Shed a spiritual light on one of the biggest problems facing people today, the need to put the role of money in a proper perspective and how to solve our money problems. Elmer Towns states at the outset that this is not the primary purpose of fasting and prayer. Instead, it is all about knowing God. It is not about withdrawing prayer on an as needed basis from some spiritual ATM kiosk. It is about meditation, studying the scriptures and communion with God. When we fast and pray in faith, asking for God's help and provision, He begins to teach us how to become good stewards of what He has provi... View More...
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER Author of several books, including Believe That You Can, Fear Fighters, and The Spirit of Python In thisNew York Times Best-Seller and one of the best available books on the topic, Jentezen Franklin explains the spiritual power of fasting and offers a deeper understanding of God's plan for fasting and the benefits available to those who participate. The book contains inspiring and practical information that readers need to know in order to access the power of biblical fasting. Those who seek God through fasting can expect tremendous rewards for their personal live... View More...
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER Author of several books, including Believe That You Can, Fear Fighters, and The Spirit of Python In thisNew York Times Best-Seller and one of the best available books on the topic, Jentezen Franklin explains the spiritual power of fasting and offers a deeper understanding of God's plan for fasting and the benefits available to those who participate. The book contains inspiring and practical information that readers need to know in order to access the power of biblical fasting. Those who seek God through fasting can expect tremendous rewards for their personal live... View More...
What if you could grow closer to God and improve your health in just 21 days? This companion workbook to the popular book The Daniel Fast will help you do just that as it guides you through the actual fasting experience. Susan Gregory, "The Daniel Fast Blogger," is widely recognized as the expert on this 21-day fast inspired by the book of Daniel, and she has helped thousands of people discover a safe and healthy way to fast. Designed for churches, small groups, or individuals, her 5-week study contains an introduction, three sessions, and a conclusion (as well as bonus leader's resources). Th... View More...
One of the most important things you can do to grow the Kingdom of Jesus Christ is to pray regularly for your church. Pray the Word for Your Church, by Ty King, includes 31 powerful Scripture-based prayers that will help you focus on the things that are on God's heart for His Church. Far more than just written prayers, each prayer will stimulate you to go further into prayer. It also includes a 21-page "Praying for My Church Community Journal" that provides space to organize and record your own prayers for specific ministries and people in your church. View More...
Spiritually Strong is a six-week program designed to help you get in better shape spiritually and physically. As Timothy says, "For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come" (4:8). This book teaches you how to train yourself in godliness through the implementation of six disciplines--Bible study, prayer, fasting, healthy living, financial stewardship, and serving others.By exercising your spiritual core on a daily basis, you will learn to: Study the Bible and understand what God is saying to you.P... View More...
Spiritually Strong is a six-week program designed to help you get in better shape spiritually and physically. As Timothy says, "For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come" (4:8). This book teaches you how to train yourself in godliness through the implementation of six disciplines--Bible study, prayer, fasting, healthy living, financial stewardship, and serving others.By exercising your spiritual core on a daily basis, you will learn to: Study the Bible and understand what God is saying to you.P... View More...
With 21 devotionals and 100+ recipes, this book is your ultimate plan of action and toolbox as you commit to the Daniel Fast. You'll not only embrace healthier eating habits, you'll also discover a greater awareness of God's presence.Divided into three parts--fast, focus, and food--this book is your inspirational resource for pursuing a more intimate relationship with God as you eliminate certain foods such as sugars, processed ingredients, and solid fats from your diet for 21 days. Author Kristen Feola explains the Daniel Fast in easy-to-understand language, provides thought-provoking devotio... View More...
Fasting is about feasting on more of God When many hear the word "fasting," they immediately think of what they have to give up. But what if fasting was more about gaining from God instead of giving up? What if fasting is a sacred doorway into fresh encounters with the all consuming fire of God? Author and revival historian, Jennifer Miskov, has tapped into an ancient pathway to divine encounter. She has given her life to studying how the greater pioneers of revival experienced dynamic moves of the Holy Spirit, both in their personal lives and in the corporate church. One of the key com... View More...
The New York Times bestselling author and senior fellow at the Discovery Institute blends science and religion in this thoughtful guide that teaches modern believers how to use the leading wellness trend today--intermittent fasting--as a means of spiritual awakening, adopting the traditions our Christians ancestors practiced for centuries into daily life.Wellness minded people today are increasingly turning to intermittent fasting to bolster their health. But we aren't the first people to abstain from eating for a purpose. This routine was a common part of our spiritual ancestors' lives for 1,... View More...
Encounter God through forty days of fasting and prayer. Fasting advances our spiritual life, and Scripture encourages its practice. These times of physical denial help us grow spiritually and give us the opportunity to feel the loving embrace of Jesus. The Encounter is a practical, powerful guide to fasting and deepening your intimacy with God. As you walk through this forty-day devotional, you will experience the love of God daily, learn to tune out distractions in order to focus on his voice, encounter a profound sense of his presence, cultivate a tangible relationship with him, andreceive ... View More...
In a culture built on consumption--especially of food--it is easy to forget the poor that Jesus cared so much about. Following the pattern of his successful "Advent Conspiracy," Chris Seay invites readers on a journey of self-examination, discipline, and renewed focus on Jesus that will change their lives forever. He challenges readers to eat like the poor for forty days in solidarity with a much-neglected group of people, and to donate the money they save on groceries to a charity or project that serves the poor in concrete ways. But he doesn't expect them to go it alone. "A Place at the Tabl... View More...
What would you be willing to give up to experience the presence of God in your life again?Many of us sign up for a physical detox program, thinking that if our bodies are healthier, then we're healthier. But a healthy body doesn't do us a lot of good if we are spiritually malnourished.Welcome to the 40-Day Sugar Fast, a fast that begins with us giving Jesus our sugar and ends with Jesus giving us more of himself--the only thing that can ever truly satisfy our soul's deep hunger. On this 40-day journey you'll learn how to stop fixating on food and other things you use to fill the voids in life ... View More...
Are you addicted to your phone? Do you find yourself engaging online but unengaged at home with the people right in front of you? Do you spend hours scrolling through Facebook, Instagram, newsfeeds, and YouTube videos? Have your devices become divisive--dividing you from family and friends and, most importantly, God? What would happen if you took some time to fast from social media in order to get social with God and others once more?In the pattern of her popular 40-Day Sugar Fast, Wendy Speake offers you The 40-Day Social Media Fast. This "screen sabbatical" is designed to help you become ful... View More...
"Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough" is a thought provoking book on one of the least understood, but most powerful disciplines of Christianity. Most believers know about fasting, but few of us really understand the wonderful benefits that come when we fast with purpose and direction. Written in Dr. Elmer Towns' dynamic; descriptive style, this book gives the why of fasting, rather than just the how. Towns avoids a glut of techniques and schedules, and instead provides a probing look at Isaiah 58, often called the fasting passage. Learn how fasting can strengthen your faith and draw you closer ... View More...
"Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough" is a thought provoking book on one of the least understood, but most powerful disciplines of Christianity. Most believers know about fasting, but few of us really understand the wonderful benefits that come when we fast with purpose and direction. Written in Dr. Elmer Towns' dynamic; descriptive style, this book gives the why of fasting, rather than just the how. Towns avoids a glut of techniques and schedules, and instead provides a probing look at Isaiah 58, often called the fasting passage. Learn how fasting can strengthen your faith and draw you closer ... View More...
Elmer Towns' Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough has become must-reading as this powerful spiritual discipline of fasting has seen a revival among followers of Christ. Now Towns digs deeper into one of the most popular forms of fasting today, the Daniel Fast. With an emphasis on a healthy, simple diet, The Daniel Fast is named after the prophet Daniel who participated in a partial fast for spiritual purposes. Daniel was taken captive into Babylon when he was 16 years old. The Babylonian king wanted the young prophet to help him administer his rule over the captive Jews--and he wanted to "Babylo... View More...
Get ready to experience the best 40 days of your life The 40 Day Soul Fast: Your Journey To Authentic Living is an eight-week study of the life of the soul, the practice of fasting, and the process of living more authentically. It is a transformational expedition that will lead you on an inward journey to greater health, happiness, and success as you learn to live from the inside out--as we are told by Jesus in the book of Matthew: "Ignite the kingdom life within you, a fire within you . . . changing you from the inside out . . . make a clean sweep of your lives" (Matthew 3:11). When all is w... View More...