Battle Hymns

Fast to Break Strongholds

spiritual breakthrough.  answer's to His will for you. for prophecy. for knowledge.

 for wisdom on what to do. for healing. for deliverance.

I love Eckhardt’s book on Fasting. He even gives you a list of prayers to pray for each trial you are going through! 

Fast.  Yes, I said ‘fast.’ Fasting speeds up everything in the spiritual realm. 

Even if you Fast for half a day. every time you get hungry, start praying once again.

If you are truly desperate, then fast until you have spiritual breakthrough. 

I’m saying you aren’t special because you are being sifted like wheat, like Peter was. I’m saying you are special if you choose to rely more heavily on God through the wash cycle, and afterwards inspire others to also persevere.

Fasting can be done with anything, not just food fasting. you can fast from chocolate, or from smoking, or from work. If you fast from working, I would call that a ‘Sabbath’ day. The purpose of fasting is to die to self, to surrender your life, your fleshly feelings,  and yourself to God. Fleshly feelings can be food, water, sleep, something you crave to see or do or consume. when you replace that craving with spending time in prayer and reading your Bible, or memorizing verses, you are submitting your will to HIS will. 

Be patient with yourself and God. It could take a long while to get your life ‘on track’ with God. Since I have been on this journey, it has been five (5) long years. Communication with God will rarely happen instantly. I needed to learn to sit quietly and ‘wait upon the Lord’[1] in order to connect with God. Only then you will be able to listen to Him. 

God may allow suffering, trials, and tribulations from the destroyer. Yet we are not called to suffer the wrath of God. 

Fasting vs Lent vs Ramadan vs Sabbath

For each, what do you give up?

For each, for what purpose?

Sacrifice

Surrender

Reconcile to God

Refocus your life

deliverance 

urgent need

I had two dear Christian friends in Penn Valley, who both threw me away in early 2024, for not being in God’s Will. 

I started this book in December 2023. I put it down in April 2024 because (1) I couldn’t write the chapter on fasting, and (2) I got a part-time job. I wonder if being ‘out of God’s Will’ was because I didn’t write this book. I will have to pray about that and ask Our Father. 

I picked up writing this book again in April 2025.  because I had practiced fasting successfully. I even bought several fasting books for a few Christian friends who were struggling with strongholds. I guess I was ready to finish this book. 

[1] “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31