else can saturate you easily
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    and so fasting must be done with prayer
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    if there's no prayer it's not fasting
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    it's Su strike and I can tell you many
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    people go on 40 days fast all of the
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    prayer they pray put together is not up
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    to 3 hours in a 40 days fasting 4 days
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    they counted days but they never struck
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    CS in the spirit and they come back and
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    say they fasted for 40 days no you
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    didn't and so fasting must be done with
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    prayer when Jesus went to the Wilderness
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    to fast in Matthew chapter 4 the Bible
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    said he prayed and fasted for 40 days
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    and 40 nights Jesus didn't fast for 40
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    days Jesus prayed and fasted for 40 days
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    and 409s that's how it's done Believers
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    are marking time and not the spirit
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    and they say they are fasting this is
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    why you can't come out with the benefits
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    of fasting if you don't fast correctly
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    the guarantee of having benefit is not
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    there you can only receive the benefit
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    of fasting when you fast
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    correctly so in this video about Pastor
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    Mich he spoke about fasting and uh I
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    believe fasting is one of the
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    Misunderstood things in the body of
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    Christ today because personally I have
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    seen many people doing all kinds of
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    things all in the name of fasting but
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    this video Apostle have highlighted very
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    basic key point that should be carried
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    along along should be practiced anytime
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    we engage in the activity of fasting
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    first of all mention the act the issue
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    of righteousness you see it doesn't
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    matter what you think you are doing you
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    have to carry alongside with you the
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    lifestyle of righteousness for your
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    fasting to gain mileage in the spirit
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    and then second he mentioned prayer
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    fasting is not an isolated thing is
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    something that should be done with
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    prayer you know prayer is powerful when
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    it is mixed with fasting it strengthens
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    the power of prayer fasting comes to
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    strengthen the power of prayer so if
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    this video helped you hit the Subscribe
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    button like and share this video make it
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    go viral thank you for being my viewer
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  • Christianity
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