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GOD SAID , " LET THE PREISTS , WHO MINISTER TO THE LORD, WEEP BETWEEN THE PORCH AND THE ALTAR" ( JOEL 2:17) ON A HOUSE, THE " PORCH" IS THE PART EVERYBODY CAN SEE; IT REPRESENTS THE MORE PUBLIC ASPECT OF MINISTRY. THE ALTAR REPRESENTS PRIVATE MINISTRY. IN THE LIFE OF A BELIEVER, THERE SHOULD ALWAYS BE MORE PRIVATE THAN PUBLIC MINISTRY. TO GOD VICTORIES ARE NOT WON IN PUBLIC BUT IN PRIVATE. THATS WHY FASTING WHETHER CORPORATELY , OR INDIVIDUALLY, IS A PRIVATE DISCIPLINE. WHERE THERE IS LITTLE PRIVATE DISCIPLINE, THERE IS LITTLE PUBLIC REWARD.

*** KEEP IT PERSONAL *** ( MATT6:1)
YOUR FATHER WHO SEES YOU IN SECRET WILL REWARD YOU OPENLY
(MATT. 6:2-4)

FASTING WILL BREAK POVERTY FROM YOUR LIFE,WHETHER DONE CORPORATELY , OR INDIVIDUALLLY, FASTING IS A PERSONAL , PRIVATE DISCIPLINE. IT IS A SACRIFICE BORN OUT OF EXPECTANCY. THA IS NOT TO IMPLY THAT FASTING IS A MANIPULATIVE TOOOL TO GET SOMETHING FROM GOD, BUT A ** REASONABLESERVICE** (ROMANS 12:1) THAT GOD REWARDS OPENLY.
JUST LOOK AT THE STORY OF JOB ( JOB 23:12) KJV
JOB SAID I HAVE ESTEEMED THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH MORE THAN MY NECCESSARY FOOD ( JOB 42:10,42) GOD'S OPEN REWARDS FLOODED JOBS LIFE. FASTING WILL BREAK POVERTY FROM YOUR LIFE. LOOK AT JOEL (2:15:16)KJV THE LORD BROUGHT GREAT FINANCIAL BLESSINGS TO PEOPLEWHO FASTED AND PRAYED. WHEN FASTING IS A LIFESTYLE, POVERTY, WILL NOT BE ! ( HEALTH, AND HEALINGS WILL FOLLOW FASTING.)
IT IS INTERESTING THAT THE THREE WISEST MEN ! JOSEPH, DANIEL, AND SOLOMON -- WERE ALSO THE WEALTHEST(3) ** JOSEPH ** WAS FORCED TO FAST IN PRISON . ACCORDING TO HISTORY, ONLY THE PRISONERS FAMILY COIULD VISIT THEMAND TO BRING THEM FOOD, AND JOSEPH FAMILY WAS IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, (GEN.41:39-45) SOLOMON HUMBLED HIMSELF IN FASTING AND IN PRAYER, AND GOD GREATLY INCREASED HIS WEALTH AND WISDOM. (1 KINGS 3:10-13) LIKEWISE DANIEL , WHO DILIGENTLY SOUGHT GOD THROUGH FASTING AND PRAYER WHILE IN BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY , WAS GIVEN WISDOM OVER ALL THE OTHERS AND GREATLY PROSPER IN THE DAYS OF DARIUS THE KING (DAN6:1-4)


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PART2:

( ISAIAH 58:8 )
FASTING HUMBLES YOU AND BRINGS CLARITY , EVEN ALLOWING YOU TO GET UNFORGIVENESS AND BITTERNESS OUT OF YOUR HEART. IT ALSO HELPS YOU " SPRING CLEAN " IN A SPIRITUAL SENSE BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU SENSITIVE TO THE DESIRES OF THE LORD. WHEN YOU FAST AND PRAY, YOU SHOULD EXPECT MIRACLES TO FOLLOW. FASTING WILL ALSO OVERCOME SEXUAL ADDICTIONS AND DEMONIC POWERS. IT WILL BREAK GREAT SIN OFF PEOPLE. ( MATT. 17:21)
** THERE'S A PHENOMINAL STORY IN THE BOOKOF JUDGES, CHAPTER 19-20 WHERE FASTING MADE THE DIFFERENCE IN A MAJOR BATTLE AGAINST A PEOPLE WITH SEXUAL PERVERSION . THE MEN OF THAT CITY HAD BECOME WICKED AND DELIGHTED IN LEWD HOMOSEXUAL ACTS. ( JUDGE 19:22)(20-21,25)
NOW WE DON'T WRESTLE WITH FLESH AND BLOOD. BUT THERE IS A SPIRIT BEHIND HOMOSEXUALITY, THERE IS A SPIRIT BEHIND PORNOGRAPHY, THERE IS A SPIRIT BEHIND ADULTERY, THERE IS A SPIRIT BEHIND FORNICATION. THESE DEMONIC SPIRIT OF PERVERSION MANIPULATE AND USE PEOPLE LIKE PUPPETS ON A STRING. BUT FASTING WILLBRAK THE STRONGHOLD OF DEMONIC SEXUAL LIKE PORNOGRAPHY,HOMOSEXUALITY, ADULTERY, FORNICATION AND LUST .
IN THE BOOK OF JOEL, GOD CALLED FOR A HOLY FAST. AND HE SAID " IT SHALL COME TO PASS AFTERWARDS THAT I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT ON ALL FLESH; YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY,"( JOEL 2:28)( 2 CHRONICLES 33:1-13) I'M TELLING YOU, FASTING AND PRAYING WILL ABSOLUTELY BREAK THOSE SPIRITS OFF THEIR LIVES. " YOUR FATHER WILL HIMSELF REWARD YOU OPENLY (MATT. 6:4) GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS HE WILL DO FOR YOU WHEN YOU SET YOUR HEART TO SEEK HIM THROUGH FASTING.

I PRAY THAT THIS WILL HELP SOMEONE GET TO WHERE THEY WANT TO BE OR NEED TO BE,

OH FATHER GOD I COME TO YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I PRAY THAT THIS WILL HELP SOMEONE WITHTHE BREAKTHROUGH THAT THEY SEEK IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY GHOST, AMEN






EVANGELIST VINCENT R. TILLERY