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    Fasting is an important part of the Christian life that draws us closer to God and allows Him to work in our lives in powerful ways. The document outlines different types of prayer lists, including lists for personal matters, specific people and places, and issues of justice, as well as tips for developing regular prayer habits like setting a schedule and having focused prayer times each day. Fasting and consistent prayer are meant to strengthen our faith and allow God's promises to be fulfilled.

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    Fasting is an important part of the Christian life that draws us closer to God and allows Him to work in our lives in powerful ways. The document outlines different types of prayer lists, including lists for personal matters, specific people and places, and issues of justice, as well as tips for developing regular prayer habits like setting a schedule and having focused prayer times each day. Fasting and consistent prayer are meant to strengthen our faith and allow God's promises to be fulfilled.

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    fASTING and Prayer

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    Ng Chee Keong
    Fasting is an important part of the Christian life that draws us closer to God and allows Him to work in our lives in powerful ways. The document outlines different types of prayer lists, including lists for personal matters, specific people and places, and issues of justice, as well as tips for developing regular prayer habits like setting a schedule and having focused prayer times each day. Fasting and consistent prayer are meant to strengthen our faith and allow God's promises to be fulfilled.

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    FASTING

    &
    PRAYING
    FASTING
    Understanding the New
    Testament Call to
    Fasting
    The Spirit is preparing the Church for the
    greatest revival and the most intense
    pressure in human history.
    Radical changes are needed, but they will
    come.
    Regular fasting is part of this change, and
    includes restraining our natural pleasures
    and/or strengths to position ourselves to
    Fasting Is Part Of The
    Normal Christian Life.

    When you fast…your Father who


    sees in secret will reward you
    openly. (Mt. 6:17-18)
    REWARDS

    Heart Changed
    Encounters Circumstances
    Purposes of Fasting
    3
    2 For the Fulfillment
    of God’s Promises
    1 To Confess Our

    To Set Our Hearts


    Sins
    6
    to Seek God
    5 For an Open
    Heaven
    4 For a Greater
    Release of Power
    To Stop a Crisis
    Homework

    Take about 5 minutes


    to ask the Lord what
    is the purpose of His
    invitation to fast for
    the next 40 days
    apart from the book
    by NECF.
    Fasting is
    Always
    Voluntary
    Developing a
    Consistent
    Prayer Life
    Set a Have a
    Schedule Prayer List
    “If we do not set our
    Set a
    Schedule schedules ourselves, others
    will set them for us, and the
    result will be very little time
    for prayer.”
    Set a
    Schedule
    Don’t limit your
    prayer life to your
    scheduled prayer
    times;
    Pray “on the run”
    during the day.
    Set a
    Schedule
    TIP:
    You may have to occasionally
    reevaluate your set or
    scheduled prayer times.
    It may be necessary to tweak
    your schedule to keep it
    working with other things
    happening in your life.
    Homework

    Take about 3 minutes


    to ask the Lord and
    think when the best
    time to pray during
    the day is.
    Have a
    Prayer
    List

    A prayer list is a simple


    tool that can help keep
    you focused during
    your prayer times.
    Using prayer lists as a
    guide, you are free to
    depart from them at
    any time.
    You may feel a desire to
    pray in a different
    direction, and there will
    be inspiration that
    comes from the leading
    of the Holy Spirit.
    3 Types of Prayer List
    A

    C
    List A: Personal Life- Example
    (FELLOWSHIP)
    F- Fear of God
    (Ask the Lord to put the fear of God into
    our hearts)
    E- Endurance
    (Endurance for God-given assignments
    without quitting)
    Personal Life- Example (FELLOWSHIP)

    L- Love
    (Understanding of God’s love for us,
    love God, love others and grace to love
    ourselves)
    Personal Life- Example (FELLOWSHIP)

    L- Light of Glory
    (Ask Holy Spirit to give encounters-
    dreams, visions, angelic visitations,
    manifestations of His light, fire and
    wind-as He gave to Moses, Isaiah,
    Ezekiel, Pentecost Day and John on
    Island of Patmos)
    Personal Life- Example (FELLOWSHIP)
    O- One Thing
    (To consistently spend time before the
    Lord in His Word, to sit at Jesus’ feet)
    W- Worthy
    (Worthy of our calling-be wholehearted
    and escape compromises in life)
    S- Speech
    (Guard our lips and speak only pleasing
    words)
    Personal Life- Example (FELLOWSHIP)

    H- Humility
    (Teach us how to walk in His yoke of
    humility and lowliness)
    I- Insight into Intimacy
    (Teach us to walk in agreement with His
    heart, Give us creative wisdom for our
    money, time, relationships, career and
    ministry)
    Personal Life- Example (FELLOWSHIP)

    P- Peace & Joy


    (Ask Holy Spirit to guard our hearts and
    minds with supernatural peace)
    List A: Personal Life- Example 2 (TRUST)

    T- Thank God
    R- Release Revelation of God Himself
    and His Plans
    U- Use Me
    S- Strengthen my inner man
    T- Teach me
    List B: People & Places

    1.Keep an updated list of individuals,


    ministries, and cities.
    2.Pray for individuals (family and friends),
    ministries (including my local church),
    missionaries and missions endeavors in
    particular parts of the world.
    3.Intercede for those in authority in your
    city and nation
    List C: Justice
    1.This includes governmental and social issues
    such as the ending of abortion and human
    trafficking and unfair educational systems.
    2.It sometimes includes situations related to
    economic injustice, water rights, civil unrest
    (terrorism, riots, and so on), natural disasters
    (hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, drought),
    disease (AIDS, tuberculosis, and so on), social
    crises (for example, famine and genocide),
    and more.
    Action:

    Take about 5 minutes


    to write a rough
    prayer list for any of
    the below:
    • Personal
    • People & Places
    • Justice
    Corporate Prayer
    Focus on Justice (15mins)

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