Breakthrough Fasting & Prayer

January 8, 2009 (Day Five)

On this fifth day of fasting the word in my spirit is CONTINUE! This is the time for you to stay steadfast in what you have started with God. You have connected! You have committed! Now you must continue. This is your day to ask God for wisdom. Wisdom is the correct application of knowledge. Today you will be established with a new faith found in the wisdom of God. The wisdom of God is yours for the asking! James 1:5-6 (NKJ), “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.”

Continue! Galatians 6:9 (NKJ) is your promise today, “And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.” The layers of this life’s care are being peeled off of your spirit so you can get down to the business of continuing! There is a blessing for those who continue!

Genesis 26:1-17, relates the story of Isaac’s blessing when he continued in what God had commanded him to do. Four important components were involved in Isaac’s hundredfold harvest. First the entire land was in famine. Second, God told him not to leave. Third, Isaac was told that if he stayed in the land it would become his and he would greatly multiply. Fourth, he sowed in that land of famine.

Let’s look at those four components again as they relate to us today. First, the condition of your environment has no bearing on the supernatural law of God’s provision. Second, if you will obey god’s directive to you it will turn an unproductive location or event into a fertile place of supernatural increase. Third, when God promises blessing, what you do next will determine your life for years to come. And fourth, Isaac empowered his faith through obedience and sowed without being commanded.

It doesn’t matter what the economic atmosphere is. This is where God has told you to remain. Continuing in obedience will fertilize your famine into harvest.

The result of Isaac’s continuing is revealed in Genesis 26:12 (NKJ), “Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him.” The secret to Isaac’s blessing is found in Genesis 26:13, “The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous;”

Let me build your faith to continue with these bible references:

1. Boaz chose Ruth to be his wife because of a special quality he discovered in her. That quality is seen in Ruth 2:7 (NKJ), “And she said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came and has continued from morning until now, though she rested a little in the house.” Ruth wouldn’t stop. She continued! Her persistence places her in the lineage of Jesus Christ even though she was not a Jew!
2. Hannah had the shame and ridicule of her barrenness removed because she continued! Look at her perseverance in 1 Samuel 1:12(NKJ), “And it happened, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli watched her mouth.” God gave her Samuel because she continued!
3. The ravaged walls of Jerusalem were restored by Nehemiah out of his refusal to quit! He states it with his own words in Nehemiah 5:16 (NKJ), “Indeed, I also continued the work on this wall, and we did not buy any land. All my servants were gathered there for the work.” The dogged determination and laser focus of a single purpose forced him to continue!
4. The great outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost was the result of people who simply continued! Acts 1:14 (NKJ) declares this key element, “These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.” You cannot receive an outpouring from God without continuing in what He commanded you to do!
5. The new church born at Pentecost exploded in number and strength because they would not stop doing what Jesus had commanded. Acts 2:42 (NKJ) displays their tenacity, “And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.” There is blessing of personal growth when you continue!

Stay the course! What you are receiving is worth the sacrifice. You can complete this journey. I believe in you! Blessing is waiting for you. Continue!

Numbers 6:24-26 (NKJ) “The LORD bless you and keep you; The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.”

Blessings & Peace,

PG

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