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  • Donnie De loney avatar

    Prayer With Fasting Is Powerful

    Contributed by Donnie De Loney on Mar 18, 2011
    based on 15 ratings
     | 16,154 views

    This sermon deals with Prayer with Fasting and what Jesus said to us. Excerpts from a message of Phil Morgan.

    Prayer with Fasting is Powerful! Scripture: Matthew 17:1-17:21 READ: Mark 2:18-20 (NKJ) 18The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. Then they came and said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?” 19And Jesus said ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Mark Stepherson avatar

    Prayer Keys - Fasting Series

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Oct 22, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,664 views

    Legalistic fasting is not a prayer key. It is just going hungry. Spiritual awareness that prompts us to pray may also prompt us to fast. May God make us more spiritually aware. May his spirit prompt us to pray, even to the point of forgetting to eat.

    Prayer Keys - Fasting by Mark Stepherson “But when you fast, put oil on you head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” Matthew 6:17-18 Did you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Christopher Holdsworth avatar

    The Nature Of True Fasting

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 25, 2013
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    True fasting will lead the liberated soul to seek relief and liberty for others.

    THE NATURE OF TRUE FASTING. Isaiah 58:1-12. Surprisingly, the only place where the law of Moses commands fasting is in the “affliction of soul” associated with the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16:29-31; Leviticus 23:27-32; Numbers 29:7). This is apt, as it immediately associates fasting with ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God's Guidance And Fasting

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Aug 14, 2013
     | 4,993 views

    How does the church serve God and seek His will? How do we hear His voice for our present day needs? Certainly scripture is the primary tool to know God's will, but how we apply it takes wisdom and Spirit led help. How do we discover those?

    The Church in Antioch – the first place where the disciples were called Christians – was a team building church. Earlier in Acts 11 we hear of how this church began and how the gospel began to spread outside the borders of Israel into the Gentile world as certain brave souls began ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Fasting Is Not For Super-Saints Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jul 6, 2009
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     | 5,292 views

    This message examines the 40 times fasting is found in the Bible and discovers that fasting is not for the super spiritual, but for the super-sorrowful, most often because they realize they are super-sinners.

    Fasting Is Not for Super-Saints One day, Kathy Cash’s husband, of Dallas, Texas, announced to the family that he was going to fast and pray. Ginny, their 5-year-old, had recently learned that fasting meant not eating. “No!” she shouted. “You can’t fast! You’ll die!” Her dad carefully ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Steven Haguewood avatar

    The Fast And The Prayer-Ous

    Contributed by Steven Haguewood on Aug 5, 2008
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     | 5,209 views

    Fasting is not required in the New Testament, neither is it condemned. When used properly it can help us have a closer relationship with God

    THE FAST AND THE PRAYER-OUS Text: Matthew 6:16-18 INTRODUCTION: 1. When I let my wife know that I was thinking about preaching on fasting, she said, "You’ve probably never fasted in your life." a. That’s not true (when I was younger, fasted with aunt and uncle) b. So I have fasted (just not ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Spencer Homan avatar

    Dependancy Issues (Fasting)

    Contributed by Spencer Homan on Dec 15, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,178 views

    This sermon looks at the discipline of Fasting.

    “Dependency Issues” 1) Making the tie to series Isn’t technology wonderful? We live in a world that can speak instantaneously to every corner of the globe. We can share information from hundreds of satellites to any position on earth. We have access to limitless information, and we can share ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • George Barton avatar

    Fasting As Taught By Jesus

    Contributed by George Barton on Jan 22, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,973 views

    CLARIFIES WHAT JESUS TAUGHT ABOUT FASTING

    FASTING AS TAUGHT BY JESUS Study the following four points concerning fasting, and the texts which illustrate them. 1. Jewish people, including John the Baptist and Jesus, and Gentiles, strongly influenced by Jewish traditions, practiced fasting in New Testament times. (Mat 4:1 NIV) Then Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kamalanathan Francis avatar

    Hold Fast To Him

    Contributed by Kamalanathan Francis on Jan 18, 2021
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,216 views

    God listens to our prayers and answers them justly. Sometimes it might be irrelevant to the expectations of the one who prayed, but never a prayer is unanswered.

    In times of difficulty, it is natural to lament, or blame somebody. But a disciple of Jesus Christ would react otherwise. Since his life is devoted to Jesus Christ, he is well informed about his savior. And nothing shakes his faith even in midst of darkness around. For instance, take prophet ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Fast God Chooses

    Contributed by Rev Ken Shedenhelm on Feb 8, 2014
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    While we try to please God on our own terms, God wants us to live for Him. We call it a "fast" when we do without a self-serving behavior for a limited period of time, but what God calls a "fast" is a life dedicated to serving others.

    Abou ben Adhem had a dream. He awakened with a start to find an angel in his room, writing in a golden book. He said to the angel, “What writest thou?” and the angel replied, “The names of those who love the Lord.” “And is mine one?” he inquired. “Nay, not ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Edward Hardee avatar

    Prayer, Fasting And Faith

    Contributed by Edward Hardee on Dec 28, 2014
     | 10,361 views

    A message about how prayer and fasting helps increase our faith.

    Title: Only By Prayer and Fasting Theme: Show the importance of Prayer and Fasting Text: Mark 9:9 -29 Introduction Mark 9:9 Now as they came down from the mountain, He commanded them that they should tell no one the things they had seen, till the Son of Man had risen from the dead. (10) So they ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Eric Hanson avatar

    Stand Fast In Liberty Series

    Contributed by Eric Hanson on Jul 21, 2015
     | 11,473 views

    The other pastor at my church shared this fine primer on the concerns we have about the Hebraic Roots Movement, which is currently growing in church circles around the nation.

    STAND FAST IN LIBERTY Pastor Dallas Henry July 5, 2015 Galatians 5:1 “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” There is a term in Christianity, called “legalism”. Legalism, by definition, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Stephen Belokur avatar

    Hold Fast To The Lord

    Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Sep 9, 2021
     | 5,809 views

    There are some commands in the Bible that instruct us to "hold fast to" ... We each have things we "hold fast to". Are they Biblical or are they worldly?

    Hold Fast To The LORD Please stand with me as we go over our current memory Scripture: Matthew 5:9-12 “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Christopher Holdsworth avatar

    A Feast, And A Question Of Fasting.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 3, 2022
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,050 views

    A warning against mixing things that differ.

    A FEAST, AND A QUESTION OF FASTING. Luke 5:27-39. I. The Call of Levi, and the feast at his house (Luke 5:27-32). Wherever we live, under whatever regime, tax collectors are unpopular. It was no different in first century Israel, where Levi’s trade involved collaboration with the Romans, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    On Fasting And Heart Traesure.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 10, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 702 views

    Jesus says, Be not like the hypocrites.

    ON FASTING and HEART TREASURE. Matthew 6:16-24. MATTHEW 6:16-18. True Christianity is not the dour, miserable affair which some of its play-actors portray. So when we fast, we must wash-and-brush up in our usual manner. The approval of God is far more to be desired than the applause of men. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational