10 Benefits List

Fasting helps you get your soul under control. Are your emotions, thoughts, and desires running wild?
Fasting, according to scripture, humbles and afflicts our soul (Psa. 35:13; Isa. 58:3, 5), enabling us to
prioritize and operate in the Spirit rather than our flesh.

Fasting helps you get right with God if you use your fast to humble yourself, mourn, and turn to God
(Joel 2:12-13). Even wicked Ahab humbled himself and fasted, and God had mercy (1 Kings 21:27-29).
When Ninevah fasted, turned from their evil way, and cried out, God saw their works and chose not to
overthrow them (Jonah 3:4-10).

God wants to use our fast to bless someone else! It is more blessed to give than to receive (Acts 20:35),
so we must fast and pray for others (Psa. 35:11-13; Zech. 7:1-14) and make sure to give to the hungry,
poor, and naked (Isa. 58:7-11). When we do, we get the blessing of being a blessing, those in need
benefit, and God recognizes our fast.

When there is a need and you fast right, the Bible says, “Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer;
thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am” (Isa. 58:9). As you sacrifice, God responds to your cry,
answers according to His will, and makes Himself available!

Fasting is chosen by God “to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the
oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke” (Isa. 58:6). When we find ourselves or others bound,
oppressed, and burdened, it’s time to fast!

Fasting helps set us up for victory in the fight! In one fight when Israel had already been defeated twice
(Judges 20:26-35) and facing another fight when they had to repent from sin (1 Sam. 7:1-14), after they
fasted and came to God, He gave them the victory!

As you really go after God with fasting, praying, and seeking Him, you’ll find out He can “satisfy thy soul
in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water,
whose waters fail not” (Isa. 58:11). As we sacrifice, He provides, satisfies, and fills us up!

Fasting helps us to hear from God clearly and get His direction. When you fast, “the LORD shall guide
thee continually” (Isa. 58:11). Ezra led the people in fasting and seeking God for a right way for them,
their little ones, and their substance, and God was intreated of them (Ezra 8:21-23, 31).

Fasting helps you defeat the devil! When a man brought his son who was vexed with a devil, the
disciples could not cast him out. Jesus addressed their lack of faith and then taught them, “this kind
goeth not out but by prayer and fasting” (Matt. 17:14-21; Mark 9:17-29).

Fasting is part of preparing the church for the ministry and the work God has planned for us. In Acts
13:2-5, as the church “ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas
and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.” They then fasted, prayed, laid hands on them, and
sent them out to do their assignment. Want to know your purpose, get clarity on next steps, or be more
effective? Fasting can help!
Conclusion

When you fast unto God (and not unto men), God rewards you openly (Matt. 6:18). The long-term
benefits far exceed the short-term cost. What is your favorite benefit of fasting? Have you experienced
any of these results in your life? Share in the comments below!

One of the most misunderstood topics in christendom is fasting and praying.

Despite the gross misunderstanding, fasting with prayer remains the most powerful arsenal believers
have to be totally victorious in life.

Through knowledge, when we give ourselves to fasting and prayers habitually, we enter a new level of
life. Sadly, most believers remain stagnant in life till they grow old or even die because they neglect a
lifestyle of fasting and prayers.

Believe it or not, we are in the very last hours before the rapture and great tribulation. The powers of
darkness have accelerated their activities to cage, trap and destroy many. The only way to be TOTALLY
FREE is through frequent fasting and prayers.

“In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, IN FASTINGS OFTEN, in cold and
unclothedness.”

— 2 Corinthians 11:27

Here are some benefits of frequent fasting and prayers.

1. It helps you grow more and more spiritually.

2. It helps you to become a true disciple of Jesus.

3. It opens you up to deeper dimensions in the spiritual realm.

4. It opens up your spiritual senses to the spiritual realm.

5. It helps you to do the same works of Jesus.

6. It makes you humble before God.

7. It brings God's exaltation.

8. It destroys completely the stronghold of satan on your life and destiny.

9. It brings total and complete deliverance and victory in spiritual warfare.

10. It makes the impossible possible.

11. It destroys witchcraft, curses, spells, incantations and magic.

12. It destroys limitations, stagnation and regression.

13. It enables you to progress steadily in life.

14. It destroys poverty.

15. It brings success and financial prosperity.

16. It manifests God's presence.

17. It manifests God's glory.

18. It releases God's power in an unlimited way.

19. It causes incredible and unbelievable miracles to happen.

20. It causes higher levels of miracles to happen.

21. It overcomes higher levels of satanic opposition that can resist prayers without fasting.

22. It empowers the preaching of the gospel.

23. It empowers the preaching and teaching of God's Word.

24. It empowers prayers.

25. It brings quicker answers to prayers.

26. It manifests spiritual gifts.

27. It makes you more sensitive to the voice and leading of the Holy Spirit.

28. It brings harvests of souls into God's kingdom.

29. It brings peace and rest to your soul.

30. It strengthens you physically.

31. It rejuvenates you. It makes you look younger.

32. It enables you fully fulfill all your destiny.

33. It enables you live a very fulfilling life on earth.

34. It brings restoration of all you have lost to your enemies.

35. It brings healing and makes you healthier.

36. It brings easier and effortless flow of God's power through you.

37. It causes you to shine brightly like the stars of heaven.

38. It brings favour especially before dignitaries, rulers, very important and rich people.

39. It reverses satanic verdicts, decisions and expectations.

40. It brings solutions to stubborn/unending problems that defy prayers without fasting.

41. It uproots foundational problems and issues.

42. It prepares you adequately for the rapture.

43. It pleases God and brings His favour.

44. It brings God's judgment and wrath on your enemies.

45. It strengthens and increases angelic activities and ministrations.

46. It calms the raging storms of life.

47. It releases generational blessings down your lineage.

48. It opens new doors of ministry/service.

49. It protects, secures and delivers in dangerous and deadly situations.

50. It opens a new, better and glorious chapter for you in life.

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