2 Chronicles 7:14 ‘If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.’

DAILY READING; • Matthew 20:1-16; Numbers 13-14; Ecclesiastes 9:1-12

The book ‘Atomic Power With God Through Fasting and Prayer’, written by Franklin Hall, was a wakeup call for many believers in the 1940’s. This book led to a great movement of fasting and prayer that swept through America and then the rest of the world. Published in 1946, this book became the spark that ignited the hearts of thousands to go on extended fasts. Many people who read the book began to seek God for revival and the restoration of spiritual gifts to the church.
The result of this was that starting from 1947 up till 1952, the great healing revival broke out. There were extraordinary miracles through ministries of prominent preachers such as William Braham, Gordon Lindsay etc. As most of these itinerant evangelists followed the practice of fasting, they witnessed mighty manifestations of God’s power as thousands were converted and healed through their ministry.
In 1948 the “Latter Rain” outpouring visited North Battleford, Canada. The prominent preachers in this move of the Spirit also agreed that it was after reading the book ‘Atomic Power With God Through Fasting and Prayer’ that they became spiritually ignited.. They then entered a season of fasting which resulted in the powerful outpouring of the Spirit.

The power of fasting and prayer is indeed the spiritual atomic bomb that God has given us to destroy the strongholds of evil and usher in a great revival into the earth.
God has made tremendous power available to us through prayer. However, the enemy often tries to cheat believers out of this blessing, by peddling misconception and confusion regarding the subject of fasting, making it look like an unnecessary exercise.

Fasting is not optional, it is a practice every believer should always engage in periodically to experience a recharge and revival. With the worsening state of affairs in the world, there’s a growing need and urgency for a revival.
We need a spiritual awakening that will shake every believer out of slumber. The truth is that while it is glaringly clear that we are living in the very last days, many people in the Church are largely asleep and unprepared for the coming of the Lord. Many are still entangled with the affairs of this world and unaware of the signs of the times.

Indeed we are living in a very critical time on the earth right now. It is a time when no believer can afford to live as an ostrich with head buried in the sand, pretending everything is alright while the end is knocking at the door.
We need to become spiritually sensitive and alive, so as not to be caught unawares by unfolding events.
The price of revival is fasting and praying. As we sincerely humble ourselves before the Lord, repent, pray, and seek God in His Word, we will experience His divine visitation upon our lives and upon our land. (2 Chronicles 7:14)

When we humble ourselves in fasting and call upon the Lord in prayers, we will experience a mighty move of the Spirit. The power of God will break the holds of darkness, bring diverse miracles and healings and usher in a great harvest of souls into God’s kingdom.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank you for the grace to continually wait upon You. Please help me to wake up from every spiritual slumber and align myself to Your plans and purpose in these end-times in Jesus Name.

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When God places His hand upon a man in life nothing can come against him, this is because the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. WORDBITE 222