Sunday, 9 September 2012

Fasting helps to position you for your destiny.



 “Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.”
Acts 13:1-2.
   
When God calls for a fast, it is important you honor it because it is a divine appointment by God to strategically position you for your destiny. That is exactly what happened to Barnabas and Saul in our opening passage. As they participated in the fast with the other leaders in the Church at Antioch, God gave instructions concerning their destiny. Whenever there was a call like this in scripture, to fast or to pray, it was always a destiny moment. Anything is possible at such a time.

When you read your bible in Acts 3, a miracle happened at the hour of prayer. Can you remember the miracle? The man that was impotent in his feet who was kept at the gate called beautiful was healed. It happened at the hour of prayer.

In Acts 10, when Cornelius was praying, at the hour of prayer an angel appeared to him and gave him instructions that led to his salvation and the salvation of his entire family. So, when God calls for maybe an hour of prayer or a fast, and He says, “Tell my people to pray at 12pm or to fast at such and such a time, participate. Because, as long as God has called for it, it has become a divine appointment, and every divine appointment would have an impact on your destiny.

PRAYER
Father, I thank you for as I participate in this divine appointment to fast and pray, my destiny is been altered and your plan and purpose for my life is made clearer to me in Jesus Name. Amen.

Acts 3:1-8, Acts 10:3-6, Daniel 9:21-23, Luke 1:10-13.

DOING THE WORD
Read Habakkuk 2:14 and pray that the knowledge of the Lord would cover this whole nation even as the water cover the sea.  

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