Pastor Jack draws from Isaiah 58 to teach on the spiritual discipline of fasting, calling the congregation to a week-long corporate fast beginning the next day. He outlines four biblical purposes for fasting: receiving divine direction, preparing for spiritual battle, enabling deliverance and miracles, and breaking regional spiritual bondage. Pastor Jack emphasizes that fasting is not earning God’s favor, but humbling oneself to seek His face and prepare for greater spiritual authority and ministry expansion.
The Purpose of Fasting
Year: 1973
Verses: Isaiah 58:6-11; Ezra 8:21-23; 2 Chronicles 20:3,21; Matthew 17:14-21; Daniel 10:1-3,12-13; Luke 4:18; Acts 13:1-3; Acts 27:9-25; Ephesians 6:12; Ephesians 1:21; Matthew 6:16-18; James 5:16
Source: TCOTW