Saturday, July 09, 2011

The Rewards of Fasting

The Rewards of Fasting by Mike Bickle and Dana Candler
Fasting. It sounds difficult. Fasting every week. That sounds impossible! Our society considers hunger among the worst of fates, but God calls fasting part of basic Christianity.

Hunger for God is not foreign to anyone who loves Jesus¬it is an ache within that makes us desperate. What may be new to some people is that fasting is an avenue God has chosen to answer our hunger and to fuel our experience of Him. Fasting is essential because it answers our cry for more of God.

In order to respond to God's invitation to fast, we must first discover the truth about this grace and discipline, including the joys of embracing voluntary weakness, the amazing benefits of a fasted lifestyle, and the dangers to avoid along the way. This journey of fasting intensifies our experience of God's heart, increases our encounter of Jesus as the Bridegroom, and equips us to operate in the power of the Holy Spirit in the severe times in which we live. Fasting is not something we can neglect or avoid ¬but something we must embrace wholeheartedly.

Mike Bickle is director of the International House of Prayer Missions Base in Kansas City.
Dana Candler and her husband, Matt, are a part of the senior leadership team at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City. Dana is the author of Deep unto Deep, a book exploring the journey of intimacy with God, and is an instructor at the Forerunner School of Ministry.

Table of Contents
FOREWORD.....................................................................Page 1
Introduction ................................................................... Page 5

Chapter One:
The Bridegroom God...................................................... Page 9

Chapter Two:
Seven Types of Biblical Fasting.................................... Page 19

Chapter Three:
Understanding the Bridegroom Fast............................ Page 37

Chapter Four:
Hungering for All that God Will Give Us........................ Page 47

Chapter Five:
Fasting: Embracing Voluntary Weakness...................... Page 55

Chapter Six:
Five Expressions of the Fasted Lifestyle...................... Page 67

Chapter Seven:
Fasting to Break Spiritual Strongholds......................... Page 81

Chapter Eight:
Five Rewards of the Fasted Lifestyle ........................... Page 95

Chapter Nine:
Seven Difficulties of the Fasted Lifestyle ................... Page 109

Chapter Ten:
Seven Dangers of the Fasted Lifestyle....................... Page 117

Chapter Eleven:
How to Respond to Global Crisis............................... Page 129

Chapter Twelve :
The Global Bridegroom Fast:
Establishing a Joel 2 Culture...................................... Page 141

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