Download PDF, Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough Study Guide by Elmer L. Towns Lynchburg (Graphics)

All around the world, God is calling His people to the discipline of fasting.
Christian leaders of various denominations have begun to use their influence to call their followers to fast and pray for a spiritual awakening in our land and revival in our churches. In various communities, God has already begun to answer that prayer.
This study guide has been prepared to help you grow in the discipline of fasting. For some, fasting may be something new to their Christian life. Others may have fasted for years. In each case, these studies are designed to help you better understand as an individual or in a group setting the biblical principles of the fasts God has chosen.

Many Christians still struggle with the need for fasting today. In the introduction to Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough, I suggest nine reasons why the spiritual discipline of fasting is needed today.
1. More than ever before, believers are in bondage to demonic powers and need strength to stand against sin.
2. Believers throughout the world need solutions to many complex problems and threatening situations they are facing.
3. The Church is in desperate need of revival, and every tribe and tongue and nation is in desperate need of evangelization.
4. The world in general and the Church in particular are crying out for people of character and integrity—people who have found in Christ the emotional healing and strength to overcome sinful and destructive habits.
5. The abundance of food has insulated North American believers from the realities of starvation and malnutrition in the two-thirds world.
6. The media has so captured the national attention that even believers are operating according to principles completely alien to God’s will for their lives.
7. Even with the abundance of food and medical technology in North America, people are not necessarily healthier.
8. A great many believers have become so entangled in economic and social pursuits that they need to be set free to establish their testimonies and to influence others for Christ.
9. The growing influence of demonic forces and the waning influence of biblical Christianity in North America and the fact that believers need protection from the evil one. Do any of these reasons speak to needs in your life or that of your church or community? If so, God has chosen a discipline of fasting for you. I encourage you to find a prayer partner or become part of a small group that will support you and hold you accountable as you begin fasting for spiritual breakthrough. 
May God use this study guide to help you make a difference in your spiritual growth and in your world.
Elmer L. Towns Lynchburg, Virginia

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