Yom Re-vi-i, Adar 3, 6001 – February 1, 2017
Helping Others
Sometimes the greatest spiritual warfare we can perform is to help others. There are many ways we can do this. One is through prayer and fasting.
Isaiah 58:6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rearward.
9 Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
11 And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
The fast is not to afflict our souls and ask for ourselves. It is to abstain from something that we might pray for others, and ourselves. We pray to release the wickedness, the heavy burdens, setting free the oppressed, and the breaking of every yoke. Feeding the poor, helping the needy. Our Father will honor such things. He will speak to us and guide and protect us.
Our Father is the King.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King! Praise the name Yahuah! We exalt You. Cleanse us and use us. Let us be Your light. Restore Your nation, restore Your people. Raise up Your people. Send us today Your provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal the broken-hearted. Restore unto Your people all that has been lost, taken, or held back in any way. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.