Feb 1st 17 Posted by Natalie Nichols

Fasting Day 18: Fresh Inspiration From the Archives

Fasting Day Eighteen Posts From the Archives: David Brainerd: Missionary, Mighty man of Prayer, Mighty Spiritual Influence … The Calvary Road (Part 1) … Returning in Power (Part 1) Rani’s Amazing Story: From Heartache to Trinity Hope … Health and Healing (The Daniel Fast) … Fasting for Healing  …   David Brainerd: Missionary, Mighty Man of Prayer, Mighty... read more

Jan 31st 17 Posted by Natalie Nichols

Fasting Is Relationship

Above all else, fasting is relationship. You’re not fasting to get your prayers answered. You’re fasting to know God. You’re fasting because you hunger and thirst after righteousness. Fasting is God’s chosen way to deepen and strengthen prayer. And what is prayer? It’s relationship. As Elmer Towns describes, fasting is the exclamation point to that relationship. When you... read more

Jan 31st 17 Posted by Natalie Nichols

Fasting Day 17: Fresh Inspiration From the Archives

Fasting Day Seventeen Posts From the Archives: Breaking Negative Emotional Habits (The Elijah Fast) … The Gospel of Prayer (by Leonard Ravenhill) Desperate Prayer (by Leonard Ravenhill) Fasting: Clean Slate (by Jentezen Franklin) Fasting with Friends from Around the World In the Arms of My Beloved   Breaking Negative Emotional Habits (The Elijah Fast) Do you have a habit of being negative... read more

Jan 30th 17 Posted by Natalie Nichols

Fasting Day 16: Fresh Inspiration From the Archives

Fasting Day Sixteen Posts From the Archives: Fasting Is… (Part 3) … Targeting Decisions (The Saint Paul Fast) … Require and Rejoice … More Quotes About Fasting … Three Truths for Stormy Seasons   Fasting Day 16: Fasting Is … (Part 3) Fasting is one of the most powerful spiritual weapons believers can utilize. Below is a list of twenty-five quick definitions... read more

Jan 30th 17 Posted by Natalie Nichols

Fasting Is Not Twisting God’s Arm

It is possible to have correct theology in not viewing fasting as meritorious insofar as your salvation, yet still enter the dangerous territory of trying to use fasting to twist God’s arm and get Him to do something for you. We can correctly understand that fasting does not earn forgiveness of sin or merit with God, but at the same time believe our fasting achieves something from Him. What we believe... read more

Jan 29th 17 Posted by Natalie Nichols

Fasting Day 15: Fresh Inspiration From the Archives

 Fasting Day Fifteen Posts From the Archives: Fasting is Waiting … Waiting Expectantly: Praying in Hope When Times Seem Hopeless … Lives of Influence … The Good News … For the Nation …   Fasting Day 15: Fasting is Waiting Fasting is waiting upon God, expressing confidence and hope in nothing around us except God Himself. He promises to bless those who wait for... read more

Jan 28th 17 Posted by Natalie Nichols

Fasting Day 14: Fresh Inspiration From the Archives

Fasting Day Fourteen Posts From the Archives: Don’t Judge the Results Based on What You Feel (Part 3) … Fasting is Saying, “Give Me Jesus” (Fasting Is, Part 1) … For the Little Ones … Praying for Our Government … Fasting Affects a Nation  …   Don’t Judge the Results Based on What You Feel (Part 3) Does it seem like nothing is happening on... read more

Jan 27th 17 Posted by Natalie Nichols

This Kind Does Not Go Out by the Courts or Political System

Over 60 million American lives have been lost to abortion since 1973.1 The Supreme Court and the American political system do not possess the power to drive this genocide out from our nation. “But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.” Matthew 17:21 This kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting. This sin, this evil, this murder, this genocide, this shedding of innocent... read more

Jan 27th 17 Posted by Natalie Nichols

Fasting Day 13: Fresh Inspiration From the Archives

Fasting Day Thirteen Posts From the... read more

Jan 26th 17 Posted by Natalie Nichols

Fasting With an Illness: Safe Ways to Fast

Fasting with an illness can be challenging, but not impossible. There are healthy ways one can fast, even with an illness. Having had a chronic illness for over twenty-five years, I’ve experienced first hand the ways one can safely fast with an illness. I want to be very clear: Fasting requires reasonable precautions, especially for those with an illness. If you have a chronic illness, or take... read more