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SUNDAY 12TH JANUARY, 2025

🎚 CENTRAL TRUTH:
Fasting is not only to fulfill all righteousness, rather it is to the glory of God.

📖 BIBLE TEXT: Isaiah 58:1-11

🔑 KEY VERSE:

"Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free and that you break every yoke" (Isaiah 58:6).

🖊️MEMOIR
Fasting is the spiritual discipline required of every believer. Nevertheless, it is important to be mindful of the way we that practice fasting. Fasting goes deeper than the act of going without food. God said that His interest is not really in the missing meals, rather in getting rid of the bonds of wickedness, liberating those who are oppressed, and sharing our resources with the needy, providing shelter to the homeless, supplying clothing to the naked and to stop accusing and judging others wickedly. It is wrong for anyone to fast and habour destructive thoughts and oppressive behaviours.

The fasting God approved of holds some precious promises. Such promises include: answers to our prayers, divine healing, enlightenment and direction, plus supernatural satisfaction.

Therefore, it's good that we readdress our act of fasting to ensure that it is not just formality or an exercise in futility. We must not fast because others are doing that, neither should we fast because we want to intimidate the devil. Of course, Our fasting does not frighten Satan. Satan took the advantage of Jesus Christ's forty days and nights even to tempt the Lord Jesus Christ after He fasted for forty days and nights. The fundamental purpose of our fasting should be personal transformation that will translate to actions that bring glory to God.

🙏🏿 PRAYER
LORD, help me to fast in a way that pleases you