Fasting

Fasting for Breakthrough

There are seasons in life when it feels like you are pushing against a wall. You are praying. You are believing. But nothing seems to be moving. Everything you touch feels like it is running into resistance. In those moments, God often calls His people to fast — not because He needs to be convinced, but because something in the spiritual atmosphere needs to be broken.

Isaiah 58:6 describes the fast that God has chosen as one that will "loose the chains of injustice," "untie the cords of the yoke," "set the oppressed free," and "break every yoke." That is not metaphorical. That is the actual function of genuine, Spirit-led fasting. It breaks things. Real things. In real situations. In your real life.

What Kind of Breakthrough Does Fasting Produce?

Breakthrough in areas of persistent sin or bondage

Clarity and direction when you have been spiritually confused

Healing in the body when medicine has reached its limits

Restoration in broken relationships and family situations

Financial doors that have been closed suddenly opening

Deliverance from generational patterns and curses

Fresh fire and passion for God when your spirit feels dry

Answered prayers that have been standing for years

Fasting Is an Act of War

When you fast for breakthrough, you are not being passive. You are going to war. You are denying the enemy any ground in your flesh. You are strengthening your spirit to a degree that your prayers carry a different level of authority. You are saying to the spiritual forces holding your breakthrough back — this person is serious. This person will not stop.

Daniel fasted for twenty-one days and an angel appeared and said the answer had been in motion from day one, but spiritual resistance had delayed it. The fasting sustained Daniel's posture long enough for the breakthrough to arrive. That is what fasting for breakthrough does — it keeps you in position until what God has released actually lands.

We Stand With You

Fast with Agreement

Submit your breakthrough request and let Sheldon Maddix Ministries stand in agreement with you during your fast.