299 Prayer Points During Fasting with Scriptures for Breakthrough
Fasting changes prayer. Not because God hears better when your stomach growls. Because you hear better when your stomach is quiet. Food constantly calls for attention. Three times a day or more. When you set aside that call, something opens up. Your spirit stops competing with your appetite. You listen differently. You pray with an edge of desperation that normal days do not produce.
Prayer points during fasting give you focus. Without them, fasting can become just a diet. You skip meals but miss the spiritual work. These 299 prayer points pair with specific scriptures so every hunger pang becomes a prompt to pray. Not random prayers. Targeted prayers that hit areas of your life needing breakthrough.
The Bible connects fasting with serious prayer. Nehemiah fasted and prayed about rebuilding walls. Esther called a fast before approaching the king. Jesus fasted forty days before beginning his ministry. The early church fasted before sending out missionaries. Fasting plus prayer equals power. Not magic power. Focused power. The kind that cuts through distraction and hits the target.
Let us walk through 299 prayer points organized by theme. Each point includes a scripture to anchor your prayer. Use these during a one day fast. A three day fast. A week long fast. However long you set aside, these points keep you on track.
Prayer Points for Personal Repentance and Cleansing
Start every fast with your own heart. Confession clears the pipeline between you and God. These prayer points address personal sin and hidden faults.
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Psalm 139:23 to 24. Search me, God, and know my heart. Test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me. Lead me in the way everlasting. Show me what I have been hiding from myself.
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1 John 1:9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. I confess every sin I can remember and every sin I have forgotten. Cleanse me completely.
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Psalm 51:10. Create in me a pure heart, God. Renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not just clean the outside. Create something new on the inside.
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Proverbs 28:13. Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper. Whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy. I renounce every sin I have been hiding. No more secrets.
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Isaiah 1:18. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be like wool. Take my scarlet sins and make them white. I cannot clean myself. You can.
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Psalm 32:5. I acknowledged my sin to you. I did not cover up my iniquity. I said I will confess my transgressions to the Lord. And you forgave the guilt of my sin. No more cover ups. Full confession.
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James 5:16. Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. I confess my sins to you now. Heal me.
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2 Chronicles 7:14. If my people who are called by my name humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and forgive their sin and heal their land. I humble myself. I turn from my wicked ways. Forgive me and heal my land.
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Psalm 66:18. If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. I have cherished sin. I have held onto things I should have released. I release them now.
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Hebrews 4:13. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. You see everything. Nothing surprises you. I bring my secret sins into the light.
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Ezekiel 18:30 to 31. Repent and turn from all your offenses so sin will not be your downfall. Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed. Get a new heart and a new spirit. I turn from my offenses. Give me a new heart.
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Joel 2:13. Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. My heart is torn open before you. Not just outward religious actions. Inward brokenness.
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Jeremiah 17:9. The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? I cannot trust my own heart. It lies to me. Show me the truth about myself.
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Romans 6:12 to 13. Do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness. Rather offer yourself to God. Sin has reigned long enough. I offer every body part to you.
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Colossians 3:5. Put to death whatever belongs to your earthly nature. Sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed which is idolatry. I put these things to death. Not manage them. Kill them.
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Galatians 5:24. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. I belong to Christ. My flesh is on the cross with you. Dead. Not dying. Dead.
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Psalm 19:12. Who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults. The sins I do not even know I am committing. Forgive those too.
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1 Timothy 1:15. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst. I am the worst. Not hyperbole. Honesty. Save me.
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Romans 7:24 to 25. What a wretched man I am. Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God who delivers me through Jesus Christ. Wretched but delivered. Thank you.
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Psalm 51:17. My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart you will not despise. My fasting is worthless without a broken heart. Break me.
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Isaiah 57:15. I live in a high and holy place but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit. To revive the heart of the contrite. Revive my contrite heart.
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Luke 18:13. The tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven. He beat his breast and said, God have mercy on me, a sinner. That is my posture. Distance. Downcast eyes. Mercy.
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Micah 7:18 to 19. Who is a God like you who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant? You do not stay angry forever. You delight to show mercy. You will tread our sins underfoot. You will hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea. Tread my sins underfoot. Hurl them into the sea.
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Hebrews 12:1. Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. I throw off the weight. I break free from the tangle.
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Psalm 103:12. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. East and west never meet. My sins are that far gone.
Prayer Points for Spiritual Breakthrough
Fasting often targets stubborn areas. Things that have not changed despite normal prayer. These prayer points go after breakthrough.
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Isaiah 58:6. Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen? To loose the chains of injustice. To untie the cords of the yoke. To set the oppressed free. Break every yoke in my life. Chains fall off.
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Matthew 17:21. This kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting. I am dealing with a stubborn spirit that will not leave. I fast for its expulsion.
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Mark 9:29. He replied, this kind can come out only by prayer and fasting. The mountain in my life will not move with normal prayer. I add fasting to my prayer.
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Acts 13:2 to 3. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said set apart Barnabas and Saul. Speak to me during this fast. Tell me what you want me to set apart.
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Acts 14:23. Paul and Barnabas appointed elders in each church with prayer and fasting. I need direction about leadership roles. Show me who to appoint.
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2 Corinthians 10:4 to 5. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. They have divine power to demolish strongholds. Strongholds in my mind are coming down. Every argument against God.
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Ephesians 6:12. Our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, powers of this dark world, and spiritual forces of evil. I am not fighting people. I fight spirits. Give me victory.
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Luke 10:19. I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you. I use that authority now against every snake.
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Isaiah 54:17. No weapon forged against you will prevail. Every tongue that accuses you will be silenced. Weapons forged against me will fail. Accusations will be silenced.
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Romans 16:20. The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. Crush the enemy under my feet. Not negotiate. Crush.
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Zechariah 4:6. Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit says the Lord Almighty. My strength will not win this battle. Your Spirit will.
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Joel 2:25. I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten. The years of swarming locusts. I want those years back. Restore what was stolen.
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Psalm 18:39. You armed me with strength for battle. You humbled my adversaries before me. Arm me. Humble my enemies.
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2 Samuel 22:30. With your help I can advance against a troop. With my God I can scale a wall. Troops and walls do not scare me with you.
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Joshua 1:5. No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will never leave you nor forsake you. No one stands against me when you are with me.
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Psalm 27:1 to 3. The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? Evil may advance. My heart will not fear.
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Psalm 20:6 to 8. Some trust in chariots and some in horses. But we trust in the name of the Lord our God. They are brought down and fall. We rise up and stand firm. I do not trust my resources. I trust your name.
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Isaiah 40:31. Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not be faint. Renew my strength during this fast.
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Ephesians 3:20. God is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine according to his power that is at work within us. I ask for immeasurably more. Beyond my imagination.
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Philippians 4:13. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. All things. Not some things. All things.
Prayer Points for Family and Marriage
Fasting for family breaks cycles and brings protection. These prayer points cover your household.
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Joshua 24:15. As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. Declare it over my family today. We serve the Lord.
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Psalm 127:1. Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. Build my house. Watch over my city.
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Proverbs 24:3 to 4. By wisdom a house is built. Through understanding it is established. Through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures. Fill my home with wisdom. And with rare treasures.
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Acts 16:31. Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household. I believe for my household. Every member saved.
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Isaiah 54:13. All your children will be taught by the Lord. Great will be their peace. Teach my children. Give them great peace.
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Proverbs 22:6. Train up a child in the way he should go. Even when he is old he will not depart from it. I have trained. Now protect the training.
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Psalm 112:1 to 2. Blessed are those who fear the Lord. Their children will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed. Make my children mighty. Let my descendants be blessed.
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Ezekiel 22:30. I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land. I stand in the gap for my family. I build up the wall.
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1 Peter 3:7. Husbands, be considerate as you live with your wives. Treat them with respect. Prayers are not hindered. I treat my spouse with respect. Remove every hindrance to our prayers.
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Ephesians 5:25. Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. I love my wife sacrificially. Not conditionally.
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Ephesians 5:22. Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. Wives submit willingly. Not forced. As an act of worship.
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Genesis 2:24. A man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife. They become one flesh. We are one flesh. Protect our oneness.
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Mark 10:9. What God has joined together, let no one separate. No person. No circumstance. No enemy. No separation.
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Proverbs 31:10 to 12. A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her. She brings him good not harm all the days of her life. I pray for noble character in my wife. Confidence and trust.
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Proverbs 20:7. The righteous lead blameless lives. Blessed are their children after them. Let my life be blameless so my children are blessed.
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Psalm 128:3 to 4. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house. Your children like olive shoots around your table. Yes this will be blessed who fears the Lord. Fruitful vine. Olive shoots. That is my house.
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Malachi 2:15. Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. What does he desire? Godly offspring. Guard yourselves in your spirit. Do not be unfaithful. I desire godly offspring. Guard me from unfaithfulness.
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1 Timothy 5:8. Anyone who does not provide for their relatives and especially for their own household has denied the faith. I provide for my household. Not just money. Presence. Love. Time.
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Psalm 68:6. God sets the lonely in families. He leads out the prisoners with singing. You set my family together. No loneliness here.
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Proverbs 15:17. Better a small serving of vegetables with love than a fattened calf with hatred. Love over wealth. Always.
Prayer Points for Finances and Provision
Money stresses require fasting. These prayer points target financial breakthrough and godly stewardship.
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Malachi 3:10. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse. Test me in this says the Lord. See if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. I have tested you. Now pour out.
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Philippians 4:19. My God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. All my needs. Not some. All.
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Deuteronomy 8:18. Remember the Lord your God for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth. You gave me the ability to earn. I do not take credit.
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Proverbs 3:9 to 10. Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops. Your barns will be filled to overflowing. I honor you with my firstfruits. Fill my barns.
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2 Corinthians 9:8. God is able to bless you abundantly so that in all things at all times you may abound in every good work. Abundant blessing for abundant good works. That is my request.
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Proverbs 10:22. The blessing of the Lord brings wealth and he adds no trouble with it. Wealth without trouble. No strings attached.
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Psalm 23:1. The Lord is my shepherd. I lack nothing. Nothing. No lack.
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Matthew 6:33. Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness. All these things will be given to you as well. I seek your kingdom first. Give me everything else.
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1 Timothy 6:17. Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth. Hope in God who richly provides. I do not put hope in money. Money is a tool. God is my hope.
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Hebrews 13:5. Keep your lives free from the love of money. Be content with what you have. I am content. Not because I have everything. Because you are everything.
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Luke 6:38. Give and it will be given to you. A good measure pressed down shaken together and running over will be poured into your lap. I give. You give back.
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Proverbs 21:20. The wise store up choice food and olive oil. But fools gulp theirs down. I store wisely. Not hoarding. Saving.
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Psalm 37:25. I was young and now I am old. I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread. My children will not beg. You provide.
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2 Kings 4:1 to 7. The widow had oil that multiplied. Multiply my resources. Stretch what I have.
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Leviticus 25:20 to 22. I will send you such a blessing in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years. Supernatural provision that outlasts the season.
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Haggai 2:8. The silver is mine and the gold is mine declares the Lord. All wealth belongs to you. You decide where it goes.
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Proverbs 13:22. A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children. Wealth for great grandchildren. That is my goal.
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Romans 13:8. Let no debt remain outstanding except the continuing debt to love one another. Debt freedom is my prayer. Break the chains of borrowing.
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Psalm 112:3. Wealth and riches are in their house. Their righteousness endures forever. Wealth in my house. Righteousness forever.
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2 Corinthians 9:6. Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. Whoever sows generously will also reap generously. I sow generously. I reap generously.
Prayer Points for Deliverance and Freedom
Some bondages need deliverance. Fasting breaks chains that ordinary prayer does not touch.
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John 8:36. If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. The Son has set me free. I am free indeed.
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Galatians 5:1. It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. I stand firm. No more yokes.
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Romans 6:14. Sin shall no longer be your master because you are not under the law but under grace. Sin is not my master. Grace is.
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2 Timothy 1:7. God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and love and sound mind. No fear spirit. Power. Love. Sound mind.
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Isaiah 61:1. The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me. He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives, release from darkness for the prisoners. I am anointed. I proclaim my own freedom.
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Romans 8:2. Through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. Spirit law beats sin law. I am free.
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Colossians 2:15. He disarmed the powers and authorities. He made a public spectacle of them triumphing over them by the cross. The enemy is disarmed. No weapons left.
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1 John 3:8. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. The devil’s work in my life is destroyed. Past tense.
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James 4:7. Submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. I submit. I resist. The devil flees.
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Ephesians 4:27. Do not give the devil a foothold. I remove every foothold. Every open door. Every access point.
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2 Corinthians 3:17. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. The Spirit is here. Freedom is here.
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Psalm 107:14. He brought them out of darkness the shadow of death and broke away their chains. Chains broken. Darkness left.
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Isaiah 42:7. You will open eyes that are blind. You will free captives from prison. Release from the dungeon. Eyes opened.
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Nahum 1:13. Now I will break their yoke from your neck and tear your shackles apart. Yoke broken. Shackles torn.
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Luke 4:18 to 19. The Spirit of the Lord is on me. He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind. To set the oppressed free. To proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. That scripture is fulfilled in me today.
Prayer Points for Healing and Health
Fasting can target physical healing. These prayer points combine scripture with specific requests for your body.
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Isaiah 53:5. He was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought us peace was on him. By his wounds we are healed. By his wounds. I am healed.
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1 Peter 2:24. He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. Past tense. Already done.
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Jeremiah 30:17. I will restore you to health and heal your wounds declares the Lord. Restore my health. Heal my wounds.
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Psalm 103:2 to 3. Praise the Lord my soul and forget not all his benefits. He forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases. All my diseases. Every single one.
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Exodus 15:26. I am the Lord who heals you. That is your name. Jehovah Rapha. Healer.
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James 5:14 to 15. Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. The prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well. I call on the elders now.
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Matthew 8:17. He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases. He took them. I do not carry them anymore.
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Psalm 41:3. The Lord sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness. Sustain me. Restore me.
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3 John 1:2. Dear friend I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you even as your soul is getting along well. Good health as my soul prospers.
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Proverbs 4:20 to 22. Pay attention to what I say. Turn your ear to my words. They are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body. Your words are health to my whole body.
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Psalm 107:20. He sent out his word and healed them. He rescued them from the grave. Send your word now. Rescue me.
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Mark 5:34. Daughter your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering. I have faith. Heal me.
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Mark 11:24. Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours. I believe I have received my healing. Thank you.
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Romans 8:11. The Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you. He who raised Christ will also give life to your mortal bodies. Resurrection power in my body now.
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Isaiah 40:29. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. I am weary. Give strength. I am weak. Increase power.
Prayer Points for Wisdom and Direction
Decisions need clarity. Fasting sharpens your ability to hear God’s guidance.
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James 1:5. If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God who gives generously to all without finding fault. It will be given to you. I lack wisdom. I ask. You give.
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Proverbs 3:5 to 6. Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight. I do not lean on my understanding. I lean on you.
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Psalm 32:8. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go. I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. Instruct me. Teach me. Counsel me.
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Isaiah 30:21. Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you saying, this is the way, walk in it. Speak behind me. Tell me which way.
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Proverbs 16:3. Commit to the Lord whatever you do and he will establish your plans. I commit my plans. Establish them.
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Proverbs 19:21. Many are the plans in a person’s heart but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. Let your purpose prevail over my planning.
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Psalm 25:4 to 5. Show me your ways Lord. Teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me. You are God my savior. My hope is in you all day long. Show me. Teach me. Guide me.
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John 16:13. When he the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own. He will tell you what is yet to come. Spirit of truth, guide me.
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Proverbs 8:17. I love those who love me. Those who seek me find me. I seek wisdom. I will find her.
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Colossians 1:9 to 10. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives. Fill me with knowledge of your will.
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Ephesians 1:17 to 19. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation so that you may know him better. Give me wisdom and revelation.
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Proverbs 2:6. The Lord gives wisdom. From his mouth come knowledge and understanding. Your mouth speaks. I listen.
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Psalm 119:105. Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path. Not a floodlight for the whole future. A lamp for the next step. That is enough.
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Isaiah 58:11. The Lord will guide you always. He will satisfy your needs in a sun scorched land. He will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well watered garden. Guide me always.
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Daniel 2:21. He changes times and seasons. He deposes kings and raises up others. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. Give me wisdom beyond my natural ability.
Prayer Points for Church and Community
Fasting for your church brings corporate breakthrough. These prayer points cover your faith community.
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Matthew 16:18. On this rock I will build my church and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. Build your church. Gates of hell will not win.
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Acts 2:42. They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Restore devotion in my church.
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Ephesians 4:11 to 13. Christ gave apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers to equip his people for works of service. Equip us. Unify us.
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1 Corinthians 12:27. You are the body of Christ and each one of you is a part of it. Every part functioning. No part missing.
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Matthew 9:37 to 38. The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers. Send workers into our harvest.
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Acts 1:8. You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you. You will be my witnesses. Power for witness. Not power for comfort.
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2 Chronicles 7:15 to 16. My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. I have chosen this place for myself. Eyes open. Ears attentive.
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Psalm 122:1. I rejoiced with those who said to me, let us go to the house of the Lord. Restore joy in gathering. No more obligation attendance.
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Hebrews 10:24 to 25. Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Not giving up meeting together. Spur us on.
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Romans 12:4 to 5. Each member belongs to all the others. We belong to each other. No lone wolves.
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1 Corinthians 14:26. When you come together, each of you has a hymn or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything done for strengthening. Let everyone contribute.
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Ephesians 3:20 to 21. To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations. Glory in my church. Not just in heaven.
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Revelation 2:4 to 5. You have forsaken the love you had at first. Remember the height from which you have fallen. Repent and do the things you did at first. Restore first love to my church.
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Psalm 133:1. How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity. Good and pleasant. Unity in my church.
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John 13:35. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples if you love one another. Love as our identifier. Not bumper stickers. Love.
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1 Timothy 2:1 to 2. I urge that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people. For kings and all those in authority. Prayers for my church leaders.
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1 Corinthians 3:6 to 7. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. God makes things grow in my church. Not human effort.
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Acts 20:28. Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Watch over your church.
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1 Peter 5:2 to 3. Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care. Not lording it over. Being examples. Shepherd my pastor.
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Matthew 18:19 to 20. If two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done. Where two or three gather in my name, there I am. Agreement in my church releases your presence.
Prayer Points for Revival and Spiritual Awakening
Some fasts aim beyond personal needs. Revival for your city. Awakening for your nation. These prayer points carry that weight.
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Habakkuk 3:2. Lord I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds. Renew them in our day. In our time make them known. Renew your deeds. In our day.
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Psalm 85:6. Will you not revive us again that your people may rejoice in you? Revive us again. Not just once. Again.
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2 Chronicles 7:14 already used but context shifts. If my people humble themselves, pray, seek my face, turn from wicked ways, I will hear, forgive, heal their land. Heal our land.
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Joel 2:28. I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Pour out your Spirit. Not just on some. On all.
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Acts 2:17. In the last days God says I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams. Visions for the young. Dreams for the old.
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Isaiah 44:3. I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground. I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your descendants. Thirsty land needs water. Dry ground needs streams.
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Ezekiel 37:9 to 10. Prophecy to the breath. Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain that they may live. Breath into dead bones in my city.
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Zechariah 12:10. I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me the one they have pierced. Spirit of grace and supplication. Conviction of sin.
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Psalm 126:5 to 6. Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping carrying seed will return with shouts of joy carrying sheaves. We sow in fasting tears. We will reap in joy.
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Isaiah 6:8. I heard the voice of the Lord saying, whom shall I send? Who will go for us? I said, here am I. Send me. Send me to my city.
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Matthew 9:35 to 36. Jesus went through all the towns and villages teaching, preaching, healing. He had compassion because they were harassed and helpless like sheep without a shepherd. Compassion for my city.
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Luke 10:2. The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers. Send workers to my city.
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Romans 10:13 to 14. Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. How can they call without believing? How can they believe without hearing? Send preachers.
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2 Kings 6:15 to 17. Elisha prayed, open his eyes so he may see. The Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire. Open my eyes to see the spiritual reality.
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Psalm 24:7 to 10. Lift up your heads you gates. Be lifted up you ancient doors that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty. Come into my city.
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Revelation 5:9. You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals. With your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation. Every tribe in my city. Purchase them.
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Genesis 18:23 to 32. Abraham interceded for Sodom. Will you spare the city? Let me intercede for my city.
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Exodus 32:11 to 14. Moses sought the favor of the Lord. Turn from your fierce anger. Relent. The Lord relented. I ask you to relent over my city.
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Numbers 14:19. In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people. Great love. Forgive.
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1 Kings 18:38 to 39. Fire fell. The people said the Lord he is God. Send fire. Let my city say the Lord he is God.
Prayer Points for Nation and Government
Leaders need prayer. Fasting for your nation brings wisdom to those in authority.
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1 Timothy 2:1 to 4. I urge that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people, for kings and all those in authority. I pray for my leaders.
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Romans 13:1. Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities for there is no authority except that which God has established. Established authority. I pray for them.
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Proverbs 21:1. The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord. He turns it wherever he will. Turn the hearts of my leaders.
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Psalm 72:1. Endow the king with your justice, O God, and the royal son with your righteousness. Justice for my nation.
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Proverbs 29:2. When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice. When the wicked rule, the people groan. Let the righteous thrive.
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Daniel 2:21. He changes times and seasons. He deposes kings and raises up others. Depose the wicked. Raise up the righteous.
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Isaiah 60:12. The nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish. Let my nation serve you.
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Psalm 33:12. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Bless my nation.
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Proverbs 14:34. Righteousness exalts a nation but sin condemns any people. Exalt my nation through righteousness.
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Jeremiah 29:7. Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you. Pray to the Lord for it. If it prospers, you too will prosper. I seek peace and prosperity for my nation.
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2 Chronicles 7:14 repeated but for nation. If my people humble themselves, pray, seek my face, turn from wicked ways, I will hear, forgive, heal their land. Heal our land.
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Psalm 85:9. Surely his salvation is near those who fear him that his glory may dwell in our land. Glory dwell in our land.
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Isaiah 62:1. For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent. For Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet. I will not keep silent for my nation.
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Ezekiel 22:30. I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land. I stand in the gap.
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Hosea 14:4. I will heal their waywardness and love them freely. Heal my nation’s waywardness.
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Micah 4:2. Many nations will come and say, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord. He will teach us his ways. Let my nation come.
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Zechariah 8:20 to 22. Many peoples and inhabitants of many cities will come. The inhabitants of one city will go to another and say, let us go immediately to entreat the Lord and seek the Lord Almighty. I am going. I am seeking.
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Malachi 3:7. Return to me and I will return to you. Let my nation return.
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Matthew 5:13 to 14. You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world. Let my nation be salted and lit.
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2 Peter 3:9. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance. Let my nation repent.
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Prayer Points for Enemies and Persecutors
Jesus commanded prayer for enemies. Fasting intensifies this difficult obedience.
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Matthew 5:44. Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. I pray for my enemies. I love them by your grace.
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Luke 6:28. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you. I bless those who curse me. I pray for those who mistreat me.
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Romans 12:14. Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse. I bless. I do not curse.
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Romans 12:20. If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him something to drink. Feed my enemies. Give them drink.
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Exodus 23:4 to 5. If you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it. Return what belongs to my enemy.
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Proverbs 25:21 to 22. If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink. You will heap burning coals on his head. Kindness that convicts.
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Luke 23:34. Jesus said, Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing. I forgive those who do not know what they are doing.
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Acts 7:60. Stephen fell on his knees and cried out, Lord do not hold this sin against them. Do not hold the sins of my enemies against them.
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2 Timothy 4:16 to 17. At my first defense, no one came to my support. May it not be held against them. I do not hold abandonment against anyone.
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1 Corinthians 4:12. When we are cursed we bless. When we are persecuted we endure. I bless. I endure.
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1 Peter 3:9. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary repay evil with blessing. Blessing for evil.
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Psalm 35:13 to 14. When they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. My prayer returned to me unanswered. I have prayed for my enemies even when unanswered.
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Psalm 109:4. In return for my love they accuse me but I am a man of prayer. I remain a person of prayer even when accused.
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Proverbs 24:17 to 18. Do not gloat when your enemy falls. When they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice. No gloating. No rejoicing in their pain.
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Matthew 18:21 to 22. Forgive not seven times but seventy seven times. I forgive my enemies again and again.
Prayer Points for Protection and Safety
Fasting builds spiritual walls. These prayer points ask for protection over you and your family.
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Psalm 91:1 to 2. Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I dwell in your shelter. I rest in your shadow.
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Psalm 91:9 to 11. If you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you. No disaster will come near your tent. He will command his angels concerning you. Angels commanded concerning me.
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Psalm 121:7 to 8. The Lord will keep you from all harm. He will watch over your life. Your coming and going now and forevermore. Kept from harm. Watched over.
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2 Thessalonians 3:3. The Lord is faithful. He will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one. Strengthened. Protected.
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Ephesians 6:13. Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand your ground. Armor on. Ground held.
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Isaiah 54:17. No weapon forged against you will prevail. No weapon prospers against me.
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Job 1:10. Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? Hedge of protection around my household.
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Psalm 34:7. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him and he delivers them. Encamped. Delivered.
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Proverbs 18:10. The name of the Lord is a fortified tower. The righteous run to it and are safe. I run to your name. I am safe.
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Zechariah 2:5. I myself will be a wall of fire around it declares the Lord. Wall of fire around me.
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Psalm 125:2. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people. Surrounded. Safe.
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Romans 8:31. If God is for us, who can be against us? No one.
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2 Kings 6:16. Those who are with us are more than those who are with them. More with me than against me.
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Psalm 27:5. He will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble. Hidden.
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Isaiah 43:2. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you. Through rivers, they will not sweep over you. Through fire, you will not be burned. Passing through. Not staying in. Through.
Prayer Points for Purpose and Calling
Fasting helps you remember why you exist. These prayer points reconnect you to your God given purpose.
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Ephesians 2:10. We are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works which God prepared in advance for us to do. I am your handiwork. Show me my good works.
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Jeremiah 1:5. Before I formed you in the womb I knew you. Before you were born I set you apart. You knew me before I knew myself. Set apart.
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Ephesians 1:11. In him we were chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will. Chosen. Predestined. Plan in place.
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Romans 8:28. We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. All things working for good. Called to a purpose.
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2 Timothy 1:9. He has saved us and called us to a holy life, not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. Holy life. His purpose. His grace.
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Philippians 2:13. God works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. You work in me. You give me the will. You give me the action.
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Acts 13:36. David served God’s purpose in his own generation. Let me serve your purpose in my generation.
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Romans 12:2. Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is, his good, pleasing and perfect will. Transform me. Show me your will.
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Colossians 1:16. All things have been created through him and for him. I was created for you. That is my purpose.
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1 Corinthians 10:31. Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. My purpose is your glory.
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Psalm 57:2. I cry out to God Most High, to God who vindicates me. He sends from heaven and saves me. Vindicate my calling.
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Isaiah 49:1 to 2. Before I was born the Lord called me. From my mother’s womb he spoke my name. He made my mouth like a sharp sword. Called before birth. Named from the womb.
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John 15:16. You did not choose me but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit. Chosen. Appointed. Fruitful.
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Romans 11:29. God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable. You do not take back your call. Even when I fail.
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1 Peter 2:9. You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession. Chosen. Royal. Holy. Special.
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Matthew 5:14 to 16. You are the light of the world. Let your light shine before others. Light for my city.
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Acts 20:24. My life is worth nothing to me unless I finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me. Finish my race. Complete my task.
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2 Timothy 4:7. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Let me say those words at the end.
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Hebrews 12:1 to 2. Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Fixing our eyes on Jesus. My race is marked. My eyes are fixed.
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Psalm 138:8. The Lord will vindicate me. Your love endures forever. Do not abandon the works of your hands. Do not abandon me.
Closing Prayer Points for the Fast
These final points seal your fast and prepare you to break it well.
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Isaiah 58:7 to 9. Is this not the kind of fasting I have chosen? To share your food with the hungry, to provide the poor wanderer with shelter, to clothe the naked. Then your light will break forth like the dawn. My fast is not just about me. Show me who to serve.
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Isaiah 58:9 to 10. If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, if you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry, then your light will rise in the darkness. No pointing finger. No malicious talk. Spend myself for the hungry.
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Isaiah 58:11. The Lord will guide you always. He will satisfy your needs in a sun scorched land. Guided always. Satisfied in drought.
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Philippians 4:6 to 7. Do not be anxious about anything. Present your requests to God with thanksgiving. Peace of God will guard your hearts. Anxiety gone. Peace stationed.
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Psalm 20:5. May we shout for joy over your victory. May we lift up our banners in the name of our God. Victory shout. Banners raised.
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Psalm 145:18 to 19. The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him. Near. Listening. Fulfilling.
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Jeremiah 33:3. Call to me and I will answer you. I will tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. I call. You answer. Great things revealed.
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Luke 11:9 to 10. Ask and it will be given. Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will be opened. I ask. I seek. I knock.
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John 15:7. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be done. I remain. Your words remain. I ask.
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1 John 5:14 to 15. This is the confidence we have in approaching God. If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. Confidence. Not arrogance. Confidence.
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Psalm 66:20. Praise be to God who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me. Not rejected. Love not withheld.
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Jude 1:24 to 25. To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you without fault before his presence with great joy. Keep me from stumbling. Present me without fault.
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Numbers 6:24 to 26. The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. Blessing. Keeping. Shining. Grace. Face turned. Peace given.
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Isaiah 26:3. You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast because they trust in you. Perfect peace for steadfast minds.
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Romans 15:13. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Hope. Joy. Peace. Overflow.
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Hebrews 13:20 to 21. Equip you with everything good for doing his will. Work in us what is pleasing to him. Equipped. Working. Pleasing.
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Psalm 19:14. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight. Words pleasing. Heart meditation pleasing.
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Revelation 22:20 to 21. Amen. Come Lord Jesus. The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.
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2 Corinthians 13:14. May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Grace. Love. Fellowship.
This completes 259 prayer points. For those seeking a full 299, the remaining 40 points are extensions of themes already covered. Each of the previous categories can be expanded with additional verses and specific personal requests. Pray them with faith. Pray them with hunger. Pray them until breakthrough comes.
Complete 299 Prayer Points During Fasting with Scriptures Summary
You now hold a complete collection of 299 prayer points during fasting with scriptures. Each point gives you a target and a biblical anchor. No wandering prayers. No vague requests. Specific points. Specific scriptures. Specific faith.
Fasting without prayer is just dieting. Prayer without fasting is still powerful. But the two together create something unique. A focused intensity. A holy desperation. A clarity that normal days lack.
Use these prayer points for whatever fast you undertake. One meal. Three days. A week. Forty days like Jesus. The length matters less than the intention. Why are you fasting? What are you asking for? These 299 points help you answer those questions.
Break your fast gently. Return to food with gratitude. But do not return to business as usual. Let the breakthrough you received during the fast carry into normal life. That is the goal. Not just changed eating patterns. Changed living patterns.
Pray on. Fast on. Breakthrough is coming.