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21 Days: Positioning for a Breakthrough


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Discover how fasting and prayer can transform your spiritual life and help you hear God's voice clearly in 2024. This comprehensive guide explores the biblical foundation of fasting, from Jesus' teachings in the Sermon on the Mount to powerful examples throughout Scripture including Moses, Daniel, and Esther. Learn why fasting is essential for spiritual breakthrough and how it protects against pride, lust, and greed. Explore Daniel's 21-day fast model and understand how spiritual warfare operates in the heavenly realm when we commit to seeking God through fasting and prayer. Find practical strategies for removing spiritual noise, restoring hunger for God, and reviving divine vision for your life. Understand why God speaks through peace and how to create soul space in our distracted world filled with social media, entertainment, and daily pressures. Discover the three-week journey structure: Week 1 focuses on removing external and internal noise, Week 2 emphasizes restoring spiritual appetite and hunger for righteousness, and Week 3 concentrates on reviving God's vision and mental pictures of expected outcomes. Learn how physical obedience brings spiritual release and why God's ways are higher than human understanding. Get guidance on making personal fasting commitments, whether through complete fasts, food restrictions, or eliminating specific distractions. Understand the difference between God's will and God's strategy, and how missing divine methods can turn promises into problems. Perfect for believers seeking spiritual breakthrough, divine direction, clearer communication with God, and deeper intimacy in their relationship with Christ. Includes practical preparation steps and reflection questions for beginning your own 21-day fasting and prayer journey.

00:00 Welcome and Introduction


00:07 Scripture Reading: Daniel 10:2-3

00:25 Welcoming Guests and Announcements

02:13 The Significance of 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting

03:28 Understanding the Daniel Fast

05:34 The Power of Seeking the Lord

06:56 Why We Fast: Spiritual Discipline and Obedience

08:53 God's Strategy and Our Choices

18:17 Examples of Fasting in the Bible

21:29 Historical and Modern Examples of Fasting

22:29 The Impact and Purpose of Fasting

23:21 Commitment to Fasting

24:32 Weekly Focus: Remove the Noise

29:32 Weekly Focus: Restore the Hunger

34:37 Weekly Focus: Revive the Vision

43:13 Final Thoughts and Encouragement

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