USING FASTING AND PRAYER TO ENCOUNTER THE SPIRIT OF POWER - Apostle Joshua Selman

Summary

This transcript emphasizes the spiritual importance of prayer and fasting, highlighting their role in unlocking divine power. It references biblical examples, particularly Jesus' experience in the wilderness from Luke 4, to illustrate how consistent prayer and fasting lead to spiritual strength and miracles. The speaker stresses that these practices require discipline and are essential for anyone seeking genuine spiritual authority. Additionally, the transcript encourages Christians, including worship leaders and ministers, to embrace these practices as crucial elements in their spiritual journey and ministry.

Takeaways

• 🙏 The primary goal of prayer and fasting is to connect with spiritual power.
• 📖 Biblical references to prayer and fasting are found in Luke chapter 1 and chapter 4.
• 🔑 Prayer and fasting are seen as irrefutable biblical keys to accessing spiritual power.
• 🚫 Fasting is not everything, but it plays a major role in the ministry of power.
• ⏳ Consistency in prayer is required to become a 'slave' to the power dimension.
• 🌟 The power that comes through prayer is not immediate but comes with dedication and submission.
• 🤔 The capacity to receive spiritual power is not just about being around anointed individuals but also about personal spiritual discipline.
• 🥗 Food can be dangerous if one does not have the spiritual discipline to control their appetite.
• 🧘 Fasting affects the spirit, soul, and body, and it requires discipline and commitment.
• 🎤 For worship leaders, prayer is essential to carry a powerful anointing that goes beyond just melodies.
• 📚 The speaker challenges Christians to fast at least once a week for spiritual growth and revival.

Q & A

What is the primary goal of prayer and fasting according to the speaker?

The primary goal of prayer and fasting is to access spiritual power and be endued with the power of the Holy Spirit.

What role does the Holy Spirit play in Jesus' time in the wilderness?

The Holy Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness where He fasted for 40 days and was tempted by the devil, emphasizing the role of the Spirit in spiritual preparation.

Can one-time or short-term prayer and fasting lead to spiritual power?

No, according to the speaker, spiritual power requires consistent prayer and fasting until it becomes a lifestyle.

Why is capacity important in receiving anointing or spiritual power?

Capacity is crucial because even if someone meets the most anointed person, they may receive nothing if their spiritual capacity has not been enlarged to contain the power.

What is the connection between prayer life and encountering spiritual power?

The speaker says that anything that attacks a person's prayer life is attacking their potential to encounter the power dimension of the Holy Spirit.

How does fasting affect one's ability to access spiritual power?

Fasting helps tame the appetite for food and facilitates the deepened focus and commitment needed to access spiritual power.

Why is consistency in prayer and fasting important for spiritual growth?

Consistency in prayer and fasting builds spiritual stamina and prepares one to handle the responsibilities of anointing and ministering effectively.

Why is it insufficient to focus only on voice training for worship leaders?

Voice training alone is insufficient because worship leaders also need a strong foundation of prayer to carry the presence and anointing of God during worship.

What should accompany fasting to make it effective?

Effective fasting should be accompanied by prayer, word study, and worship; otherwise, it is merely abstaining from food and not a true fast.

What kind of discipline is required for effective fasting?

Effective fasting requires discipline, as it involves feeling tired and hungry, yet remaining committed to the spiritual value and the desired outcome.

Outlines

00:00

🙏 The Importance of Prayer and Fasting for Spiritual Power

This paragraph emphasizes the significance of prayer and fasting in acquiring spiritual power. It references Jesus' experience in Luke 4:1-14, where He was led by the Spirit into the wilderness and fasted for 40 days. The speaker stresses that prayer and fasting are key biblical principles for accessing spiritual power, requiring dedication and consistency. The notion that power cannot be acquired through sporadic prayer but through a disciplined lifestyle is highlighted. Additionally, it addresses misconceptions about receiving power simply by being in proximity to anointed individuals.

05:02

🍽️ Discipline and Sacrifice in Prayer and Fasting

This section discusses the need for self-discipline and sacrifice in fasting and prayer. It touches on the challenges people face with fasting, such as cravings and spiritual attacks on their prayer life. The speaker refutes the idea that fasting is easy or that some people have a special grace for it. They emphasize that fasting demands physical and spiritual discipline and that neglecting this practice can lead to spiritual weakness. The paragraph critiques overindulgence in food as a hindrance to spiritual power and urges believers to prioritize spiritual growth over comfort.

10:04

🎶 The Role of Prayer in Worship and Ministry

This paragraph focuses on the vital connection between prayer and effective ministry, particularly for worship leaders and ministers. The speaker warns against relying solely on vocal training or natural talent for ministry. Instead, they encourage worship leaders to dedicate time to prayer, as true spiritual impact comes from anointing that is cultivated through prayer. The paragraph underscores how prayer empowers worship and ministry, enabling worship leaders to touch lives and bring healing beyond just singing songs.

15:05

🎤 The Spiritual Significance of Worship and Fasting

This section continues the discussion on the relationship between prayer, fasting, and worship. It explains how spiritual authority in worship comes from an active prayer life, with the speaker using examples of worship leaders whose prayer-filled songs bring healing. The paragraph also explains that some songs are divinely inspired through prayer and fasting. It urges serious Christians to embrace a regular fasting routine, emphasizing that fasting without prayer and worship is incomplete. The speaker calls for a deeper commitment to spiritual disciplines for anyone seeking revival and spiritual power.

👶 Involving Families in Prayer and Fasting

The final paragraph advises parents not to exclude their children from fasting and spiritual training. The speaker reassures pregnant women and mothers that others can fast on their behalf but insists that children can safely fast for shorter periods, which builds their spiritual discipline. It warns against overindulgence and letting worldly spirits influence children. The speaker compares spiritual growth to the gradual invasion of spirits, implying that regular fasting and prayer can help prevent spiritual decay in children and families.

Keywords

💡Prayer

Prayer is the act of communicating with God, often involving supplication, worship, or seeking guidance. In the video, prayer is presented as a fundamental spiritual discipline that grants access to divine power. The speaker emphasizes that without consistent, intense prayer, spiritual empowerment cannot be attained.

💡Fasting

Fasting refers to the voluntary abstinence from food (or other forms of physical indulgence) for spiritual purposes. The speaker highlights fasting as an essential practice, directly linked to spiritual power. Fasting, alongside prayer, is described as a 'ministry' necessary for cultivating a deeper connection with God and accessing spiritual authority.

💡Spiritual Power

Spiritual power is the ability to operate in divine strength and authority, often manifested through healing, miracles, and prophetic acts. The speaker asserts that spiritual power is unattainable without a lifestyle of prayer and fasting, explaining that even Jesus underwent such disciplines before returning 'in the power of the spirit' as mentioned in Luke 4:14.

💡Consistency

Consistency in prayer and fasting is emphasized as a key to obtaining spiritual power. The speaker warns that occasional or irregular prayer and fasting will not result in true spiritual empowerment. Instead, believers must practice these disciplines persistently until they become 'a slave to that dimension.'

💡Discipline

Discipline, particularly in fasting and controlling one's appetite, is discussed as a critical element of spiritual growth. The speaker mentions that 'Gluttony is what is eating your potential for genuine spiritual power,' implying that self-control in physical desires is necessary to unlock spiritual authority.

💡Sacrifice

Sacrifice is portrayed as the willingness to give up personal comforts, especially food, to pursue a deeper spiritual connection. The speaker suggests that through the sacrifice of fasting and dedicated prayer, believers position themselves to receive divine power. This sacrifice is often uncomfortable but deemed necessary for spiritual growth.

💡Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is described as the divine presence that fills and empowers believers. The speaker references Jesus being 'full of the Holy Ghost' in Luke 4:1, showing that even though Jesus was filled with the Spirit, He still needed to undergo fasting and prayer to return in the 'power of the Spirit,' emphasizing the process of spiritual empowerment.

💡Temptation

Temptation refers to the trials and challenges one faces, especially during spiritual practices like fasting. The speaker highlights how Jesus was tempted by the devil after fasting for 40 days, indicating that spiritual practices like fasting may lead to moments of testing, but they are integral to strengthening one's spiritual resolve.

💡Glory

Glory, in this context, refers to the visible manifestation of God's presence and power through an individual. The speaker talks about how consistent prayer and fasting can lead to moments where God's glory flows through someone, enabling them to perform miracles, healings, and other divine acts. This glory is portrayed as a result of deep spiritual investment.

💡Worship

Worship is the act of showing reverence and adoration for God, often through music, prayer, and other forms of devotion. The speaker specifically addresses worship leaders, urging them to pray and fast, as prayer adds spiritual weight to their worship, allowing them to carry the presence of God beyond mere songs and melodies.

Highlights

The ministry of prayer and fasting is directly connected to spiritual power.

Praying and fasting are irrefutable biblical keys to access power.

Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness after being full of the Holy Spirit.

Fasting and prayer require consistency to access spiritual power.

Prayer and fasting are essential for a generation that understands how to pray with understanding.

A man of God who commands spiritual power honors the ministry of prayer and fasting.

Prayer and fasting are necessary for the operation of the Spirit of God.

Fasting is not just abstaining from food; it involves discipline and commitment to prayer and worship.

Food can be dangerous if one doesn't have the spiritual power to tame it.

The day you don't want to fast is the day your spirit is attacked.

Prayer and fasting are necessary for spiritual growth and power.

Prayer and fasting are not just for those in trouble but for all who seek spiritual power.

Fasting should be a regular practice, at least once a week, for serious Christians.

Fasting without prayer, word study, and worship is not true fasting.

Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit after praying and fasting.

Fasting is for all men, including those with medical conditions, with proper guidance.

Children can also participate in fasting, with proper guidance and support.

The ministry of prayer and fasting is essential for spiritual power and should not be overlooked.

Transcripts

the primary goal of lifting use it

quickly

let your mind

prayer and fasting

the ministry of prayer and fasting is

directly connected to spiritual power

prayer

with fasting

Luke chapter 1 for the sake of time will

read 1 2 and 14.

look

chapter 4 1 2 13.

or 1 to 14.

the Bible says and Jesus being full of

the Holy Ghost return from the Jordan

and was led by The Same Spirit he was

full of Into the Wilderness you would

think the coming of the holy spirit will

be the end of it he was full of the Holy

Spirit and by the leadership of the Holy

Spirit he was led verse two

the Bible says and been 40 days tempted

of the devil in those days he did eat

nothing and when they were ended

afterwards

he was hungered

fasting praying are irrefutable biblical

keys as far as access to power is

concerned

now I tell you fasting is not everything

prayer is not everything they have their

roles the major roles they have to play

but when it has to do with the ministry

of power forget it if you do not submit

yourself to the ministry of prayer and

fasting

praying one day will not bring you power

praying six months will not bring you

power the the power that comes through

prayer requires consistency until you

become a slave to that Dimension then

you are end cued with power

please hear me believe us this is how we

started I know you have heard me say I'm

a product of many anointings don't think

I was just lying down and various hands

were laid on me no sir

you can meet the most anointed man in

the world and receive nothing when your

capacity has not been enlarged

was Jesus not around Judas

was Jesus not around Farmers why didn't

they receive

power

prayer and fasting a generation that

understands how to pray with

understanding

is a generation that will access power

show me a man of God that commands

spiritual power with no honor to the

ministry of prayer and fasting I show

you a dimension of an operation of a

spirit not the spirit of God

if he's the spirit of God it will

respond

to the ministry of Prayer

and fasting

prayer

and fasting whatever attacks your prayer

life has attacked your potential to

encounter the power dimension of the

spirit of God he spake a parable to the

end that men ought always to pray and

not to faint there are men of God who do

not submit themselves to intense moments

and seasons of prayer and wonder why

certain spiritual possibilities don't

happen and just generalize it and think

everybody who works in power is just

faking it no

there are there is an investment of

prayer sacrifice with fasting let me

tell you

food is good but food can be dangerous

if you don't have an appetite you don't

have the power to tame it

are we together

I know there are all kinds of arguments

in the body of Christ about fasting

that's not my assignment tonight but I'm

telling you if it is authentic spiritual

power power as of all you are looking

for the ministry of Prayer with fasting

there are people if by 7 am in the

morning you don't eat

it will be as if you are having headache

it's a spirit I assure you even

medically it's not even absolutely

correct

the day you don't want to fast you can

stay even by 4 pm and forget but the day

you say I will fast

7 30

and some of you will use TomTom or zobo

to break that fast is that normal is

that what will satisfy your hunger just

spirit

let me tell you the truth there is no

gift of fasting fasting all kinds of

fasting take discipline

let no one make you feel that there's an

extra Grace there is no record of any

unusual Grace for fasting in the Bible

fasting affects your spirit soul and

body you will feel tired you will feel

the weight of hunger but it takes you

placing value who for the joy that was

set before him endured the cross and

despise the shame

for someone God is speaking to you

Glutton is what is eating your potential

for genuine spiritual power

talk to spirits and talk back to you

they keep quiet

even we are spirits we are not eating

you who wants to come

you don't just tell somebody come you

don't just speak and you see people are

just shouting it takes more than laying

on of hands my brother that is a

testament

praying

many of us if we check your prayer

account

you don't have up to one thousand naira

how much

and yet

you want to buy houses in the spirit you

want to buy estate you are joking with

one thousand

even in a credit system the bank will

not give you money with that kind of bad

account you need to up your game wake up

in the night

wake up in the night wake up in the

night Shake Slumber out of your body

wake up in the night pray

pray with seriousness don't pray while

browsing you are playing

don't pray while running around

answering a call and coming back if it

is time to pray shut down everything

else matters

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nothing else counts

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Lord I pray concerning this assignment

that you have for me who but you can

Empower a man to take the Nations Lord

there are sick bodies that need to be

healed there are lives and destinies

only God knows how many dead bodies have

been allocated for your anointing to

raise back only God knows how many

wheelchairs are the mercy of your

Spiritual Development Lord For my sake

for for the sake of your name move move

in and through my life

and one night he will go to pray like

every other night

except that while you are praying

something happens to you that did not

happen before

and you will know something has come

upon you

the next time you stand before people

God's people

he will honor you

you run away from him in the secret and

want to play church and think he will

just honor you in the presence of people

you are playing games you see we keep

making a fool of ourselves because we

think that God plays all kinds of games

and gamings you think you just stand

before people talking and you see people

shouting up and down you try it

you must pray

you must pray

there are times you need to settle down

pray

your vision what God has given you place

it on the ground and pray

ERS Lord you told me my assignment is to

raise my five children they will not

fail Mata

father you sent me as as an apostle as a

prophet as an evangelist For Your Glory

as I travel from Nation to Nation Lord I

pray in the name of Jesus let the two

lift gates of the Cities be open for the

gospel Let There Be healings Lord you

have made me a worshiper listen hold on

one minute let me talk to you my dear

worship people pray oh don't just have

good voices for songs you see let me

tell you why many many many people who

sing don't bless people they don't pray

they only train their voice voice

training without a track record of solid

prayer that efficiency will show on

stage no matter how you twist your voice

you are leading praise and worship you

don't just riyaze and clear your voice

and take Lebanon and honey and come and

sing you are dealing with Spirits you

are dealing with Destinies take out time

and pray from that place of Prayer

the difference will be very clear that

you are carrying something on your head

please my dear people pray worshiped him

pray God is Raising you is not only your

songs it is prayer that puts something

on that sound more than melodies

and you stand to lead worship and as you

just raise one song The Glory that

emanates from your prayer altar through

your voice just sweeps across the place

and your sincod is getting healed you

are not even aware just one song and

they say what kind of a worship are you

Beyond songs

Beyond songs

it is in the place of prayer you will

receive many songs there are songs you

don't have the brain to compose they

will come by the spirit

sometimes you will fall asleep while

praying and then you will hear

the angels are singing oh

happy angels

me

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you will not hear any angel with

spiritual unseriousness no

foreign

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fasting

please pray

I will not give you rules but let me

challenge you

if you are a serious Christian this is

my personal opinion at least there

should be a day once a week for you to

fast if that is too much

then forget about Revival

believe me

this is not a Doctrine I'm giving you

there's no place like that in scripture

but I'm telling you any as if you are

called into Ministry let me challenge

you and and admonish you by the mercies

of God except you want to make more

clear of yourself and make more clear of

the name of the Lord through your life

there is a level of stamina

you have to trust God for Grace to tame

food it is good to eat I'm not one of

these people that Advocate people have

died through carelessness and died the

death of fools that's not what I'm

teaching you

you want to lay hands on the sick

and see Miracles you want to speak the

word of God and let it come with power

man of God pray there are some of us who

are young who are just starting and

already we are careless one month no

prayer no fasting and I hope you know

that fasting is not just a time where

you abstain from food and sleep you are

not fasting all be that is important for

your health

but that is not fasting

when there is no prayer word study and

worship you did not fast let me repeat

when there is no prayer word study and

worship you did not fast no matter even

if you do 48 Hours 72 hours that was

spent sleeping if there is no prayer

what study

and worship you did not fast

so just because you slept by nine and

woke up by four

and slept back again and woke up quarter

to five

and already started arranging your food

waiting for six on the DOT

of course God will honor you he's

merciful but I am telling you

that's not fasting

and we will never

settle for less

we know

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foreign

please give us verse 14 look

4 14. let's hurry up Luke 4 14.

and Jesus returned

in the power of the spirit

in verse 1

he was driven by the spirit full of the

spirit but the Bible does not mention

power

verse 14 haven't prayed and fasted even

though with the spirit he returned in

the power of the spirit into Galilee and

the Bible says they went out a Fame of

him throughout all the region round

about

I believe in the ministry of fasting and

prayer

please submit yourself fasting is not

for men of God for sin is not for those

in trouble fasting is not for those that

the doctors say they have diabetes or

they have you know something that is

wrong with them medically fasting is for

all men I truly believe that prayer with

fasting

prayer with fasting prayer with fasting

Hallelujah

if you are pregnant and you have

children don't worry we'll fast for you

our fasting will cover you

and even children too come fast let me

tell you don't over pamper your children

until Spirits enter them children come

fast you can they can fast and end by

12. it does not kill them

don't say my child is too small let him

grow by the time he grows he already has

do you think that it was a legion that

entered the madman in gathering one day

they kept coming and calling themselves

and said this man is unavailable to

until they became a leader

forget about acquisition acquisition is

a primary goal of lifting use it quickly

let your mind