Tammy Hotsenpiller

Courtney is the Executive Director for Women of Influence. Today we are talking about the little servant girl who had a heart for God in 2 Kings 5. How important are children to the Kingdom of God? Courtney’s daughter loves God and lets her life shine for God. She has so much faith and believes in miracles. God gave Naaman a word and he had to dip 7 times in the Jordan and he had faith to be healed. Our fasting focus today is for revelation. We need to write down our testimony and show how God was faithful in our life. How do I let my life shine for God?

Fasting is a spiritual discipline along with prayer. Today is the story of the widow where she “poured and she poured.” Every miracle has to have a desperation first. You have to have an empty container or a desperation. The fasting focus today is on Good Choices.

Why don’t most Christians fast today? It’s not convenient and people don’t like to give up food and it’s not taught. Jesus said some things only happen by prayer and fasting. We are asking God for something outside of our comfort zone.

Do you believe in miracles? Do you not believe in miracles or are you not looking for them? Who do you run to first when you have a problem? The phone or the throne? This story is where it had not rained and the prophet said it was going to rain. How do you keep believing for your miracle? We need to be persistent and that grows your prayer life. If you stop being persistent you miss the miracle. Elijah says “Go look again” Our fasting focus is confession.

Jen serves at Influence Church as Pastor of missions. Service starts with your heart and the Lord calls us to do that. Today’s story is the story of Elijah. The miracle story is about the widow and an orphan. Every story in the bible is a story for us to learn from. Have you ever asked God where are YOU? Jen has been there and has such great wisdom about this….It’s the adversities in life that bring us closer to God or pushed away. Until we get honest with God our faith won’t grow or He grows us and prunes us. The fasting passage today is in Daniel 9 and about repentance. Daniel leads them into a prayer of repentance even in captivity. When we repent we are victorious and the enemy loses.

There are dispensations in the bible of miracles.  Today is Elija and Elisha.  We are believing we are in today a new dispensation.  This is about the widow and son that were dying of starvation and had a little bit of oil and flour.  Elijah the prophet comes to her town and she provides for him.  This was a faith story.  God blesses obedience.  How does God grow your faith?  The fasting focus:  Consecration.  Giving everything.  This is about the prophet Joel.  How important is it to enter into worship or consecration?

Story of Hannah in the bible.  It was very difficult for Hannah so Hannah poured out her heart to God.  Drew and his wife Whitney went through a very tough time with her first pregnancy being a miscarriage on Drew’s birthday.  Just like Hannah gave her miracle up to God so did Drew.  Drew and Whitney had a miracle baby boy.  How does Drew raise up his son?  God so clearly revealed to Drew to pray over him and be the spiritual leader of his home.  The fasting focus is:  Brokeness.  The testimony of Nehemiah.  We don’t realize how powerful our testimony is.  Nehemiah’s heart was broken.  He needed a miracle.  God sees our heart in distress.  Remember some things only happen by prayer and fasting.

Today we are talking about the miracle where Joshua told the sun to stand still. Where has God done a miracle in your life where it doesn’t make any earthly sense? Melody tells us of her story. What is going on today in your generation? The fasting focus today is Protection. We are living in a scary time in our culture. What areas do we need protection today?

Today we are talking about miracles in the day to day. Joshua was leading the Israelites around the City of Jericho and then the walls came tumbling down. Tammy asks Melody, “If you were there how would you feel?” Then Tammy asks Melody about a story where she had to trust God. Listen to this powerful story of breakthrough. It was a miracle. The fasting focus is on favor. If you were asking for favor what would it be?

We need to depend on God everyday. We need fresh manna. The Israelites were in the wilderness grumbling and God said He would provide for them daily. We struggle with God providing for us daily. We must trust and believe. Fasting focus today is Jonah. And listen to Bethany’s story about unforgiveness and what Holy Spirit said to her.