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    Fasting for Financial Breakthrough
    Fasting for Financial Breakthrough
    Fasting for Financial Breakthrough
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    Fasting for Financial Breakthrough

    By Elmer L. Towns

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    Shed a spiritual light on some of the biggest problems facing people today: the need to put the role of money in a proper perspective and to solve financial 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 communing 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 provided. Chapter topics include "Fasting to Learn Stewardship," "Why We Have Money Problems," and "A Faith Approach to Fasting for Money." Once we understand why we struggle with money problems, we can do something about it with this practical step-by-step guide.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBaker Publishing Group
    Release dateJul 8, 2002
    ISBN9781441267276
    Fasting for Financial Breakthrough
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    Elmer L. Towns

    Elmer L. Towns es cofundador de la Universidad Liberty en Lynchburg, Virginia, y decano de la Facultad de Estudios de Religión de dicha institución. Es autor de éxitos editoriales y ha sido galardonado con la medalla de oro de la ECPA al proclamarse como libro del año su obra titulada The Names of the Holy Spirit [Los nombres del Espíritu Santo]. Elmer Towns is cofounder of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and dean of its School of Religion. Also a best-selling author, he won an ECPA Gold Medallion Book of the Year Award for The Names of the Holy Spirit.

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    Fasting for Financial Breakthrough - Elmer L. Towns

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    INTRODUCTION

    When I came to work with Jerry Falwell in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1971, to help start Liberty University, I discovered that Jerry not only made it a personal practice to fast for finances, but he also encouraged and taught his congregation to do so. So when Jerry called for an all-church fast to pray for money for the university, it was second nature to him—but not to me. In fact, I was intimidated by the challenge. As a leader in the newly established school, I found myself wondering, What will happen if I can't fast successfully? The truth was, I didn't know how to fast.

    That first fast was a one-day Yom Kippur fast, which meant we would go without food from sundown Sunday night to sundown Monday night. Just as the Jews in the Old Testament fasted on the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, from sundown to sundown, so we followed that pattern in Lynchburg.

    As the day of the fast drew near, I worried that I would get hungry and eat. Worse yet, I worried that I would get sick. Most of all, I worried about my reputation: What would people think if I failed?

    I have three fond memories of that particular fast. First, it was not nearly as difficult as I feared. Second, I felt close to God as I fasted. Third, when the financial answer came, I felt very much a part of that answer because I had learned to sacrifice when I prayed. So if you're afraid to try fasting, I understand. My advice is to start small—a one-day fast is perfect. You can work your way up over time to longer fasts.

    GETTING OUT OF A FINANCIAL HOLE

    When I first moved to Lynchburg, I still owned a house in the Greater Chicago area. After several months of paying two mortgages—the mortgage in Lynchburg was paid on the first of the month, the mortgage in Chicago on the fifteenth—I asked my wife to join me in fasting that God would find a buyer for the house in Chicago. She agreed, and we fasted on the fifteenth day of the month after mailing in our house payment. Nothing happened. I forgot about the fast until the next month when I had to mail in another house payment. Again, my wife and I fasted—and again, nothing happened. We continued this process of fasting for about six months with no visible results.

    Then one day the realtor phoned me. We've got a live prospect on the hook, he announced. But with nothing definitely settled, my wife and I continued our monthly fasts. After about a year of fasting, the house finally sold, and I went to Chicago for the closing. It was then that the buyer told me, I first looked at your house a year ago on my wife's birthday. As we compared notes, I discovered that his wife's birthday was the day after my wife and I had completed our first day of fasting.

    From this experience I learned a few things. First, when we begin fasting and praying, we shouldn't give up. God's answer may not be no; it may be wait. So keep on praying—and keep on fasting. Jesus said there were some situations that could only be handled by prayer and fasting (Matt. 17:21). The word fasting here indicates continuous action, implying fasting more than once. Second, sometimes prayer is not enough to get what we need from God, so in difficult situations we may need to add fasting to our prayers. My wife and I had been trying to sell a house in a real-estate market where nothing was moving. But God honored our prayer and fasting, and we got out of a financial hole. So if you find yourself facing financial problems, consider praying and fasting for a solution.

    LEARNING THE NINE FASTS OF ISAIAH

    Twenty-five years ago I began teaching the student leaders at Liberty how to fast. I prepared a lesson from Isaiah 58:6-8, which gives nine practical results for people who fast.

    Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; when you see the naked, that you cover him, and not hide yourself from your own flesh? Then your light shall break forth like the morning, your healing shall spring forth speedily, and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard (Isa. 58:6-8).

    When I taught the students, I explained how each of the nine results of fasting would influence them.

    My nine-part lesson based on the above Scripture passage was as follows:

    1. To loose the bonds of wickedness was the Disciples' Fast to break addiction and besetting sins.

    2. To undo the heavy burdens was the Ezra Fast to solve problems.

    3. To let the oppressed go free was the Samuel Fast for evangelism and revival.

    4. To break every yoke was the Elijah Fast to break discouragement and burnout.

    5. To share your bread with the hungry was the Widow's Fast to supply physical necessities for the poor.

    6. Your light shall break forth was the Saint Paul Fast for insight and decision making.

    7. Your healing shall spring forth speedily was the Daniel Fast for health and healing.

    8. Your righteousness shall go before you was the John the Baptist Fast for influence and testimony.

    9. The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard was the Esther Fast for spiritual warfare and protection from the evil one.

    These nine fasts are explained in more detail in my book Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough. While that book discusses how fasting solves problems in a general way and how to gain new insights by fasting, it does not discuss fasting to solve financial problems. Just as that book gives an overview of fasting in general, the book you are now reading specifically looks at how fasting can help solve money troubles.

    And that's the reason I've written this book. I have spent my entire ministry working in struggling Christian colleges, spending a great deal of time raising money. After 50 years of ministry, I know firsthand that God does answer prayer. He has faithfully supplied the needs we have brought to Him in prayer, and I praise Him for His mercy and for His supernatural intervention in our financial struggles time and again. It has been a thrilling journey—as it will be for you, as you learn to seek His provision through prayer and fasting.

    Enjoy the stories, study the principles, and learn about fasting for financial breakthrough.

    Sincerely yours in Christ,

    Elmer Towns

    From my home at the foot

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