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Welcome
to this teaching

where I'm going to
talk about fasting

This is part of the
series HOW TO

and this is
going to be

a very practical
teaching

with some
strong testimonies

also to really
encourage you out

there to fast we
need to fast.

Fasting is part of
our life as a disciple

of Christ. There is
much breakthrough

in fasting, so if
you are longing for

a breakthrough
in your life

are you are longing
to overcome flesh

in your life

then see this
teaching about fasting

and again this is
part of a series HOW TO

so it's a very
practical teaching

but of course
I will lay down

a foundation first

Jesus in Matthew 6
He talked about fasting

and He said
"when you fast"

He doesn't say
"If you fast"

He says
"when you fast"

a few verses before
in Matthew 6

He's saying
"when you give"

and then He talked
about giving

and then He says
"when you pray"

and He talked
about praying

and then He says
"when you fast"

and He talked
about fasting

Jesus did not say
when you give

do this and this

when you pray

do this and this

and IF you fast

do this and this

He said "when"

In the church we talk
a lot about giving

we talk a lot
about praying

but we don't talk
a lot about fasting

fasting should
be part of

our Christian walk

the same way as
praying and giving

what Jesus
is saying is

"when you fast"

you fast to God
who is in heaven

don't fast to people

don't fast to
be shown

wash your clothes,
brush your teeth

set your hair if
you have hair :D

and don't show
that you are fasting

but it can also
go to extreme

where it
becomes weird

for example

if you are fasting
a longer period of time

like 40 days
or 15 days

or 14 days
or 40 days

or one week

of course
you cannot hide

you cannot hide
it from family and friends

like try to imagine

you are being
invited to a wedding

and nonono
I'm not eating

are you good?

yeayea I'm
okay I just don't eat

don't you want
anything?

no I'm good

if you do like this

people will
start to talk

what is wrong
with you

what is wrong
with him

like why are
you not eating

so in that way
it's okay to say

that you
are fasting

don't be
afraid to say

you are fasting

because otherwise

you would be weird

but you fast to God

who is in the heaven.

and this is between
you and God

so don't have
to go and

show it

it's not the
first thing

you come when
you go to a house

I'm fasting I'm
on my 17 days

don't do
it like that

but don't be afraid
to talk about it

and this is
satan's tactic

he almost
warns us to

not talk
about fasting

shh don't talk
about fasting

because then you
wont' get any reward

but look at
the context

Jesus also said
"when you give

don't do it like
there in front

of people

when you pray

don't do it in
front of people

but we are not
afraid to talk about

praying and giving

so keep it
simple but fast

fast is part
of our life

and we fast

what is fasting?

that is a good
question

some people say: "hey. I fast.

I fast from TV"

but fasting, keeping
away from TV

is not a fast

but keep
away from TV

throw the hellmachine
away from your house

I think, it is
good to do that.

I think it is good
to take a time when

you keep away from
internet, when you

put away your telephone
and seek God

It is good to take those
times, but that

is not fasting. You
can use other words,

but fasting has to do
with food.

you have to abstain from
food and drink.

why? I am going to
explain to you

in a short time. Something
is happening

in your body physically
when you don't

eat and drink. But
something will not

happen in your body
when you keep

away from TV or
your telephone.

So, fasting has to do
with food and drink.

There are different
kinds of fasting

in the Bible,
Pharisees fasted one

or two days a week;
Jesus fasted 40 days;

Ester fasted three days
without food and drink.

Normally, you can
keep away from food for

40 days; most healthy
people do that and

live 40 days without
food. But you can't

do 40 days without
drink, of course.

You need something
to drink. In the Bible

we see three days
without food and drink.

The whole nation did
that in the time of Ester.

We see Moses was
in the presence of God

he also did not drink
and eat for 40 days

That was a miracle.
Fasting is keeping

away from food
for a long period

or keeping away from
food and drink

for a shorter time.
I want to say that

Daniel fast, people are
talking about him,

you keep away from meat,
milk products,

eat salad and fruit,
did not eat sweets,

that is also fasting,
but I am not going

to talk about such fast
here. This is not

the fast I know much
about. But I know

about this fast. The
fast when you

keep away from
food for a longer

time of period. Or
you keep away

from food&drink for
a short period.

If you fast for 40 days
without food, you

must know that this
is not the same as

Jesus fasted for 40 days
with only water.

Why? Because drinking
water from rain

or mountains is very
different from the

water that is running
from our tab today.

There is chlorine; minerals
were taken out

If you fast for 40 days
with only water,

then add something
to the water,

minerals, so your body
gets some minerals

I think it is very important,
if you fast

for 40 days, really take
care of your body

I know several people
that have done it

and they end up getting
sick, because

they drank water out
of tab and did not

add any minerals. So,
add some minerals

and give your body
something to work with.

Otherwise, I have
been fasting for 40 days

several times and I
decided to drink juice

so my body
has something

to work with. That is
something between

you and God. You
decide how you are

going to fast. This is
between you and God

Sometimes, I had
40 days fast; I was

very relaxed I could
drink different

things, juice, hot
chocolate, sometimes

smoothie and
some people said,

that is cheating. It's
between you and God

Sometimes I was
relaxed. There were

other times in the long
fast when I had

been very strict, had
nothing but water

and juice for a long
period, nothing else

This is really between
you and God.

But if you decide to
fast, then keep

what you decided to do;
do not change it

every day. Fasting is
really good. Next

question is what happens
when you fast.

If you look at physical
things that are

happening when you fast.
Fasting cleans

your body from toxins
and you force your

cells to another process,
where cells

start to work. If you
fast one day,

you will not feel a
big physical reaction,

if you drink a lot of
water, you can do

it without adding
things to water,

if you fast for only
one day; the only

thing you will feel
is hunger; cells

of your body start
to react:

“Why there is no food,
we are hungry”.

You can feel little
headache, because

toxins are coming out;
your pee will be

very yellow, because
toxins are coming

out of your body. It is
what you will see

if you fast for a shorter
time of period;

you will see your body
getting rid of

toxins; it is good to fast
and this is

very healthy to fast.
God has created

our bodies in a way
that our bodies

need break sometimes
to restart

and fasting is
helping our bodies

to restart. This is
really good and

really healthy.

If you look at physical
things that happen

to your body when you fast.
The first day

you can get a
headache, because

toxins going out
of your body. That

headache often disappears
on second day,

you will be better
on third day.

I encourage to fast
more than just 3 days

Try that,
because if you are fasting

only three days,
on the first day you are

tired and have a
headache; on the second

day you start to
recover and on the third

day you are looking
forward to eat again.

But if you are
fasting for a longer

period, lets say,
for 14 days or 20 days,

40 days, what
is happening there?

Your body is going
through different proceses;

different seasons. First thing,
you can have times

of weakness, when
you are very tired,

your head is not working
fast, because

your body does not have
the same energy.

But after that season
you will have times

when you are very
clear in your mind;

you have a lot
of energy: what is

is happening? Your
body now is starting

to eat some fat in
your body; the body

does not need to
use the same energy

to process the food and
you have energy.

I had 6-7 days during
long fast when

I was walking around,
was out running and

had much energy
and did not know

what shall I do with
all my energy.

So, what I see in longer
period of fast,

you pee a lot, toxins
come out of your

body; in the beginning,
you also do #2,

because there is
food in your stomach

and it needs to come
out. But in a longer

period of time of
fasting body starts

to take your fat
instead and you start

losing a lot of weight.
In 40 day fasting

I lose around
16 kg (35 pounds).

But you will sadly
gain most of this

weight again. But
when you come out

of long fasting, it is
important that you

do not eat much;
you can end up with

gaining more weight
than you lost.

But fasting is not
for losing weight,

but for something
else. The body

also starts to eat
everything; sometimes

you can feel pain
in your body, you can

feel weird, because
your body reacts.

It is hard for your
body; there are times

when you are saying:
“What am I doing?”

you are weak and
then temptation comes.

You go and look at
fridge: “Shall I eat

or not? Why do
I do this? If I eat,

I will have more energy,
I will go out

and tell people about
Jesus. And there is

a lot of things that
are happening

with you in a longer
fast when you are

going through
different seasons.

“I am not going to
eat, this is the best

thing in my life”
and then “What am I

doing? I want little
food” you look at

time, you look at
calendar. And it is all

beautiful, it is all
as it should be; you

go up and down, up
and down. In a longer

fast you can have
good seasons.

For me days 7-14
are good season; then I

come to midway crisis
when I say “What

am I doing, there
are long 40 days”, but

then you come over
that and you have good

season again.
And those ups and

downs are different
from person

to person; just
be ready that your

body is reacting,
your body is screaming

for food, you peeing
a lot. If you only

fast with water 40 days,
your body will

shut completely, you
will do #1 and no #2,

if you drink juice
and other things, you

will go to toilet
sometimes and do #2, but

that will be once
in every three days

with little rabbit
poo and that it all.

That is how it is. Understand it,
there is nothing to be

afraid of; it is not
dangerous; people can

easily survive, normal
and healthy people

can easily survive 40
days without food.

Drink. I encourage you.
Three days we see

in the Bible, of
course, if you are in

the presence of God,
God can do something

unique, but I would
not be a part of that,

because it can be
dangerous. I would say,

listen to your body,
be wise in what you

are doing. But I
have more teaching in

the description,
where you can go much

deeper in fasting,
what is happening

to your body and so on,
if you are going

to do a longer fast,
I can talk about

it much more,
but his is just an

instruction. We
would like to deeper

and say why fast?
When you end small

fast, you can eat
most things. If you have

a longer fast, go
slowly into the fast,

don’t eat a big stake
the day before fast,

get all of it out of
your system 2-3 days

before; start to
eat something light;

when you go out
of fast, you have to

be very careful.
Eat very simple food,

start with soup or
some things your body

up running. Because
if you eat too much

your body is not ready
for it and you will

have a problem, you
will be in toilet for

many days and have
pain. So, if you longer

fast, step in slow
and step out slow.

Now, WHY fast?
Because Jesus said it.

Finished. Thank
you for watching this

video. Because
Jesus said it, we do it.

But he said , we
should fast and there is

a reason to fast,
just going into those

seasons. There
is a reason, there

is physical health
, I think, healing

happening in the
body; I know people

with sickness and
when they fast, they

experience healing
because toxins coming

out of your body.
Why fast? One of the

main thing has to
do with flesh and spirit

The flesh and spirit
are involved with each

other. Fasting is
helping spirit to

overcome this war.
The best way I often

illustrate is by dogs.
Try to imagine

you have two dogs
that are fighting.

They are the same
strength, they

are fighting. You
want green dog (spirit)

to win, how do you
get one dog win when

they are equal strength?
You start giving

one dog much food
and giving the other

dog no food. What
happens? By time,

not on the first or
second day, but by

time, this dog becomes
weaker and weaker,

and this dog becomes
stronger and stronger

and this dog is going
to win. This is what

happening in fast.
For example, dreams.

For me, I have got
most clear dreams in

a fast. Hearing God’s
voice. Most clear

times God has spoken
to me was in fast.

It is more clear than in
outside of fast,

because in normal
life, when you are

not fasting, there
is a war between

your flesh and spirit;
the war is going on

When it comes to
hearing God’s voice and

to other things, in
fast this becomes

weaker and this
becomes stronger

and stronger.
Hearing God’s voice is

much easier. For
example, first time,

when I fasted 40 days,
I needed God speak

to me. I was
asking: “God, speak

to me, speak to me,”
it was so difficult,

I had a season when
God did not speak

to me and I needed
Him to speak to me.

I felt like it was
difficult to discern

it was me or God or
who was it? But then

I fasted and fasted;
on 39th day, the last

day of the fast God
spoke and I heard it

very clear. It changed
my life. It became

a new beginning in
my life. So, fasting is

helping your spirit
to take over. Also, if

you have flesh in your
life, you are

tempted with sin,
in fasting you crucify

your flesh, you deny
your flesh and what

it wants, you
feed your spirit with

praying and eating
the Word of God,

so your spirit is
more in prayer, more in

worship, more in
the Word and you deny

your flesh and what
it wants; the flesh

becomes weaker
and your spirit is

stronger. That is so
important when it

comes to overcoming
your flesh in your

life. It’s so important
to be lead by the

Spirit in your life,
when it comes to

hearing God’s
voice in your life. If you

need to hear God’s
voice, if you need to

overcome flesh in
your life, fasting

is the secret. But
I want to say, don’t

experience that if
you fast over a meal

here and there. Let’s
say, many people say

"I have jumped
over a meal once".

You will not experience
your flesh become

weak if you take
one day fast. For that,

longer period of time
fasting is needed.

In a longer fast,
there is selfdiscipline.

Because “Oh, I
want food, I am hungry”.

“No. I am listening
to this”. “No, I am

hungry”. “No, I am
listening to my spirit

not my flesh. I
do self-discipline,

I get my flesh
to obey; my flesh

understands: “You are
not chef in my life;

I am not following you,
I am following

you.” There is
self-discipline in fast.

Let’s say, you are
in a jungle and you

need to survive in
jungle. Will you be

with the one who
just joined the army,

who is very green
and knows nothing,

or you want elite
solider, one of the

special force guys?
You want a special

force guy, you believe,
you will survive

with that person.
But how did that

person became
special force guy?

By training and
training, by pushing

his limits all the time,
by going through

the things, and
knowing that he does

not need to listen
to his stomach that is

shouting for food,
he does not need to

listen to his body,
when it wants to sleep

he does not need
to listen to his feet

that are hurting
because of walking.

Special force people
become strong

because they push
their limits all the

time and go through
seasons of training.

The same way, if you
want to be a strong

disciple who wants
to learns to walk

by the spirit, not by
flesh, go through

hard training. How?
By fasting. Because

in a fast you take
control. Your body

wants to have food,
you are even

looking at the fridge.
“No! I am not

listening to you, I
am listening to my

spirit”. What you learn
in a fast, you can

benefit after the fast.
Because even after

fast, you have learned:
I am in control,

not my flesh. I use
that today. Fasting

is so good in so
many ways. We do not want

to listen to the
flesh, we want to

listen to the spirit
and that is why

we fast. So, fasting
has to do with this.

Another is
casting out the spirit

of unbelief in
your life, to experience

breakthrough. That
is the last thing

we want to share here.
Matthew 17 there

was a man who brought
a boy with a demon to Jesus

and disciples could not
cast out the demon

Jesus cast out the
demon and disciples

asked: “Why couldn’t
we cast out that

demon?” Jesus said,
because of unbelief;

you have unbelief in
your life. If you

have faith and you
say that mountain

“be casted out” and
this will happen.

Nothing is impossible
for you if you

believe. In Matthew
17:21 “this kind does

not come out except
by prayer and fasting”

that kind is not a
special kind of demons.

That kind is unbelief.
They could not cast

that demon out
because of unbelief.

And they need to
experience that spirit

of unbelief leaving
their life, because

if the spirit of unbelief
is gone, nothing

is impossible for us.
How do we get rid

of those areas in our
lives where we have

unbelief? Praying
and fasting.

Praying and fasting,
and you are getting

rid of the spirit of
unbelief and you can

see breakthrough
in your life. Often

I say: there are times
in my life where

I grow long enough
and then I come

to a wall, I can not
breakthrough this

wall; how can I
breakthrough this

wall? And then,

fasting have done it.
For example,

first time when I
fasted 40 days, I came

to a point in my life
when there was

some sin in my life
I was still struggling

with, there was one
thing; and I have not

seen healing and
deliverance; I have not

seen power of God
in my life; I was

praying and reading
the Word, but still,

I was struggling with
sin and did not see

breakthrough
yet in healing and

deliverance, and
in the power of God.

I was struggling,
I was asking: “God,

why can not I
breakthrough?” Then I

took a 40-day fast.
In that 40-day fast

I experienced
breakthrough in both

areas. I overcame that
sin in my life, God

revealed fear of God in
my life, in that

fast reading of the
Word was so alive,

the Holy Spirit spoke
as I have never

experienced before.
And God used

that season to
breakthrough when

it comes for healing
and deliverance.

So, if you need a
breakthrough, if there

are areas, fasting is
the secret. Jesus

started his ministry
with 40 days fast.

I am just saying,
if the Son of God

Jesus, our High
Priest started his

ministry with 40-day
fast, he came out

of the desert in the
power of the Holy

Spirit, how can we
today believe we can

serve God and
see breakthrough

without fasting? I
am just saying, Jesus

said, “when you fast”.
So, if you need

a breakthrough in
your life, it can come

with many things.
One time I felt I needed

a breakthrough
with leading of the

Holy Spirit, the
way I wanted, we were

standing in a hard
situation, we needed

money, we had
a house and we could

not pay for it, I
needed God to speak.

And I fasted for 40
days and God used

that fast to breakthrough
that wall that

was in front of me.
I needed help.

I had unbelief in that
area and fasting

was a help. It is between
you and God.

Once God spoke to me
from the book of

Ester and said,
“Torben, fast three

days without food
and drink”. and

I tried three days
without food and drink;

Normally, I drink
a lot during fasting to

avoid headache, to
have toxins out of

my system, but those
three days were

amazing. I did not eat
and drink,

had no fluid for
three days. First day,

I had breakthrough
for one thing

I was praying for; the second
day there was

a breakthrough and
the third day there

was a breakthrough.
God answered;

I had been praying
for a long time all

three days. Also, I had
time in my life when I

wanted to fast 40
days, then I changed

my mind in the middle
and fasted 20 days,

gave up, because
“What am I doing?

Is this my idea? Or is
this God? God, what

is it?” and I ended by
giving up. Don’t

be hard on yourself.

Just jump on it
again later. Go into it

again later, because
it is hard. It's hard

to fast for a longer
period of time.

Fasting became a
part of my life. Many

years ago I did it
for the first time.

Every year since,
I fast for shorter or

longer period. I want
to encourage you to

get a life where
you pray, where you

give, where you fast.
This is a part of you.

Ask God what
to do. Don’t ask God:

“Do You want
me to fast?”

because Jesus already
said "when you fast".

Ask God and say: “God,
when do You want

me to fast? How long
do You want me to

fast?” let fasting be
a part of your life.

Take shorter fast,
sometimes take longer fast.

In the Bible Jesus
was in the desert

for 40 days. I have
not been able to

just draw away for 40
days and be alone

somewhere for 40 days.
I have not ever

done that. Some
people can do that.

But I have been
still living my life, my

everyday life. It
is difficult to fast

a long period of time
if you have a hard

physical job.

But I was fasting
when I was working

and it was not so
physical. But you can

do it. I had been
fasting and still making

breakfast for family
and kids, food

for the kids to send
them to school.

I have still lived this
life and choose

to sit at the dinner table
with my family

and just drink water
and be with them.

Why? Because that
is a place we are

together as a
family and we spend

time together and
if I am not there,

if they do not see me
for a long period

of time, it is not
good for the family.

So, if you are married,
you need to agree

on it with your spouse
and find a way to do it.

You need to
find your ways.

It is between you and
God. Find a way,

when you say: “This
is what God said to

me.” And then go for it.
If you want more

teaching on fasting,
I put two links under

this video, where
you can go and get

a deeper foundation,
come to the Bible

and find out
what the fasting is.

Otherwise, I
encourage you to see all

the teaching “How to”.
We teach about

“how to pray”, “how to
set people free”,

“how to hear God’s voice”.
“How to fast”

is a big part of that.
So, go into a fast

God bless you. It
is going to transform

your life the same
way as it transformed

my life and many
other people’s lives.

So, go and fast. God
bless you. Bue.