Why Fasting Will Change Your LIfe

WE EXIST TO HELP PEOPLE KNOW JESUS AND FIND PURPOSE

POLE VAULTING STORY

WE ALL FACE MOUNTAINS

WE ALL WANT OUR LIVES TO COUNT

AT SOMETIME, IN SOME AREA OF YOUR LIFE, YOU FEEL STUCK.

WE ALL *FIX* STUCK IN OUR OWN WAYS

HOW WE FIX IT EITHER CRIPPLES US OR PROPELS US

FASTING IS OFTEN VIEWED AS ONE OF THE MOST INTIMIDATING OF ALL SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES

YOU CAN DO SPIRITUALLY HARD THINGS

Philippians 4:13 (NLT)

13 For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.

FASTING DOES NOT ATTONE FOR SIN OR GET GOD TO LOVE US

WE DON’T FAST TO TWIST GOD’S ARM INTO DOING WHAT WE WANT

FASTING RE-ALIGNS YOUR SOUL

1 Thessalonians 5:23–24 (NIV)

23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.

BODY = SOMA

SOUL = PSUCHE

SPIRIT = PNEUMA

INSIDE OUT LIFE!

FASTING TAPS YOU INTO THE POWER TO RESIST TEMPTATION

Jesus — Lead into wilderness to FAST — SEEMS LIKE CHEAP SHOT

FASTING IS NOT THE POWER -- IT’S A FAST TRACK TO RE-ALIGNING YOURSELF WITH THE PERSON WHO HAS THE POWER.

Matthew 26:41 (NLT)

41 Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak!”

Fasting dethrones your flesh from the throne of your heart

FASTING GET’S YOU READY

Mark 9:29 (NKJV)

29 So He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting.”

I CAN DO SPIRITUALLY CHALLENGING STUFF AND SO CAN YOU!

ALMOST is the worst word ever — I don’t want almost life, almost an awesome church, almost reached this city

FASTING GIVES YOU REAL REST

Matthew 11:28 (NLT)

28 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

Ever go on vacation and feel like you need a vacation… from your vacation

REST IS A BRAVE ACT OF TRUSTING GOD — WORLD KEEPS TURNING

FAST FROM PHONE 2 HRS A DAY — 2600 times a day — 9 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE

FEW MONTHS AGO TWO MEN WERE STRANDED AT SEA FOR 29 DAYS AND BARELY SURVIVED ON COCONUTS THEY FOUND FLOATING IN THE OCEAN.

When interviewed one guy said “yeah it was kind of a nice break from everything”

FASTING EVENTUALLY LEADS TO JOY

When i take away the comforting carbs. The alcohol. The phone. When I take them away I tap into the better thing.A