40 Days of Prayer & Fasting 2025
CONSECRATION
Making sacred; dedication to the service and worship of God. Separated from a common use to a sacred use. Metaphorically meaning perfect, although not faultless, but bringing to a state of completion and fulfillment—renewing, completing, maturing, reaching the intended goal, and finishing a work of duty.
Suggested Guidelines
PRAY FIRST!
Drink one gallon of water daily, whiel fasting the body has more waste to get rid of. This is why it is important to consume no less than one gallon of water a day.
While Fasting, this schedule should be followed:
Morning
Drink 1 quart of water (over a 30 minute period)
Noon
Drink 1 quart of water (over a 30 minute period)
Evening
Drink 1 quart of water (between 5 to 6 pm)
The overweight person needs to consume an additional glass of water for every 25 pounds of excess weight. In addition, when the body is thirsty, water should be taken immediately. This drinking schedule brings the body’s fluids into balance, causing more fat to be used as fuel. It alleviates fluid retention, helps retain muscle tone, and causes a natural decrease in appetite. When the body’s fluids are balanced, the body does not require or crave food as much as when it is out of balance.
Plenty of cranberry juice should be consumed, as it helps flush the kidneys.
Fifty percent of all fruits and vegetables should be raw.
Suggested exercise program: Daily stretching and deep breathing. Walking is excellent—3 to 4 miles three times a week is recommended. Light toning, i.e., floor exercises and light weights. The workout program may vary depending on the individual's fitness level.
We do suggest an herbal program; consult your nutritionist.
Increase prayer time. Tithe at least two (2) hours and forty (40) minutes every day through prayer, studying, meditation, or simply being still. Limit, avoid, or even exclude TV, radio, and magazines. Abstain from fat, caffeine, sugar, cholesterol, dairy products, and meat. You may eat skinless chicken and fish. Limit or avoid excessive social telephone calls. Resist eating fast foods and reduce salt intake.
CHILDREN: NO FAST FOODS, NO VIDEO GAMES. Generate family unity. Families, sit down with your children.
As with any nutritional or exercise program, it is recommended that you consult your physician before beginning.
Bible Foundation for Fasting
((New King James Version))
“Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke?” (Isaiah 58:6)
JESUS FASTED
“...And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.” (Luke 4:2)
“And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.” (Matthew 4:2)
THE PROPHETS FASTED
MOSES: “So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water.” (Exodus 34:28a)
ELIJAH: “So he arose, and ate and drank...” (1 Kings 19:8a)
DANIEL: “I ate no pleasant food, no meat or wine came into my mouth.” (Daniel 10:3a)
KING DAVID: “I humbled myself with fasting...” (Psalm 35:13b) “...and chastened my soul with fasting...” (Psalm 69:10b)
ANNA: “...but served God with fasting and prayers night and day.” (Luke 2:37b)
CHURCH LEADERS
Prayer and Fasting – Cornelius fasted (Acts 10:30)
Prayer and Fasting (Acts 13:2-3)
Prayer and Fasting (Acts 14:23)
BELIEVERS
“It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone...’” (Matthew 4:4b)
“Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.” (Matthew 6:16-18)
“However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.” (Matthew 17:21)
“But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection...” (1 Corinthians 9:27a)
“Consecrate a fast, Call a sacred assembly: Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.” (Joel 1:14)
“Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “Turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.” (Joel 2:12)
“Pray without ceasing.” (1 Thessalonians 5:17)
“...but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church.” (Acts 12:5b)
“...for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things...” (Philippians 4:11b-12a)
“...My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.” (John 4:34)
MARRIAGE
“Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time...” (1 Corinthians 7:5a)
