Fasting Starter Kit

Isaiah 58:1–14 (ESV)

1 “Cry aloud; do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins. 2 Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God. 3 ‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’ Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers. 4 Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with a wicked fist. Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high. 5 Is such the fast that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord? 6 “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? 7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh? 8 Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. 9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, 10 if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. 11 And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail. 12 And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in. 13 “If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly; 14 then you shall take delight in the Lord, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

3 principles of Fasting

Lift Your Voice and You Needs

how must time do you sit and think and worry about your needs. Yet prayer is the last thing that we do.

how many of use spend more time talking to God in our heads and not with our voice.

There is power in the tongue.

A prayer cried out add power to the prayer because you hear it as will as God

We pray over our food, we pray for other people but if you are like me we feel selfish to pray for just me. BUT God has called us to give us his needs.

This Year Take 10 Min, 30 min, what ever you can first thing every day and pray out loud to God. If you have to wake up and walk to another room. Do it. IT will set you day off focused on God

This will help change your situation, your outlook, and your joy.

Use these 21 Days to start it, and if you are not blessed more doing it, after 21 days stop. I bet that you wont.

Be a Humble Servant

Part of our fasting is to also serve. Take some time that we are otherwise busy and use it to help someone else.

use the extra to help the needed

Use the extra money to help someone around you ( Notice I didn't say send it to the church Use it how God is leading you)

Use the extra time to talk to more people to look for ways you can help your community

use the extra to God, what ever it is.

What is i don’t know how to give my extra? Come Ask. I would love to have that conversation.

It is not just about serving its about being humble

don’t go around trying to look like your fasting.

Jesus spoke about that.

Even when you are wanting that time back, even if your uncomfortable, hungry, tired, Do it will love and JOY

Serve because it is to God but because your fasting.

Make a Goal.

Serve someone different each of the 21 Days

Go out look

give to the homeless

help someone with their bills

Help someone with lifting things in to their car

Bless with a tip above and beyond

Pray with someone who is in need

There are many more needs then you can find in 21 days, we just don’t see them

we get use to it

we see it everyday

Pour Your self out

We can not go in to life thinking we have everything all ready.

We have to remember that God is trying to teach us something.

Don’t Go into this fast with the mind set that You know what will happen

God wants to surprise you

Walk every day asking God to Empty your expectations

Look for God everywhere.

Give God everything you can for 21 Day.

Every time your stressed, hurt, upset, PRAY

Every time that you have a need stop and Pray

Every time you serve, Tell God Thanks

Every time you get down, sad, or mad, Worship

Put on some Worship Music ( some of yall don’t even listen to Christian Music outside of Sunday) You cant worship to county, you cant worship to Rock.

not saying you cant listen to it but many get sad and mad, and they listen to just any music. CHANGE THAT.

This is the greates time to worship and let God pick you back up.

Do this for 21 days and if you don’t feel different then change back.

If you don’t know of anyone to listen too.

People and Song

Charity Gayle

Maverick City

Gather Vocal Band

Micah Tyler

If you like a specific type of Music you like come talk to me and we will find someone one you can worship too.

3 Things to start doing in This 21 Day Fast

Start your day off with out loud Prayer.

Find someone different to Serve every day.

Pray and Worship every time you get a chance or something is on your mind