 day 11 of the fast. What I would like to take time today is before I share how fasting ambushes the enemy. I would like to share with you from Matthew chapter 6 on something that somebody just commented that I believe is important to address on Matthew chapter 6 and verse 16. Now this is a famous verse that most of you have heard about fasting. It deals with the motives of fasting. It deals with us not, you know, trying to make a show out of the fasting. Everything is great. And then Jesus pretty much gives this advice to how to fast biblically. And he says this, but when you fast, somebody dropped it in the chat, when you fast, it doesn't say if you fast, when you fast. So that means that Jesus is expecting believers to fast. When you fast, anoint your face. Anoint your face. That means honestly take a shower and brush your teeth. It means go about your normal day. Don't make a big deal about fasting. Don't blow your horn. Don't go walking around. Hey guys, I'm fasting. You don't need to update your Instagram status or your Twitter status. And if you're gonna go off of social media for a fast, you don't need to tell anybody. I'm just gonna offend some of you by telling that most people won't even realize that you're off of social media. Okay, sometimes we make such a big deal about our little sacrifices. We're like, oh, I'm just FYI. Next seven days, I'll be off of social media. Really, most people won't even realize that you've been off of social media. Why? Because most people are so centered on themselves. They're not even thinking about you. And so just kind of do it. Wash your face. Go about your normal day. Some people think that when you fast, you need to really stop everything that you're doing and just consecrate, concentrate, and consecrate your time to the Lord. That's not really practical for a lot of us. And so he says wash your face. Anoint your face and wash your face so you don't appear to be fasting to men. But to your father who is in a secret place and this is the part that I want you to see. It changed my fasting life. But to your father who is in a secret place and this is the part that changed my life, your father who sees in secret will reward you openly. I want you to catch this. God rewards the fast. Not just the prayers that are in the fast, the readings, the other things that fasting produces, the very act of fasting God rewards. Which means you should be encouraged in your fasting that if you're not experiencing anything, you know, first day, second day, or for some time, do not give up. Do not quit. Don't get discouraged because he rewards you openly. Now, sometimes he rewards you during the fast by direction and guidance. Honestly, sometimes it happens after the fast. I keep using the example of Jesus. Jesus was returning in the power of the Holy Spirit after the fast. During the fast, he was tempted. During the fast, he was tried. During the fast, it was pretty challenging. He was in the wilderness of Judea. If you've been to Israel, those wildernesses, they suck. They suck life out of you. There's nothing to do there. There is no water there. Now, Jesus, we believe that he still was drinking water, but he wasn't eating, but it was scorching hot. And it could feel like, Oh, I'm not getting anything. I'm just being attacked. I'm not feeling anything. And so what got me through my seasons of fasting was this. As much as fasting needs to be with prayer, with the Bible reading, with all of these things, you know, cutting away from other stuff, 100%. All of that has its place. But there are seasons, I'll be honest with you, where I just like emotionally, not necessarily feel all connected, not all there, feel a little bit down. And why I don't quit is because God will reward the sacrifice that fasting produces. And he will reward this openly. Drop this in the chat. Fasting is a private discipline that yields public reward. Drop this in the chat. Fasting is a private discipline that yields public reward. There will be a reward associated with fasting that's done to please and to be seen by God. If you do it to be seen by God, he will reward you. Now, if you do it because you want to be seen by man, then your reward will be, you will be seen by man. But if you're doing it to be seen by God, he promises to reward you. Sometimes the reward of fasting comes after fasting. Come on, somebody dropped it in the chat. Sometimes the reward of fasting comes after fasting, not during fasting. Therefore, you shouldn't be discouraged while fasting. I know this is a mouthful and it's longer sentence, but I'm going to give it again to you. And I want you to drop this down. Sometimes the reward of fasting comes after fasting, not during fasting. Therefore, you shouldn't be discouraged while fasting. God rewards those he sees fasting. Prayer is important. Giving is important. Bible reading is very important. But God will reward the very act of fasting. So don't give up on your fasting. Don't get discouraged in your fasting. Amen. Sometimes the reward of fasting comes after fasting, not during fasting. Therefore, you shouldn't get discouraged while fasting and not seeing that reward. I look forward to reward from God, not from people. I don't want people to give me the reward if it doesn't come from God. I look forward to break through from God after the fast. I look forward to God's intervention in certain things in my life. Why? Because I'm not doing this to please people. I'm not doing this to impress people. I'm not doing this to lose weight. I'm doing this because it's a Christian discipline. It's something that Jesus expected us to do. And the Lord prompted on my heart. And also because I'm doing it with a motive to be seen by God. I want God to see this, not other people. Now we are doing a corporate fast together. So this is slightly different as well, because, you know, while we're not blowing a horn, we are sharing our experiences here for the sake of motivating each other toward godliness, toward holiness, toward pursuit of God. But we're looking forward to the reward. Drop number one in the chat if you're looking forward to the reward that will come from God. Now the way God will reward us will be different. So we're not in any way here talking about possessions or fame or popularity or anything of that sort. But God has a way to reward you in a way that is needed and in the way that suits His will the best. But if you're looking forward to the reward drop number one in the chat. Now let's dive in just a little bit further today on how fasting ambushes the enemy. In 2 Chronicles chapter 20 verses 3 we see the following. And Jehazaphat feared and set himself to seek the Lord and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. So Judah gathered together to ask help from the Lord and from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord. Then Jehazaphat stood in the assembly of the Judah and of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the Lord before the New Court and said, O Lord our God, O Lord God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? And do you not rule over the kingdoms of the nations? In your hand is not their power and might that no one can withstand you? Are you not our God who drove out inhabitants of this land before your people, Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham, your friend forever? And they dwell in it and have built a sanctuary in it for your name saying, if a disaster comes upon us, a sword, a judgment, pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this temple and in your presence and cry out to you in our affliction and you will hear and save. And now here are the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they churned from them and did not destroy them. Here they are rewarding us by coming to throw us out of your possession which you have given us to inherit. And verse 12, I want you to see this verse. This is the key verse. Oh our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us. Nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon you. Let's pause for just a second. I want you to stamp this verse in your heart. You know, Juhasaphat got scared. A great multitude came against him. He starts too fast. When you're afraid, start the fast. Drop this in the chat. When you're afraid, start the fast. Seek God. He prayed his prayer and then in this prayer he said something that honestly a lot of us can relate. And he said this, we have no power against this multitude. We don't know what to do. Do you feel like that sometimes where whatever is coming against you, you're powerless. Maybe the weight of responsibilities are greater than your ability to handle it. Maybe what came against you right now, the heartbreak, the divorce, the loss of a loved one, loss of business, the loss of family member, or maybe the loss of a job, or maybe betrayal. Some kind of an enemy came against you and you have no power against this and you feel powerless. And some of us believe this lie. God will never give us what we cannot handle. Well, then explain to me, how come Juhasaphat said, I have no power against this multitude. You know what I believe? God always gives us more than we can handle because he doesn't expect us to handle it ourselves. That's the word right there. Drop that in the chat. God gives us more than we can handle because he doesn't expect us to handle it ourselves. If you think that God gives you what you can handle, you're wrong because God never expected you to handle it yourself. Juhasaphat is a good example. He says, I can't do this. He says, I have no power, God. My armies are not equipped for this. Our structures are not equipped. Our military is not equipped for this. He says, we're not going to make it. And you think that was bad? You know what else he says? We don't know what to do. Have you ever been in a place not only where you have more than you can handle, but you actually completely clueless on what to do? Absolutely have no idea. How do I get out of this? How do I get through this? Like, what do I do? Juhasaphat was a smart guy. He wasn't an idiot. But he faced the problem. He himself had no idea what to do. Drop this in the chat. When you don't know what to do, fast pray and see God. I know this is simple. I know this may seem like, man, this is too simple. But sometimes that's all you gotta do. When you don't know what to do, fast and pray until God speaks. When you don't know what to do, fast and pray until God speaks. That's what he did. He sought the Lord. He fasted. He prayed. I want you to drop this in the chat as well. When you don't know what to do, fix your eyes on God. That's what he did. He says, but our eyes are on you. We don't know what to do, but we know where to put our focus. We don't know what to do, but we know what to do with our eyes. I can't control what's happening around me. I can't control sometimes what's happening inside of me. But I do decide where I cast my eyes. And as you're fasting, fasting redirects your focus, your eyes on God. Drop this in the chat. Fasting redirects my focus on God. When you don't know what to do, when you are up against something that's bigger than you, instead of quitting, instead of dropping the ball, instead of saying I quit. I can't do this. I'm done. That's it. No, no, no. God doesn't give you a problem bigger than you to punish you. God is giving you a problem bigger than you so he can show his power. Come on somebody. Drop that in the chat. God is not giving you a problem bigger than you to punish you. God is giving you a problem bigger than you so he can show his power. So he can manifest his glory. So he can get all the glory and he can manifest himself in the way that you've never seen before. But there is a key. When you don't know what to do, when you have a problem bigger than you, you've got to control your focus. You might not be able to control your circumstances. You might not be able to control anything else. There's one thing that is within your control. Your focus. And what helps you to redirect your focus? Fasting. Seeking God. Prayer. And fasting. Because during fasting you only have one focus. You're either going to focus on food but you can't really because you're not eating. You start focusing on God. That's what he did. Our eyes are on you. We're fasting. We're focused on you. We're scared. We got something coming. We don't have a solution for. We don't have education against for this. There is no medicine against this. There is no therapy again. There is nothing we can do. And we're absolutely clueless on what to do next. But we know how to fast. Come on somebody. But we know how to pray. But we know how to humble ourselves. And we know how to cry out to God. Any prayer warriors we have in the chat right now. Drop number one in the chat. Any fasters we have in the chat right now. Drop number one in the chat. Because that's what this is. It's saying God I can't do this. God this is too hard. God this problem is way bigger than me. Not bigger than you. I don't know what to do. But I know who to look at. I don't know what to do. But I know who to focus on. And guess what I'm gonna focus on? On you. I'm not gonna focus on the medical report. I'm not gonna focus right now on my children not serving God. I'm not gonna focus on the fact that my husband left me. I'm not gonna focus on the fact that I got church hurt. I'm not gonna focus on the fact that I'm going through a very difficult time financially. I'm not gonna focus on that. I'm not gonna ignore those situations but I'm not gonna focus on that. Because victims they focus on what they're going through. Victors they focus on what they're going through. Victims they focus on what they're going through. Victors they focus on where they're going to and where we're going. We're going to God. Drop that in the chat. Victims focus on what they're going through. If you keep focusing on what you're going through you will be a victim. but victors, they focus on where they're going to. Our focus is on you. Our eyes are a new God. That's what Jehoshaphat said. And I want you to see what happened next. In a few verses down the road, in verse 12, we see in verse 13, now all Judah and their little ones and their wives and their children stood before the Lord. Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jehazil, the son of Zechariah, the son of Benayah, the son of Jehiel. Oh my goodness, how many sons is he, this guy, a part of. So the Spirit of God comes on this guy. And verse 15 says the following, and he said, listen all of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem. You King Jehoshaphat, thus says the Lord, do not be afraid or dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, is not yours, but the Lord's. You know, this promise I have heard be claimed by so many people in so many places, but I gotta give you context. In the context, this verse, this promise is not given to people who just lay claim of it. You have to meet the same conditions. And what are the conditions? We have a problem bigger than us, we don't know what to do, but we choose to focus on God, we choose to fast, we choose to pray. And then God speaks and God gives assurance of two simple things, don't be afraid. And I keep telling guys every single day almost, don't be afraid. And the second thing he says, this battle is not yours. You know why it's not yours? Because it's bigger than you. And God says, it's mine. The reason why I allowed it is because I want to fight. And when you're fasting, when you're humbling yourself, you're inviting God into a battle bigger than you. Drop this in the chat. When you're fasting, you're inviting God into a battle bigger than you. When you fast, you're inviting God into a battle bigger than you. Battle that's bigger than you. And God says, battle is not yours. It's mine. When you fast, God joins the fight. God picks up a fight with the enemies bigger than you. He joins those ranks. Now, of course, we're fighting on God's side. God is not fighting necessarily on our side, but there are problems bigger than us that sometimes God comes in and says, not your battle, it's mine. And verse, if we go just a little bit further, verse 17, in verse 17, he says the following, you do not need to fight in this battle. Position yourself and stand still and see the salvation of the Lord who is with you, or Judah and Jerusalem. Do not fear nor be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you. So what happens? God says, go forward. Do not retreat. I got you. What did this fasting produce? What is this seeking God produced? God didn't give them a specific strategy. He gave them strength to go forward, not knowing where they're going into, what they're going into. They literally were walking into their graveyard, into their funeral, because the enemy is coming against them. Going forward into the unknown, going forward into their death, but with God. And he says, don't be afraid, don't be dismayed. He says, tomorrow go forward. He said, tomorrow I want you to go out against them, but God, we don't have any weapons against them. I am with you. And as they did that, something happened. Before they did that, I want you to see that Jehoshaphat did not say, oh, we need a sign. Jehoshaphat said, that's it. We got the word. We got to worship the Lord. He starts worshiping God. And there's a word here. So they rose up early in the morning, went out into the wilderness of Tekoa, and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, hear me, O Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established. Believe his prophets, and you will prosper. He pretty much said, hey guys, let's go out singing, worshiping, and verse 22. As they began to sing and to praise, the Lord said ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab and Mount Sinir, who had come against Judah, and they were defeated. They actually started to kill themselves. So it started to, the problem became resolved by itself. That's crazy. They didn't fix anything, meaning they didn't defeat the enemy. They simply went forward and the enemy defeated themselves. Now, I am not saying that this is God's plan for every single enemy that we have in our life. When I'm referring to enemies, I'm not talking about your cousin. I'm not talking about somebody who doesn't like you on social media, or somebody that hurt you at church. I'm talking about spiritual enemies, and these spiritual enemies will be defeated. Sometimes they will be self-destruct as you begin to, in the light of not knowing what to do, in the light of a problem bigger than you, you redirect your focus on God. That's all you can control is your focus, and with fasting, with prayer and seeking God, and then comes, there comes that point during fasting when God gives you a word. He gives you assurance. Sometimes it will come from reading the scripture, sometimes it will come later after you've read the scripture. There's this assurance that comes, and the assurance that comes is this, I got you, keep going, everything's going to be all right. And you're walking into the unknown, you're walking into something that you are absolutely unsure of what to expect, but you're walking with the assurance you're not alone. You're walking with the assurance you're right where God wants you to be, and he got you. And the problems you fear, they seem to be resolved. The worst outcome is not as bad. Things just kind of change. You're like, man, what happened? God happened. He intervened. He interfered. He ambushed your problem. Our God is still God of miracles. He's still God of breakthrough. He's still God who does the impossible. He heals the sick. He drives out demons. Why? Because in his kingdom, there is no sickness. In his kingdom, there is no demons. And Jesus is the king of kings and Lord of lords, and he preached the kingdom. He brought the kingdom, and we as Christians have the kingdom of God in us. Therefore, we are at war with the kingdom of darkness, which is the kingdom of sickness, which is the kingdom of depression, which is the kingdom of divorce, which is the kingdom of abuse, which is the kingdom of bitterness, which is the kingdom of anxiety, which is the kingdom of death, and with the kingdom of oppression, demonization, All of that is part of His kingdom, and Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil. And sometimes when the kingdom of darkness comes heavy at you, and you're absolutely powerless and clueless, you still have something you can do. Keep your focus by fasting, by praying, and then listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit. Listen to God's word. It will be a simple verse. Do not be afraid. It will be a simple verse. I am with you. It could be something as simple as my peace will guard you. It could be as simple as something as me and my family will serve God, but it becomes alive inside of you. And after that, your prayer turns to praise. Drop this in the chat. When God releases a promise, you should switch your prayer into praise. Because Joseph, the moment he got the promise from God, you see that everything changed. They went from praying to praising. Until you get the promise, keep praying, keep praying, keep praying, keep praying. Once God gives you a promise, once God gives you a prophetic word, turn your prayer into praise. Begin to praise God for it. Even if you don't see the answer yet, even if nothing changed on the outside, everything changed in the spirit realm. And you have to begin to praise God for it. You're going to begin to release your faith by praising God. Don't just say, I'm going to wait and see. No, say, Lord, I'm going to wait on you and I'm going to praise you. I'm going to worship you. In Jesus' name. Amen. If this was a blessing to you, drop number one in the chat. We're going to take a time to pray right now. I want to pray for those of you who have a problem that they're bigger than you. I want to pray for those of you that right now are facing something you have no idea what to do. I am believing from this fast, there will be so many miracles that God will do. What he did for Joseph that he will do for you, I want to agree with you today that God will do a breakthrough, that God will speak in this year. Productors will come home. You will get a doctor's report that says you don't have cancer anymore, that you will get a breakthrough. Stuff that is tied in courts is going to be supernaturally released. I want to believe with you for that today. Breakthrough. As you don't know what to do, as you are facing something bigger than you, David and Goliath's scenario, you fix your eyes on God as you're fasting. Keep on fasting. Keep on pressing. And for those of you who are watching this right now and you have not joined the fast, I want to challenge you just, what are you waiting for? Go to pastoroflaw.org, hit that challenge and just join. Join the rest of this 10-day fast that we have left. Let's do it. Let's see God's supernatural intervention. What if some of you may say, well, you know, I've never seen God move. I'm not sure if I want a fast and everything. Like what would happen if you do fast? What would happen if you finish the fast? You'll never know if you do it, if you don't do it. You'll never know if you don't do it. You know, when I was going through a 40-day fast and I was tempted to quit, of course, but you know what scared me a little bit is that I will never know what would happen if I do it. I know what will happen if I don't, the same thing that happened before. Or I just don't know what will happen if I do. And I did see, on the other side, a breakthrough. You know, when me and my wife gave our first, first time we gave all of our money away about seven, actually nine years ago now, I knew what will happen if I don't give the same thing. I'll be grinding as I've been grinding, but I never knew what will happen if I do and miracles started to break out. It wasn't the giving, it was the obedience. So last month, as we looked over our finances, we looked over what happened in the last 10 years, how God, supernaturally, spiritually, just we've seen God's hand in our life that I can't explain. I just can't explain. I mean, it's crazy. Stuff, even like I can't even mention that some of the stuff online where just even other people would message me and they say, you literally have an angel over your life or something because this just doesn't happen. Something like even house taxes, where my sister, she's in the chat right now, works for the place that does the house taxes and the stuff that just even happened there. Just things I've seen is just crazy. So me and my wife were looking over and we're saying, okay, that's what we've seen in last 10 years. What if we can see, what if we obey God? What if we go further? What if we do that again? You know, and last month, that was the case. Now, is it scary? You bet you are. Of course, it is. Most people will say, that's dumb. That's stupid. You were saving money. That's for you. But I've seen God move in a way that I can't get credit for and I trust him. I believe in God. And the Jehoshaphat said, you will be established. And the fear of missing out for me and what God could do is greater than a stomach pain, a little discomfort, empty bank account. Like all of that stuff doesn't matter as much anymore. And in the beginning it was, it was very painful. It was very hard. I wasn't sure, because I didn't have much experience in that area. Now that I have a little bit more experience, I can persevere. I can develop just the persistence. What would God do if you fast? Well, you will never know if you don't. What would he do if you pray? You will never know if you don't. What would God do if you begin to sacrifice? You will never know if you don't do it. So I want to challenge you. If the Lord prompts you, join the fast. If the Lord prompts you, don't quit. You start it, let's go to the end. I'm with you. We're going to do it together. If the Lord prompts you to start getting deeper in prayer, go for it. You never know what will happen unless you do. If the Lord prompts you this year to sacrifice, to give like you've never done before. Maybe you live from paycheck to paycheck and the idea of that literally throws you in a cold sweat and you're like, here's a pastor telling us about money, you know, like, and every man is like screaming right now and yelling because a lot of times during fasting, God starts challenging us to give. I know that. Oh my God. And so he just go all the way. He said, Lord, all of me. And I can promise you from being on the other side is that God is faithful. God is faithful. And he is faithful. That's all I'm going to say. He did it for Jehazaphat. He's going to do it for you. Be strong, be encouraged. Do not fear, do not be dismayed because of the great multitude that came against you. Because God is going to walk with you straight into the unknown and he got you. Lord, I pray right now for every person that is in this live stream and many more that will be rewatching. Lord, many of us are facing Jehazaphat type problems, multitudes bigger than us. And some of us in the chat, we don't know what to do. We're absolutely clueless and we're absolutely powerless. But God, we have this spark of hope. Our eyes are on you. Our eyes are on you. Lord, we are not fasting to get a breakthrough. We are fasting because we need you. We humble ourselves before you. We're seeking you. And we want to invite you into our dilemma. You wouldn't allow a battle bigger than us if you didn't plan to be involved. You wouldn't allow a battle bigger than us if you didn't plan to be involved. Come, God, with your power, we ask you for a miracle. In our health, we ask you for a miracle with our prodigal children. We ask you for a miracle in our finances. We ask you for a miracle in our ministry. That stagnation, that limitation, that thing where we just cannot breakthrough, but it's constantly gossip and backbiting and one person comes into church, two people leave, Lord. We just believe for a breakthrough in the name of Jesus. We believe in you, God. We're not afraid to trust. We're not afraid to give. We're not afraid to pray. We're not afraid to hope and we're not afraid to fast. We don't want to live with fear. We don't want to live with, oh, it's hard to do this. We'd rather have a healthy fear that says, I'm afraid of missing out on what God could do, what God wants to do. I don't want to stop in the middle. I want to go to the end, Lord, in Jesus' name. I bless your people right now. I pray for those that are believing today. I pray for mothers. I pray for fathers. I pray for businessman and business women. I pray right now, Lord God, for those that are on a sick bed, God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, God of Israel, show your mighty power, reveal your strength, heal those that are sick, open the Red Sea, split the Red Sea. May your miracle, may your breakthrough come in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Receive this prayer and drop that prayer emoji in the chat today. Amen. I want to take a moment right now to invite you to give. I want to invite you to sow into this word, sow into as you're fasting. The Lord will be speaking to you also about giving because fasting, prayer and giving go together. So you can do that by doing through a cash app, through Venmo, through PayPal. But I want to invite you specifically to become a partner with this ministry. We make content available free of charge. Our books, e-courses translate a lot of our content all around different nations actually and provide books for those places. And we're able to do that because of your partnership. So we're believing for at least a hundred partners during this time where people who will just say, hey, I believe in what God has given to the past of life. I want to spread the message of deliverance, Holy Spirit, even fasting to believers all around the world. Our mission is to reach the world globally and to disciple people digitally. So as you do that, I'm going to read day 11 of the fasting tip. Where is my day 11? So by the third stage, a sword of fasting high begins. These improvements include an elevated mood, increased energy levels and a type of clear mind is unique to fasting. So and that's where some of you are experiencing. Some of us are not experiencing that. Some of us are just a little bit more weak and stuff. So yeah, somebody just actually pointed out an Instagram. Thank you for pointing that out. We actually have a two YouTube channels outside of this one that we are able to run because of your guys is giving. And you know what those one in Spanish and one in Russian, I'm going to actually show you right now that because of your partnership, not only we translate our content into like if you go to Pastor Vlad, you will see course, you will see a lot of resources that are being provided. So from podcasts to ebooks to we also create long PDFs for people, reading plans, over a million subscriptions there, audio, and then the other one that's big one is the e-courses. Quite a few of you guys have, how many of you guys have been taking my e-courses? And so we have tons of e-courses here that are very beautiful. We provide them for people free of charge. Churches actually download them as well as books. And these books, they are translated like for example, if we go to Break Free, which is the most translated, look at how many languages. And we still have about eight more that we're translating right now. And so that's kind of we're able to do that because of your guys is giving and stuff. So the Lord put on my heart to offer stuff free of charge. And he just said, I will send people that will help you to do this work. And so and maybe you're one of those people. So if God puts on your heart, I would like to thank you for that and invite you to partner with us for that. What I wanted to show you is the YouTube. So if we go to YouTube channel, something that I actually don't mention a lot. So we have two YouTube channels. And I have two people that manage it and our staff, one, and we translate all the content into Russian. And then we have another one where we translate everything into Spanish. So they don't have a lot of traction yet. I do believe with time, but it's our outreach. It's part of our outreach. And so just kind of so this is not, you know, you paying for Vlad to kind of release content, blogs or anything of that, even though that's great. But at the same time, there's a lot of other world outreach that we do. A lot of ministries don't do that. And God bless them, but God has given us this vision and God has given me a lot of partners. And we want to go further even more this year. I have some ideas to do some more things. And so as the Lord gives more finances, we're going to be able to do more things. And you guys are a part of that. You're part of this team. So for those of you that give, you know, you might be in a different nation, you might be in a different country. But if the teachings that I bring were a blessing to you, you can help me to reach just more people. So that's what we're asking for. Partnering with globalist. I am not a globalist, but I want to reach the globe for Christ. Amen. So Debbie, thank you for your donation on YouTube, as well as Alexander, thank you for your donation. Angel, thank you for your donation. And then David, thank you for your donation on the Vinmo, Sam and Jade, on Kashyap, Grobu, Tamika, Kerry, Laura, Jessica, Miss Agure, and Carlos. Really appreciate you guys' donation on those platforms as well. Is it too late to start the fast Vlad? No, it's not. You can join the fast. Start today. We've got 10 days to go. And so you might want to rewatch my first few videos. And you can just kind of stay motivated. But yeah, people are saying I can't wait to listen. Yeah, let's drop the links right now into our Spanish and Russian channel. Yeah, I need to kind of, I wonder if we can put that also on our website. Because a lot of people are not aware that we actually have a Spanish and a Russian channel. We do want to also build one into like an Indian language or a Hindi language, Hindu language. And so I think Urdu, one of those languages. So we're just praying for God to send the right people and the finances as well. And so you can be a part of that if the Lord puts on your heart to do so. Let me open some questions that we have. My Russian speaking mom would benefit. Please drop the Russian link. Yeah, we're dropping right now. We're dropping the Russian link as well. Yeah, it's actually under my channel. If you go under my channel, you'll be able to see that. But we're dropping the link right now for you as well. So you'll be able to subscribe to that. I know Hindi. Yeah, so we are looking for a person who will be able to translate audio and has equipment and has a really good voice to translate the content for it. So yeah, so we are looking for that. And if the Lord puts on your heart to do that, and you have the equipment and you have a very good voice to send it to our team, we'll prayerfully consider. And we're also looking for the finances. So maybe some of you are going to be the ones who can sponsor it and stuff so that we can run our stuff also into other language. Thoughts on doing a first week of a fast on water and tea and then the rest on sundown. Yeah, it's completely fine. You can do that. Can I switch from one meal to a water fast? Today is my 12th day. Yeah, you can do that as well. Actually, sometimes it's really good when you've been doing on one meal and then you kind of like got used to fasting already, honestly. So you can go back and just go the rest of the fast on water. Yeah. What if you have fasting COVID now and I'm still fasting? Is it healthy to continue fasting? I would, concerning COVID, I would talk to the doctor. But I do know like a lot of times when you have fever and you have some of these like cold, it actually is helpful too fast too. It helps you to heal. There's quite a few studies that were done were doing fasting. Fasting helps you to heal better. What would God do if I fast? So I've shared a lot of already about what God would do. I would just kind of go through my short videos that I do every single day. How is your fasting past a lot? It's going great. I do feel a lot more weaker today and more fatigued but not a big deal. So it's not a not a big deal for me and stuff. It's just it comes in waves. So do you have, do you need any more video editors on your team? I would love to be a part of what you're doing. Okay. So good question guys. Listen to me very carefully. For those of you who are video editors and you are like, you know, you have a really great gift and you would love to serve on our team. I want you to message or email, message Everett on the email Everett at pastovlad.org. Now he just dropped that in the chat. We're going to drop that again. And if you are able to translate into a language and you you have faithfulness, you have equipment, and you're able to translate video content into a language upload, you know how to do Photoshop because we already have thumbnails, everything. Go ahead and just email Everett at Everett at pastovlad.org. We do want to add at least one or maybe even two more YouTube channels in other languages this year because that's part of our global outreach as God gives finances we want to expand to just reach more people. And we translate written content, a lot of it. I mean, we have a whole team and we spend a lot of finances actually on translating content into other languages and sometimes even buying books in those languages and giving them out there. And we do that because of your guys is giving. But I do believe also the video content is necessary and important. So we do want to also translate video content as well. And so if you have very good voice and you have very good translating skills, and you have an equipment where you can do that in your house, you know how to use Photoshop, we can teach you how to upload and all of this stuff and bring you on our team. Any plans to visit India anytime soon. I don't have any plans. Can you take the Lord's Supper during the fast? Personally, I would discourage from taking the Lord's Supper if you're doing a water fast. I would do if you're doing some other fast then yeah you can do that. I would just avoid doing that until you come out of the fast. Can you fast while working a mentally and demanding job? It would be harder. It's still possible. You might want to supplement with some juices every once in a while to kind of keep you keep you a little bit more focused. The first few days is harder. The rest of it you might be a little bit slower. But mental clearness usually is not decreasing when you're fasting. So I would really, I would continue. We have quite a few guys who are in management, guys who are in have high capacity jobs and who do fast with no problem. And I mean I was meeting with one of our disciples yesterday and he's you know overseeing a very large project here locally working in a for department of the government you know and doing a 21 days no problem. Other people who are working in the office. I remember one time I had this guy just got saved. He's a very large contractor construction contractor and he just got saved just got baptized. We're doing a 21 day fast and he did a 21 days on water straight. And I mean he was working in construction and he was a contractor too. So like a very demanding job will cup at four o'clock in the morning and I was shocked and he's never fasted before in his life. And so and this was the first time and he did all 21 days. I was like you got to be kidding me. So you'd be surprised with what you're capable of doing if you set your mind to it. Now if you can't do it don't force yourself but if you can it's just a little bit hard you can persevere. How do you deal with a vacuum tummy? It affects my sleep. Yeah so I mean you can take some of the vitamins the complex B vitamin and the salt the fasting salt to kind of help you with that. But that's part of the package is your stomach is going to shrink and yeah and sometimes it you know it stops usually making noise after a while but sometimes it could still make little complaints. I experienced throw up two times when I water fast and blood from my nose should I stop. Yeah you should probably stop fasting. Yeah some people just can't do water faster but it's just something is just not in there and and they should just do something else like one meal a day or juices or Daniel fast. And so if you notice in your body is reacting you're throwing up your blood is coming out of your nose then yeah you should you should abstain maybe just do one day but you should abstain from that. But if you are not having these experiences you should persevere and encourage. I got dizzy why should I worry. You should just sit and rest and just don't do anything super active like exercising running and then drink water also add a little bit of fasting salt to your water and and just kind of take it a little bit easier. Also if you are driving and you're fasting I would just encourage that you become very cautious especially when you turn on the heater in the car. You can kind of fall asleep so you just want to be be aware of that that you don't put yourself in danger. Pastor regarding internship is it possible to apply for the side push-up semester only. The one that combined with the ministry semester thank you. So this semester for the side push-up is already finished. I know people are coming this Sunday but for the fall reach out to our team and ask them and they'll let you know. How do you feel when we fast weekly for a water fast for one day like say every Wednesday. I think it's great. I actually used to do that for I would say about a decade of just doing one day a week and Wednesday was my day actually and so from 24 hours on the water fast so the news that I'm going to tell you guys is in a few days about what's going to happen after this fast. Is cranberry juice okay for fasting or like to add to your to your water. I think should be fine. I'm not don't drink cranberry juice so or juices during fasting so I think probably should be fine. Is there an online ministry program? No we don't have an internship program online. Ear popping and heavy breathing is it normal. I haven't experienced that. I've been experiencing female reproductive issues should I fast. I would ask to your doctor about that. Yeah I don't know about that. Is the challenge in Spanish. No the challenge is not in Spanish. We don't have videos in Spanish on that. We are finishing translating the book. Our hope is that next book that I'm going to release which is the host the Holy Ghost. We will have that right away in three languages but for this one we were not able to finish it in time in Spanish. Do you have children's ministry? Yes we have children's ministry and starting very soon we're starting something at the church that I'm super excited. This Sunday we're going to announce a big announcement. I am very ecstatic and so but I can't mention it to you yet until Sunday. I've been in a 12-13 day water fast. How do I transition out into a different form of fasting? Why would you want to transition out my first question? I would just go to the end if you can. If you can't then you can just transition out into a different fast the way you will transition out of a fast with some kind of a very you know chicken broth or something slowly into that and then you know maybe if you're gonna eat one meal a day after that then just eat also very light meals. Don't don't stuff yourself. Yeah so we have this reminder again. I just wanted to give you guys a huge shout out and thanks for leaving a review. If you have not left the review go ahead and do that today. For those of you that haven't got the book make sure you get the book. I see with somebody else just left the review and so leave a review. You can go and then you'll be able to join our fast forward challenge group on Facebook if you sign up on the website. So if you go on the website you can sign up there. You can get a reading plan. Also we have a Russian YouTube channel and we have a Spanish YouTube channel and also all of our content is translated into different languages so very much appreciated for those of you that are subscribing liking and sharing this tomorrow. I'm not streaming tonight during our typical live streams because of the fast and so we will finish this fasting first and then I'm gonna resume my Thursday streamings after this in a month of February. We're hoping to release a new e-course in about three weeks on marriage. I'm really excited for that one and so we have new e-course coming out. As of right now you can check out my friend David Degas e-course which we have on my flash school called Praying in the Holy Spirit. Very very powerful course. There's Deliverance prayers course. There's a curses course Deliverance from Demons. Fasting course as well. We have a whole course on fasting relationship with the Holy Spirit as well as a lot of other, got a lot of courses. Unoffendable, hard, but Maxi Norelli. Foundations, you know, learn your foundations in faith, anointing, dating without fornicating. Also very powerful course in relationship with the Holy Spirit. So all of those courses are available free of charge. You can just take them when you want and follow them through. Alrighty, we will see you tomorrow once again. My precious Fasters. Don't quit. Don't give up. We got you. Let's go.