JENNIFER: The word focus, actually, if you look at the root word of it has to do with fire. And there’s something about living in the fire that fasting does that helps us focus our affection and attention upon the Lord. There’s actually a quote in Azusa Street Revival that says, “We didn’t have 1000 other things we wanted before the Lord. We just wanted Jesus.”
JENNIFER: And I feel like there’s something in the gift of fasting that helps us only want Jesus and we gain him. We gain a closer relationship with Jesus. We gain a fresh anointing, fresh fire, alignment. There’s so many great benefits, but more than anything, we gain Jesus. And it’s not what we give up as much as what we get. It impacts not only us, but generations to come. That’s a powerful investment just by setting aside a few days to not eat.
SID: Most important thing, I never understood it as a new believer. You must have your own experiential knowledge, not just head knowledge. That’s the beginning, but your own experiential knowledge with God. It starts by asking him. It starts by knowing it’s available. It starts by saying this prayer out loud and meaning it to the best of your ability.
SID: Repeat out loud after me and believe it to the best of your knowledge. Dear God, out loud, dear God. I’ve made many mistakes for which I’m truly sorry. Thank you, Jesus that you died in my place for every one of my mistakes and that in your books in heaven they’re all washed clean and I have a new, fresh start in life. I want to use my life for your kingdom. I ask you to now come and live inside of me. I make you not just my savior from sins, but my Lord. I want my own experience with you. Amen.
SID: Now, Jennifer, just briefly explain passion and hunger for God, and then please pray for us.
JENNIFER: Yeah, absolutely. Jesus is worth everything. He gave his entire life for us. There’s no other hope we have in this world other than relationship with him and we get inheritance with him. And so I just want to pray for you that you would have a deeper relationship with Jesus and that you would be baptized with a fresh baptism of the Holy Spirit, with a fresh baptism of fire, with a fresh baptism of peace that passes understanding, that you would know that Jesus is more than enough, and he’s been pursuing your heart no matter where you’re at right now. He’s been pursuing your heart since before time began because you are important to him. And so I bless you with a greater hunger and a greater passion to know Jesus more intimately than ever before, in Jesus name. Amen.
SID: If you have your own experiential knowledge with God, you have everything. And if you don’t, all you got is religion.
Tags: its supernatural, Sid Roth
Tags: its supernatural, Sid Roth