Bible Verses For Fasting For A Breakthrough
Fasting is a powerful spiritual discipline that can lead to breakthroughs in our lives. It involves abstaining from food or other things for a period of time to focus on prayer and seeking God. Here are 50 Bible verses that can guide and inspire you during a fast for a breakthrough:
1. Matthew 6:16-18 – “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”
2. Isaiah 58:6-7 – “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?”
3. Joel 2:12 – “Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.”
4. Ezra 8:23 – “So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.”
5. Acts 13:2-3 – “While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.’ So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.”
6. Luke 4:1-2 – “Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.”
7. Matthew 17:21 – “But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”
8. Psalm 35:13 – “Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers returned to me unanswered,”
9. 2 Chronicles 20:3 – “Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah.”
10. 1 Corinthians 7:5 – “Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.”
Fasting for a breakthrough can be a challenging but rewarding experience. It is a time to draw closer to God, seek His guidance, and experience His power in our lives. May these Bible verses encourage and strengthen you as you fast and pray for a breakthrough in your life.