FASTING

&
PRAYING
FASTING
 Understanding the New
Testament Call to
Fasting
The Spirit is preparing the Church for the
greatest revival and the most intense
pressure in human history.
Radical changes are needed, but they will
come.
Regular fasting is part of this change, and
includes restraining our natural pleasures
and/or strengths to position ourselves to
Fasting Is Part Of The
Normal Christian Life.

When you fast…your Father who

sees in secret will reward you
openly. (Mt. 6:17-18)
 REWARDS

Heart Changed
Encounters Circumstances
Purposes of Fasting
3
2 For the Fulfillment
of God’s Promises
1 To Confess Our

To Set Our Hearts

Sins
6
to Seek God
5 For an Open
Heaven
4 For a Greater
Release of Power
To Stop a Crisis
 Homework

Take about 5 minutes

to ask the Lord what
is the purpose of His
invitation to fast for
the next 40 days
apart from the book
by NECF.
Fasting is
Always
Voluntary
Developing a
Consistent
Prayer Life
 Set a Have a
Schedule Prayer List
 “If we do not set our
Set a
Schedule schedules ourselves, others
will set them for us, and the
result will be very little time
for prayer.”
 Set a
Schedule
Don’t limit your
prayer life to your
scheduled prayer
times;
Pray “on the run”
during the day.
 Set a
Schedule
TIP:
You may have to occasionally
reevaluate your set or
scheduled prayer times.
It may be necessary to tweak
your schedule to keep it
working with other things
happening in your life.
 Homework

Take about 3 minutes

to ask the Lord and
think when the best
time to pray during
the day is.
Have a
Prayer
List

A prayer list is a simple

tool that can help keep
you focused during
your prayer times.
 Using prayer lists as a
guide, you are free to
depart from them at
any time.
You may feel a desire to
pray in a different
direction, and there will
be inspiration that
comes from the leading
of the Holy Spirit.
3 Types of Prayer List
A

C
 List A: Personal Life- Example
(FELLOWSHIP)
F- Fear of God
(Ask the Lord to put the fear of God into
our hearts)
E- Endurance
(Endurance for God-given assignments
without quitting)
 Personal Life- Example (FELLOWSHIP)

L- Love
(Understanding of God’s love for us,
love God, love others and grace to love
ourselves)
 Personal Life- Example (FELLOWSHIP)

L- Light of Glory
(Ask Holy Spirit to give encounters-
dreams, visions, angelic visitations,
manifestations of His light, fire and
wind-as He gave to Moses, Isaiah,
Ezekiel, Pentecost Day and John on
Island of Patmos)
 Personal Life- Example (FELLOWSHIP)
O- One Thing
(To consistently spend time before the
Lord in His Word, to sit at Jesus’ feet)
W- Worthy
(Worthy of our calling-be wholehearted
and escape compromises in life)
S- Speech
(Guard our lips and speak only pleasing
words)
 Personal Life- Example (FELLOWSHIP)

H- Humility
(Teach us how to walk in His yoke of
humility and lowliness)
I- Insight into Intimacy
(Teach us to walk in agreement with His
heart, Give us creative wisdom for our
money, time, relationships, career and
ministry)
 Personal Life- Example (FELLOWSHIP)

P- Peace & Joy

(Ask Holy Spirit to guard our hearts and
minds with supernatural peace)
List A: Personal Life- Example 2 (TRUST)

T- Thank God
R- Release Revelation of God Himself
and His Plans
U- Use Me
S- Strengthen my inner man
T- Teach me
 List B: People & Places

1.Keep an updated list of individuals,

ministries, and cities.
2.Pray for individuals (family and friends),
ministries (including my local church),
missionaries and missions endeavors in
particular parts of the world.
3.Intercede for those in authority in your
city and nation
 List C: Justice
1.This includes governmental and social issues
such as the ending of abortion and human
trafficking and unfair educational systems.
2.It sometimes includes situations related to
economic injustice, water rights, civil unrest
(terrorism, riots, and so on), natural disasters
(hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, drought),
disease (AIDS, tuberculosis, and so on), social
crises (for example, famine and genocide),
and more.
 Action:

Take about 5 minutes

to write a rough
prayer list for any of
the below:
• Personal
• People & Places
• Justice
 Corporate Prayer
Focus on Justice (15mins)