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When You Fast

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January 10, 2021

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Ed Young: The church should bethe most creative entity in
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the world.
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The church is where it happens.
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The church is where we findpurpose, and meaning, and power.
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The church is the living,breathing body of Christ.
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Wisdom though is seeing lifethrough the perspective of God.
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You've never locked eyes withsomeone that Jesus did not
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die for.
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Ed: Thanks so much for watching"Ed Young Television."
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You know, the next 30 minutes, Ibelieve, can change the course
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of your life.
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So, sit back and lean in,because I believe God's going to
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do some amazing things in yourlife and in mine.
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Ed: We make all these New Year'sresolutions, and research
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reveals by the 12th of January,we pretty much mail the
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resolutions in, we're done.
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I'm serious, very, very,depressing, very depressing.
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I like resolutions, though.
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We make these resolutions.
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I'm going to start working out.
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I want to eat right.
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I want to travel more.
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I want to stop smoking.
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Whatever it is, we make theseresolutions, and I think
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resolutions are really great.
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What if though, instead ofstarting with ourselves, we
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started with God?
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What if we said to ourselves,"You know what?
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I'm going to start with you,God?
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I want what you want for me,"and especially over the next ten
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years, because we're talkin'about in the year 2030, 3.650
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days from now.
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What are you gonna be doing?
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Where do you want to be?
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Pretty good question.
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Think back to 2010.
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Where were you in 2010, andwhere are you today?
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We're all the sum total ofchoices that we've made.
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We have this opportunity to makethese decisions, because life
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is short.
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I know that sounds flippant, Iknow it sounds a little bit
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trite, but life is short.
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It's amazing, it's stunning howquickly time just flies.
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All of a sudden, it'll be 2030.
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What will you look like in 2030?
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Have you seen this face app?
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Have you seen that?
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Well, I plugged my picture in,because I wanted to see what I
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would look like ten years fromnow, and here's the photo.
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I don't know what you're gonnalook like, but that's me.
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And Lisa was really thrilledwhen she saw that picture.
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Isn't that funny?
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I read some reactions of theface app, and a lot of people
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don't like it.
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They think it's disgusting anddepressing, because it pretty
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much reveals the inevitable,that we're not gonna be here
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that long.
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In the year 2030, where do youwant to be?
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Well, let's clear the decks andgo, "God, where do you want me
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to be?"
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That's the issue.
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God, what do you want for me?
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Not my wants, but yours.
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We have an opportunity, becauseGod is a God who has given us
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the ability to make choices, tochoose what God wants us to do.
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God wants us to havesupernatural,
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spiritual symmetry.
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And Jesus talked a lot aboutspiritual symmetry.
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Jesus, in the greatest sermonever preached, I was there just
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a couple of days ago, on theshores of the Sea of Galilee.
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Jesus, one day, was walking onthe shores, and he stopped, and
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he talked to several thousandpeople.
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The acoustics are crazy there.
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You can talk in just a normalvoice, and it's just earth
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shattering how you can hear itfrom all over the place.
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So, Jesus talked about this, andin this tremendous talk, he
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mentioned spiritual symmetry.
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What we can do in order toglorify God, in order to get the
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most out of our one and onlylife, which has to do not with
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you and me, it has to do withGod.
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Here's what he said.
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"When you fast," I heard yourstomachs growl.
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"When you pray, and when yougive."
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Those three things, that simple.
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"When you fast, when you pray,when you give."
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He assumed that we would havethose in our rhythm, and
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routine, and ritual.
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"When you fast, when you pray,when you give."
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And we're gonna unpack thosethings over the next couple
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of weeks.
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When you fast.
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When you fast.
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Kinda sounds depressing.
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Fasting, doing without food.
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Why would you do that?
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The Bible says that theChristian life is like a race,
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we're running.
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So, as a follower, I should bemoving fast, because time is
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going fast.
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So, followers fast to followfast.
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This is what Jesus was and isdriving at.
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You remember back in the day, Ithink in 1943, I wasn't alive
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then, but I studied it.
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, youremember that?
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He said something revolutionary.
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He said that the greatest needsof a man are food and water.
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Whoa, have you ever thoughtabout your greatest need?
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Those of you who are married,the guys are going, "Oh, I know
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what her greatest need is,shopping."
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And she's like, "Oh, no, no, Iknow on my husband's greatest
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need is, sex."
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No, it's not.
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You can laugh there, too.
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Every time I mention sex, no onelaughs.
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So, the greatest need we have isthat of hunger, of thirst.
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Jesus told us, in no uncertainterms, to fast.
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Now, why would Jesus tell us tofast?
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Why would he think that shouldbe part of our rhythm, and
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ritual, and routine?
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Because as I've thought aboutfasting, I've said to myself,
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"Wow, I don't really do itenough."
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And we're not told how manytimes to do it.
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Like, you know, a year, or we'renot to fast necessarily once a
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quarter, or once a week.
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We are though to fast regularly.
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And most fasts in the Bible wereabout 24 hours, yet
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people fasted.
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Why do we fast?
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What's the purpose of fasting?
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Have you ever thought aboutthat?
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It's basically to dial intoGod's desires.
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Say it with me, "To dial intoGod's desires."
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I'm just gonna dial into God'sdesires.
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God knew our tendency to thinkthat everything's gonna be about
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us, so he gave us the need forfood and water.
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Also, he's challenged us tofast, because when I fast, it
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shows my frailty.
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It shows that I'm dependent onhim.
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The purpose of fasting.
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It's a sort of a boldinterruption to the rhythm and
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routine of life.
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When we do this, it is aninterruption to our appetites,
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our stomachs.
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Our stomachs, our stomachs arepowerful.
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Pat your stomach for a second.
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For some, that's a big pat,others a small one.
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I have a six pack and my handjust bounces.
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The stomach is the epicenter ofour desires.
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It's sort of like AT&T stadium.
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There's a game going on in ourstomach.
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Greed, you could say, comes fromthe stomach.
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Lust from the stomach.
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Anger, angst from the stomach.
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You're like goin,' "Are youkidding me?"
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No, no, no, think about Adam andEve.
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Adam and Eve were back in theGarden of Eden.
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The Garden of Eden.
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I just made that up.
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Help me, help me.
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I just flow.
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And the enemy offered them aHappy Meal, and they ate the
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Happy Meal, and when the HappyMeal settled in their stomach,
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it became an unhappy meal.
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They ate themselves out, I toldyou it's a stadium, out of
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the garden.
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Esau, Esau was out on the hunt,he's having a good time, he was
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bow hunting, this and that, hecame back in, and his brother,
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Jacob, who liked to watch allthese cooking shows and stuff,
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you know, he had the skinnyjeans on, and he was the
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quintessential millennial,pour-over coffee.
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So, Esau was like, "I want abowl of your beans," and Jacob
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said, "If you sell me yourbirthright and the blessings,
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you can have it," and he did.
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He ate himself out of thebirthright and
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blessing, stomach.
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Children of Israel, rememberthese people?
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Millions of them following Mosesout of Egypt into the
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Promised Land.
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They began to whine andcomplain.
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"Oh, we want food.
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We want food.
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We will carbs.
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We want a carbs."
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So, God rained down manna fromheaven, a carb-like substance.
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Then they got tired of that, "Wewant keto, we want keto," then
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he rained down quail, and theychoked on that.
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I had quail last night.
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You ever been to this restaurantin Dallas called Javier's?
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I love that place.
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Order the quail.
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Chips and hot sauce.
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I knew, see, we were fasting, soI just loaded up last night.
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I love that place.
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So, they choked on quail, andthey ate themselves out of the
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Promised Land.
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The stomach, the stomach.
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So, fasting is dialing intoGod's desires.
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Here's what fasting is not.
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Fasting is not some spiritualquid pro quo, it's not.
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Fasting is not me getting moreof God, it's God getting more
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of me.
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It's not me trying to be goodenough, and I'm turning God into
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my UPS boy.
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Oh, I want that blessing.
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I want that favor.
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Because I could write a list ofthe blessings that I want on
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this piece of paper right here,and you could, too, and we can
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turn them in to God.
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God, here's my wish list.
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Here's my blessing list, God.
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God will bless us.
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Let me say it.
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Categorically, unequivocally,irrevocably, God will bless us
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when we fast, when we pray, whenwe give, applause sign.
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He will, but I have to turn inmy blessings, and say, God, you
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know best.
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Your ways are higher than myways.
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Now, sometimes my blessings, ora miracle that I'm praying for,
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or a breakthrough syncs up withGod's, sometimes it doesn't.
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So, we've got to trust him.
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There's power in fasting.
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Like, what do you mean?
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Well, think about all the peoplein the Bible who fasted.
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You ever thought about this?
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I'll give you the top ten.
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You're probably wondering today,"I wonder who the top ten people
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are in Scripture who fasted."
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Moses fasted after the TenCommandments, Moses, that's
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pretty good.
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David fasted, and this is sad,he fasted for his child to be
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healed, but his child died.
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Elijah fasted after he won thebattle on Mount Carmel,
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that's cool.
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Ezra fasted for the children ofIsrael to come back to God, for
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his people to come back to God.
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Esther fasted, because she knewshe had to talk to the king
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about genocide issues with herpeople.
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Darrius fasted, because Danielwas gonna be in the lion's den.
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Daniel fasted, because God wasgonna give him a word through
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an angel.
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Yet, the Prince of Persia, theenemy, was trying to block the
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word, so he fasted, and he wasable to hear what God wanted him
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to say.
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The Apostle Paul fasted afterthe Damascus road experience.
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Here, he was killing Christiansand persecuting the church, and
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that quick he had to see changein his life.
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And ultimately, Jesus fasted,Jesus did.
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And he fasted, as you read inMatthew chapter 4, right before
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this tremendous talk called TheSermon on the Mount.
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It's important to understand thecontext.
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Jesus went public with hisministry when he was 30
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years old.
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When did that happen?
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John the Baptist, John thebaptizer saw him, and said,
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"There is the Lamb of God, whotakes away the sins of
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the world."
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Jesus was baptized in the JordanRiver.
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Ed: I just want to say again ahuge thanks for your generosity
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and for you partnering with us.
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No matter where you are, nomatter what age or stage you
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find yourself in life, we havetools, we have books, we have
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resources to help you in thisendeavor.
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So, if you're not a part of ourfamily here, we'll love for you
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to become a part.
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You can see what to do on thescreen.
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So again, thanks for yourgenerosity, and let's go back to
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the message.
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Ed: When he came out of thewater, you had a lot of things
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going on.
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The Trinity, God the Father,saying, "This is my Son in whom
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I'm well pleased."
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You have the Son saying, "Okay,here I am Lord, I'm Yours."
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You have the Holy Spiritdescending on Jesus in the form
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of a dove.
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So, you have the Trinity ineffect right there after
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the baptism.
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Now, if that would have been youor me, in our culture, we would
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have done a selfie.
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"Hey, John the Baptist, come onin.
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Now, the Holy Spirit, yeah,right there.
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Hey, let me do that again.
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I don't look at it," andeverything.
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Alright, and then hashtag goingpublic.
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That's what we would have done.
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Jesus, you know what he did?
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He gone out into the wildernessafter this defining
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moment, what?
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Out into the wilderness, and youcan see the wilderness, what
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it's like.
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You can just picture it.
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And that's an area where mostpeople believe Jesus was
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tempted, and it was a rocky,barren area.
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For 40 days and 40 nights,fasted, Jesus did, and
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what happened?
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The enemy came in, and that'swhat's gonna happen as we
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undertake this fast.
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The enemy will attack you andme.
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It's gonna happen, because hedoes not want us to dial into
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God's desires.
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It's gonna happen.
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You might find it even hard topray some.
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This is gonna happen.
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So, the enemy came after Jesus,and why did he come after him?
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Because he wanted Jesus to misshis purpose.
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His purpose was to liverighteously, to die
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sacrificially, to rise bodily,and he knew if he could get him
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off of his game, right, that thedevil would win.
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Jesus said no, no, no, no, no,no, every single time.
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He quoted back to the enemyScripture.
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The enemy goes, "See thoserocks?
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They look like loaves of bread.
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Come on, Jesus, you can do itlike that.
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Turn those into bread.
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You haven't eaten for 40 days."
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The Bible says in Matthew 4verses 1 through 4, "Then Jesus
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was led by the Spirit into thewilderness to be tempted by
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the devil.
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After fasting 40 days and 40nights, he was hungry.
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The tempter came to him andsaid, 'If you are the Son of
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God, tell these stones to becomebread.'
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Jesus answered, 'It is written,man shall not live on bread
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alone, but on every word thatcomes from the mouth of God.'"
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And then in Matthew chapter 5verse 6, Jesus said, "Blessed
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are those who hunger and thirstfor righteousness, for they will
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be filled."
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Fasting, followers fast.
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Jesus said win, win, win.
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That's a win, win, winsituation, isn't it?
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Win, a moment in time, when?
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Fasting is doing, fasting isdoing what God wants you to do,
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so you can be who God wants youto be.
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How amazing is that?
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How great is that?
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It's a spiritual discipline.
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It's like marriage.
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You know, I've written a lot ofbooks on marriage.
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Lisa and I have had theopportunity, because of God's
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grace, to travel the world andlecture people about marriage.
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I've talked to a lot of peoplewho have had bad marriages,
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a lot.
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I've talked to some who've beenmarried, like, five times.
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I've talked to some who haveokay marriages.
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I've talked to others who havejust hot marriages, hot
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monogamy, great marriages.
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And those people that have greatmarriages do just several
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simple things.
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It's not like, "Oh, it's socomplex, I just don't
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understand marriage."
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No, it's not.
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Simple things like a date night,mate night.
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Date your spouse, what you usedto get her, guys, is what you
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use to keep her, very simple.
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You just that into your rhythmand routine.
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Spend time alone, try to, evenwith kids, every day.
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Don't put the kids down whenthey're ready, put them down
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when you are ready, simple,
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and even grandkids.
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So, this is revolutionary.
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Take a vacation without yourkids.
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Yeah, I like to vacation with myfamily.
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That's not a vacation, no,that's a family outing.
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You need a vacation after thefamily outing.
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You do some of those things,simple things, in your rhythm,
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your routine, your schedule, andobviously seek the Lord first,
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you're gonna have a greatmarriage.
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This is what Jesus was drivingat at, this spiritual symmetry.
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Roll these things into yourschedule, make them a part of
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your rhythm, your ritual, yourroutine, and one of those
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is fasting.
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Fasting, as I said in my openingremarks, let me say it again,
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demonstrates my frailty beforeGod.
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There are many differentexamples of fasting where some
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of the people dealt with sin,with their behavior.
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Fasting is a way of absorbingthat and feeling that.
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I'm very big on, becauseScripture is pinpointing,
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believing God for certain thingswhen you're fasting.
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Could be a healing.
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I've seen people healed during afast.
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Others I've seen ultimately passaway, and that was God's will,
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although I don't alwaysunderstand it.
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Have you ever thought aboutthis?
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Even the people that Jesushealed died.
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You might be thinking aboutsomeone in your family who does
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not know Jesus personally.
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Write their names down.
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Maybe you're thinking about awayward child.
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Write the child's name down.
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Maybe you need a breakthrough.
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In other words, just aperspective, write that down.
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I believe we need to believe Godfor these things, and pray for
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these things, and fast for thesethings.
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So, it demonstrates our frailty.
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It demonstrates how real lifeis, how real sin is, how real
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our salvation is.
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That God's the source ofeverything.
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It gives us access to the voiceof God.
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We hear God.
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I have a, it's kinda weird, butI have a magnifying glass app on
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my phone.
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Do you have one of those?
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Well, you need to.
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You need to get one.
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You need to have that app, theage app, and the Fellowship
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Church app.
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You do all that today.
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But this magnifying glass app, Iused it in Israel.
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Wow, all of a sudden, yourobject's big, and the things
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around it appear small.
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I thought, "Lord, that'sfasting," I'm fasting, and this
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Daniel diet, I'm redirecting mydesires, my
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appetites heavenward.
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God gets bigger, and the otherthings get smaller.
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In this Scripture just leaps offthe page, so often, in your life
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and mine.
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Also too, it brings perspectivein blessing.
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Perspective, that's themagnifying thing, and blessings,
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it's the power of the first, andthis is throughout Scripture.
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God gave his firstborn, blessthe rest, of course that
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was Jesus.
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We give God the first portion ofour day, he blesses the rest.
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First portion of our week, heblesses the rest.
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First portion of our income, heblesses the rest.
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First portion of the year, heblesses the rest.
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First portion of the decade, heblesses the rest.
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So, I guess the net effect ofwhat I'm saying is this.
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It's the 30-20-10 principle,have you ever heard of
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that before?
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No, because I just said it.
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The 30-20-10 principle, 30 daysof prayer, 30 days, 20 days of
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fasting, and that's the Danieldiet.
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Daniel diet, fruits vegetables,as I've said.
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It's water, juice, coffee,because coffee comes from a
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bean, it's natural.
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I do think it's importantthough, to fast.
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Now, if you're like abodybuilder, or maybe your
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preggo, that's the way you sayit now, if you're cool.
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That's what my kids told me.
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TMZ, they say that, right,preggo.
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So, if you're preggo, you needsome protein, well, you can
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eat quail.
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No, I'm kidding.
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No, you can have chicken, orfish, or whatever, you don't
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have to be super legalisticabout it, but you know, do
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without something like that, youknow what I'm saying to you?
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So then, and then ten, 30-20-10,ten would be the 10% of what we
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make to God's house.
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It's the 30-20-10 principle, andit's gonna be thrilling.
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I know it's hard to clap,because we're talking
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about fasting.
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Followers fast to follow fast.
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Say it with me, "Followers fastto follow fast."
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You want to upgrade your decade?
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God wants you to, fast.
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