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Hello, my brothers and sisters! The Peace 
of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

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I want to talk to you about a fundamental 
subject for the Christian life:

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about holiness, sanctification, about walking 
and having a life with God.

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Well, this subject is very important, I’ve 
heard many, many messages talking about prayer, 
I’m going to talk about prayer as well, but 
in another video.

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Specifically [in this video] I want to talk 
about the fasting that pleases God.

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If I am not able to say everything I have 
to say in this video, which I believe I will 
not be able to, I will do another [video], 
or a series of [videos on this topic],

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because this is one of the most urgent matters 
for church today, mainly because it is one 
of the most attacked, most denied subjects, 
ok?!

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And the one who has a strong interest in 
denying [the practice of] fasting is the 
one who is most attacked when you fast: the 
devil, of course!

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There are doctrines of demons that say: "no, 
there is no need to fast, this is a thing 
of the past, this thing of the Old Testament 
...",

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this is doctrine of demons! I'll name it 
at once, whoever says that, usually ... you 
already know.

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Let's go, "The Fast That Pleases God", I'm 
here with the material I developed for the 
theology course, which explains about spiritual 
battle, biblically speaking,

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because there is a lot of confusion in this 
area, when talking about spiritual battle,

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because there is the Kingdom of God and the 
kingdom of darkness, evidently, there is 
a war between them, a conflict.

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Your enemy is not only your flesh (your carnal 
nature), your enemy is not the world only, 
but the devil too.

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So if you have, at least, these three enemies, 
you are in constant spiritual battle, biblically 
speaking, we study about it [in our theology 
course].

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But I want to share this subject here [on 
this channel],

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I believe this video should also be added 
to the content of the theology course, I 
still don't know if this video will be added 
to the course or if I will record another 
video, specifically for the course,

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but I believe this subject is very important 
and needs to be discussed here as well, free 
to everyone, so that you can share it as 
much as possible with our brothers and sisters,

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because there is an urgent need for the Church 
to revive its spirit, to fast, because the 
Church needs to understand that there is 
a result in all this.

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So, here I wrote a few comments: “considering 
fasting as an important part of the Christian 
life and, mainly, for spiritual strengthening,

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in order to bring boldness to the Church 
in the biblical spiritual battle, we decided 
to add this valuable study in the discipline 
that deals with angelology and demonology,

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so that our brothers  and sisters can be 
attentive and able to discern and overcome 
the devil's wiles ”.

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Of course, angelology (or angeology, as you 
prefer) is a separate discipline from demonology, 
in which satanalogy will be discussed.

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The first subject [angelology] talks about 
angels, right?! And the second subject [demonology] 
talks about fallen angels, demons and Satan, 
ok?!

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So there are two different disciplines, fasting 
will be discussed more specifically in the 
second discipline [demonology], to explore 
the spiritual battle, ok?!

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The psalmist and King David, in his many 
afflictions, had to dedicate themselves to 
the practice of fasting, in such a way that 
he declares the following, let take a look 
at what David says in Psalm 109: 24-27:

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“My knees give way from fasting(...)”, he 
got weak legs, his body got weak from fasting.

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“(...) my body is thin and gaunt. I am an 
object of scorn to my accusers; when they 
see me, they shake their heads. Help me, 
LORD my God! (…)”

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So why was the psalmist fasting here? He 
says that he was fasting so much that his 
“knees give way”, he was not fasting because 
he wanted to go hungry or because he wanted 
to lose weight.

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By the way, when you read the history of 
the most recent heroes of faith (I am not 
referring to those mentioned in Hebrews 11, 
but these, certainly, as well),

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but when you read about the so-called “heroes 
of faith”, these men who serve as an example, 
an inspiration, for many more recently,

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when you read about them you notice that 
many of them were very thin from fasting 
so often, so thin that their bones could 
be easily seen, ok?!

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And that’s why you see them preaching powerfully,

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because they fed their spirit, they afflicted 
their flesh, they dedicated themselves to 
serve God and that is why they have efficient 
preaching, ok?!

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So let's continue, David is here fasting,

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actually, he is fasting very often, so much 
that he even says that his knees are giving 
away and his body was withering thin,

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to the point that his enemies mocked him, 
right?! Shaking their head when they saw 
him.

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Then he says [in verse 26]: “Help me, LORD 
my God! (...)”, so it is clear that he was 
fasting to ask for the help of God.

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[You may be thinking]: "Oh, but David could 
have asked for help in prayer!", But is prayer 
the only way?

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If it is so, if a person can only speak to 
God by praying, then why does [the Bible] 
have so much to say about fasting? Because 
fasting is also a [way to connect] with God, 
and [in this study] we are going to see the 
various, and many, purposes of fasting.

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Fasting is one of the disciplines of the 
Christian life like prayer, meditation, worship 
and service.

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Acts 13, verses 2 and 3: "While they were 
worshiping the Lord and fasting [we are reading 
the New Testament now] the Holy Spirit said, 
'Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul(...)'"

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Let me [open my Bible] to read these verses, 
because they are wonderful!

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Let's read Acts 13, from verse 1, if you 
don't have your Bible with you right now, 
please go take it,

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because you can't trust on my reading only, 
you have to check it reading yourself and 
check if what I am reading is actually in 
the Bible.

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This does not apply to me only, you should 
do the same with anyone, you have to check 
to see if things are the way as is being 
preached, ok?!

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Acts 13, verse 1: "Now in the church at Antioch 
there were prophets and teachers(...)" or 
"prophets and doctors", these are two different 
ministries, ok?!

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Some people nowadays, because they do not 
understand that there are still prophets 
today, make an 'eisegesis' (not an exegesis)

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when they say that "the Law and the Prophets 
were proclaimed until John" or "(...) prophesied 
until John", depending on which of the synoptic 
books you are reading,

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whether it is [Luke 16:16 or  Matthew 11:13], 
it can say "(...) proclaimed until John" 
or "(...) prophesied until John" about the 
Messiah, until the Messiah came.

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It is not saying that the prophetic ministry 
ended, okay?!

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Especially because Jesus, who started His 
ministry after John [Baptist], is also called 
prophet.

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When he said that “the Law and the prophets 
prophesied until John”, it means that the 
Old Testament prophesied about Jesus until 
John [Baptist], from then on Jesus has already 
arrived, what they prophesied was being fulfilled, 
ok ?!

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Acts 13:1: "Now there were in the church 
that was at Antioch certain prophets and 
teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was 
called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, 
which had been brought up with Herod the 
tetrarch, and Saul."

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Who is Saul? It's Paul! God didn't change 
his name from Saul to Paul, you already know 
that, right?

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[Continuing in Acts 13: 2-3]: “As they ministered 
to the Lord, and fasted [look, now we come 
to the text I was reading earlier], the Holy 
Ghost said, Separate me (...)”

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Look what the Holy Spirit is saying, then 
I ask you, how did the Holy Spirit say [that]? 
If there were prophets and teachers, He used 
one of the prophets to speak.

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"(...) 'Separate me Barnabas and Saul [which 
is Paul] for the work whereunto I have called 
them'. And when they had fasted (...) ”, 
look it’s here again!

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I will reread verse 2: "As they ministered 
to the Lord, and fasted...", you realize 
that fasting was a routine practice in the 
Early Church and it needs to be the same 
in the Church nowadays.

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Why was the Early Church full of Power? Because 
It sought by praying and fasting.

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That is why It had such authority in the 
spiritual world! So why the Church today 
often does not have the same power? Because 
they don't have the practice of praying and 
fasting.

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- “Oh, pastor! But I think…"

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We can think what we want, but this is the 
truth! There is no point in creating escapist 
doctrines that make the Church negligent 
in relation to the things that must be done.

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- "Oh, but I don't need to do anything.",

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so try to do nothing! You will see that it 
will make you fruitless for the rest of your 
life.

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What I want to awaken in your conscience 
is the need to return to seek God as the 
Bible says we should do.

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So let's continue, [Acts 13: 2,3]: “As they 
ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy 
Ghost said:

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'Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work 
whereunto I have called them. And when they 
had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands 
on them, they sent them away. "

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So, look how interesting, it's clear that 
the Early Church had the practice of fasting 
and praying, right?!

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For when it is said that the Church prayed 
constantly, it is clear that they were fasting 
as well. So at that time the Church was already 
worshiping the Lord and fasting, this was 
already happening.

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But then the Holy Spirit asks for two, to 
have Barnabas and Saul to be separated for 
the work.

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And what do they do? Simply separate them? 
No! Check how interesting...

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Watch what they are going to do next: "(...) 
And when they had fasted and prayed, [at 
this moment they are already fasting and 
praying for another purpose, to send these 
workers] and laid their hands on them, they 
sent them away."

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Brothers, dear brothers and sisters, church 
workers who are listening to me, pastors 
who are listening to me,

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if the Church today had this spiritual awakening 
and first sought guidance, asking: "Lord, 
whom are we going to separate for the work?",

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the Lord would touch the hearts of our brothers 
and sisters, the Lord would use prophets 
to speak among you, and the Lord would direct 
the Church, saying: “Separate so and so”, 
but no!

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Do you know how workers are separated in 
churches nowadays? Often, if they are wealthy, 
they say: "let’s separate them to secure 
their finances here in our congregation!"

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That's how they have been separating workers 
lately! They say: “Oh, this is a fellow who 
works as an accountant!”, or “are you an 
administrator? Are you a manager? Oh! Then 
you will be a good worker! ”.

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The church is not a company! No! This happens 
because they are not praying and fasting, 
asking the Lord to point who should be set 
apart for the work.

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Because if Samuel were to look with his heart, 
with his gaze, he would have separated not 
David, but Jesse's first son, thinking: “Look, 
this man certainly looks like a king!".

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But the Lord [rebukes him], because Samuel 
was not having a thought inspired by the 
Holy Spirit, it was a thought that came from 
his own flesh.

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Some people may think: "Oh, but a prophet 
would never do something like that!", Of 
course they would! When David wanted to build 
a temple for the Lord, he said: "Look, I 
am living in a palace, but the Ark of God 
is in a tent!".

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Was David's wish authentic? Yes, it was! 
Was it good? Yes, it was! So Nathan, the 
prophet, agrees with David and tells him 
to do what he wants to do.

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This shows that a prophet is not always talking 
under the Holy Spirit's inspiration.

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And then, after Nathan says that David's 
idea is good and that it would certainly 
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God then speaks to Nathan and commands him 
to tell David not to build a "house" for 
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because this "house" would be built by one 
of his sons, Salomon. In the same way, God 
rebuked Samuel.

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Nathan then spoke to David once again and 
told David what the Lord told him to say.

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So the Church needs to understand that there 
are many benefits in fasting.

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We need to understand that there is a need 
to fast and to pray, to ask for the Lord's 
guidance when making important decisions, 
such as separating workers!

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That is what the Church has done here [in 
Acts 13: 2,3], it is not enough to just lay 
on of hands, of course not.

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—“Oh, go there and just do a theology course!”, 
That's not how it works in the Kingdom of 
God, no!

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Look, if God needed smart people...

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Jesus says: “I praise you, Father, Lord of 
heaven and earth, because you have hidden 
these things from the people who are wise 
and smart.

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But you have shown them to those who are 
like little children.” (Mt 11:25)

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When Jesus had given power and authority 
to the 12 [apostles] and then to the 70 [disciples],

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and the 70 disciples returned to Jesus excitedly, 
saying, "Lord, even the demons obeyed us 
when we used your name!" [Lk 10:17],

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Jesus then replies: "(...) you should not 
be happy because the spirits obey you but 
because your names are written in heaven." 
[Lk 10:20].

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Jesus is not saying that they should not 
be happy in casting out demons by His name,

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in fact, Jesus is saying that they are saved 
and this is the biggest reason for rejoicing,

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it clearly does not mean that Jesus is neglecting 
the victories they had in the spiritual world, 
of course not!

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Jesus is only revealing one thing: salvation 
is the most precious thing we have, but it 
is not the only good!

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It is not okay to do nothing just because 
you have been saved: “Oh, I’m already saved, 
that's good!”, This is selfish! And a selfish 
person will not be saved, brother!

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This is the attitude of a person that has 
no love for others, who has not understood 
the Gospel of the Kingdom.

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No one can experience the genuine Gospel 
if they do not pray and fast.

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They will not be able to preach, They will 
not be able to teach a Bible study efficiently, 
they cannot do a thing in the Kingdom of 
God if they do not pray and fast.

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That's why I want to share this study now, 
I haven't even left the front page of the 
material yet, brother!

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But that's why I'm so eager to share this 
study today.

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Because little is said about fasting, about 
the importance of fasting, and those who 
speak are often silenced by liberal theologians,

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who say: “Oh, but this is a thing that belongs 
in the past, that wasn't even in the original 
texts, and etc… ”, just small talk.

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Try to send one of them to expel demons and 
you will see what happens, they will leave 
demonized!

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Those who say [and believe in] this kind 
of nonsense. Many of them don't even believe 
that demons are real, that's the truth.

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Many of them are, in fact, atheists who are 
teaching others, they are real atheists, 
but instead they are called "teachers", "doctors", 
"PHD", things like that.

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I am not against you pursuing education or 
have a title, I am not against these things, 
that's not what I am saying.

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I am referring to those who pretend to be 
"servants" of God, that’s why they hate fasting 
so much, because Satan is afraid of fasting 
too!

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When you pray and fast you are mortifying 
your flesh, humbling yourself,

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and as it is said in biblical language: it 
is "afflicting your soul" so that you will 
be feeding yourself spiritually, and we will 
explain to you all about this, okay?!

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I know there are going to be people who don't 
like to fast, don't like to pray, and are 
going to simply write in the comment section 
that they don't agree, but I'm not worried 
about that.

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I worry about the people who will understand 
this message, who will understand the urgency 
of the Church to wake up.

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For those who say, "Pastor, we are at the 
end of times, speak of Revelation!", Why 
am I going to speak more of [the book of] 
Revelation, brother?

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What I want to say to you here is this: If 
you think we are in the end times,

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if you are sure that we are in the end times 
why don't you sanctify your life in fasting 
and prayer?

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If you believe that Jesus is coming and that 
you need to lay down your life on the altar, 
then fast, that is what I have been saying.

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To those who say: "Oh, pastor, but at the 
end of time we will be preachers, we will 
be great, and used by God", without fasting 
and without praying, you will not!

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What is the use of knowing every detail of 
the end times if you will be lost in that 
time.

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Like the Parable of the Ten Virgins, some 
of them were running crazy looking for oil 
at the time they were supposed to be already 
full of oil, do you understand?

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So let's continue [with our study], the first 
thing you need to learn: fasting is not starving, 
nor can it be used in a weight loss diet,

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If that is the purpose in your heart, you, 
for sure, have already wasted your time fasting.

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Because everything we do has to have a purpose, 
often it is not what we do that matters to 
God, I am not talking about doing what's 
wrong, of course not!

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I'm talking about doing the right thing, 
[what matters] is not what you do, but why 
you are doing it, [the important thing] is 
the cause, is the reason.

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Many people do good things, they do these 
"good things" in the name of God, but they 
are actually doing them for the devil.

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For example, when a person seeks to become 
a pastor,

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but truly is not concerned with lives, instead 
desires to “set up a company”, do you know 
what is in that person's heart? Greed!

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In other words, he is not serving the Lord, 
but “mammon”, who is the god of riches, of 
wealth.

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He is loving his own womb, he is not working 
for the Kingdom of God.

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Do you want another example? Jesus talks 
about some important principles, there are 
good things you can do, which are not good, 
why?

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Because of the reason, the goal, the real 
objective that motivates your action.

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On the surface everyone seems to be doing 
everything for the Kingdom, whatever you 
ask they answer that it is for the Kingdom.

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But is it truly for the Kingdom?

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I'll give you an example: Jesus talks about 
prayer, you can have a prayer that won't 
go up, a hypocritical prayer.

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Jesus says that we should not go to the squares, 
opening our arms to be seen by men.

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Here, Jesus is not forbidding you to pray 
on the street, nor is He forbidding you to 
pray anywhere outside your house,

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what He is saying is that we cannot do this 
with the intention of being seen.

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The apostle Paul says [in 1 Tim 2: 8]: "Therefore 
I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting 
up holy hands without anger or disputing",

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[as long as] they are not doing this to show 
themselves.

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Jesus, for example, [in Matthew 6:5, says]: 
"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, 
for they love to pray standing in the synagogues 
and on the street corners to be seen by others".

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Is Jesus forbidding you, for example, to 
pray standing up in the congregation? Of 
course not!

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Jesus was not referring to this! He is referring 
to the following situation: while everyone 
is sitting there, the hypocrite is standing,

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as the Pharisees liked to do, so everyone 
could see that they are praying out loud 
a prayer that, in fact, is not addressed 
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When you read Luke 18:11 it says that a Pharisee 
and a tax collector went up, but the Pharisee 
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- "O God, I thank You that I am not like 
this tax collector, a publican, a sinner! 
I do this, I do that, etc...",

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while the publican prayed saying: "O Lord, 
I am a miserable man, I’m a sinner, forgive 
me ”,

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and he left justified, ok?! While all the 
Pharisee was doing was with the intention 
of showing off.

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Another situation: offers. Brothers, pay 
attention! Your contributions...

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First, God is the owner of gold and silver, 
He owns everything, ok?!!

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But there are people who think they are buying 
God when they are contributing to the Lord's 
work. Of course not!

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Some people make offers just because of their 
conscience. There is no other word to use 
here, because they do not do it for love 
for the work, but it is to keep their conscience 
"in peace"!

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because they do not do it for love for the 
work, but it is to keep their conscience 
"in peace"!

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They make a contribution and think they are 
pleasing God.

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If you’re living a life of adultery, if you’re 
living a life of pornography, many wrong 
doings and don’t fix your life before taking 
your offer to the altar,

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you can be certain that you’re simply taking 
money out of your pocket but there will be 
no spiritual return, before God you will 
have no return.

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Why? Because Jesus says that! Jesus says 
that if you have even a "little thing" against 
your brother, if you have a pending issue 
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leave your offering there before the altar 
and first go be reconciled to them, only 
after that take your offering to the altar.

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There are good things being done for bad 
reasons, this is what I want you to understand!

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The person is living in adultery saying: 
“Oh, but I'm always giving my offerings, 
every month my contribution is faithful!”,

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“faithful”, what?! How can an adulterer say 
that he is being faithful to God? Do you 
understand what I am saying?!

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So, there are things that are done and may 
even appear to be good, but it's not being 
done for God.

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Another thing that Jesus says is regarding 
giving alms.

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Jesus doesn't say that we shouldn't give 
alms, just like He isn't saying that we shouldn't 
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what He says is that we can't do these things 
with the intention of showing off, okay?!

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Thus, Jesus says that if you will give alms, 
your right hand does not know what your left 
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Don't go around telling everyone about it, 
He is not simply saying to do not to give 
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He is saying that when you do  [give alms] 
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you won't be taking “selfie” and posting 
on social media: “Look here! We are helping 
this person who is in need!", no!

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He wasn't saying that you couldn't ask for 
help to help others, what matters is the 
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Why do you have to post about it? What for? 
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So, of course there are circumstances that 
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if you are in need of having many people 
collectively helping for a cause, God is 
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He knows [what is motivating your heart], 
so don't do things to show off.

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So Jesus talks about prayers people make 
to show off, He talks about the alms given 
for the wrong reasons, to show off,

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He talks about many things and, among them, 
He talks about fasting.

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There are people that when they are fasting, 
their face faint and they look like “poor 
me”, just so people can ask: “what is wrong, 
Felipe, are you sick?”,

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They answer: “no, no... I have a purpose!”

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What's that for? "Purpose...", why would 
you keep saying over and over again that 
you are "in a purpose"? You see?

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Someone seeing that there are people eating, 
they could be somewhere else, for example,

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but they stay there, looking at other people's 
plates, and when people offer some: “Do you 
want some?”, They answer: “No, I can't! It's 
my thing with God!”

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—"Oh, are you fasting?”

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—"Uhum!”

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Brother, stop! There are people who like 
to show off! And they are looking for an 
opportunity to speak about it, a way to let 
other people know,

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but they are only deceiving their own conscience, 
since all they want is to show off!

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God will not accept this kind of fasting! 
To begin with, He will not accept!

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Jesus says: "anoint your head"... I will 
give an example for you to understand what 
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lava o seu rosto, penteia o seu cabelo, fica 
firme, cheiroso, bonitinho, não fica dando 
a impressão que você tá caído, todo “muado”, 
que tá passando fome não, tá ok?!

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Your fast must be for God, because if you 
do the opposite, you have already received 
your reward.

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Did you want to show off? Is that what you 
want? So there you go, you've already received 
your reward!

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So when we do things for God, it's for God 
only and that's it! It is not for anyone 
else to know. You don't have tell everyone 
about it.

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—“Oh, pastor! But what about when does the 
entire congregation fast together?”

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It's different! And that difference is that 
it must remain between the brothers in the 
congregation.

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As an exemple, in Israel you often see kings 
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not only Israel, the king of Nineveh himself 
calls people to fast and even puts animals 
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after all animals would also suffer punishment 
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as had happened through Adam, which even 
earth suffered the consequences of his sin.

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So we will see now about when the church 
is fasting together for a purpose, whether 
it is for cure or for some other purpose.

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So the whole congregation is aware that we 
are fasting for a specific purpose, right?!

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—"Brothers, we are going to fast for a purpose, 
about this, this and this...”

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But do you need to talk about it outside 
the congregation and tell everyone? - "So, 
our church is fasting, we have made a purpose 
of 21 days".

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One day I heard a person say: “So, my apostle…”, 
I thought: “What? Did any of them resurrect?!",

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and the person continued:" My apostle, he 
is 21 days there on the mount fasting...",

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and the brothers of this congregation were 
saying this to me all the time, me who was 
there as a visitor there, that had gone there 
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then I found out that their pastor, apparently, 
had been separated for the apostle that week,

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and everyone was making sure that everyone 
knew that the "apostle was 21 days fasting 
and praying” and so on.

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Brothers, let's not waste any time with things 
like this! Brothers, if your leader makes 
sure he is exhibiting holiness... Look, Jesus 
did not do that.

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Jesus' brothers spoke to Him like this: "Lord, 
go down there to Jerusalem, why are you riding 
here in Galilee?”.

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Galilee is in northern Israel. In the north 
there was Galilee, in the middle there was 
Samaria and in the south there was Judea.

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Jesus was up there, far from Judea, where 
Jerusalem was, the religious center of Israel 
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there was the temple, there was where the 
teachers were, and Jesus was on the other 
side of Israel, you are understanding?! Jesus 
was far away!

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And then Jesus' brothers told him to go there 
to show himself, to show himself to his followers.

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In other words, it is an exhibitionist view! 
How many Christians have this exhibitionist 
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Ministries that literally became a marketing 
product! Everything is marketing!

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Brothers, there is no point in pretending, 
because no one can hide from God!

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Why do you do what you do? Why do you want 
to start a YouTube channel?

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Why do you want to take care of a congregation? 
Why do you want to study theology so much?

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Why do you want a spiritual gift? Even spiritual 
gifts people use to show off.

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—"Oh, I want to prophesy so much!”

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—"Why?”

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—"Because I think it's beautiful!”

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Brother, a spiritual gift is not for you 
to find beautiful! It is to be useful in 
the Church, it is to be useful, do you understand?

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It is to be effective, it is not to be displayed.

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—"But I want it so much...”

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Brothers, there are people who could never 
receive a spiritual gift, because they would 
cause damage.

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And there are already people doing damage 
nowadays, ok?! That is the truth.

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Let's continue, so fasting has to be done 
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and it reveals that we are servants of the 
Lord and not servants of food, okay?

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(Let me check here, because there is a lot 
to talk about, I just made this introduction 
so far… But let's continue until we reach 
a certain point…)

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Unfortunately because of the excesses committed 
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when people started to self-harm, with the 
thought that "if it hurts me, it pleases 
God".

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Because of these excesses committed, and 
there are still people who do it today,

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part of the Christians left aside the practice 
of fasting, claiming that it would be “self-harm”, 
but one thing has nothing to do with the 
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So these two extremes are both harmful, the 
bad practice of fasting, as well as the complete 
abandonment of the practice of fasting, okay?!

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So I thank God that there are still people 
who are attentive and I wish that more people 
wake up to this practice.

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The Bible makes it clear that the purpose 
of fasting is not to... show off.

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Is so that when praying Jesus says that we 
should do this: “(...) go into a room by 
yourself. After you have shut the door, pray 
to your Father Who is in secret.

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Then your Father Who sees in secret will 
reward you”. (Matthew 6:6)

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Brothers, nothing you do for the Lord is 
in vain, okay?!

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So I desire to share this recipe with our 
brothers, because this study is wonderful!

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Sometimes a little detail that is missing 
in your life for you to reach a certain situation, 
will be answered by God through fasting.

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So the Bible talks about the various objectives 
of fasting, but it doesn’t make it very clear 
how this fasting practice should be, ok?!

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So I'm going to work on this part now, I 
already made a video about fasting before,

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but I didn't go into details about it, and 
now I need to go into those details.

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In the Bible, fasting is often called mainly 
in the Old Testament as "afflicting your 
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it says: "you shall afflict your souls...", 
and what is "afflicting"? It is to humiliate, 
literally to humiliate, it is to deny your 
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And what does that mean? It is to deny your 
desires, they are the desires of your flesh, 
of your will.

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So the "affliction of your soul" is literally 
not doing the will of your flesh.

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Of course, here it is intrinsic, quite clear, 
that sin breaks the fast.

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So this is a wonderful thing for you to understand 
that during fasting you must be doubly alert 
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because you know that if you are fasting 
and you did not afflict your soul and ended 
up sinning, your fast was overturned.

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You do not want to lose, you may already 
be one, two, three, or four hours fasting, 
for example, you do not want to throw  away 
all that investment of yours with God.

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You do not want to throw it away, so you 
will be alert: “I cannot sin!”.

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At this moment when you are afflicting your 
soul, look how interesting, I will explain 
it in a very simple language for you to clearly 
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the Bible says that the flesh is inclined 
to sin and the spirit is inclined to God, 
evidently.

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So right now there is a struggle between 
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so when you are afflicting your soul, that 
is, you are denying your flesh its desire, 
in that you are strengthening  your spirit, 
ok?!

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So in that moment that you are afflicting 
your soul and are alert to not sin you are 
more sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit 
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being more sensitive to the voice of the 
Holy Spirit, He will speak to you details 
that have gone unnoticed to you until now.

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Things that passed by, that you practiced 
every day and didn't even notice, but during 
the fast you are hearing more clearly the 
voice of the Spirit.

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It is not that He is talking more, simply, 
it is because you are more sensitive to His 
voice, then he says: “Look, see this thing 
your are doing? That's a sin!”,

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then you think:“ I need to stay away from 
it!”, Why? so that you do not break the fast.

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So in that moment that you are more attentive, 
you are being disciplined to pay attention 
to the details.

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—"Oh, pastor, but does God care so much about 
details?”

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Doesn't He?! Then read the book of Leviticus, 
Numbers and then you will see how detailed 
God is! In every detail... for God every 
detail matters!

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Then, during the fast you will be disciplined 
by God, you will hear the voice of the Holy 
Spirit and,

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thus, you will correct small flaws that you 
did not notice before, because you were not 
afflicting your soul.

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You were just letting things happen, thinking, 
“No, I'm fine! I'm fine!”. To everyone you 
ask: "How is your life with God?",

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they answer: “I'm fine, brother, I'm fine…”, 
but do you think it is true all the time, 
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Do you understand what I'm saying?

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The moment you are fasting you are simply 
afflicting your soul so that you are more 
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it is a denial of your wishes, in other words, 
Felipe is being put aside

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and I am dedicating myself to prayer, Bible 
reading, meditation on the Word of God, the 
greatness of the Lord's creations...

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Go for a walk, don't look at buildings, no!

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Even if you live in a big city, try to see 
the greatness of God, not just on the clouds.

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People worship God when they admire His creation, 
because He is the Creator of all that is 
out there.

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Take a look at the trees, the flower petals, 
the birds, and say: “How beautiful! I have 
never stop to think about the birdsong! How 
beautiful is the greatness of God!”.

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Brother, don't stay in front of the television!

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Go fast, pray, read the Word, watch your 
tongue, watch what you hear, watch what you 
are seeing.

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Leave social media! Why are you going to 
give this chance for sin? You'll just lose 
your fast over there, okay?!

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So when you start practicing fasting, you 
will have incredible experiences, you will 
be strengthened spiritually, and you will 
come back here and comment your testimony:

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"Oh, pastor, I started fasting that day, 
I thought you were crazy,

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but I started doing it and God is doing a 
great work in my life, in my home, in my 
family..."

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Brothers, it is so beautiful the way God 
provides when you search Him through prayer 
and fasting.

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Some may say: "Oh, pastor, praying is enough, 
all prayer is answered by God".

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That is not how God's things work, that is 
small talk! Where is this written on?

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The Bible says that a righteous person's 
prayer is worth a lot in its effects, and 
does you know why God heard Elijah? Because 
there was a life history of fasting and prayer.

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—"Oh, but how do you know that?”

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How can you think that a prophet like Elijah 
did not fast, my brother?! Think about it! 
He [Elijah] says a tiny prayer:

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—"Lord, so that these people may know that 
the Lord sent me and that I am a prophet 
of the Lord, let fire come down from heaven", 
and fire came down from heaven!

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Through a tiny prayer, but you can imagine 
Elijah's spiritual investment back there.

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He is a man who had a life with God, not 
just in that moment.

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There are people who at the moment they are 
being tested, only then they spend the whole 
night praying, because they have not invested 
their lives in the Lord.

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They watch I don't even know how many chapters 
of TV series, TV shows, movies, you people 
watch a lot of things,

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that will only waste their time with a lot 
of nonsense and they will become weak spiritually.

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—"Oh, pastor, I'm weak!", I'll give you the 
recipe for why you are spiritually weak. 
Spiritual weakness is synonymous with sin.

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And how do you strengthen yourself spiritually? 
Placing your life on the altar, and beginning 
to afflict your soul.

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Fasting is also done for the purpose of showing 
repentance to God and seeking strength from 
God to overcome a sin, we will talk about 
it yet…

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(Let me just finish this first part so this 
video do not get too tiring for you... tiring 
I believe it already is, it has 35 minutes 
[of recording])

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But this is a study that needed to be done.

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—"Oh, pastor, I want to know about Exodus!", 
We will continue the study of Exodus. (I'm 
talking now to the subscribers [on youtube], 
but also to the people of our [Theology] 
course)

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So fasting is sometimes called "afflicting 
the soul", it has the meaning of humbling 
oneself before God.

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And this is very important, because it shows 
that you are afflicting your soul not because 
you do not like yourself,

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but because you want to show that you love 
the Lord far above the things that your flesh 
desires.

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—“No, I disagree! I think that I don't need 
to show love for God because He knows all 
things.”

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Is it?! So you also don't need to pray because 
you don't need to talk to God, He already 
knows what you think(?)

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Do you believe there are some crazy people 
who think like that? They think they don't 
need to pray because God already knows what 
you think before you speak.

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Brothers, please, understand! God wishes 
to have a relationship with us, showing your 
love for God is no small feat.

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Jesus says that we must love God with all 
our understanding, with all our hearts, with 
all our souls and with all our strength. 
[Luke 10:27]

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—"But God doesn't need my strength...”

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Well, so don't love God with your strength 
then! Does nothing for the Lord then! Be 
fruitless and let's see what happens!

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This is the “gospel” of the serpent! This 
can't even be called a "gospel", okay?!

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So, a way to demonstrate to God... and God 
talks about it!

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There was even an ungodly king, one Ahab, 
he humbled himself before God, and God said: 
“Did you notice how Ahab humbled himself 
before me? (...) ”[1 Kings 21:29].

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Brothers, God perceives our actions!

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Do you think the people tore their clothes, 
put sackcloth and threw dust and ashes on 
their heads and went out weeping and God 
didn't look at them?

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If you did that with an impure heart, God 
wouldn't notice anything!

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No song, no preaching, nothing done with 
an impure heart God receives, but what about 
when done with a pure heart?

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The people of Nineveh got forgiveness because 
they showed regret, alright?!

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So, a good example of afflicting the soul 
is here in Leviticus 16, when it is speaking 
about the Day of Atonement, they fasted all 
day on the Day of Atonement.

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So it is written like this Leviticus 16: 
29-31: “This shall be a statute forever for 
you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day 
of the month, you shall afflict your souls, 
[that is, they will fast],

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and do no work at all, [the people usually 
call it a “celebration of atonement”, but 
this is not a party, right?!

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This is a day when they took it out to fast, 
to afflict their souls, it was not to eat, 
no]

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whether a native of your own country or a 
stranger who dwells among you. For on that 
day the priest shall make atonement for you, 
to cleanse you,;

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that you may be clean from all your sins 
before the Lord.

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It is a sabbath [it was not necessarily a 
seventh day, but it was a Sabbath, a "Shabbat", 
a rest] of solemn

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rest for you, and you shall afflict your 
souls. It is a statute forever”.

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Also, we will have this here in Leviticus 
23: 27-32, it is written like this:

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“Also the tenth day of this seventh month 
shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be 
a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict 
your souls, and offer an offering made by 
fire to the Lord.

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And you shall do no work on that same day, 
for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement 
for you before the Lord your God.

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For any person who is not afflicted in soul 
on that same day shall be cut off from his 
people.

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And any person who does any work on that 
same day, that person I will destroy from 
among his people.

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You shall do no manner of work; it shall 
be a statute forever throughout your generations 
in all your dwellings.

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It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, 
and you shall afflict your souls; on the 
ninth day of the month at evening, from evening 
to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath.”

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This is still talking about the Day of Atonement, 
now we will read Numbers 29:7: "On the tenth 
day of this seventh month you shall have 
a holy convocation. You shall afflict your 
souls; you shall not do any work.”

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In other words, here they are talking specifically 
about one of the days related to what we 
call the “seven feasts”,

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but I have already made it clear that the 
Day of Atonement should not necessarily be 
called a feast, because it is the day when 
they afflicted their souls, alright?!

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So afflicting the soul is this: they fasted 
during that day, but there are several other 
examples in the Old Testament about fasting.

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In the New Testament, during the ministry 
of Christ you will have a question that we 
will talk about it,

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but after the ministry of Christ you will 
see, mainly in [the Book] of the Acts of 
the Apostles, often talking about fasting 
and about the purpose of fasting.

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We will talk about this in the next study, 
God willing.

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I don't know if anyone managed to stay until 
40 minutes [of video], but it is essential 
to talk about this subject.

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There is a huge need in talking about fasting, 
and I encourage you to start doing your fasting.

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I put this content on the website www.cursobiblicoonline.com.br

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The title of the study is the same as I put 
in this video: “The fast that pleases GOD”, 
okay ?!

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You can study in advance [this content], 
there I put the verses, but I didn't comment 
on them.

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[In the next video] I will comment on these 
verses one by one, okay?!

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We will be commenting on these verses, we 
will talk about the purpose of fasting, God 
can perform healing through this request 
that you will make in prayer and fasting, 
alright?!

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[Fasting can be used] for several things: 
to seek guidance, to cast out demons, spiritual 
strengthening

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and many other things that we will be dealing 
with in the next study, God willing!

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Sorry for such a long video, this video was 
huge, but we will be talking more about it 
and about the urgency…

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Oops! Before concluding, in this period that 
we are now, on January 17th, 2021,

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which is the moment when this video is being 
recorded, maybe you will watch this in many 
years,

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but this is the date when it's being recorded.

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We are experiencing a serious global problem, 
many people are in distress, some people 
are becoming disturbed, very agitated, anguished, 
anxious...

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Let me ask you something: pray and fast for 
your life, so that the Lord will give you 
strength, okay?!

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This is my golden tip for you to be strengthened 
in the Lord and in the strength of His power, 
all glory to God!

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God bless you! May the peace of our Lord 
and Savior Jesus Christ be with each of you, 
a strong hug!

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I ask you to pray for me and those who can 
fast too, fast for our ministry as well.

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May God bless you! A big hug?! Until later!