In 1946

FASTING:
BY
WORLD-WIDE
INTRODUCTION
JANUARY
FRANKLIN
a1946
ATOMIC
group
FASTING-PRAYER
HALLof
POWER
saints
WITHcame
CRUSADE
GOD together in San Diego, from various denominations
, to the teaching of Jesus Christs Gospel concerning prayer and fasting. Many of
hear
Christians entered into consecration fasts. A real test was made as to the effic
these
acy of Some of these fasts were from twenty-one to more than sixty days in con
fasting.
duration, without food. They were burdened to see the Lord move in a special spi
tinuous
way. These and many others wanted to see a world-wide revival for the salvation
ritual
healing
and
The
amazing
of mankind
resultsand
as these
the restoration
scores of Christians
of the giftsunited
of theinSpirit.
fasting and praying
stupendous! Many miracles of healing were performed by the Holy Spirit in the Na
were
me of Demons were cast out, lunatics healed, cancers disappeared, the blind saw
Jesus.
, the
crippled
walked, stomach ulcers disappeared, palsy was quieted, tuberculosis hea
asthma,
led,
sicknesses
In
this revival
bronchitis,
vanished.
auditorium
the
Scores
smoking
that
of folk
and author
the
drinking
were
baptized
washabits
temporarily
atwere
the altars.
given
in charge
up andof,
manywemore
were
privileged to see a thousand souls find Jesus that year. These converts were mos
service men from various parts of the nation. They also helped to carry the mess
tly
across
Aage
continuous
the seas.
chain of fasting, and all night prayer meetings conducted by Sister
Hall,
Helenwent on for many months. She writes, I went into 21 days of fasting. In the
revival
next meeting after this fast, we saw over 3,000 souls saved. I could lay hand
s on and
sick
the they would recover, arthritis, T.B., etc. It was in the midst of these f
prayer revivals that this volume was born. From then on God burdened the author
asting
launch a fasting and prayer crusade. Soon many other ministers and spiritual sai
to
nts became
God
of
burdened to encourage and teach prayer and fasting in a greater way.
began fasting in Los Angeles and Southern California and then it spread througho
Folk
ut theand north into Canada. Folk began fasting and. praying across the nation.
west,
Soon powerful
most
this
message had gone throughout the world. Men and women travailed in
most powerful prayer prayed under the influence of a consecration fast. Such sou
the
l hunger
and
travail moved the hand of God and opened the windows of Heaven and God poure
dout His
Many
calls,
Spirit
yesand
thousands
Power inofaletters
mighty would
way. pour in from all parts of the world a
sking for on the deeper fastings, for truth that would take them deeper and de
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eper with

the Lord and open the doors so they could have more of the Holy Spirit and His g
Even before Atomic
ifts.
approximately
five thousand
Power with
copies,
God and
was requests
off the press,
for thousands
orders had
of pieces
come inofforlite
This was a major financial problem, but our Lord supplied the need and members o
rature.
f theof Jesus made it possible to print millions of tracts on a subject sadly ne
body
glected
overlooked,
the
Thousands
mighty
andpower
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atofour
fasting
very
testimonies
finger
and
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from all to
overallthekinds
worldofverifying
remarkabl
eanswers to fasting prayer: that the fasting type of prayer is far more effectual
ordinary
ditoriums
thanauthor
The
prayer.
were
launched
filledfasting
with crowds
and prayer
varyingrevivals
from a thousand
throughouttothe
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nation.thousand.
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all churches.
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a world-wide
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re
This mighty tide of fasting preceded, and was a prelude to the major evangelisti
vival.
c healing that are stirring Christendom today, in which hundreds and even thousa
campaigns
nds
converted
their
We wish
areparttoininexpress
aspreading,
singleourcampaign.
appreciation
world-wide, this
to Christians
glorious part
everywhere
of ourfor
Jesus
helping
message,
to dofas
ting
prayer.
(As
EVANGELIST
given
and toT.the
L. author
OSBORN while visiting with Brother and Sister Osborn in their n
ew houseduring their wonderful tent-cathedral campaign in Reading, Pa., where 3,
trailer
000 souls
found
Jesus as their Savior and many hundreds were healed from all manner of dis
Thewere
eases.
We
Easthappy
was stirred
to let you
by this
knowcampaign.
that we feel
Thousands
our lives
werehave
packed
beenaround
revolutionized
the tent.)by
and
fasting
praying to Jesus. It was by reading your books that we were enabled to go in
to many
days
and weeks fasting and praying. Both my wife and I have had many deep fastin
g and experiences. My life was so changed that God began using me in the healin
prayer
gministry. As I began to exercise the ministry of praying for the sick, more and
moreday
were
One
folks
healed.
while in deep consecration the Spirit spoke thus: My son, as I was with P
Wigglesworth and others, so will I be with thee. They are dead, but now it is ti
rice,
me arise,
to
for youto go and do likewise. You can cast out devils; YOU heal the sick; YOU
the
raise
dead; YOU cleanse the lepers. Behold I give you power over all the power of
enemy. Be not afraid. B~ strong. Be of good courage. I am with thee, as I was wi
the
th them.

No evil power shall be able to stand before THEE all the days of thy life, as yo
u get the
people
to believe my Word. I used those men in their day; now I desire to use TH
The challenge of this commission, given directly from the Lord, caused me to tre
EE.
exceedingly,
mble
More
days andbut
weeks
I knew
of fasting
God meant
andevery
prayerword
followed
He hadthis
spoken.
tremendous commission, a
morehave
nd
We
healings
been able
and to
miracles
conductwere
Healing
the result.
Campaigns already in over a dozen of our st
and on the island of Jamaica, B. W. I. In a single campaign which we conducted,
ates
as one
manyhundred and twenty-five deaf-mutes, ninety totally blind, and hundreds of
equally
other miraculous deliverances have resulted. Happy and joyful conversions have
We
numbered
found people
as manyall
as over
nine the
thousand
islandinacquainted
one revival.
with your books and tracts. Many
fasting Hall,
were
Brother
and praying
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for you
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Our new tabernacle seats six thousand and you will be able to minister to an ove
crowd in the building. Nearby we have facilities to accommodate over forty thous
rflow
people. Your deliverance, fasting and prayer ministry should stir the island. We
and
only
havePentecostal
the
church on the island of more than six million. When we first ca
me 1961,
in
here the crowds reached even to fifty thousand people. Please write us your
wishesasasyou can, so we can start to work on it. We are looking forward with joy
soon
in
you
Sincerely
Brother
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Kansas
January
Dear
Someone
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having
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to
give publishers,
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me your book,across
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years,With
in aGodhalf
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languages, send me their books for review, knowing that my reviews will reach cl
ferent
thatInoimpose
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otherupon
medium
youcan
by asking
tQuch. you to send me for review any other of your book
s that
you
Thank
Faithfully
Hyman
We
would
believe
you very
Appelman
like
and
thatgratefully
forthere
much
mefortoisyour
read
ayours,
great
undoubted
and truth
to hold.
courtesy
in prayerinand
thisfasting,
matter.since Jesus, when s
peaking
the
devilofin the lunatic child, whom the disciples could not heal, declared, This
cometh
seen
kindofnot
menout
forbut
self-aggrandizement
by prayer and fasting.
is futile
We and
do realize
profitless.
that But
fasting
fasting
to with p
rayer has
place,
as the
a Scriptures plainly teach. We know of no writer whom God has so sig
used to bring out Scriptural truth on fasting, as Evangelist Franklin Hall. We f
nally
eel thatPower with God is the book of the hour for believers. We trust that this bo
Atomic
will be a special help to those whose prayers, for one reason or another, have n
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ot been
answered.

fastingofand
Many
theprayer
associates
shouldofhave
TheanVoice
important
of Healing
place in
magazine,
a successful
like myself,
salvation-heal
feel that
ministry.
ing
BOY
Little
EVANGELIST
DavidBrother
was born
Gordon
in Phoenix,
Lindsay Arizona,
Shreveport,
Sept.
La.20, 1934. He sang his first son
g at two
years
of age. He prayed his first prayer at three years of age! At five Little D
avid was
about
to go blind. He went on a three-day fast with prayer, going into the woods
some
withother little boys to pray. Satan talked to him and tried to discourage him
the first
day,
but he kept praying and fasting. On the third day he went into the woods ag
ain prayer
his
and
became more intense; the fast became prayer too. The windows of heave
nopened and he received the Holy Spirit after the Bible pattern, and instantly he
completely
was
healed and came home shouting! At the age of six he had another wonde
experience. At seven he was injured by a taxicab and again healed in answer to p
rful
rayer.years
nine
At of age he was called to preach. At that age his spirit left the body
and forLittle
hours
five David was in heaven; a great light flashed in front of him, and he
was called
into
the ministry. Jesus told me to go, open my mouth, and He would fill it. I al
received knowledge of many things that are going to come to pass, stated Little D
so
There is much more to this remarkable story of Little David than appears on the
avid.
Let us go back before he was born. Little Davids father, Brother Jack Walker, was
surface.
seeing
not souls saved; he became heavily burdened, crying out to God almost night a
nd day,
and
still he was not satisfied. Then he undertook a fast in almost ceaseless ago
ny and for lost men and women. He received, from the somber heavens above, a ray
prayer
hope,
of although he did not know what it was all about. This much he did know, and
was
thatthat God had answered his prayer. He felt that victory was his without a sha
dow of His fast and prayer lasted for fourteen days. Immediately at the conclusi
doubt.
on of athis
fast,
soul was given to the parents, and nine months later his son David was b
orn. This
child
evangelist was to do more than his father could ever do, and was very defi
given
nitely
Childinandanswer
womentopreachers
most fervent
are last-day
prayers signs
and FASTING.
that Bible prophecy is being fulfi
lled.Lord
Joel
The
2:28.
SeeJesus has been waiting two thousand or more years for some group, small
large,
or
to actually be willing to RECEIVE the fullness of this purchased price co
redemption themselves
mplete
qualifying
work~ Happily,
to RECEIVE
the Man-Child
the full,
is perfect
the firstredemption
group to which
actually
Jesus
believe,
provid
The greatest Ministry of all time is emerging. The full bought, redemption-salva
ed.
ingredients are now coming forth, emerging, not from the popular deliverance and
tion
fundamental group of ministers and church systems, but out of a small dressing r
maternity ward chamber, so to speak. The man-child will end up with the Kingdom
oom,
of

Heaven stone, grown into a mountain kingdom, drawn for and around Jesus Christ,
King 11:29,30)
the
Glory
FASTING
Cor.
ofofenables
Glory
the Cross
inThe
the
HisLords
Lords
Everlasting
glory
peoplebody
Kingdom.
to from
properly
attaining
DISCERNtheTHEglory
LORDS
of the
BODYcross
(1 from Hi
sascension back up in glory. His expedient return to glory that He could bring it
through
Only
backone
tothe
us Holy
part
of our
Spirit
salvation
full baptism.
has seemingly been taught. The sin problem, elimi
natedsinned,
Jesus
have
byshed blood.
(this portion
The SHORTNESS
taught over
OF GLORY
and over)
portion
and(See
comeRomans
short of
3:23)
theFor
gloryallof
God; The
latter
portion is the most important for full redemption attainment, yet it has
been left was
deplorably
Attention
out.called to the reader above. At least three persons who fasted much
enter
did into a portion if not all of the shortness of glory covering Comforter Bapti
sm ofGhost Fire! The restoration of lost Garments of Adam and Eve. The Garments o
Holy
fSalvation (Is. 61:10) The glory that is seen upon one (Is. 60:1-5, 21, 22) also the
protective ingredients (illustrated above) outlined in Isaiah 4:5: (1) CLOUD, (2
)THIS
FASTING
Fasting
SMOKE,IS(3)
THEFIRE,
RESULTS:
properly
MOST unto
(4) and
IMPORTANT
ourLIGHT.
Lord
TEACHING
bringsINforth
THIS the
VOLUME
glory
OF of the cross, enabling Gods
topeople
come into full realization that we may also obtain a fundamental Body felt as
the
COME
wellfundamental
UPON
as US. (Lk.
Heartfelt
24:49, Acts
salvation
1:4,8;experience.
2:3, 17, 19,
THERev.3:17,
PROMISE OF18THE
etc.)
FATHER
Salvation
TO
in ouris not enough. Salvation upon us heals, protects from all harm and is acci
heart
sickness
dent
NEVER
HAS
THE
ULTIMATE
EVER
THREE
GLORY
BEENDARED
prevention!
MEN,
OF
REACHED
GOAL
THE
TOCROSS!
RECORDED,
AND
BE
BECAUSE...
PREACHED
ACCOMPLISHMENT
Moses
TO HAVE
ONLYFASTED
received
THEOFBody
SHAME
THEDAYS
40
CROSS
felt
OF DEMONSTRATED
THE
Salvation
HASCROSS-

of the Cross
SUBSTANCE
GLORY
Substance
OF THE so
LORDmightily
UPON HISupon
PERSON.
himself
Elijah
thatreceived
he was translated
the Glory without s
death. Jesus Christ, who found it necessary to empty Himself first of His Shekin
eeing
ah Glory,
paying
dead;
him
toBUT
theHIS
get
COST-PRICE
back
RESURRECTION
up intoSHAME
HisWAS
OF NOT
glory
THEand
CROSS,
ENOUGH,
be thereby
then
it was
afterwards
reestablished
likewisearose
necessary
infrom
it that
the we too
for
possess
may
the protective glory of the cross substance which is the kingdom of Heav
Glory.
en
ATOMIC
Chapter
Fear
andPOWER
Ihatred
WITHstalk
GOD the world today. No .one knows to what use men will put th
e newly
discovered
force of atomic energy. Many other devices of power would bring to pa
ss thepreceding the second coming of Christ as foretold in Luke 21:26: Mens hearts
signs
failing them for fear, for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And the cause of
the
it sad
all fact
is that mans spiritual development has lagged far behind his scientific
development, with his many inventions and discoveries of the physical forces of
nature.
jungles,
Spiritually
and is
andtherefore,
emotionally,
incapable
mankindofashandling
a whole the
is not
forces
far of
removed
naturefrom
thatthescien
ce has
unleashed.
Physical power, sufficient to disintegrate the entire world, is at th
e fingertips
of
a few, but there has been almost no development of spiritual power to control
have
This
it. spiritual
We wandering
been
powerinisthe
actually
wilderness.
within the reach of all followers of Christ. It
much
is not
thatsoit has been forgotten, but rather that it has never been taught and le
arned.
message
overlooked
The
writer
The
of shall
athecertain
Gospel
endeavor
fundamental
is the
to present
powerpart
ofaof
God
spiritual
the
untoGospel
Salvation.
atomic
message.
power
Rom.far1:16.
greater
But than
we have
t
he physical
force
of all the atoms in the universe. Jesus Christ has made this power availab
le 1848
His
In
topeople,
allA.D.who
thewill
Aquarian
followAgeHiswasGospel
introduced
pattern.
to the world. The era of invention
and the machine came into being, along with the age of SPEED. Space and time beg
began
an to with the modern automobile, steam engine, and airplane. Distance ceased t
shrink
o be a More progress in scientific achievement was made in two generations tha
barrier.
n hadaccomplished in the preceding two thousand years.
been

What about spiritual power? Except for a sprinkling here and there of the power
of theSpirit, scientific achievement has far out-distanced mans gains in things of
Holy
Inthethe natural we have the automobile to speed us on our way. We have the steam
Spirit.
shortening distance and also the airplane making distance no longer a barrier, e
engine
tc. television
and
Surely
Radar
if mansbring
scientific
distantachievement
objects nearer.
has increased in momentum, there must also
something PROGRESS.
be
SPIRITUAL
to be foundLike
somewhere
most scriptural
in the Word
truths,
of Godthere
thatiswill
something;
accelerate
buthis
only th
ewise shall understand it. The seemingly insignificance and misunderstanding may
been cause
have
prayer
thatfor
is prayed
its neglect.
under the
Thisinfluence
latent power
of fasting.
is FASTING
OurAND
spiritual
PRAYER.progress
This is wil
a
lThank
supersonic
scientific
be like
God than
speed.anything
there
is something
man has
which
accomplished
makes for to
Spiritual
date, and
progress
which accomplishes
that is more wo
for our Spiritual welfare in a very short time. Without this knowledge, this goa
nders
l might
be
Our
PRAYER.
GLORIFYING
mark
attained
ultimate
timenotand
OFfor
aim
HIM.
fail
many
andin
Without
years,
desire
theirprayer
or perhaps
should
purpose.
and
beThe
the
fasting
NEVER.
most
EXALTING
That OF
every
successful
something
Christian
JESUS
andCHRIST
iswill
the
FASTING
quickest
and the
more
ANDmethod
or
less
through
availing
shall
FASTING
LORD,
SHRINK
and
If,
is as
puts
give
it
AND
many
PRAYER
AND
ourselves
will
it
thee
DISTANCE
PRAYER
into
believe,
give
AND
the
practice.
FASTING;
of
make
us
desires
WILL
the
GREAT
the
itunleashing
CEASE
light
far
thisTO
OPPORTUNITIES.
of
thine
easier
ONpleases
BE,
THIS
ofheart.
toatomic
when
POWER.
Jesus
DELIGHT
Delight
one
Ps.
energy
andOURSELVES
SPACE
receives
37:4.
inthyself
AND
is
pleasing
the
TIME
INprelude
inTO
potential
THE
HIMGODLord;
the
wetoWILL
are
light
theandendHeo
f theifearth,
and
the seal judgments, the trumpet judgments, and the vial judgments of Reve
will soon be upon us, then the few who know and experience the saving power of G
lation
will do well to protect themselves against the day of His wrath, by a last great
od
through
awakening
fasting and prayer. It will be the beginning of a new age for good, if t
he power
the
Spiritofis developed to a high degree by many through the use of the most pow
agent known to man, fasting and prayer. Without fasting, prayer becomes ineffect
erful
Fasting
Aual.
twenty-one,
restores
or forty-day
and amplifies
prayer
prayer
and fast
power.will most assuredly hasten the Christ
ian toa deep and wonderful experience with God that twenty-one days will equal tw
such
one years. Forty days will equal forty years. Experience shows that the forty-da
entyy period

brings far greater results than a shorter time. It will bring one closer to God
more the
than
Like
quickly
any
other wayofknown.
doctrine
divine healing, the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, etc., the
truth ofhas lost,
fasting
temporarily
been sadly
only to
neglected.
be revived
Manyagain
otherinforgotten
these latter
Bibledays
truthsofhave
thisbeen
dispensati
on, the
transition
period between this and the millennial dispensation. The truth of fas
ting isrevealed to us now that we may secure the greater things of God, that we m
being
receive the gifts o/ the Spirit, and that a mighty world-wide revival of spiritua
ay
l power
will
sweep over the world, with major signs and miracles in these last days. Fas
ting potent
most
is the power of the universe, and is placed at the disposal of every believ
er. practice
transformation
The
A
ofinfasting
the body
is as
of old
Christ
as humanity.
will begin,More
as than
Christians
two thousand
fast andyears
pray.ago,
was
fasting
a custom advocated by the school of the natural philosopher, Asclepiades, fo
rcurative purposes. The Roman historian, Plutarch, said, Instead of using medicine
, fastTraces
day.
a
of ancient fasting are to be found in ancient Chinese and Hindu writi
The Indians also practiced it. It was used for religious purposes, as well as a
ngs,
method of health. In the olden days they recognized the value of a fast, but tod
restoring
ay people
look
on fasting as a certain way to the grave. When a person speaks of fasting t
en days, days or more, many think it something horrible. It is through a lack
twenty-one
definite knowledge on the part of many, that this subject is so much misundersto
of
Fasting is a CORNERSTONE of the Christian religion, yet there is seldom, if ever
od.
, a
complete
sermon on the subject. Moreover, it is an important, basic truth of the
weBible;
So
so often
important
yet overlook
is fasting
itsinvalue.
the Mohammedan religion, that they claim it to be one
four
of the
pillars of the Mohammedan faith. This explains one of the reasons why there
fervor
is moreand zeal in their religion, than in the Catholic or Protestant religions.
Mohammedans
Many
take a thirty-day fast every year. Fervor and zeal are definitely a
result
the
fast.
of This is sadly lacking in our church of today. Fasting is mentioned in
Scriptures approximately one-third as much as prayer, yet our present day church
the
If
member
Christians
places realized
it insignificantly
what greatinpower
the and
background.
blessings they are missing, they wou
ld betoo eager and happy to fast. One of the reasons Satan cheats them out of th
only
glorious experience, is through the misunderstanding and confusion that is so ge
is
prevalent
nerally
Here
is a testimony
in regard of
to afasting.
certain man who fasted fourteen days in one of my meeti
This was in 1945, when the world-wide fasting crusade was first launched.
ngs.

On the thirty-first
UNDERWEIGHTGAINS
29 day
POUNDS
of December,
AFTER FASTING
1945, after hearing Rev. Franidin Hall give
enlightening teaching on fasting, I started a consecration fast. I partook of no
some
the
foodentire
duringfast of fourteen days. Water was taken for the purpose of cleaning ou
t the I was a heavy smoker, and it seemed impossible to give it up, but on the
system.
ofthird
the fast
day I had no further desire for smoking. On the fourth day of the fast,
hunger
me
entirely.
left A little later all weakness left; and to my surprise I began feelin
g better day
stronger
and by day. I could pray more earnestly, and with greater results. Seve
ral daysI received the glorious baptism of the Holy Ghost. I kept busy with my wo
later,
rk which
was
not heavy. The fasting did not bother me much. What Brother Hall tells you a
fasting is true, in our new spiritual consciousness our eyes are opened to disce
bout
rn the of
nature
trueour former natural environment. And it worked out just that way in my
life.a Iglorious
was
When
Itbegan the
experience.
fast, I weighed one hundred and forty pounds. This was twenty-ni
pounds underweight. At the conclusion of the fast, fourteen days later, I had lo
ne
st sixteen
pounds,
for I weighed a hundred and twenty-four pounds. Sixty days later I had n
ot only the lost weight, but also gained twenty-nine pounds more, which was exa
regained
what a man of my age should weigh, to the pound, that is, one hundred and sixtyctly
Everyone told me that I looked better than they had ever seen me look, and I do
pounds.
nine
better than I have felt for twenty years. All of my nervousness is gone, and I h
feel
ave better and best of all, I have received the Holy Ghost, and have a much dee
complexion,
experience
per
and
Mysisters,
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NG
will truly bring atomic spiritual power.

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ale.
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pressure pressures
of a 3,600-mile-per-hour
are not wholly instantaneous,
hurricane.
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n their
application,
giving the water time to partially yield, and hence build up enormo
us wave A vast, cone-shaped vortex is created, with a terrific out-thrust, and su
effects.
return, of the displaced waters. No one can possibly calculate the true extent o
bsequent
f this but some physicists have stated that a wave of great height will be crea
effect,
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ted.
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of all
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FOURatMILLION
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distance.
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elow the
burst
(at 1,800 feet altitude) was certainly more than 1,500 degrees Centigrade.
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distance.
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INSTANTLY
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VAPORIZED,
facts point
says DeVore.
to the instantaneous
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scorched at 8,000
of MILLIONS
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ofisman
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says
world.
Farrell.
has
spiritual
physicist
discovered.
atomic
Walterpower
Graham.
with God, that
available
lies
to every Christian. The scientist can now use and harness the power of
material
the
atom, but the Christian can use and harness the dynamic power of the gr
Creator of the atom. As the Creator is greater than that which He has created, s
eat
o is the
power
wielded by the Christian, through fasting and prayer, greater than that wi
eldedatomic
the
by scientist. It is the purpose of this volume to show the Christian a s
ure method,

whereby he may obtain this mighty power, and may be able to move the omnipotent
of
hand
Let
Chapter
WHAT
God.
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power.here causes much
trouble
of our about the subject of fasting. It is here that Satan deceives the average
Websters,
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Webster
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two different
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and
thirsting,
thirsting means, a great desire to drink. Fasting will be understood better if
recognize
we
these facts. One should not associate abstinence from water, with the
subject
fasting;
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he
isconfusion
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To take a fast of this particular type, one must of necessity drink water. It is
people
absurdtoforthink about fasting and prayer without drinking water. Those who do th
is,ignorance,
in
do it
and should be corrected by some constructive teaching. However, on
e may a fast of a few days without drinking water, and find these facts to be
attempt
Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and to attempt a major fast without
immaterial.
would defile and pollute the body. Scripture states: If any man defile the temple
water,
him
Instructions
of shall
God, Godare
destroy.
given byI Christ
Cor. 3:17.
in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 6:16-18) that
thou
whenfastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto me
n tounto
but
fast,thy Father, which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret, s
hall openly.
thee
reward Washing the face is a sign of cleanliness. If it is good to wash you
r facethetotoxic stains from face and body (washing being a type of cleanliness be
keep
God), then how much more logical it is to put water in your mouth, to clean out
fore
corruption in the stomach. The stomach becomes deflated, collapsed, and depresse
the
when water is withheld long enough, and a person gets into bad shape. Without wa
d,
when fasting, the system will choke up, and the body becomes filthy, internally.
ter,
tongue,
The
which is the upper part of the stomach, becomes heavily coated when fast
showing visibly a part of the pollution that is in the stomach. Some doctors mai
ing,
ntainfood
some
thatparticles remain in the intestinal tract for more than a month, until
is worse
putrefaction
For
the first
than few
any days
garbage
of the
pail.fast, the stomach, tongue, and body, become heavil
y laden
with
the corruption that is trying to loosen itself. These particles that have r
emained unassimilated,
stomach
in the
with other fecal matter, require a great deal of water to
them
displeasure,
breakdown andmisery,
help soften
and other
this discomforts,
material so that
are frequently
it can be eliminated.
experiencedCramps,
during th
is initial
period.
Water aids in the loosening and softening of this fecal matter without w
hich the will harden; the worms and bugs, which are nearly always present to s
corruption
extent, will dry up on the intestines, the tongue will eventually thicken, and i
ome
f the
thirsting
fast is prolonged, the individual will die, unless the Lord intervenes
.Paul
II
the
Cor.
same
knew
11:27,
thing
the as
difference
in
fasting,
hunger and
between
hethirst,
would
thirsting
IN FASTINGS
not
haveand
repeated
fasting.
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andany
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more
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were
in
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Paul
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alsoonly
educated.
arerecognize
the same.thePlease
valuenote
of the
thatfast,
a comma
but whether
is inserted
yourbetween
fast each
ten days, two weeks, forty days, or longer, your bowels should move every few da
continues
ys. If does
person
a
not drink water while the fast is in progress, how can these channel
s of
elimination
function properly? The drinking of water will continue the process o
fcleaning while the fast continues. If the bowels do not move, please do not worr
y; cause
no
there for
is alarm. Some folks bowels do not move at all during the entire fast.

The drinking of water does not prevent one from drawing closer to God. Water is
and is a type of Salvation, and of the Holy Spirit. (John 4:14.) Water, unlike c
pure,
food, evaporates into the atmosphere, while food goes back to the earth. Water i
orruptible
s not
stimulating,
while food is. Food feeds the appetites of carnality; water does no
When an individual fasts, his pores become laden with toxins, especially his han
t.
ds about
face,
In
andtherefore,
two weeks,
he more
shouldorbathe
less,externally
the averageasindividual
often as possible.
will have most of the w
poisons, toxins, fecal materials, etc., eliminated. That is, unless this individ
astes,
ual hasfunctional
seated
a deep- ailment. Even if this be the case, this should be relieved and
the
It
healed
isfast
quite
ifis evident
continued.
that Jesus took water while fasting forty days. There are fo
ur Matthew
bear
1.
does
things
evidence
not
exclude
that
4:2-11:
in water
this
When
regard.
drinking,
he hadShall
fasted.
andweitstudy
does
We pointed
our mention
not
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thatfast?
the definition
that
Jesus thirsted
of fasting
for
typerson
the
a2.
days,
He
Scriptures.
wasdoes
inafterward
without
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called
hungered.
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a fast,
andItdrink,
and
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nota say
thirst.
means
thatfar
He more
afterward
to himthirsted.
than foodWhen
. A can go days without food, but this same individual can go but a very short t
man
without
ime
It
seemswater.
very evident
Especially
thatisJesus
thisdid
truedrink
in awater.
hot andFortorrid
at theclimate.
time of the feeding
(Mark
the 4,000
8:3), bread and fishes were offered after they had been fasting for three
days, and
Jesus,
according to Scripture, did not offer them water, because they had no nee
d ofThe
Water
3.
said,
4.
Satan
it.
was
Command
answer
knew
available
that
thatthe
Hethese
inwasnt
thestones
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springs
of
thirsty,
Godbegave
and
made
because
brooks
to
bread.
Satan,
nearby.
he
didvery
is
not evident.
tempt HimMan
withshall
water.notHel
by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. This s
ive
to prove that He had partaken of water, for we must notice, in this connection,
eems
themention
to
You
failure
may
askwater.
if the fast that Jesus took was a supernatural one. No, this fast wa
s notwayina supernatural fast, for fasting is not supernatural, whether it is done
any
Lord,
SCIENCE.
by ouror byAnyone
the ones
can fast
for whose
for long
salvation
periodsHeofpaid
time,
thebut
great
onlyprice.
the Christian
FASTING can
IS Aexp
supernatural results. The fast of Jesus can be said to be natural, on the ground
ect
His
thatfast,
afterHe hungered. The natural hunger that had left his body for a time, ret
again. This is true in any fast, if the fast is prolonged to its normal completi
urned
on, whenreturns.
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true

Critics who say that only Jesus could fast forty days, and that no one else can
are
do condemning
so,
something they know nothing about. They are in need of trying a f
themselves, then they would realize with a great awakening, the value of fasting
ast
.The argument is brought to us that Moses fasted forty days. Please tell me what
Scripture states this? In Exodus 34:28-29, we read, And he was there with the Lor
d forty
days
and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. This abstinence
called
was notFASTING HERE, as failing to drink water is outside the meaning of the wor
Why Lord
d.
the
Lord,
change
literally
fortheforty
meaning
withdaysthis
theofLord.
the explains
word
I amFASTING?
certain
why Moses
On theif
that
didmount,
wenotwere
drink
Moses
allowed
waterhe
was to
there
stand
waswith
with
in the
His be
and
presence
with God, we would neither have to eat, drink, or breathe, whether we wer
e with
Him
forty days, or forty years. Actually the Lord Himself is our Food, Drink and
while
Sustainer.
he talked
This with
was true
Him.with
TheMoses,
children
because
of Israel
(Vs. were
29) The
actually
skinafraid
of hisofface
Moses.
shoneF
or hereceived supernatural radiation that was far more real than food and drink.
had
He hadhistoface to talk to them. When Moses died, he had the strength and constitu
veil
tion
young
The worlds
ofman:
a His
largest
eye was
alligator
not dim,farm
norishisinnatural
Los Angeles.
force Almost
abated.72000
Deut.
alligators
34:7. are
captivity. Upon a recent visit, I learned that the creatures enter into a suspen
in
animation for six months out of every year. They do not eat, drink or even breat
ded
he for out
months
environment
six ofandthegradually
year. When
break
it into
gets eating
warm, they
again.
comeThey
outhave
of their
learned
anti-world
the art of
drinking
eating,
suspended
both
If any
foodperson
and
animation
and
breathing
water.
fastsmay
without
that
be comparable
istaking
incomparable
water,
to Moses
and
to he
anything
forty-day
can dowesofood-abstension
humans
if he wishes,
can do. Iwithout
This
must
Amen.
say, However, any person can take short fasts of several days only, without water
, as as food, and still receive spiritual benefits for their sacrifice. See Esth
well
erDoing
ye
4:16,without
for
me,Fast
and food
neither
willeatgive
noryou
drink
thatthree
spiritual
days.uplift and power, with or witho
water. This has been proven many times. This fact is true in the fast of a few d
ut
ays,now
are
butdealing
we
with the long fast, which will give one power to do mighty thing
seemingly the impossible, the fast that will break down denominational barriers
s,
restore the body of Christ to its place of power and into the unity of the faith
and
.Dr. Tanner, who fasted over forty days on three occasions, declared that in the
half
second
of each of the three fasts, the unspeakable glories of the world beyond wer
e revealed
to
him. Dr. Tanner lived to be ninety-two years of age, and gave credit to fasti
ng for hisof life. In Dr. Tanners day they ridiculed Christs fast, saying, nobody c
longevity
fast that long. Dr. Tanner challenged them. His first fast lasted over forty days
ould
, and observation
under
was
by his disbelievers. He was weighed and checked daily; thus he
down
brokethe ridicule of fasting in his time. Dr. Tanner was a physician as well as
a Christian.

additional
His
first fast
fastswasofsoover
glorious,
forty days.
BLACKAfter
HAIR his
REPLACES
last fast
that alater
croponofhenewtook
black hai
rLuther
place
appeared
offasted
theingrey
forhair.
days at a time, while translating the Bible, and herein un do
lies the secret of his unrivaled translation, and it is also responsible for bri
ubtedly
nging the revival of his time. His great faith was likewise largely through th
reformation
eLUST
of
men
And
revelation
Gods
that
HUNGER
they
presence,
get
tempted
a vision,
God
which
inwhotheir
iswill
revealed
heart
go allby
through
out.
askingPRAYER
meat for
AND their
FASTING.
lust.
Thank
Yea,Godthey
forspak
eagainst God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? God at first d
id not give them food as they did not actually need it. This food was wanted to
readily
appetite
God
them
satisfy
did,
theirhowever,
anown
of
LUSTdesire.
which
give them
isAndhabit
angels
they
hunger.
werefood
destroyed.
and sent
He gave
them them
meat their
to therequest;
full. Hebut
gavese
leanness
Ant
close study
into of
their
thesoul.
Scriptures
See Ps.
will78:29-34.
show clearly that sin is sin. The partaking
amount
of an of
overfood is classed in the category of sin, because the same damage is don
e to the
body,
as by alcohol, tobacco, dope, etc. This fact is also emphasized by Jesus C
hrist
He
become
ALONE,
GOD.
wasSee
when
tempted
food.
BUT
Deut.
BYJesus
EVERY
by8:3Satan
answer
WORD
and
for
Matt.
THAT
was
forty
PROCEEDETH
4:4.
verydays.
Again
effective,
HeJesus
OUTwasOFshows
tempted
MAN
THE MOUTH
SHALL
what
to value
command
NOT
OF
LIVE
thethe
BYworld
stones
BREAD
willtopla
on food when The Son of Man cometh. For as in the days that were before the flood
ce
,they were
Jesus
is not
EATING
criticizing
AND DRINKING.
the eating
So shall
to live.
also But
the He
coming
is greatly
of the condemning
Son of Man the
be.liv
ing toiseat,
that
so prevalent everywhere. It is a sign of the last days. The sign that te
lls
coming
In
Chapter
THE
Matt.
us of
BACKGROUND
that
III
24:37,
ourtheLord
FOR
38,REVIVAL
draweth
and Lukenigh.
21:34, eating is placed ahead of drinking.

To see ourAloved
SANCTIFY
FAST,ones
CALLsaved,
A SOLEMN
souls
ASSEMBLY:
convertedJoel
and2:15.
a sweeping revival come in our
to have God work miracles, and heal our diseases, and pour out His Holy Spirit,
midst;
we musta fast and prayer in the home. LORD, let it begin in me! Even if you are the
start
converted
only
member of the family, you can get hold of God in such a way, by FASTIN
GAND PRAYERofthat
salvation
yourJesus,
lovedseeing
ones, will
your most
fervorcertainly
and zealhear
developing
your prayer
the faith
and convert
for thet
Many times a person has done this, and not only were the loved ones converted, b
hem.
ut
Lord
saving,
In 1932
theso the
rewarded
healing,
Holy Spirit
themblessing
and
that
ledanthemightily
old-fashioned
author into
with his
therevival
Spirit.revival
first
swept themeeting.
whole community,
He knew o
nly threein the Oklahoma oil town, Nowata. One of these families believed and pr
families
fasting and prayer. Together we prayed and fasted ahead of time for the meeting
acticed
that God
knew
we was going to give us. The foundation was properly laid for a revival, a
nd a
revival
we certainly did have. There was no building big enough to take care of
crowd, so we secured three acres of ground and had an open air meeting (this was
the
July).
in
People packed the place from the first service. We kept building seats, a
nd thecontinued to increase every evening. People gathered from all over Northea
crowd
Oklahoma and Southeastern Kansas for the meetings. Scores of people were healed
stern
of allof afflictions. One lady who had been in a car wreck with broken ribs, was
types
tocarried
the services on pillows; she was instantly healed. A deaf and dumb boy was en
abledand
hear
to speak. A man who could not lift his arm, and had been paralyzed, was he
aledparalysis
his
of
and was able to lift his arm. Many more received notable healings.
were
Folksunder
Within
three
themonths
power from
of HistheSpirit.
time weMany
started
were the
baptized.
meeting, we built a church, an
dgot it paid
continue
to have
for, asoplace
that to
theworship
people in
could
truth and in Spirit. ALL OF THESE RESULTS
PRAYER
progressing
FASTING
day.
WERE
If church
TRACED
AND
FORleaders
FASTING.
DIRECTLY
for
THE
theand
HOME
MyTOparents,
glory
brother
of Godassisted
the
to heads
thismeofinchurches
the meeting.
and homes,
The church
do notislive
stillup
~the faith which was once delivered unto the saints, how can we expect our childre
to
n tosaved? unto
be
delivered
FASTING
theWAS
saints
AS SURELY
as anything
A PARTelse.
OF THEFasting
FAITH is
thatonewasofonce
the great foundati
on piers of

the Christian religion. The structure of the Christian religion is built upon th
e vital
of
prayertruth
and fasting. It was a vital part of the early church. Therefore, the g
reatlack
that
The
results
accompanied
of fasting
it explains
were seenthe
in great
those falling
early days.
away, the losing their first love, be
man cares more for his desire-nature, than for the fortification of his soul. Peop
cause
le haveto follow the complete pattern of the faith formula of Christ, given in M
failed
chapter seventeen,
atthew,
impossible,
eventually
began
but after
toorsaythe
Mark
that
days
9:29.
theofdays
They
the of
nothealing
apostles
only the
failed
were
church
to have
over;
became
that
power
powerless,
the
tomiracles
do theandwe
re notanymore;
them
for
the Holy Spirit, after the Bible pattern, was forsaken, and the po
wer of theage was lost. Many splits soon divided the church of Jesus Christ. The
apostolic
old
menthat
of had fasted and prayed, and who had power with God to perform miracles o
fhealing, had either died, or had been martyred. The younger generations disconti
nued
use
them,
Christs
Matt.
ofthe
and
fasting.
9:15:
command,
thenThe
shall
daysthey
then
will
shall
fast.
come,
they
Howwhen
fast?
manytheChildren
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is hereofthat
shallour
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beLord
takenlays
away
areupon
fromus, as th
obeying
echildren of the bridegroom the duty of fasting: When the Bridegroom shall be take
nfrom them, then shall they fast. And as long as our Bridegroom tarries, just so l
should we continue to fast, until that happy day when He returns and fasting nee
ong
dItbewasnt
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to obtain the more perfect faith. After He left we could have had through FASTIN
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rit
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red. In tribes nearly all Indian children who came to the age of puberty were se
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prayer
in
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evil sex desires, so that they would have high moral thoughts, and live a high s
he
life. As they grew and developed into manhood or womanhood the practice of fasti
piritual
was continued. Is not this a lesson for the American home of today? If this meth
ng
od wereand put into practice in our day, we would not see as many disobedient so
taught
ns and
daughters
who are the source of such grief and heartaches to their parents.

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A survey was recently
which reveals
disclosed
facts
by that
a writer
are alarming:
of the well-known
Out of 49,000,000
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the peopl
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the
d. This
same
writer in another survey, learned from questionnaires sent to 55,000 childr
en of age, that 16,000 of them had never heard of the Ten Commandments, let alo
school
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meals, ordays fasting, will fix up everything. Many children as they grow and eat
several
foods,
rich develop a pimpled complexion. The source of the condition is in the stoma
ch. The tries to unload its poisonous material in the blood, and to some extent
stomach
the skin. Only a few days of fasting will eradicate all traces of the symptoms.
through
If proper
eating
is undertaken, it should not return. Scores of minor and major ailments o
f youngcould be whipped by a short fast. Girls would not find it necessary to we
people
ar makeup,
if they would fast and pray more. A natural, healthy complexion would be the
Babies quite frequently suffer from over-feeding rather than under-feeding. If o
result.
considers how small a baby is, and analyzes the great quantity of food that is g
ne
iven in
him,
to proportion to the food of an adult, one would find it enormous. Adults w
have to drink twenty-one quarts of milk daily, to be the equivalent of a babys fo
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s in many
ways.
A Roman Catholic and his Protestant wife were among those gloriously saved
.In one of my churches an Italian lady to whom I gave one of your books, went on
a fast
of
twenty-three days for her old Catholic mother who came from the old country,
blind, and about to die. She was praying to beads and images. She became interes
was
ted inand learned how to pray to the Lord. Finally she was gloriously saved.
Jesus

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s. The could do nothing for her, and said an operation would be necessary. Well
doctor
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forty
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days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And third, we ha
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highthem.
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Psalm 106:23.
that fasted during long per
iods were
they
when under great mental strain and tribulation, are Anna the prophetess, Da
Daniel, John the Baptist, and Paul. A close study of their lives shows they gain
vid,
ed great strength by fasting and prayer, that otherwise they would not have rec
spiritual
eived.
Fasting was part and parcel of the very life of Christ, and yet this very essent
ial part oflife has been ignored by many Christians as if it were an unsolved mys
Christian
tery.never
was
It meant to be hidden, and should never have been so overlooked. This may
explain why we have not had a more complete outpouring of the latter rain. Surel
y such a truth cannot continue to be a secret hidden in plain sight for over n
stupendous
hundred years.andTheprogressive.
ineteen
enlightening
strides andSurely
progress
we feel
of manthat
in it
other
is time,
channels
longhave
pastbeen
due,sofor
for
allChrist,
to laborin whom are hidden all treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Try this tr
that gives such a treasure-house of riches and strength. We do not fast to merit
uth
God
Wefavor
read
or as
from
that
a penance.
Jesus was led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of
devil. And the very next sentence tells us that He fasted. Why did He fast at the
the
time
tempted,
between
veryHe temptation
wasandbeing
in those
tempted?
and fasting?
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forty
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it not
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andgoeth
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mighty
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and
w, chapter Jesus explains it. Before this time His disciples were not able to be
seventeen,
ar this The great revelation of why He fasted, was shown when He healed this l
teaching.
boy, and answered the question that the disciples had asked Him: Why could not we
unatic
him
castout? Matt. 17:19.

Please remember that Christ, as well as being God, was also in the flesh as man.
It seemed that the disciples had become a reproach, or disgrace to Christ, becau
se theynot heal this individual. They apparently were ashamed of themselves so th
could
ey Jesus
to
came secretly, to ask of Him the reason why they were not able to cast out t
he demons.
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Super-Atomic
can
have
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fast
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have.
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revealed,
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and
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that
showed
Him,
power,
to them
and
thankandthetaught
plainly
toLord.
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thAll
the Bible. Have Faith as a grain of mustard seed . . . and nothing shall be impos
roughout
untodisciples
sible
The
you . . .were
by prayer
helpless.
and No
fasting.
one could
Matt.
give17:20,
help in
21.this major prayer problem
One.
except
That Person had fasted forty days and forty nights, and He was the only one
midst
However,
in thewhoJesus
had soclearly
fasted.shows
Praise
thatHisanyone
name!who had had a prayer and fasting experi
could cast out the evil spirit, for He says, This kind cometh out by prayer and f
ence,
Our Lord teaches here the big difference between prayer alone, and prayer, combi
asting.
withthat
ned
In
fasting.
momentous struggle of forty days of fasting JESUS had AVAILED HIMSELF OF
fasted
THE MOSTinPOWERFUL
order toAID
secure
AT HIS
HisDISPOSAL.
perfect faith
Jesusfrom His humanity side, and He urged
upon
fasting
His disciples to remedy their weak faith. He declared that they would fast,
words,
intended
using Then
theto insure
will they
to all
fast,
of His
andfollowers
gave directions
the sameinbenefits
Matthew of
chapter
fasting
six,which
whichHeare
The
obtained.
disuse of fasting is in direct opposition to the practice, example, and the
teaching,
There
Christ.
is noofrecord of Christ healing the sick, or performing any miracle, until
after heforty
fasted
had days and forty nights. After this mighty fast, and not before, He w
as fully capable, and prepared for any and all emergencies. At this moment, how
equipped,
Faith
miracle.
When
muchJesus
haveAtwas
you
twenty-five,
at your disposal,
twenty-one
heyears
stillold
tohadthe
meet
norecord
any obstacle?
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showsmiracles,
He had not
andyet
no manifestatio
performed a
n of HisSonship. He became twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight and twenty-nine
Divine
years of age, and yet, no miracles or manifestations. Why? He had not received t
fullness of the Holy Spirit, and had not spent forty days fasting. It was necess
he
ary for Jesus

to be prepared and have all the spiritual equipment, before He went forth to per
form Hisworks.
mighty
Satans
rage knew no bounds at the conclusion of Christs fast, and he sought ways a
means to subdue Him. Christ could not have been tempted by something He did not
nd
But we read that when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterward
need.
hungered.
an
Now, Jesus could turn these stones into bread and yield to an appetite
to the one Eve yielded to in the Garden of Eden. The answer that Jesus gave was
similar
notanswer
an
only to Satan, but throws a challenge to all humanity: Man shall not live by
alone,
Jesus
breadreceived
but by every
the Holy
wordSpirit,
that proceedeth
but this did
out not
of the
seemmouth
sufficient.
of God.ItMatt.
requires
4:4. fa
sting
prayer
Jesus,and
to thirty
at
operateyears
the Holy
of age,
Ghost.
only after praying and fasting forty days and for
ty nights,
began
to manifest Himself as the Son of God with all power, signs, and wonders.
was such an awakening! Fasting is the most powerful means at the disposal of eve
There
ry God.
of
childFasting literally becomes prayer to the praying Christian, prayer that i
s as
different
as an atomic bomb compared to an ordinary bomb. Prayer alone is like t
ordinary bomb, and the fast with prayer, is comparable to the Super-Atomic Bomb.
he
Jesus knew the positive value of prayer and fasting, and was confident that they
only
weremeans
the to the end that He sought. Jesus fasted in order that prayer might be
prayer in the highest sensemight reach its highest intensity. He blazed the way t
come
hat to
are
we follow. Although Jesus knew He was the Son of God, this assurance was sta
more indelibly
mped
Satan
SONSHIP.
wasThen
not and
too
upononly
much
Himthen,
interested
by theafter
prayer
inHisChrist
and
forty-day
fasting
untilfast,
of was
He
forty
wasready
days.toright
Satan
MANIFEST
on the
HISjo
b, assail
to
ready Him in every way that he could. If Christ was immune, and could not ha
sinned or yielded to Satan at this time, then this would have been the greatest
ve
farceworld
the
thathas ever seen. Surely, Christ could have yielded to this temptation. S
atan He
that
knewcould, and set about to try Him. Jesus Christ, with fasting back of Him,
prepared
was wellfor the attack. We are so thankful that although Jesus was tempted and
tried manner,
every
in
as we are, yet He did not yield to temptation; He victoriously ove
Satan. Weandcanpraying,
rcame
Fasting
likewisethen,
be anaids
over-comer.
us in overcoming temptations and trials, and pre
pares
to
meetusthe attacks of the enemy.

When we fast and pray, we should never lose sight of the fact that our FAST must
AND
GLORY.
OUR
make
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USHOLY,
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WHO
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AND
Jesus
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This
AND
HONOR.
along
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may
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with
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sound
continually
PRAISE
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FOR
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our
GOD
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sinner,
words,
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ld
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God 40
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ofMIGHTY
ageHALLELUJAH
I was
DETROIT
dyingREVIVAL
!with
AMEN.the flu. My temperature was 106 degree
s! Iton this death bed that I surrendered completely to God. I promised the Lord
was
I wouldthe Gospel, if He would heal me. Then I was caught up to heaven for twelv
preach
hours, and saw the glories of that wondrous land. When I came back I was perfect
es
healed, ready to work for Him who raised me up so miraculously. Praise His name!
ly
Even at that young age, God said, If I would be faithful in fasting and praying,
He would
raise
up workers all over the world in their own tongues. He also gave me Mark 10
30 as a call to travel and do exploits in His name. I was shown many other thing
:29s as I my life with fastings and praying like Paul. Many times my fastings were
started
three
from days to a week and longer. In some of my fasts the Lord gave me much revel
concerning the time we live. In the beginning of my Christian experience, while
ation
on a
two-weeks
fast, I cried and prayed until Jesus became so real that one night He a
in my room. The room was all lighted up, brighter than the sun! Jesus stood at t
ppeared
he bed,
my
foot and
of around Him was a light much brighter than the sun. This great experi
was very impressive and for a long time I secmed to be walking on air. Shortly a
ence
fter that,
while
fasting five days, the Lord filled me with a peculiar experience. A missio
nary told
Rome
from me that I was speaking a message, and glorifying and praising the Lord
Italian
in his language. Yet I had never spoken Italian before. It must have been the H
oly Spirit
talking
After
giving
The missionary
up my job,interpreted
1 went on awhat
partial
I wasfast
saying
for three
into English.
months, eating only o
nce Lord
The
After
a praying
day.gave and
me intercession
fasting sevenfordays
souls.
to see sinners converted, and to ask the wo
Lord to give me more of Him, the Lord sent a revival meeting to Dayton, Ohio, wh
nderful
ere the

Lord healed a multitude of sick folk and converted many souls. My prayer was als
oanswered in another way when a lady gave me Dr. Franklin Halls book on fasting an
dprayer. This deeper fasting experience was what I wanted. I was now able to fast
than
longer
a week or two. I was so burdened for sinners, and that their bodies might b
e healed,
that
1 could hardly sleep at night. With my longer fasting I could get greater v
ictories
my
intercession.
for
I could see what God will do when multitudes begin to fast. Jes
showed me that before long there would be workers all over the world who would f
us
and travail for souls. This would bring great revivals, yes, greater than the wo
ast
rld haseven
seen,
evergreater than when Jesus was here. It would seem unbelievable in the n
atural,
it
were not
if for this Word: The works that I do shall ye do also; and greater work
s thanfasting
these
After
shall yeforty
do; because
days without
.1 go food,
unto mywith
Father.
Jesus strengthening
John 14:12. me, I saw many m
miracles and demonstrations of the Holy Spirit. I saw the dry bones of Ezekiel tak
ore
e life.
As
I continued to agonize and weep for lost souls, the spirit of heaviness was u
pon meantoextent that it seemed that my spirit would leave the body. I saw, in a v
such
ision, thirty
thousand
souls appear before me, finding Christ as their Saviour, in a coliseum
in Detroit,
Michigan.
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through
TO Sister
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,Brother F. Bosworth and LITTLE DAVID.) I saw, in a vision, another 10,000 find J
in an open field. Many churches, auditoriums and big tents were packed. A mighty
esus
Laodicean
revival ischurches
coming through
were dealt
fasting
out judgment.
and prayer,Their
but false
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udgment
When
I was reading
and Sapphira,
Brotherwhen
Halls
theybooks
lied on
to fasting,
the Holy the
Spirit.
sweetest incense came down
from heaven, setting a seal of approval upon them. They present a teaching of Je
Christ that, if followed, will truly bring a world revival among dying and lost
sus
humanity.this
believe
I is Jesus Christs truth, and it is the message of the hour for cold,
sleepy
backslidden
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thou knewest
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He humbled
not,thee,
neither
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suffered
thy fathers
thee toknow;
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might
theemake
withthee
manna,
knowwhich
tha
t mannot live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth
doth
of thedoth man live. Deut. 8:3. This depicts in a wonderful manner how God sought
Lord
change the environment of the children of Israel that they might be transformed
to
from theand lusts of the old environment of the land of Egypt, and made ready for
habits
environment
the new
of the land of Canaan. Much spiritual preparation was needed before
would be prepared
they
environment
was rooted
to enter
in their
the new
minds,
landbodies
of promise.
and souls.
The bondage
They still
of Egyptian
lusted after
things
the oldof sin, their old habits, and the traditions of the world. Because they f
ailed tothe forced fast that was put upon them by an all-loving and wise Lord, th
accept
ey were to break down this environment the hard, long way. By failing to fast a
required
nd break
down
the bondage of environment in a few days time, and then march right into th
epromised land, they were consequently compelled to march around in circles for f
years, as many of us are doing today, that the flesh might be broken, and that t
orty
he too
stubborn,
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miraculously
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otherwise
change
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what
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teaching of fasting and prayer, as set fo
rth inAtomic
book,
your Power with God, has meant to me. I was earnestly seeking more on this
subject, when this book fell into my hands. I simply devoured its great truth, b
ackedWord
the
by of God. Immediately I went on a consecration fast; God came on the scen
e,feel
Ishortly
and that
I received
you havegifts
the message
of healing.
of the hour, the one that will awaken the sleep
church, and cause men and women to become stirred to the realization that Jesus
ing
coming soon. God is- pouring out His gifts of the Spirit in these days. I attrib
is
ute the of my ministry to the message God gave you on fasting and prayer, that y
success
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All
DAVIDS
Christians
FAST are delighted to read the Psalms; they encourage us to press onwa
rd. filled
are
They with scores of promises and blessings for believers. The Psalms are a
Fasting
productand
of Prayer. The sublime utterances in the Psalms are not exaggerations,
as hasasserted by some. Only in the realm of higher receptivity made possible by
been
and fasting, is the soul able to receive such revelations as Psalms 35:13; 69:10
prayer
;David
107:17-18
78:18-32;
Psalmsought
andGod
109:22-26;
in long fasts;
II Sam.in12:16-23.
fact he fasted so long at times, that he look
ed like fasting;
skeleton.
through
a Psalm 109:23,
and my flesh
I am faileth
tossed upofand
fatness.
down asI became
the locust.
a reproach
My knees
untoarethem:
weak
they
whenlooked upon me, they shaked their heads. So much fat was lost that he actual
became a reproach to look at; his friends and neighbors shook their heads. No do
ly
ubt someto be his friends and began criticizing; this is just what happens today
ceased
when an
individual
seeks GOD long enough in fasting and prayer. Some people say we shoul
dalways go into the desert or wilderness to fast, like Moses and Christ. That is
good,
here
prophetical
Davidismust
butan have
instance
of Christs
fasted
in forty
which
40-daydays
David
fast.)
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not care
to have
who saw
losthim.
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(Thisweight.
fast isDavid
also
was not
interested
humbleness;
inhewhat
was only
peopleinterested
thought ofinhis
howappearance.
he could please
He fasted
God, and
in mourning
reach HIM.
andI
seen many folk who fasted longer than forty days, yet they looked better than th
have
description
is
As
certain asofweDavid.
labor for the meat above, we shall not stand in very high favor w
the world. When we enter into the spirit of fasting and prayer, we are not inter
ith
estedothers
what
in
say about us. We are after that which is worth more than silver and
gold.fast
you
If and pray, and really get into the spirit of it, your prayers may seem m
oretimes,
at
difficult
than when you are praying without fasting. The main victories are usua
attained after fasting. In the battle you are progressing further, with higher m
lly
ountainsdarker
climb,
to places to penetrate, higher walls to surmount, and deeper depths t
o plow (See Chart No. VII, Hindrances and Obstacles.) Psalm 35:13: I humbled my
through.
not
soulsomething
with FASTING;
to glory
and in,
my PRAYER
or to be
RETURNED
puffedINTO
up about.
MY BOSOM.
AlongFasting
with theisfast we are
to gointo humility, disregarding what people think and say. It should be a time
down
of real and mourning. Our unworthiness should be realized, and the farther down
weeping
we

go, the higher will our Christian experience rise. It will be a great spiritual
fight
1way
wish
through.
all
to state
the that some children of the Lord fail to press into the proper pla
ce of with
along
prayer,
the fast, just because they find it difficult to pray. But that is no
praying.
reason for
Yournotprayers will absolutely blast through to heaven, if you settle dow
n tolabor
and
will
do around
be
it,at thetojob,
hinder,
and and
askprevent
and seek
you from
and accomplishing
knock, as Jesus
yourtold
purpose,
us tobut
do.PThe Devil
THROUGH,prayers
RAY
Shorter
FAST THROUGH,
under the
andinfluence
press yourofway
fasting,
througharetill
faryou
moreopen
effective
heaven.than long
er prayers
when
off the fast. We are in a channel of prayer, while fasting, that leads dire
ctly to The
throne.
Usually,
the
theear
first
of few
God days
is open
of atofast
hearare
thethe
prayer
mostofdifficult
His fasting
timesaint.
to pray, becau
se the of the body has not gone, and the body has not been cleansed. Pray as m
weakness
uch as
possible,
as long as possible, and as fervently as possible, regardless of lack
of strength,
and
speaking,
when you
youget
getover
stronger
the physically.
hump, it becomes
You caneasier
gradually
to fast
putand
yourself
pray; into
generally
it, d
more time to prayer; then the fast itself actually becomes prayer. Please bear t
evoting
his infasting.
when
mind A Christian then has such power, that these obstacles mentioned wi
ll seemand easier to surmount, as one presses on to more and greater obstacles,
easier
all ofwill be victoriously overcome, and a continual growing power, greater than
which
will
ever,be felt by the person, as long as he or she stays in the center of Gods will
.Those employed, or who are are working at various jobs, will find it difficult t
o spend
the
timeall
seeking God in prayer. But you can still secure very desirable results,
Lord
and will
the bless you much, if you can keep in a spirit of prayer while you work.
If ones
work
is extremely burdensome, it will be difficult to fast and concentrate in pr
Sometimes a person on a job has begun a fast, and a time of prayer, and has beco
ayer.
me soin the spirit of prayer that nothing matters but Jesus Christ, and they los
lost
e interest
their
work,inand everything else around them, to such an extent that they receive
call
Some
a special
of Godago,
years
for atheir
shoelife
cobbler
work.did this very thing. He was living in Denver, Col
After fasting and praying for forty days, the power of God became so real and pr
orado.
that he gave up his shoe business, started preaching on the street corners, and
ecious,
sick people through the healing ministry of Christ. Hundreds of sick people were
blessing
for
prayed
daily, and many miraculously healed. Blind eyes were opened; deaf ears were
stopped; deaf and dumb spoke; ulcers, cancers, arthritis, and tuberculosis cases
un, were
gloriously
healed. The lame leaped for joy. Wheel chairs, beds, crutches and bra
ces were
left
,behind by the ones that were healed in Jesus name. All this in answer to th
e prayers
of
an individual who caught a revelation through prayer and fasting for forty da
ys.

Every minister owes it to his congregation to be at his best; every evangelist o

wes people
the
it to in each revival; every teacher owes it to his pupils; and every Chris
tian to histo be at his best spiritually; and we have seen that this can only be
brethren,
through prayer with fasting. Prayer becomes illuminated, and fasting makes praye
attained
rNo,
powerful
SHOULD
asnot necessarily,
IasWAIT
dynamite.
FOR GODforTOthe
LAYsimple
A FASTreason
BURDENthat
UPONifME?we waited for God to lay a fa
burden upon us, there probably would be no fasting, or very little. Fasting is l
sting
ikepray
We
praying.
when there is a need, without waiting for a burden of prayer. We should
fast when there is a need, and because it is our Christian duty. In Mark 2:20, J
also
esus
already
Chapter
THE
Humanity
FOUR
hasVlaid
APPETITES
is
confronted
a fast uponwith
us four
in these
appetites.
words, One
Thenorshall
more of
theythese
fastmajor
in those
appetites
days.
the
canbest
get of us, if we allow them to do so. Intemperance and extreme indulgence c
an so overcome us if we fail to maintain self-control. The Bible admonishes us
easily
to1.THE
Temperate
2.
The
(Covetousness)
beappetite
THEHUNGER
SPIRITUAL
inofAPPETITE
allhunger
things.
APPETITE
4. THE
will
The
3.
beAPPETITE
THE
fourAPPETITE
discussed
appetites
OFfirst,
GREED
OF SEX
are:
as it holds the key to the other
stimulates
The
two.lust
Foodofboth
sin can
sex be
andgratified
greed. in one or more of these appetites. Three of the
m are
or
worldly,
carnalwhile one is religious or spiritual. Even a sinner has a spiritual o
r religious
nature,
regardless of whether or not that sinner serves the true and living God.

It was through yielding to temptation that Eve gave way in satisfying her desire n
by gratifying these same appetites. The temptation of Jesus Christ was similar t
ature,
o Eves
temptation,
and it was exactly these same four appetites through which Satan cho
se toJesus
tempt
Did
Jesus.
please
First,
Satan
hungerCommand
and yield to the
thatappetite
these stones
of hunger
be made
by using
bread.HisMatt.
spiritua
4:3-10.
l power atomiracle? The spiritual appetite intercepts the natural appetites in th
perform
eWhen
manner
SEXwayAPPETITE
aand
in whichtries
person
thesetoare
commit
gratified.
suicide or kill another, or tempts God along the l
ine of or murder, we find that it is related to the sex nature, as sex and deat
suicide
h, or life
death,
are kindred.
and
Through our creative forces God gives us life and health, an
d also
offspring
The
ancients,
ourthatand
we the
love.Magi, and the wise men of the Bible, so considered the cre
forces of man to be related to death. They, too, knew that an individual with an
ative
sex
irrational
nature sometimes had a suicidal mania, and also that sex was one of the cont
causes to ruthless, bloody crimes of torture and killing. The life giving forces
ributing
can
In
ofthe
nature
be
used as asign,
zodiacal
blessing,
Scorpio,
or misused
whichfor
is the
destructive
eighth sign
purposes.
of the Zodiac, we have a p
of a scorpion with its stinger lifted ready to strike. This is the sign of death
icture
, and is to govern the sex area. Just before this sign in the heavens, there is
supposed
a sign Jesus,
Judge,
of the who is the giver of LIFE. Jesus proceeds toward death and pulls th
e STING
OUT
Likewise,
OF DEATH.
today0,among
death,
students,
where isitthy
is generally
sting? 0, understood
grave, wherethat
is the
thy creative
victory ?for
ces kindred
are
of man to both life and death in the natural. However, it is not difficult
forunderstand
to
any of us that the proper care of the creative physical forces of man leads
to long
and
When
setteth
the
Satan
life,
improper
Him
tempted
on a pinnacle
abuse
Christ,
of of
them
Then
theistemple,
the
a speedy
devilandtaketh
waysaith
to Him
the
untoup
grave.
Him,
intoIf
thethou
HolybeCity,
the Son
and o
f God,thyself down: for it is written, He shall give His angels charge concerning
cast
thee:
in
their
andhands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot agai
nst Matt.
.
a stone
4:5, 6. Satans rage knew no bounds. Jesus Christ was now coming into the fu
manifestation of His sonship. He was now prepared to begin His ministry. He had
ll
the victory. Satan had previously failed to destroy Christ, when He was a baby,
won
King Herod; now Satan sought to overcome Him by these temptations. Satan was try
through
to get Christ to do something foolish; this temptation could have been a means o
ing
f suicidal No! Satan did not destroy Jesus here, for Jesus did not yield to th
destruction.
temptation.
is

It is very important that the reader have these four appetites fixed firmly in m
ind. A clear of them will give one a richer knowledge of the Bible, and a bette
understanding
runderstanding of the purpose of fasting. A more vivid understanding of the whole
temptation of Christ will be clearly seen. We also are tempted through these sam
eappetites.
The
covetous appetite of GREED, which is No. 4, was perhaps Satans trump card. Hi
sgreatest offer to Christ was to show Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the g
lory ofand saith unto Him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall do
them;
wn and me. Matt. 4:8, 9. The appetite of covetous greed is an appetite of abnorma
worship
ldesire. Desire for possessions, property, money, wealth, power, or for any kind
worldly possession, even for clothes. These desires, when placed above our love
of
for God,
turn
the covetous appetite into sin. All of these appetites are normal in their
places. Here, as in the two other major temptations, Satan was calling on Jesus
proper
to use,misuse,
rather
or
His Spiritual appetite to worship Satan himself, in exchange for
kingdoms of this world. Many, sad to say, have sold out for worldly possessions.
the
The possession of these kingdoms and power would lead to the gratification of th
edesireof greed. He could have had possession of these kingdoms, had He yielded to
greed
Satan
the nature.
was badly
This,
defeated.
thank the
Satan
Lord,
didHehave
diditnotindohis power, then and now, to offer
the kingdoms of this world, because now he is the god of this world. But Satan is
Christ
ausurper. His power will not last for long In Revelation 5:7, we see Jesus rising
right
from hand
the of the Father, and taking the title deed to the world, the book. Soon S
will be evicted from the heavens and the earth, then Jesus throne will be set up.
atan
realize
Thus thewhat
fourhappens
appetites
spiritually,
of man have
whenbeen
we fast.
shown Every
herewith,
person
so has
thatthese
we canfour
better
appe
Perhaps one or another is more intensified in some respects more intensified than
tites.
shown
is on the chart before fasting. But, nevertheless, whether or not we realize it
, the
spiritual
appetite is insufficiently developed, compared to the carnal appetites
of the flesh.
Christians
with everyday cares of business, job, and home, are usually so out o
ftune with the spiritual realm, that it seems practically impossible to get into
with God. Therefore they are not in a position to contact God about the major pr
communion
ofTHREE
oblems
theirAPPETITES
life, without
LEAVE fasting and praying.

Now herein lies a WONDER that seems like a miracle. After several days of the fa
passed,
st
have the hunger appetite actually leaves. If the fast is prolonged, in a few
possibly a week or ten days more, the weakness leaves, and the average individua
days,
l feels
even
stronger than he did before he began the fast. (It takes longer for the wea
knessnext
leave
The
to thing
older
people.)
that is noticed, and this is noticeable during the first of the f
ast, isfinally,
appetite,
Then,
that
No. 3,assex
thedesire,
one wholeaves.
is fasting proceeds to pray and commune with God,
earnestly seeks the God of Heaven, the greed appetite No. 4, or the appetite tha
and
t is anxious
over
the
driving force which causes man to work hard at his job, and worry o
ver his
home
affairs and his business, be. comes so diminished that it seems insignifica
nt. It requires many days of fasting before the greed appetite diminishes. This
usually
why
explains
a long fast is sometimes necessary. The chief interest now is in seeking God
prayer
in
and fasting. One becomes indifferent to natural things. It is wonderful w
hen one is God in his whole body, soul, and spirit, with all his members focused
glorifying
heaven.
toward As Sister Mary Sommerville writes, It was so wonderful I never wanted to
again. The unspeakable glories of heaven were all around me; I felt as if I were
eat
the
sailing
time.allSo glorious an ecstasy is this marvelous experience, that our every fac
ultylast
at
canbe extended toward heaven for the glory of Jesus Christ. The precious Ho
ly Spirit
may
at last have His way with our lives in every way and detail. We hear His voi
ce,
our
If Gods
as people
spirit
is attuned
could for
to heavenly
one moment
things.
realize what a tremendous thing this fasting
is, there would be thousands more who would fast. As a result, we would see majo
truth
rmiracles
would
be cast
performed,
out, thousands
and a great
of incurable
NATIONAL REVIVAL.
diseasesThe
healed,
dead all
wouldinarise,
the name
demons
of Je
sus.
you
Now your
doWill
your
attention
part? is called to the chart, showing the appetites after a fast (C
hart appetites
four
VI,
after fasting). Notice that appetite No. 1 takes predominance ove
r the otherOur entire nature seems to be loosed from the clutches of the natural
appetites.
, andonwea new environment. We see the Body of Christ as one. We are no longer bo
take
und.
Heavy trials and tribulations will be present, and many burdens and obstacles se
em toacross our pathway. At times it seems that there is a wall against us which
come
prayers
our
cannot penetrate. Do not be discouraged. If you do not give up, certain
victory

lies ahead. You are in a great spiritual battle. At other times while praying, i
tGenerally
that
willyouseem
are
speaking,
in heaven.
fasting
Visions
willand
be arevelations
heavy, burdensome
from Godexperience,
may be yours.
because Sata
n does
not
want you to obtain the great FAITH that is promised to one who fasts. You will
fighting
THE
Chapter
There
be FOUR
areVIGREAT
against
four things
ESSENTIALS
spiritual
necessary
forcestoofhuman
darkness.
life. They are placed herewith in order
1.ofthe
importance:
2.
3.
4.
Of
THE four
FOOD
FIRST
SECOND
THIRD,
IS THE
great
GREAT
ISFOURTH
NOT
STILL
essentials,
ESSENTIAL
FOOD,
GREAT
NOT FOOD,
ASESSENTIAL.
TOfood
SOME
LIFE
BUTis
WOULD
ISgenerally
SLEEP.
AIR,
SUPPOSE,
NOTput
FOOD.
BUTfirst,
WATER.because we have to pa
y forillustration,
while
For
it; water and
air,
little
sleepanimals,
are available
tested in
on the
a when-needed
laboratories,basis,
have taught
withoutuscost.
som
e interesting
things.
These animals, deprived of food, but not water, for twenty days, lost mo
re than
half
their weight, yet were afterwards saved by judicious feeding. But when they
completely
attention,
The
werehuman being
deprived
they
diedofwithin
reacts
sleep,five
similarly.
evendays.
Inwhile
a protracted
getting more
fast,careful
extending
feeding
intoand
weeks
other
of
time, acan rest and sleep properly, and come out feeling fine. The longest perio
person
d of
authentic
wakefulness on record is not quite ten days. Legends of prolonged inso
mnia are
heard
from time to time, but as they have never been verified, they continue as
legends; consequently, food is proven to be less important than sleep.
mere

Food is less important than water because a man in a hot desert sun will die in
a few or several days at the most, if he has no water to drink; (this is more f
hours,
explained elsewhere). Food is less important than the air we breathe, because, i
ully
f webreathe,
not
could thereby getting fresh air into our lungs, we would die in a few mom
ents.does
food
So not have as important a place in life, as most of us are inclined to b
Although a person can continue weeks, and sometimes even months, without anythin
elieve.
g to which is much longer than he could live without any of the other essentials
eat,
, yeta very
has
food important place in the physical welfare and is one of the four essent
ials.thePlease
see
chapter following this one on how long a person can fast. We have just s
how important,
hown
physical
man. There
in their
are other
respective
essentials,
order, for
the the
FOURSPIRITUAL
GREAT ESSENTIALS
LIFE OF MAN,
are tothat
thefa
rTHE
The
ETERNAL
essentials.
(2)
overshadow
FOURsecond
greatest
The
LIFE.
SPIRITUAL
the
This
ofIngreat
above
all
HIMESSENTIALS
is
ESSENTIALS
our
mentioned
we
spiritual
have THE
FIRST
ESSENTIAL.
physical
for
essential
BREAD
man isOF
essentials.
isTHE
LIFE,
theLORD
Baptism
which
JESUSof
isCHRIST.
the Holy
source
He Spirit,
isofourallHoly
fire.
The
hearts,
GhostHoly
Have
and
bear
Ghost
you
themfell
received
witness,
on them,
THEgiving
HOLY
as onthem
GHOST
us the
atSINCE
the
Holybeginning.
YBGhost,
BELIEVED?
evenAnd
(Acts
as
God,did
He
19:2.)
which
untoknoweth
us. Sothe
Commanded
(3)
IMPORTANT
The third
ANthem
ESSENTIAL
great
to wait
essential
ISforTHIS
theisTHAT
promise
alsoITfrom
ISofAour
the
COMMANDMENT:
Father.
Lord.
ThisClothing
is Spiritual
of power.
DIVINE HE
in answer to the prayer of FAITH. See James, chapter five. If we do not have eno
ALING,
FAITH to obtain healing, it is definitely pointed out in Mark 9:29 that the reas
ugh
on not
do
prayer
why and
we fasting.
have
FAITH is One
because
reason
we FASTING
do not FAST
is not
withunderstood,
our prayers:
is because
By nothing,
it isbut
so nea
by
like
rly
(4)
THAT
REMAIN
IMEET
Before
Thess.
The
FAITH.
THE
SHALL
MAN
last
DEAD
LORD
4:17.
can
MANS
GREAT
BE
INbeCAUGHT
CHRIST
THE
DIGESTIVE
adapted
ESSENTIAL
AIR:
UPSHALL
TOGETHER
AND
to
TRACT
for
the
RISE,
SO
the
SHALL
spiritual
BECOMES
WITH
AND
believer
WETHEM
WEEVER
OUR
WHICH
realm,
INis:
FAITH
BETHE
ARE
JESUS
WITH
and
ORGAN.
CLOUDS,
ALIVE
see
THE
MUST
Heaven,
AND
LORD.
TORETURNheSO
must be bor
nagain, and be like Jesus Christ. He cannot enter heaven in his present bodily co
Supreme Intelligence designed the human body for the physical conditions of the
ndition.
Earth, and it is perfect for that environment. It would be just as much out of ord
planet
er for

worms to live in the air, and birds to live in the earth, as for man to live in
heavennewwithout
this
birth. Mans natural body is not designed for life in heaven, or life on
any otherSuppose you should desire to go to the neighboring planet, Mercury. You co
planet.
not take your body there, as it is seven-tenths fluid. Water boils at 212 degree
uld
sFahrenheit, and Mercury, being so near to the sun, has a temperature of 750 degr
Fahrenheit! In a couple of hours you would be buried under a stone with this ins
ees
Well done! thou good and faithful servant. Indeed you would be well done. You woul
cription:
dbe further
To
burned toillustrate,
a crisp. let us see what life would be like on the planet Neptune.
one
It hundred
requiresand sixty-five years for the planet Neptune to make the complete zod
circuit around the sun; that is, one year on Neptune equals one hundred and sixt
iacal
earth years. The temperature is about 400 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit! In les
y-five
s than minutes you would be a solid block of ice, and not even the heat of Mercu
thirty
ry could
thaw
you back to life again. In short, there is no other heavenly body in our so
larwhich
on
system,
your present body could remain alive. Lack of atmosphere, absence of wa
and food, and difference in temperature and gravity, make it absolutely impossib
ter
le forbody
human
the to survive anywhere except on the planet Earth. How could your natura
lbodyNEW
The
shall
live
putBIRTH
on
in immortality,
Heaven,
now, andasaHeaven
glorified
we shall
liesbody
far later,
possess
beyond
a glorified,
ourTHE
IS
solar
ANSWER.
system?
redeemed
Whenbody,
thisfitted
mortalto
livefour
the
The
glory
in Gospels
of heaven.
and the Epistles teach these fundamental spiritual essentials.
It isteaching
main
the
of Jesus Christ and the apostles. Fasting and prayer will enable u
s1.toSPIRIT
fully
The
PERSONALITY,
HIMSELF
FOR
BODY
WATER,
This
2.
3.
GOD
SOUL
four
AGOD
BODY
more
RENOVATED
leads
realize
CLEARER
THE
in
THAT
THE
NEW
Spiritual
4.
the
ETERNAL
SON
SPIRIT
us
FATHER
NEW
PLUS
MAN
MAN,
them,
PICTURE,
next
to
(THE
(MAN
BIRTH
MIGHT
the
THE
Jesus
essentials
4.
chapter.
LIFE
and
SON
DIAGRAMMED)
FOUR
MAN
GOD
or
BEbecame
please
appropriate
OF
the
NATURE
REDEEMED;
THE
ESSENTIALS
MAN)see
come
MAN
man
and
THAT
CHARTS
toTHE
as
them
they
OFwell
usMAN
JESUS
WELLS
into
through
Xare:
as(AS
and
CHRIST
our
God.
OF
XI,
ALIVING
GOD
lives.
CHRISTIAN):
TOOK
THE
in UPON
HIS THREEFOLD

UNREACHED,
THE
2.
HIM
WILL
YOU
Chapter
HOW
1.SOUL
Speaking
FOUR
BODY
ARE
INTO
TO
BECOME
FAST
4.A3.
PERSONALLY
VII
ESSENTIALS
ofWILL
DEATH
DEEPER
SPIRIT
ACCLIMATED
food,
BECLIMATE
INVITED
YOURS
one
OF does
UNREGENERATE
NEW
TO
OFBYnot
ENJOY.
FAITH
REALMS
BROTHER
realize
SOOF
Holy,
MAN:
HALL
THAT
RICHES,
theLord
TOhuge
YOUR
TRAVEL
HERETOFORE
God
FAITH
quantity
Almighty.
WITH
TOO which is consumed in t
course of a month by an ordinary individual, until one fasts. Most of the Americ
he
an peoplefar too much food. According to health experts, the American people as a
consume
suffer
whole more or less with auto-intoxication. The Scriptures show us plainly that
we temperate
be
should
in all things. A study of Psalm 78, along with other Scriptures, sh
ows us how much God dislikes the glutton. So they did eat and were well filled:
vividly
for Hethem their own desire. They were not estranged from their lust. But while t
gave
heiryet
was
meatin their mouths, the wrath of God came upon them. He gave them their reque
but
st
Somesent
people
leanness
wear out
intoone
their
setsouls.
of teeth digging their way to the grave. Then they
buy
William
To
athis
second
Penn,
a spare
setthetodiet
founder
finish
contributes
eating
of
Pennsylvania,
themselves
much. Eathas
to said
therefore
death.concerning
to live, and
temperance:
do not live to
Thats
eat. like a man, but this below a beast.

It is very important to point out here for emphasis, that fasting and starvatio
ntwoareentirely different things. Fasting is a physiological process. Whereas fasti
ng is
beneficial,
and will rid the body of most diseases, starvation is detrimental, a
nd if
continued
long enough, ends in death. (This could seldom if ever happen, before
fifty to a hundred days.) The difference between these two processes is fundamen
from
tal.
The appetite of hunger will have to be overcome and overruled for the time bein
with extreme will power, and assistance from the Lord. The first days of the fas
g,
t aredifficult.
very
very,
Sometimes several attempts will be necessary before the candidat
e willfasted long enough for hunger to leave. Not only does the body crave food a
have
t stated
and
regular times, by reason of long-continued habit, but the mind likewise beco
restless and continues to remind one that food would be relished. The battle is
mes
mental
both
One never
and realizes
physical.until he begins a fast, how important a factor food really i
s, tomental frame of mind, as well as to his physical and spiritual being. As lon
his
g as is
body
thecontinually nourished, one does not think of food to any great extent, b
ut it
as
as is
soonwithheld, it begins to occupy an important part in the mental life; one
constant
has a tendency to think of food. He anticipates, even at the very beginning o
f thedayfast,
the
when abstinence will terminate, and when eating will again become possib
This cravingand
le.
activities,
of by
thekeeping
body caninbetheovercome
spirit of
onlyprayer.
by immediate
A glassdistraction
or two of water
to other
will
immediate
These
alleviate
sensations
gnawing
the are
symptoms,
producedwhich
by the
usually
rhythmic
develop
activity
in theofregion
the muscles
of theinstomach.
and abo
ut the and are present when food is first withheld, and when the thought of fo
stomach,
occupies the mind. As soon as this thought is banished, by concentration upon Ch
od
these rhythmical muscular contractions (known as the /eristaltic action), soon s
rist,
After a short time, these acute sensations of hunger will pass away, probably to
ubside.
again
occurlater, perhaps at the next regular meal time. A repetition of the water dr
inking,distraction
prompt
and
of attention, will again dispose of these symptoms. After thr
ee or it
days,
fourwill be found that real hunger will not return again until the return o
f natural
hunger
at the conclusion of the fast. Habit hunger, which is different, will oft
en
appearance,
If
SALTone
make
WATER
wishes
itsFLUSH
andtoleave
hastenjust
theaseffects
unexpectedly
of fasting
as itatcame.
the beginning, a salt water fl
ush can
used
to flush
be
out the colon. (This should NOT be used after the first several da
ys.) Toofone
quart
hot water, add two level teaspoons of salt, and drink. This may be done
other
Very
at any
often
time during
on an empty
a fast,
stomach,
one will
whenbecome
not fasting,
highly sensitive
for cleansing
to thepurposes.
taste of water
. The becomes
sense
taste very acute, as well as all of the senses, and one will detect flav
ors and

metallic tastes never noticed before. Bottled, or other pure water, is preferabl
e toavoid
hydrant
To
ordinary
water.
cramps in the stomach, and some other un pleasantness, hot or warm wate
rshould be drunk instead of cold water, unless the cold water is taken very, very
This
One
slowly.
ofisthe
moregreatest
important
obstacles
if a person
to beisovercome
thin, orbythe
practically
fast takenallinwho
coldundertake
weather.th
unusually beneficial experience, will be the persuasion of over-solidtous relati
is
ves and who invariably endeavor to tempt him to break his fast prematurely, on
friends,
a falsethat he is injuring his body, or he is starving to death! These persuasion
alarm
s of over- relatives become very strong and insidious, and he may fall by the wa
solicitous
and give in to a tempting dish. If he does, he should not be discouraged, becaus
yside,
Aefrequently
common belief
many that
efforts,
one must
and much
remain
willindoors,
power, and
willperhaps
have toinbebed,
exerted.
throughout a f
ast duration,
any
of
is entirely erroneous and is based on the assumption that we deriv
e our
strength
and energy directly from the food consumed. A certain feeling of languo
r may
be
present during the early or latter days of a fast. A working man can continue
ifworking
concentrated,
his work isornotasoverly
effective.
strenuous.
SylviaHis
McVay
prayer,
writeshowever,
on her 42-day
will notfast:
likely
I did
be asall
housework, cooked three meals a day for my husband and four children, washed our
my
Before
clothesarising
on a washboard,
in the morning,
and attended
one should
churchexercise
every night.
gently in bed and breathe dee
ply. counteract
will
This
any dizziness and any other strange feelings that may occur at f
irst.
of
water
Plenty
should be taken; this should be taken slowly. Usually these symptoms ar
e felt the first few days only, and disappear entirely later on (When hunger ret
during
urns, theexperienced will be real and will not pass away as the earlier symptoms
weakness
Never
did).rise from any position suddenly. The purpose of rising slowly is to get th
e blood
free
After
circulation,
theinbody toxins
so that
haveyou
beenwill
consumed,
not experience
eliminated,
fainting.
and oxidized, one will fee
lstronger mentally and physically. Pains, dizziness, weakness, and peculiar feeli
ngs, disappeared.
have
will
All of the various organs and parts of the body, as well as th
e sense
faculties,
will be revitalized. Spiritually, one will feel as if the demons of h
ell are him.
against
turnedIt is doubtful if you will ever have such trials as the strange one
s that
up
whileshow
fasting, or at the close of the fasting period. The trials encountered
at this
are
numerous;
time naturally, the Devil will fight to prevent a child of God making h
toward FAITH. It simply means defeat for Satan. Jesus greatest testing came after
eadway
had
HE
DRIVES
Psalm
HePERFORMED
fasted
3>:13.
OUT ALL
forty
A UNBELIEF
SINGLE
days MIRACLE,
andANDforty
DOUBT.
HEnights.
FASTED.
Read Luke
BEFORE
FASTING
4, Psalm
AND 109:22-31,
PRAYER
and

Although
You
WONDERFUL
VICTORY
DESCRIBE
YEARS,
OTHERS
Your
MISERIES
will
loved
WILL
FOR
BROUGHT
beEXPERIENCE
THE
OF
various
WHOM
ones
rewarded.
BE
FASTING
BLESSINGS.
ANSWERED.
BYcomplications,
YOU
will
PRAYING
HAVE
INTHERE
be
ALL
PRAYERS
saved.
YOUR
BEEN
AND
ISSO
THE
DISEASES,
NOT
FASTING.
WORLD,
THAT
many
LONG
SUCH
YOU
of
PRAYING
ASwhich
AHAVE
WORDS
OR
GRAND,
THE
THEhave
MARVELLOUS
CANNOT
BEEN
WILL
SICKNESS
GLORIOUS
PRAYING
DISAPPEAR.
been
OFand
enumerated,
FOR
appear while
fasting, such as fainting, fever, dizziness, headaches, a tendency to vomit, sev
ere sharp
pains
in the abdomen, weak knees, short breath, sleeplessness, or sleepiness all
nervousness,
the time, vexation, foul breath, watery nose, sneezing, backadie, burning kid
side-ache,
neys,
TWO
may be noticed
etc. THESE
by any
DO NOT
oneall
individual
appear atinone
an entire
time. PERHAPS
fast. Please
ONLY ONE
do not
OR be ala
rmed,isasjust a natural result of the fast, and in nearly all cases is experience
this
d only
the
first
during
part of the fast. Usually hot water drinking, enemas and exercise will
condition.
stop the After the body is cleansed, the condition will subside. Pains in abdo
men arecaused by drinking cold water too fast. A change to hot water will remedy
often
condition. Oxidation of waste material in the intestines causes the fever. Large
the
wherever
enemas necessary, are helpful. The enema bag should be elevated high. Some med
advisers, however, state that it is not always necessary for the bowels to move
ical
fastingthat
when
Until
POWER
fast
HOW LONG
and
wethat
SHOULD
definitely
pray,
Jesus
enemas
regardless
WEspeaks
FAST?
are not
know
that
of,
ofalways
toGoddohas
whether
necessary.
the
orheard
seemingly
a this
ourrequires
prayer,
impossible.
so that
one
meal,
Weweseven
should
a acquire
days,
continue
THE
or to
fast
a complete
of several week forty days, or until true hunger returns, which usually tak
es several
week
or sometimes longer. It is our glorious privilege and duty to fast through
to is
victorious
It
a more difficult
experience.forHowever,
an olderweperson
do nottobuyfast,
Godsalthough
favor byfrom
thisa physical
work
stand
pointneed
may
theyit more. It takes a much longer time for weakness to leave; sometimes f
tendencies may be felt, and due to this condition, it is advisable that an older
ainting
with
person
another
be individual, who can help if necessary, until weakness leaves. Somet
several fasts of a week or ten days may be better at first, before a long one is
imes
undertaken.

A few days after hunger leaves, or within a week or two, depending on age, the w
that you have felt generally leaves, and fasting becomes much easier. (In some i
eakness
it maythese
nstances
After
take first
much longer.)
eight, ten or fifteen days, more or less, fasting becomes a ma
tter of and actually becomes easier. You should now concentrate in prayer, seek
routine
answer from heaven, a revelation, a healing, or some spiritual operation of God,
an
After
life.
in your
fasting and praying for what is Gods will for us to have, thee discontinue
praying for the objective sought. Continued praying foe things that are already
your
us, results in prayer of unbelief. Those prayers are not answered. Please lay cl
promised
aim onbyitfixing a time foe your faith to explode, and from there on, always thank
now,
it.
Jesus
Youfor
will be a possessor. From now on confess it. Study carefully Romans 10:9,
This
10.
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Chapter
FASTING
Is
fasting
VIIIharmful
IN
RELATIONtoTOthe
THEphysical
PHYSICALbody?
BODY This question has been raised more than
other
any question concerning the subject of fasting. In the light of modern medical
wescience
can state with assurance that fasting is not in the least harmful. Fasting pu
rifies andthe body; it permits a balancing of the circulation, absolutely essenti
cleanses
al to good
health;
it allows the various eliminating organs to dispose of the effete materi
al from and
system,
the to oxidize, or burn up, the useless matter which has accumulated, li
ke aashes
in
When
agrate.
fast is begun, the first things which are oxidized and eliminated are tho
se uselessfloating about in the form of mal-assimilated food material, which som
materials
choke the small blood vessels and congest the lymph vessels. In other words, THE
etimes
THINGS
WHICH
cleaning
VERY NATURE
WHICH
of the
WE body.
ACTUALLY
WISH TOThe
DISPOSES
ELIMINATE
Holy Spirit,
OF FIRST
FROM then,
THE
OF ALL.
SYSTEM,
is given
Fasting
AREaTHOSE
is houseclean
temple in which to
Cleanliness
dwell.
is also godliness. When assimilation stops, the processes of elimina
tion
greatly
(1)
THE The
FOUR
areSKIN,
accelerated.
MEANSthrough
USED INWeits
HOUSE
will
millions
show four
CLEANING
of pores,
methodsisused
one channel
in this through
process.which much t
waste is eliminated. Much more waste is removed through our pores during a fast,
oxic
any
thanother
at time. This is one reason Jesus said, When thou fastest . . . wash thy f
ace.aItgood
also
is practice to bathe frequently to keep the excreted material washed aw
ay, pores
the
and open.

(2) The KIDNEYS: Much water drinking is highly beneficial. It dilutes the urine
constantly washes out the poisons that are poured into the kidneys. Water drinki
which
ng is a during a fast. Drink at least six glasses of water daily, or enough to satis
MUST,
thirst.
fy
(3) The LUNGS play an important part in this house cleaning process. It would se
almost unbelievable that loads of poison are exhaled in the fast through the nos
em
trils,
the
oxygenation
from
of the blood. The same amount of poison is released through the
and lungs, as through the kidneys, bowels and skin. All persons smell alike duri
nostrils
ng thepart of the fast, and a person familiar with fasting will recognize the od
first
or as that
brother
or sister,
of a
fasting, and instead of criticizing, will rejoice in his or h
er heartorthat
brother
sister
his is fulfilling some of the works of the Lord. If a person is pr
aying andas he should, the odor will not bother him. If you do not wish to have a
fasting
nobnoxious breath around your neighbor, get some menthol crystals at the drug sto
re. Afine crystal particle will dissolve on the tip of your tongue, so that your
very
not
breath
be noticed
will for a long time; there will be such a small amount in the tiny cr
ystal,notthat
will
getitback of your tongue far enough to get into the stomach. The reason
that I this point, is that some folks have chewed gum when fasting, and the amo
mention
unt ofin the gum would it almost enough to break the fast. The menthol crystal w
sugar
ill be than gum, more lasting in the breath, and too small to reach the stomac
stronger
h. This
only
a suggestion.
is
Bad breath is a good sign that the house cleaning process is
goingvapor
This
on. that comes from the lungs will clear up later on in the fast, and the
well
baby,
(4)
breath,
The
asbelieve
the
BOWELS
as taste
itareorinthe
not
thefourth
mouth,channel
will become
of elimination.
as CLEAN AND
It would
ODORLESS
be well
as that
if they
of a w
move every day or two, but often they move with less frequency while on the fast
ould
,Since
not
butbedoall
alarmed
fourifofthey
theseshould
methods
notofmove
elimination
very often.
are at work, is it any wonder th
at afasting
us
way towards health? If in good health, this is a method for preventing sick
ness.
Fasting is the most powerful, and the quickest agent known, for curing function
ailments. Especially is this true of stomach disorders. That is why it is so ver
al
y necessary
to
break the fast carefully with fruit juices, fol. lowed by fresh fruit, for se
veral
If a person
days. is in an adverse state of health, his eyes, throat, liver, glands,
blood, later
little
and a even his kidneys become REJUVENATED and greatly benefitted. This is
natural
a
law, designed by God, and this physical aspect is touched upon so that w
e may that to
realize
unreasonable
fasting
thinkand
thatprayer
Christtowould
God isaskharmless
us to fast,
to theifbody.
it would
Wouldhurt
it us
notphys
be
ically?
have
a good
We God, and He asks us to do nothing that will hurt or harm us. One can
FAST

BODILY
for
If one
a long
HARM,
is afraid
period
and inthat
ofaddition
time,
he isandharming
receive
securehimself,
much
GREATphysical
SPIRITUAL
and full
benefit.
RESULTS
of fear,WITHOUT
he cannot obtain
spiritual
the best results from the fast. The Lord certainly does not want us to come to
Him inbut rather in a spirit of trust. Fear is one thing that must absolutely be
fear,
from
ISTo
dismissed
Absolutely
Fasting
FASTING
illustrate:
the and
mind
STARVATION?
not!
starvation
entirely.
The complete
are two
fastentirely
begins at
different
the timethings.
you omit one meal, and it e
andslarge
afterpart of the body weight is lost, usually when true hunger returns (Matt.
may
4:1-4).
last several
It
weeks or longer. Jesus fast lasted forty days, before true hunge
rreturned: He was afterward an hungered. In His fast, He fasted naturally, just as
Iyouwould.
or When a man has a KEEN APPETITE, and is really hungry at the end of a lo
fast, as Jesus was, it is an indication of good health. Any physician will tell
ng
youthe
man
At
thatenda of
with
gooda complete
appetite fast,
is in hunger
good health.
sets in; at this point starvation begins,
if the fastafter
continued
is true hunger returns. It was when starvation had just begun, at t
he end fast,
Jesus
of
that the devil sought to take advantage of the hunger, by tempting Hi
m. Satan
fears
to see Gods children fast with prayer, because it means his quicker defeat.
isFasting
Starvation
like dynamiting
begins after
Satan.
most of the body weight is lost. It usually starts after
returns,
true hunger
which is seldom less than twenty-one days, and may be as long as forty,
sixty
or even
days. It is difficult to state the exact time when starvation sets in. It
varies withindividuals. Fat people can fast much longer than thin ones, as the bo
different
dy can
continue
The
end offorstarvation
weeks, living
is death.
on theDeath
superfluous
occurs when
fat an
material.
individual has continued a
fast long
after
true hunger has returned, and usually long after starvation sets in. Some
exists here. When you hear that someone died of starvation in a sea-wrecked vess
confusion
el inor three days, there is some mistake. A person might easily get cold, or bec
two
frightened to death, in a few hours time, or a few days time, but cannot possibl
ome
y starve
death
in such
to a short period if he has water to drink. He might also worry to de
athhuman
Ashort
intime.
abeing is like a vital electric plant that is so constructed that it is o
supplied with power from the dynamo, but may run for a considerable length of ti
rdinarily
me on

the battery current. For each of the millions of cells of the body is a cell sim
ilar perfect
most
to the cell of a storage battery. Fasting stops the dynamo, and automatica
lly switch
the
turns to the battery current, which is just as capable of sustaining life a
s thethe
from
current
dynamo. The physically healthy individual has more storage capacity tha
n one
with
In
Yeos
a weak
Physiology,
constitution.
we find the longest case on record. The patient, suffering fro
m a
gunshot
decreased
unimpaired;
wound
from
thein159
brain
thetoabdomen,
60 pounds.
was
unusually
lived
Every
fourfunction
clear
months
(thiswas
without
is always
almost
anythe
dormant.
food.
caseHiswith
Thought
weight
anyone
was fa
and the brain was found to have suffered no loss in size. The percentage of decrea
sting)
se of
different
parts of the organism, including other cases considered, is given by M
r.FATYeo:
SPLEEN
MUSCLE
Note
97%30%
the
63%zero
BLOOD
LIVER
NERVE
percentage
17%CENTERS
56%
0% decrease of the vital nerve centers, including the b
of
rain. Note the 97% fat consumed, showing that the body utilizes as food the su
particularly
rplus can
which
organism.
fat Do
readily
not these
be spared
striking
without
percentages
injuringindicate that the body is designed f
or fasting?
that
it is so created that it can survive a long foodless period without injury?
figures
Are notathese
wonderful proof of the divine wisdom in creating and designing a body
tohuman
Aprepared
meet,being
and able
cannot
to starve
handle,tothedeath
exigency
in several
of a long
weeksfoodless
of fasting
period?
if he hi water.
die
He if
canhe worries to an extreme, or becomes overly frightened either with food a
nd without
or
One
drink,
should not
fooddrink
and drink.
milk or coffee when fasting for to do so is dieting and not
Nothing
fasting.at all should be drunk except water. It is a purifying agent, and is nec
essaryoutones
wash
Unless
tothe work
poisons
is unusually
from the system.
heavy, it is not necessary to give up his job. If h
e is notsufficient exercise in praying or work, he should regularly take exercis
getting
e tofast.
the
assistIt is then easier to fast, and very beneficid as well; the weakness le
aves moreand the fast gets underway more quickly. Exercise keeps the blood circul
readily
However, if we pray as we should, one will get all the action and exercise neede
ating.
because real praying is hard work, and this is what we need if we are to see gre
d,
at spiritual
results
It is important to secure sufficient rest and sleep. If possible, take m
ore rest than
fasting,
when when not fasting. More rest may be required, al. though one does n
ot miss
to
seem sleep as he would while eating.

starvation
THE
The
BIBLE ISsets
blood,
AHEAD
or
life
in.
OFItSCIENCE
of at
is
thethis
fleshpoint
is the
thatlast
a fast
partpasses
of theover
bodyinto
to bestarvation.
consumed after
William
Credit Harvey
is givenfor his great medical discovery of 1615 A.D.: The circulation of b
Life is blood, or the circulation of blood. This is considered a great milestone
lood.
in the of medical science, but if you check into the Holy Scriptures, you will
history
find is
this
thatnot a new discovery at all. Thousands of years before William Harveys day
, GodMoses this very same thing: For the life of the flesh is in the Blood. Lev. 1
told
(See also Gen. 9:4 and Deut. 12:23.) If the Bible were studied along with scienc
7:11.
e, the
scientists
of the day would be more up to date, and not be so often obliged to r
evise
theories.
The
THEblood,
BLOOD
theiras
AT you
WORKknow, is driven by the heart, through the arteries, into the c
where it nourishes and strengthens the body. It then returns, through the capill
apillaries,
aries byroute, the veins, to the heart from whence it is drawn to the lungs. -Th
another
e bloodon its arterial journey, bright red and rich, laden with life-giving prop
starts
erties. by
returns
it the venous route, poor, blue and dull, being laden down with waste ma
ttersystem.
the
of
It goes out like a fresh stream from the mountains; it returns as a
streamwater.
sewer
of
In a fast, the returning stream is far more polluted than when not
This foul stream returns to the right auricle of the heart. When this auricle be
fasting.
comes
it
contracts,
filled, and forces the stream of blood through an opening in the right ven
tricle
the
heart,
of which in turn sends it on to the lungs, where it is distributed by mi
llionsblood
like
of hairvessels to the air cells of the lungs. The foul stream of blood is no
w distributed
among
the millions of tiny air cells in the lungs. Air is inhaled and oxygen com
es into with the impure blood through the thin walls of these hair-like blood ve
contact
sselslungs,
the
of with walls thick enough to hold the blood, but thin enough to admit o
When the oxygen comes in contact with the blood, a form of combustion, or oxidat
xygen.
takes place, and the blood takes up oxygen and releases carbonic acid gas, gener
ion,
atedwaste
the
from products and poisonous matter which have been gathered up by the blood
all
fromparts of the system. The blood thus purified and oxygenated, is carried back
heart
to theagain, rich, red and bright, and laden with life-giving properties and qua
lities. Upon
reaching
the left auricle of the heart, it is forced into the left ventricle, fr
om whence
again
forced
it through
is
the arteries on its mission of life to all parts of the sys
tem. It isthat in a single day of twenty-four hours, 35,000 pints of blood trave
estimated
rse the
capillaries
of the lungs, the blood corpuscles passing in single file, and being
the
exposed
oxygentoof the air on all sides If the air cells of the lungs were spread out
unbroken
over an surface, they would cover an area of fourteen thousand square feet. Whe
n one
considers
the minute details of the process alluded to, he is lost in wonder and
ofadmiration
our blessed Fathers care and omnipotence and omniscience.

Considering the value that the lungs play in the cleansing of the blood, one sh
interested
ould
be
in proper deep breathing and securing plenty of fresh air. More about
found
this in
is authors booklet Because of Unbelief, see back cover. (This volume will sho
waFirst
personandhowforemost
to haveastremendous
a cause ofFaith.)
disease, is the congestion of the blood with m
waste material from the organs and tissues of the body. This thickened blood, su
orbid
with products of imperfect metabolism, finds itself unable to pass freely throug
rcharged
h certain
parts
of the body, which is so necessary for perfect health. The damming up of t
he certain
in
blood organs and tissues produces an engorgement, which interferes with the
natural
free andfunctioning of that particular part. There are few of the disorders from
mankind
which suffers in which this condition is not present; and it is no exaggeratio
nThe
that
to condition
say is oneisofbrought
this
the principal
about incauses
the blood
of most
stream
diseases.
by eating more food than the
actually
body
requires. Excess food and insufficient exercise results in incomplete u
tilization
the
food. Itofrequires a lot of unnecessary energy to digest and eliminate and ot
dispose of the surplus, unnecessary food. Jesus calls it SURFEITING, Luke 21:34. T
herwise
is one of the contributing causes of skin blemishes, boils, growths such as canc
his
ers and and diseases of the mucous membranes, such as tuberculosis, ovarian and
tumors,
disorders, anda cure
womb
Consequently
leucorrhea.
depends upon the elimination of this congestion, and a readj
of the habits governing eating, exercising, etc., so that the body may be freed
ustment
from these
encumbrances.
The best way to do this, is to stop assimilation for a time by fas
ting.
is
mostThis
effective in producing quick results. Both physically and spiritually, t
he earlier
are
In
results
so astounding
ages manthat
wasitused
is to
likesatiating
a bird inhimself
a cagetosetthefree
utmost,
in thewith
widethtopen.
food a
t his
immediate
disposal, and gorging himself upon the fruits of conquest. In these mo
days of plenty, food became so plentiful that the cravings of hunger were fully
dern
and the cultivation
satisfied,
actually
suffered inofa greater
epicureandegree
appetites
from this
becamesuperabundance
more and morethan
a vice.
fromMan
thehas
enf
hunger of scarcity,
orced
Occasionally
some soul
andhas
thecried
struggle
out in
to protest
provide against
sufficient
sensual
food.gratifications,
but thepays
crowd
madscarcely any attention. They have little heeded the words of our Mast
voice and the teachings of the Scriptures. Nor have they sought the power of the
ers
but
Spirit,
have made the belly their God, and their bellies the graveyards of their sou
Temperance will be more readily practiced by those who understand that good eati
ls.
habits will bring about rapid physical and spiritual changes which make for imme
ng
happiness both now and tomorrow. Fasting conserves tremendous energy that can be
diate
utilized in building up the temple of the Holy Spirit.

Mohammed,
Other
teachers,
have awakened
besides the minds
prophets
of their
and Christ,
followers
suchtoassome
Krishna,
degree,
Buddha,
to theandmora
land ethereal desirability of control over sensual pleasures, the root of which i
sWHAT
The
EATING.
earliest
MEDICAL physicians
MEN SAY
were united in teaching that abstentious living was the
key tohealth.thousands
good
centuries,
They advocated
of teachers
the denying
have come
of and
foodgone,
to a with
diseased
theirbody.
circles
Through
of disci
the
ples, who fasting as a cure for disease, but there were few patients that took t
practiced
he treatment
seriously
from their physicians. Possibly because it seemed like a Utopian dream,
good
too to be true, or the regime to be followed too strict, and requiring too much
Some
power.
willdoctors, and medical and health authorities have issued publications that c
this science of fasting, from the standpoint of health and the cure of disease.
larify
Some ofwriters on the subject are: Dr. Tanner, Sinclair, Dr. McCoy, Dr. Shaw Hask
these
ell, Dr.Bernarr Macfadden, Dr. John Cowan, Tilden Brook, Dr. R. Walter, H. M. She
Dewey,
en, Frank
it
Dr.
most
Carlson,
exhaustive
McCoy
andstudy
inothers.
hisofbook,
everyTHE
method
FASTofWAYcure,
TO HEALTH,
from mindstates:
cure toImodern
have made
surgery
a
glandSOME
and
APPROACH
FROM
secured
therapy,
from
EVEN
FORMyour
CLOSELY,
andlibrary.
OF
THE
I HAVE
FASTING
IN ITS
NEVER
Dr.CURE.
RESULTS,
McCoy
FOUNDtreats
Some
ATHE
SINGLE
ofBENEFITS
his
these
METHOD
patients
volumes
WHICH
THATbyCOME
COULD
can
fasting
be and dieting
He also prescribes a very long fast for some conditions, for disorders of both w
methods.
omen Most
men.
and of his book gives illustrations and examples of his patients placed on
ora dieting
fasting treatment. If more physicians would practice his method of healing th
ereless
be
Fasting
wouldhas
sickness.
a distinct value in obtaining and retaining perfect health. In early
Avicenna,
times, the great Arabian physician, clearly sensed the value of fasting, sinc
e he often as long as a three-weeks fast for his patients, especially for syphil
prescribed
is and
smallpox.
Dr. Isaac Jennings, as early as 1822, employed fasting successfully as
almost
Fasting
an aidevery
in proven
has
kind ofa divine
ailmentaid
which
to the
he treated.
bodys own processes of self recovery. Fast
ing in such as asthma, hay fever, constipation, headaches, colds, skin disorde
ailments
arthritis and rheumatism, blood diseases, and anything else along the line of bl
rs,
ood or
functional
diseases, has proven almost a miracle of recovery. Benefits have been
observed in nervous and mental disorders, paralysis, semi-paralysis, neurastheni
a, andforms
some
in of insanity. (Please bear in mind that we are now talking about natur
al divine
aids,
and not divine healing in this section.) By FASTING AND PRAYER THE LORD

man are
WILL
INCURABLE,
HEALcaused
US OR
OFbyNOT.
ANYdemons.
SICKNESS,
This Demons
wouldREGARDLESS
becannot
divinebeOFhealing.
cured.
WHETHERThey
Many
IT must
ISincurable
be castdiseases
out. Itinofte
nrequires
When
foodprayer
is withheld,
and fasting
oxidation
to dobegins
so. within the body. This is nothing more th
an a
collection
of refuse gathered for a bonfire, in which waste poisons are burnt up
person
just aswould
a gather up the trash in his yard and burn it up in his incinerator.
THIS ISOF from
INDICATED
STAGES
testimony
SOMETIMES
THE
FAST,
Burbank,
BY ACalifornia,
AND
BYFEVER
HEADACHES
WHICHreads,
SETSOTHER
AND
INIDURING
was
SYMPTOMS.
surprised
THE EARLY
A at the awful poisons t
came out of my body. We should fast often, if it is only to keep ourselves clean
hat
(Consult
.
Fasting gives
Chart the
No. body
X, Mana much
Analyzed
needed
andholiday,
Diagrammed.)
a vacation in which to recuperate
. It occurs to most people that the body seldom has a rest from its ordinary la
never
bors. Weand overload all the organs with by-products of our wrong living, eating
overtax
,drinking and thinking. We do not grant these millions of little cells which labo
r so
incessantly
for our physical well-being any rest, no not even a SABBATICAL REST.
Most folk would be far better off if they would pray and fast at least one day a
They
week,would be stronger physically, and deeper spiritually. Most of the early chu
especially
rches,
FASTING
THE
BODYDOES
bythe
the
NOTMethodists,
combustion
REDUCE, BUTof
hadINCREASES
the
at waste
leastTHE
oneENERGY
poisons
fastbyday
AND
a process
aHEAT
week,OFof oxidation, in wh
waste becomes the fuel for its own destruction and elimination from the body. Th
ich
eprocess of combustion becomes a source of added bodily heat for the fasters comfo
rt, asas a source of added energy, bringing about revitalization and restoration
well
ofFasting
FASTING
writes
health.
from
DEFERS
RETAINS
Triton,
OLDTHEAGE
Newfoundland,
YOUTHFUL
AND KEEPS
COMPLEXION
THE
MyBODY
flesh
AND
YOUNG.
isAPPEAR.
taking
Flossie
ANCE.
on aWinsor
natural, rosy, youthful
Icolor.
feel like a new person. An early old age is both a biological and mental abnorm
ality. Itprincipally from accumulated impurities and deposits. Abstention from fo
results
od will
help
to remove the accumulations, and thus defer the physiological process that
brings
old
age.onWe are only as old as the number of dead cells we have in our body. Fas
converts dead cells into food fuel. This explains why we look so much younger af
ting
With personally
fasting.
ter
have
the PHYSICALseen
HOUSECLEANING,
pessimism, gloom,
GOES Adiscouragement,
MENTAL HOUSE. CLEANING.
anger, grudges,
I
fear, mor
despondency, worry, fussiness, mental tensions, perversions, vile and depraved t
bidity,
excitability, other forms of mental conditions, and bad habits disappear complet
houghts,
ely bodily
the
after purification is accomplished. Bodily purification leads to spiritual
Demons often feed on food filth and carnality; many times fasting unlooses them
purification.
makes a person free from demons and disease.
and

The health authority, Bernarr Macfadden, tells us That the body intimately influe
the higher soul-powers during a fast, I definitely know. Physical renovation and
nces
purification lead to spiritual renovation and purification. I have experienced a
ofsublimation
the Spirit, during a prolonged fast, which is difficult to put into words. It
experienced
must be
to be known. There is a spring to the step, a feeling of joyous rele
ase, of which fairly overwhelms one. There is, too, an exaltation of spirit, a
gladness
broadgenerous
more
and
sympathy, love and understanding for all things and for all mankin
d, a
feeling
of well-being, and of peace with God, with ones fellowman, with the world
, andall things which are a part of our everyday living. If this is the exalted e
with
of a person interested in the physical welfare of individuals, how much more glo
xperience
should be the experience of those who would specialize in power and faith with God
rious
through
Chapter
THE
It is
PROPER
very
fasting
IX
CARE
difficult
andBREAKING
IN
prayer?
to break
It the
THE
takes
FASTfast
Jesus,
properly,
however,
buttovery
giveimportant.
eternal life.
The import
ance of the fast correctly and wisely cannot be over-emphasized. If you wish to
breaking
unpleasant
avoid
consequences after your fast, please use plain common sense, and pay
attention to the following directions. Very often an individual takes a fast of
strict
weeks, and gets along fine in the fast, but to his disappointment, has uncomfort
several
physical difficulties while in the process of breaking the fast. In practically
able
all be
can
cases
traced
thisdirectly to his impatience to begin eating his accustomed rations
days
even
If you
andhavetoofasted
weeks
soon.very long, or have taken a complete fast, you will have prac
ticallynewa stomach and it will have to become adjusted to food again. If you had
brand
automobile engine overhauled, it would be necessary to break it in slowly for so
your
miles.
many If it were a major overhaul, you should run it at a lower R.P.M. much lon
ger.
same
and
I once
E.rule
Themechanic.
hadapplies
an airplane
Before
to a new
Iwith
could
stomach.
an fly
80-hoursepower
it, even atengine.
a low R.P.M.,
I had itthemajored
motor wasbyrun,
an A.
while on

the ground, for about five hours. After it had been broken in sufficiently to fl
y, it at
flown
waslow cruising speed for another live hours. These ten hours that were re
quiredintothe engine, were broken down into short periods, so that the engine wou
break
ld be
properly
broken in safely. Our bodies are like the overhauled engine. The longer
the
themore
fast,care it takes, before resuming regular diet. Our stomach must be broken
gradually,
in
and time is required between periods for rest, and for the gradual re
turn
normal
In Bible
toof days,
the assimilative
the Israelites,
functions.
the prophets, and the disciples of Christ, were
with the dietetic laws of Moses, and the teaching of the prophets and Essenes, a
acquainted
nd knewthe hygiene necessary to break a fast. But today most people are ignorant
about
of this
information.
In a long fast the stomach is new, like a childs stomach. And when y
break a fast, it must be done properly, to avoid injuring the stomach. Our body
ou
isAfter
temple
the true
of thehunger
Holy has
Spirit,
returned
and we(inshould
some instances,
be careful true
to protect
hungeritdoes
fromnotinjury.
return)
, orfinds
one
if it necessary and advisable to break fasting before hunger has returned
, he use only fresh citrus fruits. Oranges and grapefruits are the best to bre
should
ak it tomato
Fresh
with. juice is almost equally good. Grape juice from fresh grapes is very
Sauerkraut
fine.
juice, if agreeable, is sometimes good for the second or third meal,
afteristhebroken. If the fast is seven days or less, it can be broken with whole f
fast
reshorfruit
two
threeformeals, and light soups the second day; the third day green vegetabl
es, and
your
regular diet from there on. Even after a short fast of two or three days, o
ne should
avoid
sitting down at the table to eat a regular meal, if he wishes to feel comf
afterwards. But it is not so necessary to break this type of fast as carefully a
ortable
s a been
has
fast entered
that
into for many days. (Canned fruits are satisfactory when fresh
fruits
juices
If
the fast
or not
are
hasavailable.)
been very long, it will take several meals of fresh fruit juices
, in small
diluted
quantities, to correct natural tendencies. Your regular diet should not
until at least the number of days have elapsed, equal to the number of days that
commence,
fasted.
you haveFor instance, if you have fasted twenty-eight days, you should have a gr
breaking-in period of twenty-eight days before you resume a regular diet. You sh
adual
start out with fruit juices for several days, then fresh fruit for two or three
ould
days more,
light
soups,then
not too milky, for another two or three days, and then green vegeta
bles for
further
Since
much
period.
a weightGradually,
has been lost,
littlethe
by quickest
little, break
way tointo
regain
the it,
regular
is bydiet.
drinking m
ilk, after
several
days of the above-mentioned schedule. Small amounts should be taken at f
then larger and larger portions. CAUTION: Some. times milk will cause the indivi
irst,
dual toas assimilation will be too great. If this should happen, or any other di
bloat,
arises, it is because you are rushing the breaking-in period. The remedy is to e
fficulty
at less,
cut
out some
or of the food. If necessary, go back to fruit juices or fresh fruit a
gain. Ifgovery
severe,
back to FASTING, and do not drink water. Take enemas often. This is a
rule
safeto follow, if any complication should develop during the breaking-in period
.

NOTICE:
Do
not rush
THISyour
IS VERY
stomach.
IMPORTANT
The longer you wait to regain your weight, and the mor
eslowly you get back to regular eating, the better will be your physical conditio
nafterward.
accomplished
We
will
urge
giveyou,
you
Ifby
physically.
youallfail
more
information
means
to to
waitobtain
longbreaking
on
enough,
our
book,
the
youerGLORIF1ED
fast
willthan
undoany
muchother
FASTING.
thatvolume
has been
This
volume
availa
ble. that
feel
We every person who fasts should have it. It is called the tABC of FASTING
. 40
illustrations,
contains a scientific treatment of the Fasting Cure road to better
health.
COMMANDS
GREATEST
THE
Chapter
RESULTS
St.HOLY
AUTHOR
PaulOF
XGHOST)
THE
BLESSING
has
IMPARTS
FASTING
BELIEVING
probably
God
FOR
TO bless
AND
YOU
THE
READER
PRAYING
inspired
INyou
PHYSICAL
JESUS
TOmore
with
BEBODY
ANAME
His
men
RECIPIENT
(THE
AND women
Holy
and
PERSONALLY
DWELLING
Fire.
OF to
GODS
HALLELUJAH!
PLACE OFJesus Christ than h
follow
any other person. His teachings are more revered and loved in the church today,
as
than are
those
of any other writer. After Pauls conversion he began his career with a thre
fast, Acts 9:9. If every convert would follow Pauls example by fasting three days
e-day
,meditating and praying after his conversion, there would be fewer backsliders an
d more vessels for the Lords service. According to Galatians 1:17, Paul then went
chosen
Arabia,
Preparation
to
Neither
had towent
be made;
I up toChrist
Jerusalem
had totobethem
woven
which
intowere
hisapostles
theology.before
Changes
me.ha
d now
to
be made. A mystery is supposed to cover his stay in Arabia, but of the effect
onofafasting
man of Pauls character, there remains no mystery. Since he says of his Chris
career, he was in fastings often (II Cor. 11:27), there can be little doubt that h
tian
e fastedwhen
Arabia,
in all the circumstances were most favorable for a fast. The result wa
s that heto Damascus and began to preach Christ in power and demonstration of th
returned
e

If thereHeisbecame
Spirit.
WILDERNESS,
that
or INTO
something
a spiritual
ARABIA
lacking
giantinfor
BEFORE
BEGINNING
your
God.life,
AllTOeven
ofPREACH
usifneed
CHRIST.
you
tohave
go the
intoBaptism
THE of
Spirit,
the Holythe FASTING EXPERIENCE is for you. There would be more success instead o
fso many failures in the ministry. The power and demonstration in the Spirit woul
d be
manifested
and gifts of the Spirit would commence to operate. If there is any on
e agency
that
can do this quickly and perfectly, it is the consecration fast. It is the s
ure
anointing.
for
We the
routehighest
have
been
to the
tooservice,
busy with
because
muchweserving
have failed
as ministers,
to followand
Brother
have Paul
missedinthe
hispower
fa
stinginvited
has
as he us to do when he says: Walk as ye have us for an example; surely, sinc
e hein fasting often this is included in the example. In II Cor. 11:23 St. Paul sa
was
ys: verse,
they
the
Are
ministers
II Cor.
of Christ?
11:27, reads:
I am more
In weariness
largely and
because
painfulness,
he was ininfastings
watchingsoften.
often All of
, IN to
HUNGER
quoted
ANDshow
THIRST,
thatINPaul
FASTINGS
distinguishes
OFTEN, inbetween
cold and
doing
nakedness,
without water
is herewith
in his hunger
, and
fasting,
which is doing without food only, but not without the drinking of water
. Here
the
secret
is of being more than a mere minister. It is the secret of Pauls power. A
ll whotake his words to heart can excel by using this glorious agency. We are obl
will
igated
do
This
so command:
totobe ourBe
best.
followers of me, as ye have us for an example, Phil. 3:17, is fo
r all
believers
as well as for ministers like Paul. This is still more evident from th
e manner
which
Defraud
he ye
in not one
refers
to fasting
the other,
and except
prayer it
in be
I Cor.
with7:5,
consent for a time, that ye may g
yourselves to fasting and prayer. These words cannot be construed as being addres
ive
alone to ministers. They are addressed to all and it is a routine work of salvat
sed
ion that
needs
to be worked out after we are converted. Verse Six: I speak this by permiss
and not of commandment, pertains to the marriage relationship and applies to the
ion,
appetite which should be denied in fasting. After approximately three days in th
sex
e fast,will
desire
the have disappeared anyway. If the married couple wish all the happines
s there
in
wedlock,
is before you ever argue with one another about breaking up, try the fa
st way,
and
to your surprise things can be healed so that you will want to go on another
In
honeymoon!
Acts 13:1,
Try2:itThey
out and
ministered
see. It to
is the
an inexpensive
Lord and FASTED.
method,The
a money
resultsaver!
was finding th
ewill of God. Paul and Barnabas were to be separated to the work whereunto God ha
dcalled them. It seems that the Holy Ghost has little place in the churches in th
ese modern
days;
but give the Holy Ghost a chance to lead through fasting and praying and s
ee Cor.
II
results.
the 6:1-5: We then approving ourselves as the ministers of God in much patien
ce fastings.
in
. . .
Surely, if he could not approve himself a minister of God without fa
sting,

how can the rest of us presume to do so? Paul certainly was acquainted with the
valuetonic.
this
Ministers
of can be their own evangelists after a season of fasting and prayer and
will good
more
psychology
do than
and fewer
a stranger
stories,
couldbutpossibly
more spiritual
do without
power
fasting.
and demonstration,
There will beasless
wel
l as students
fervor
Bible
and zealcan
in obtain
the revival.
the choicest post-graduate course in the university of
bytheuniting
Spiritfor a season of prayer and fasting. They can become better commentato
rs hold
the
thought
We
onPauline
possible,
Bible
Epistle
conferences,
bybyjust
obtaining
following
fellowship
thePauls
Pauline
meetings,
example.
FER.basket
VENCYdinner
and ZEAL
gatherings
than theyinever
the
feasting, jubilees, musical services, and prayer meetings. Why not have fastingchurch,
and consecration-fast
prayer,
astounding
in the places
anointing
where they
services
have been
and conferences?
held, as we shall
The results
presently
havetell
beeny
After Jesus received the Holy Spirit, although He was the Son of God yet He did
ou.
begin to manifest His Sonship until after He had fasted forty days. As children
not
of Godneed
will
we to follow Jesus in fasting and prayer, if we expect to manifest spirit
ual lifeasand
power,
did our Lord. There is no other way to have a full manifestation of sp
but through fasting and prayer, and there is, according to St. Paul, no other re
irituality
medy for and
groaning
the suffering of creation than a complete manifestation of the children
asRom.
offar
God,
8:19-22:
as is possible
The whole
herecreation
on earth.groaneth and travaileth in pain together until
and waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God, for the creature was made
now,
subject toEven the music of the birds is in a minor key. All animal life is groanin
vanity.
g with
unpleasant
sound; there are sounds of discord, the wealing and wailing, barking
meowing, the howling and growling, all are a sign of sin and pain; the noise on
and
the clanging
street, of the wheels on the street car, the sound of your automobile, the
and whistling of the wind in windy weather, all these and much more remind us of
howling
groaning
the
of the creation. Why? It is because the sons of God, and more of the ch
ildrenareofnot MANIFESTING. The crying of countless millions in Asia and Africa, t
God,
cries of starving multitudes that are dying all over the world after this second
he
have
worldreached
war a high, shrill pitch of suffering. It is all because the sons of Go
d are not themselves. The cripples, the sick, the suffering, the insane asylum
manifesting
s filed
with
the distressed, and hospitals running over with sick and wounded, the groan
ings of humanity everywhere, all is because the sons of God do not have the vi
suffering
sion,not
know
andhow to manifest. The Laodicean, denominational, bound Church has so muc
hriches, comfortable pews, stained-glass windows, but the CHRIST is left outside.
HeNowis knocking at the doors of a few individuals. Think of it, Jesus on the outs
ide church!
own
of His The so-called Christians, and the makeshifts between Church and stat
e, no
of
areavail as a remedy, and have actually become a reproach to Christ that prol
ongs the and sufferings of millions. Under the sombre, leaden skies there is rev
struggle
ealed to us

a ray of hope! In the providence of God there is only one remedy that will termi
nate the instead of merely suppressing it as other agencies do. That remedy is
groaning,
manifestation of the sons of God. Our complete manifestation, of course, takes pla
the
when the Spirit quickens us, when The adoption, to wit, the redemption of our bod
ce
(Rom. 8:24), occurs, but we have an earnest expectation available now, not for jus
y
t a individuals among the sons of God, but for the entire body of them. One can
few
be a ofthe
child
receive
GodBaptism
all hisoflife
thewithout
Holy Spirit
MANIFESTING
and not fully
in this
manifest.
sense. On
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CONFESSION
is blindORGAN
to physical reason and physical conditions. While reason is nerv
ous,
excited,
and troubled; faith is patient, relaxed, and calm. Faith just takes ove
r and
possesses.
All believers can have faith-power to heal the sick and cast out demo
ns. See
Luke
9:1; Matt. 10:7, 8; Mark 3:14, 15; and Mark 16th chapter. It is necessary t
o be
grounded
on the Word of God and believe the Word of God to retain our healing. O
could have faith for our deliverance, but we might lose the healing if we did no
thers
t also
our
faith
haveproperly grounded in the Word. This explains why some healings do not
after we are healed. We could get our faith more on the person delivering us, th
last
an on We would be healed, but if our faith was not definitely established in t
Christ.
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WORD there would be a possibility of the return of the ailment. We must have
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so far as sickness of the body is concerned. Both become sick with the same k
ind of
diseases,
both come under the Devils works of the above-mentioned negative things
called the curses of the law and which are catalogued in the twenty-eighth chapt
er of
Deuteronomy.
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heruppick
it
again at a future time or take another sickness just as great. This does n
ot indicate
that
the Lords healing for us was no good. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse
the law, being made a curse for us Gal. 3:13. Jesus paid a full cash price for th
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welfare,
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r enough
and
applied our Lords full provision of safety, covering and preservation against
sickness
future and poverty and vulnerability to same. There is a formula or plan which
seldom
has if ever been followed properly. This formula or truth, when put into prac
tice, willand revolutionize the church or group who dares to believe and accept
transform
practice
and
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plain sight
sayings
there
thereof.
is another healing operation of the Holy Ghost. We
call some aspects of divine healing Double Healing Power of the Holy Ghost. This
could
continuous
is a
divine healing operation. This is to prevent such embarrassment as is
the
found
church
in of the Lord Jesus Christ today, because in the church one will find a
lmostsick
many
as people as there are in the bar across the way. It is a disgrace and a
shame that can have every kind of sickness that a sinner can have, and die a Dev
Christians
painful death in the same manner as a person without God can die and still claim
ils
salvation!

We often become so elated and thrilled over certain specific wonderful blessing
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course,
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aker believer
would
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calling it an evil spirit which had taken over the person, instead of recognizin
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greater
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works, tremendous manifestations of tangibleness that will result in gre
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titudes
Holy
Ghost
of people take on practically every known sickness that the bank robber,
drunkard,
the
the liar, sorcerer and murderer have. They bury both classes of people
same
in the
kind of a casket under the same depth of earth and cover the corpse with th
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inister
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minister
healing
deeper operation on well and healthy believers? They impart healing to the sick
, so they
could
also impart the stronger healing power to well and healthy people, leaving
divine
the healing substance on, over and around each and every organ of their bodie
s. Wediscovered what the healing substance is. Please do not be offended by what
have
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precious and priceless substance is the light of fire of life substance of the H
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