Posts with the category “fast”

"And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in." Here's what I need you to know right now. The fast that fails produces nothing. The fast that forms produces character. But the fast that frees? It produces a future.So what I'm seeing is this. Look at what God promi...  Read More

"Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men." Now watch this. Everything we have been talking about... the open hands, the generous heart, the releasing instead of grasping... this is exactly what Jesus did.So what I'm seeing is this. Paul tells us that Jesus, ...  Read More

"Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?" Here's what I see in this passage. Every single thing God describe...  Read More

Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?' Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers. Let me just say this right now. Israel had a problem with pronouns. Listen to their complaint. "Why have WE fasted and YOU see it not? Why have WE humbled OURselves and YOU take no knowledge of it?" Me. Me...  Read More

"Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God." Here's what I need you to know right now. Two little words can expose everything about your spiritual life. Two words that God uses to describe His own people in Isaiah 58. The word...  Read More