Radical Life // Week 6 // Wild Faith & Fruit Pacific Church Pastors JF & Ashley Wilkerson
Matthew 6:1-4 NIV
1 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”
Matthew 6:5-8 NIV
5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.”
Matthew 6:16-18 NIV
16 “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”
1. Fasting brings clarity to our COMMUNICATION.
Matthew 6:16-18 NASB
16 “Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. 17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face 18 so that your fasting will not be noticed by men, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.”
Fasting - Going without food.
BIBLICAL FASTING - refraining from food for a spiritual purpose. Replacing the time you typically spend eating with focusing more on the Lord.
Daniel - Daniel 10
Jehoshaphat - 2 Chronicles 20
Moses - Exodus 34
Elijah - 1 Kings 19
Paul - Acts 9
Peter - Acts 10
The Early Church in Antioch - Acts 13
1. Fasting brings clarity to our COMMUNICATION.
2. Fasting brings clarity to our CRAVINGS.
Ezra - Ezra 10
Jesus Matthew 4
Fasting is not about food, it is all about your focus.
1. Fasting brings clarity to our COMMUNICATION.
2. Fasting brings clarity to our CRAVINGS.
3. Fasting brings clarity to our CAPACITY.
King Darius - Daniel 6
Esther - Esther 4
Hannah - 1 Samuel 1
Joseph - Gen. 41
Matthew 17:17-21 NASB
17 And Jesus answered and said, “You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.” 18 And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured at once. 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not drive it out?” 20 And He said to them, “Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. 21 But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”
1. Fasting brings clarity to our COMMUNICATION.
2. Fasting brings clarity to our CRAVINGS.
3. Fasting brings clarity to our CAPACITY.