Fasting and Praying without food and water was Jesus's example in Matthew 4:1-11 & Luke 4:1-14. I was so conditioned and attached to different spirits that I began fasting and praying based on an incurable cancer in 2006. My fasting after that came into levels that led me fast in 2011 from lustful addictions and obsessions, fitness, social media, movies, relationships, entertainment and other areas as the spirit showed me. I am not Jesus, but the fast that I endured in 2013, I went only 3 days without food and water for a purpose. I needed direction, and it came by way of the spirit. Prayer opened an invitation for God to come into my situation. I had to fast in order to submit to Christ's spirit which automatically shut-down my flesh during my trials and tribulations. The battles that God knew I could handle, his spirit rose in me to defeat it through fasting. The battle God knew I could never defeat on my own because the Victory belonged to him. He was the reinforcement in the battle because he spoke the words, "the battle is not yours, its mine" in 2013.
When Jesus went into the wilderness, that was his time to shut the enemy down and lift up the word that was in him so he could come out of the wilderness with the power and authority to do God's will. He was the word that was made flesh on the earth so he had to fulfill the scriptures. The scripture was not just what he did, it was who he was in God's glory. Spirits come to block that power in your life like it did in mine. The spirits can be set up anywhere (i.e church, school, job, family, region....). I was praying for an answer, but the answer did not come until I aligned with the spirit of Christ that was in me. My mind, emotions and physical body had to align with what the spirit was saying. The prerequisite for hearing in the spirit with fasting and praying that I experienced was:
1. My faith, belief, & confession in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior; He was made flesh on earth; he was God's only son; He came to set me free from sin; He is the King of kings and Lord of Lords; he is God's glory; He is the light of the world; He is the Messiah; He is our Wonderful Counsel; He is I AM sent
2. I ask God to search my heart for visible and invisible enemies, so I could see who is sitting in the place God and Christ should be occupying.
3. I repented and turned that area to God - I went in a different direction of the sin through the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
4. I was baptized by water in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit in 1987; I was baptized by the spirit on 1/11/2013 (Salvation) .
5. I prayed and talked with God consistently without stopping, even if I didn't know what to pray.
6. I studied God's word and did as it instructed (this matured my walk; shut- down the fleshly behaviors unlike God that was operating in me; strengthened my faith. - Studying his word is sewing seeds. Seed was sown in my life for 31 years through reading, listening, speaking and applying his word to my life. This was a process.
7. I learned how to yield patience, be still, and wait on God's response (this gave me rest for my soul. During his rest, I continued to read, write and study his word. (His response is not out of emotions, thoughts or performance) - its by his spirit and you will know that you know its him. You will have no questions in your flesh. When I could not rest, I was not trusting that God would send the answer, but the Holy Spirit provided reassurance.
8. I Listened to my spiritual ear which brought peace and instructions by the Holy Spirit.
9. I Took Immediate Actions when I heard the spirit because that is the open door from asking God for help. My actions comes from the love of God for who he is and not what he can do for me.
10. I Love God with all your heart, mind and soul in his response. God doesn't need me. I need him.
These 10 steps became what my armor looked like in battle in the spirit for seven years. An invisible armor which was detailed in Ephesians 6:11-18 became visible to me after years of just hearing about the armor of God. Before, I use to just pray, but I had no target or mission for that prayer. So it was floating around me with no place to ground itself because I didn't have a target. The fleshly battles that I was experiencing belonged to God. The cycle of the spiritual blockages continued until I saw the enemy that was operating in my life, then I had a starting point for fasting and praying. The only person that could show me the repeated cycles was the Holy Spirit.
When I asked God and prayed to Christ, the Holy Spirit brought the answer. The spirit will give you an answer on how to break the cycle. Either God uprooted me from that environment or he removed the enemy from my life. Everything I have typed is what I did in my fasting and prayer times. When an enemy showed up in my body, finances, family, friends, business, faith, children, job, marriage or relationships, I recognized the enemy then prayed to ask God to remove it or remove me from the situation. I waited on his answer. When the enemy at the job came against me, God removed me by way of dismissal from the employer, but he gave me rest and provided the next steps. He removed me from the enemies territory. When I got to the end of the cycle and I saw the Kingdom gates open, Gods next move is to prepare a table before my enemies in his glory. So the joy in the Lord is like fire shut up in my bones because its time. If the enemy is God's footstool then he is our footstool too (Psalms 110:1). Be blessed and may God order your steps and keep you in your Victory for his glory in the name of Jesus Christ.
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