Day 4
FASTING INSPIRATION
Prayer with fasting = the most effective way to hear from Father
Oh, that daily we would be fed living bread from heaven. This is our chief desire. The most important Prayer combined with Fasting is a key to hearing well. You are in a great place of heart when you desire His word more than bread. Hearing from Father is the most… important thing in all of life. Jesus valued God’s word more than bread.
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ –Matthew 4:4
Isaiah tells us that Jesus was sustained each day by His communion with Father. Each day, Father would meet Jesus the son and give Him instruction.
The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed. –Isaiah 50:4
The manna in the wilderness was a type of the word of God, the bread of heaven, and the experience of Israel was meant as a picture of what Father desires for us. You’ll note, the manna would fall from heaven, but they had to make the effort to collect it. Six days a week they were to collect the manna. It’s in their effort to go and gather the manna, they were fed. If they failed to manna and attempted to live on yesterday’s manna, they found it had already turned rotten.
However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them. –Exodus 16:20
It’s in the place of prayer and worship we are postured to hear.
PRAYER EMPHASIS:
Today we want to tell Father how much we love His daily bread. Extol Him for how important His word is, how He has sustained you with His word, how sweet His instruction is to you.
STRATEGIZE – FOCUS MY MIND:
Today we continue with renewing our mind from the book of Mark. Read Mark 14-16. Take notes as you read the book of Mark, looking for points that strengthen your faith.