Day 4 of AWAKE 21

I am going to be a little transparent. Today was a little difficult because we went to the mall with my Mother in Denver. As we passed the Starbucks I had a coffee craving deluxe. As part of my Daniel Fast the Lord asked me to fast coffee since it is one of my comforts in life. I HAVE OVERCOME!!

Joel 2:12  New Living Translation (NLT)                       
                                                                                             
That is why the LORD says,
“Turn to me now, while there is time.
Give me your hearts.
Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.

Fasting is not a way to obtain God's favor or forgiveness. This thought is only found in relation to fasting in the OT. Under the new covenant, every wrong we have ever done or ever will do was handled with favor and forgiveness on the cross of Calvary.

NT fasting is about drawing close to God and surrendering to His plans and purposes. Which makes Joel's words ring so strong in my spirit. . . "Turn to me now, while there is time. Give me your hearts."

As I let the comforts of life go by for the single purpose of drawing nearer to Him I find Him waiting on me there.

I believe the power of fasting as it relates to prayer is the spiritual

atomic bomb that our Lord has given us to destroy the

strongholds of evil and usher in a great revival and spiritual

 harvest around the world.

Bill Bright