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Fasting For The Power Of God

 



Sermon Notes:

love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Eph 3:19



Isaiah 58:7-8



Fasting is the act of coming to God



It is a pursuit

 Jer 29:13 1 Chron 28:9 Ps 14:2


Being Weaned

Ps 131:1 Acts 13:2,14:23 


Fasting is feasting on God

drawing deep on his presence depend on His power enjoying His goodness gazing on His beauty


Fasting is motivated by desire

Ps 139:23-24,John 4:32,Luke 5:35(return)
Fasting is not for God

Ps 56:12,1 Samuel 7:3,1 Kings 21:29
Fasting means God is better

Eph 3:19, Psalm 84:10, Psalm 63:5, 1 Tim 4:3
Fasting should glorify God

John 4:32
It opens our antennas

Acts 13:2,14:23
It is a weapon for spiritual warfare

Mat 4:2-3
It is the crucible to mold us

Mat 4:2-3
With love for Sam Storms (Practicing the power, The Beginner's Guide to Spiritual Gifts)

God sees us fasting and knows that we are motivated by a deep longing in our hearts for him and for his purposes to be fulfilled in the earth. He knows that we are not fasting to obtain the applause of people. He sees that we are acting not out of strength to impress others with our discipline, or even out of a desire to influence others to imitate our devotion. But we have come to God out of weakness to express to him our need and our great longing that he would manifest himself more fully in our lives for the joy of our soul and the glory of his name. - John Piper








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