PRAYER POINTS FOR DEEPER HUNGER FOR GOD.
Day 12 Of 21 Days Of Prayer And Fasting.
Shalom, dear brethren,
As we continue to press forward in this sacred season of prayer and fasting, I believe it is both timely and wise for us to pause and take a personal look inward. Seasons such as this are not only about endurance, but about intentional alignment with God.
Today marks the twelfth day of our twenty-one days of prayer and fasting. In many ways, this moment represents a half-time a spiritual pause that allows us to reflect, recalibrate, and renew our focus for the days ahead.
We have journeyed through eleven days of fasting already, and it is important that each of us asks some honest questions before the Lord:
•Am I making the most of the daily prayer points sent every day , or am I merely going through them routinely?
•Am I fasting with understanding and purpose, or has it become a ritual?
•Is my heart fully persuaded that this fast is spiritually beneficial, or am I simply enduring it until it ends?
•What are my expectations during this period, and how do I discern the results God desires to produce in me?
These questions and many others are not meant to burden us, but to awaken us. They help us assess our posture, our faith, and our level of engagement with God. As the philosopher Socrates once said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” How much more should this be true of our spiritual lives?
Beloved, my sincere desire is that each of you experiences tangible spiritual fruit from this season, that 2026 will be a year with a difference . Fasting is not an empty exercise; when approached rightly, it brings clarity, renewal, and divine alignment. It is for this reason that I have prepared a short teaching on fasting to help refocus our hearts and ensure that the remaining days of this journey are approached with renewed faith, understanding, and expectation.
May these final days be marked by deeper intimacy with God, sharper spiritual sensitivity, and visible transformation in our lives.
Grace and peace to you all as we continue this journey together.
Let us begin with the question: Why do we fast?
1. We Fast Because God Calls for Fasting
Fasting is not a product of human intelligence. We did not invent it. God Himself placed the demand for fasting upon His people. Scripture says,
““Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.” So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm. Who knows if He will turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind Him— A grain offering and a drink offering For the Lord your God?”
Because fasting originates from God, it must be approached with seriousness. Many people treat fasting as a church activity and engage in it carelessly. The consecration and reverence required are missing. Some people fast and spend the entire time watching movies, thinking fasting is merely abstaining from food.
Fasting is deeper than that. The Spirit is inviting you into a season of focus, intimacy, and undivided attention. Fasting is a call God places upon the human spirit—a summons to withdraw from distractions and give Him priority.
2. Maturity Demands Fasting
If you desire growth in the kingdom, fasting is unavoidable. There is no mature Christian who does not engage in fasting periodically.
“Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, And your princes feast in the morning! Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, And your princes feast at the proper time— For strength and not for drunkenness!”
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In the kingdom, maturity comes with royalty. Royalty understands discipline. A mature believer does not eat merely because food is available or desirable, but for strength and assignment. There are times to eat to be strengthened for kingdom work, and there are times to abstain in order to increase spiritual sensitivity and discern the signals of heaven.
The apostle Paul, while listing his credentials, mentioned fasting. One reason Paul stood out among the apostles was his disciplined engagement with fasting. Spiritual maturity requires it.
3. Every Man Is Tested Around His Appetite
If you have not conquered King Stomach (your appetite), you are a failure waiting to happen and I can tell you for free , the enemy will continue to have an upper hand over you. The first man God created failed at the point of appetite. Adam was not tested in intelligence ,he named creation without effort but he failed when appetite was challenged.
Jesus Himself was tested in the same area. After fasting, the first temptation was, “Turn these stones into bread.” Hunger did not move Him to disobedience because fasting had educated Him in spiritual priorities.
Fasting trains you to choose what God chooses. A man who has not mastered appetite becomes a puppet in the hands of demonic forces. Many people work for their bellies, enter relationships for their bellies, and serve their appetites as gods. Fasting prepares you for the inevitable tests of life by bringing appetite under submission.
So What Is Fasting?
Fasting is the ability to suspend desires in order to seek the face of God. If you cannot step away from desire to seek God, then desire has enslaved you, and God is no longer your priority.
Two things give a man relevance in the realm of God:
•The ability to tame desires
•The ability to prioritise God above desires
Fasting is not just about food. It is the deliberate suspension of legitimate desires so that God takes precedence.
Fasting as Turning to the Lord
When you fast, you turn to the Lord. Fasting is not turning to movies, distractions, or isolation without God. Many people fast for weeks without ever truly turning to Him.You turn to Him by the Word and Prayer.
Scripture says, “Turn to Me with all your heart.”
When a man fasts, he turns fully toward God.
Ezra proclaimed a fast so that the people might afflict themselves before the Lord. Fasting is direct engagement with God—it is deliberate, focused pursuit.
You may still be abstaining from food, but if you have not turned your heart to God, you are not fasting in the biblical sense.
This is the foundation of fasting: turning from desire to God, from distraction to devotion, from appetite to alignment.
THE TRUE CONCEPT OF FASTING AND THE POWER IT GENERATES
Fasting is the act of giving up something that is important to you—sometimes even more important than food. However, food itself must be properly understood, because food is a primary requirement of life. The issue is not food, but the mastery food has over appetite. Fasting is not the rejection of food; it is the regulation of appetite so that spiritual realities can take precedence.
FASTING AND PRAYER
The second defining feature of fasting is separation unto prayer. There is no fasting without prayer. Scripture consistently refers to it as fasting and prayer. If prayer does not increase—often becoming the dominant spiritual activity—then fasting degenerates into nothing more than a hunger strike.
This is demonstrated clearly in Matthew 4:1–2:
Matthew 4:1–2 (KJV)
“Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.”
Throughout Scripture, fasting is always connected to intentional engagement with God. Genuine fasting awakens spiritual appetite and produces a burden for prayer. A man who is truly separated unto God will find prayer unavoidable.
Below Are Today’s Prayer Points.
1. Pray for a deep thirst for God above all else
“As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So pants my soul for You, O God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?”Psalm 42:1–2
Prayer: Lord, ignite in me a deep and unquenchable thirst for You. Let my soul long for You above everything else.
2. Pray to hunger and thirst for righteousness
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
For they shall be filled.”Matthew 5:6
Prayer: Father, cause my heart to hunger and thirst for righteousness until I am filled with You.
3. Pray for early and consistent pursuit of God
“O God, You are my God;
Early will I seek You;
My soul thirsts for You;
My flesh longs for You
In a dry and thirsty land
Where there is no water.”
Psalm 63:1
Prayer: Lord, help me seek You daily and intentionally. Let my desire for You be fresh every morning.
4. Pray for wholehearted seeking of God
“And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.”Jeremiah 29:13
Prayer: Father, remove every distraction from my heart and draw me into a wholehearted pursuit of You.
5. Pray for intimacy and closeness with God
“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”— James 4:8
Prayer: Lord, draw me nearer to You. Purify my heart and align my desires with Yours.
6. Pray for a longing for God’s Word
“I opened my mouth and panted,
For I longed for Your commandments.”Psalm 119:131
Prayer: Father, let Your Word become my delight and daily nourishment.
7. Pray for heavenly focus and eternal priorities
“Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.” Colossians 3:2
Prayer: Lord, turn my heart away from earthly distractions and fix my affection on You.
8. Pray for a revived and awakened spirit
“Will You not revive us again,
That Your people may rejoice in You?”Psalm 85:6
Prayer: Lord, revive my spirit and awaken a fresh hunger for Your presence.
9. Pray for grace to abide continually in Christ
“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.”
— John 15:4
Prayer: Jesus, help me remain in You daily, drawing life, strength, and passion from You.
10. Pray for fresh infilling of the Holy Spirit
“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”Luke 11:13
Prayer: Holy Spirit, fill me anew. Stir a deeper hunger for God and empower me to live for Him.
Tomorrow we are going to look at part 2 of this teaching
Hopefully it has Blessed you.
Pastor Boniface
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