ENTHRONEMENT ASSEMBLY DAILY DEVOTIONALS.

Monday August 18th, 2025.

Topic :Develop A Fasting Life.

Memory Verse : Proverbs 8:17. I love those who love me; whoever looks for me can find me.

Bible Reading : Matthew 6:16-18 GNB. Key Verse : v18.

“And when you fast, do not put on a sad face as the hypocrites do. They neglect their appearance so that everyone will see that they are fasting. I assure you, they have already been paid in full. When you go without food, wash your face and comb your hair, so that others cannot know that you are fasting — only your Father, who is unseen, will know. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you.

Here we see Jesus teaching about prayer from the beginning of this chapter 6 of Mathew. When he finished making his points on the rules we must observe to make our prayers effective, he touched another dimension that strengthens our prayer life and walk with God, which is fasting. Every child of God that intends to be relevant in the kingdom in addition to being prayerful or having a prayer life, must also develop a fasting life. At this point, I must not fail to say that nobody was born fasting. I say this because I have seen people who tell me they can’t fast, simply because they have not trained or disciplined their body to do so. You as an individual is responsible to train your body to fast. This happens when you realise the importance of a life fasting in our spiritual development, alertness and sensitivity.

When we fast, we intentionally deny our body food for a specific time, so that we can seek the face of God. At this point it is good to explain that a man is comprised of our spirit, soul and body. The body or flesh which consumes all kinds of foods to be nourished is just a housing for the soul and spirit of a man. When the body stops functioning or dies, the soul and spirit of the man departs and the remains is buried in the soil where it was taken in the first place. The spirit which is the dimension of divine deposit in man that gave us life returns to God while the soul who is the real man goes for reward of all that was done when the individual lived in the body and functioned as a man. See Genesis 2:7, Romans 6:23.

Now, the spirit of an individual is the dimension of a man that connects him to God while he lives, who is a higher Spirit. That’s the ireason Jesus bluntly told the Samaritan woman by the well that God is Spirit. He further explained that because of that, men who intend to worship or reach out or connect to him, can only succeed, when they follow the channel of the Spirit and in Truth. When we starve the flesh of food and seek God, our spirit man who resides in the belly is able to rise and take charge of our soul and body as to bring them under his control, so that we can reach out to or communicate with God more effectively. Having said this, every believer is responsible to work out days that he intentionally abstain from food to seek the face of God in a most simplified manner to be able to live a healthy spiritual life that counts in the kingdom. Regular fasting keeps a child of God in the right spiritual tempo. Mark 9:29.

Prayer : Thank you Lord Jesus for making me part of your kingdom on earth. Help me to develop a fasting life that will keep your fire burning in my spirit man forever. Thank you for making my walk with you count in your kingdom by the help of your Spirit resident in me in Jesus wonderful name…. Amen 🙏🏿.

Yearly Bible Reading : John 11:1-36.

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