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2016 by Lou Engle and Dean Briggs
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Endorsements
The Jesus Fast is an inspiring summons and call to rally the troops for the kind of prayer and fasting that has historically preceded the revivals of old. Lou reminds us of the original Jesus movement, ushered in through the prayer and fasting of John the Baptist and Jesus Himself, awakening us to what God is doing as this generation presses in to see revival with a capital R manifest across the earth.
Dr. Ch Ahn, apostle, Harvest Apostolic Center, Pasadena, California; apostolic leader, HRock Church
In desperate times, God puts His trumpet to the mouths of extraordinarily passionate and radically committed change agents, leaders who are willing to live their message and lead the charge. You do not simply hear or read one of Lou Engles messages, you experience it; you dont just learn, you become. If you want more power in your Christian walk, and you want to make a difference in these perilous times, read The Jesus Fast !
Dutch Sheets, Dutch Sheets Ministries
God has used Lou Engle to call the Church to another level of consecration to the Lord, and not only to believe God for an awakening in their day but to actively engage that call through prayer and fasting. The urgency of the call to fast and pray is tied to the urgency of the hour we live in. The Jesus Fast will awaken within you a passion to fast and pray, not out of obligation but out of a sense that God has called us to take part in shaping the course of world history. This is the call of every believer. I, for one, have been ruined for anything else.
Banning Liebscher, director, Jesus Culture
I have never known anyone with faith like Lou Engle in the place of prayer and fasting. When I imagine what the spirit of Elijah might look like at a practical, tangible level, I think of Lou Engle. What Lou and Dean write in this book has the potential, if taken seriously, to change the course of history.
Brian Kim, president, Antioch Center for Training and Sending (ACTS)
As you read this book, prepare for your life to change. Within these pages you will hear a call, an invitation to leave the comforts of normal Christianity and experience a lifestyle of consecration to God that will lead you into His world, where His voice becomes clear and the miraculous becomes possible. Your heart will burn with fresh passion to dream the dreams of God and to see a global awakening.
Karen Wheaton Towe, founder and president, The Ramp
Lou Engles commitment to shaping nations through prayer and fasting has intersected with the pulsing desire of todays young believer for authentic Christianity. Lou lives what he preaches. His new book, The Jesus Fast , is sure to connect with todays radical remnant while also challenging the slumbering majority to follow Jesus into the wilderness of physical hunger in order to emerge in the fullness of spiritual power. Read it!
Dr. Billy Wilson, president, Oral Roberts University
Theres a silence before signs, a wilderness before wonders. Theres a moaning before miracles, a groaning before great grace like what was on the apostles. Supernatural breakthrough is preceded by a supernatural breaking of the heart and soul. Through Lou Engle and Dean Briggs, God gave us The Jesus Fast as a divine escort into consecration and revelation, preparing a generation for the greatest manifestation of Gods glory in human history.
Eddie James, director, Eddie James Ministries
Dedication
From Lou:
To my best friend and wife, Therese, who has borne the weight of care for the family when I have gone away to fast. Hers is the fasting reward.
Sweetheart, thank you for giving me wings to fly.
From Dean:
To the rising army of fasting intercessors, forged in the wilderness of dreams and despair, till Christ be formed and promises dawn.
And to my beautiful, incredible wife, Jeanie, who has lovingly walked the hard road with me. Babe, its dawn.
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Endorsements
Dedication
Foreword by Daniel Kolenda
Foreword by Bill Johnson
1. My Call, and Yours
Section 1: Preparing a Generation
2. Flashpoint of Revival
3. Summoned to the Brink of History
4. Mustering the Army of the Dawn
5. Nazirite DNA
Section 2: Fasting Fathers and Fruitful Sons
6. Daring to Shape History
7. Releasing Generations of Inheritance
8. Inaugurating War in the Heavens
Section 3: From the Nazirite to the Nazarene
9. John: A Fiery Heart to Prepare the Way
Section 4: Harvesting Every Nation
11. Understanding the Hour
12. The Global Jesus Fast
Appendix: How to Fast, How to Pray
Notes
About the Authors
Other Books by the Authors
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Back Cover
Foreword
In Matthew 17 the scribes used a prophecy from Malachisaying that Elijah the prophet would return before the day of the Lordto contest Jesus Messianic claims. Since Elijah had not come, they argued, Jesus could not be the Messiah. When the disciples asked Jesus for an explanation, He replied,
Elijah is coming... but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished.... Then the disciples understood that He had spoken to them about John the Baptist.
Matthew 17:1113
Jesus response was clear. The Elijah prophesied by Malachi was John the Baptist, in the sense that he had come in the spirit and power of Elijah (Luke 1:17 NIV ). Yet notice something very interesting. Not only did Jesus say that Elijah has comemeaning Johnbut He said in the same statement that Elijah is coming. Who is this Elijah yet to come?