CHECK THE NEWS - JAN. 10th, 2026

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Real America’s Voice – CHECK THE NEWS (Jan. 10, 2026)

Host: Jonathan Shuttlesworth
Date: January 11, 2026
Episode Theme: Spiritual Benefits and Practical Guidance for Fasting & Prayer

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Overview

This episode is the kickoff for “Fasting and Prayer Day 1,” where Jonathan Shuttlesworth leads listeners through biblically-rooted strategies and encouragement for a 21-day period of fasting and prayer. The primary goal is spiritual breakthrough, personal transformation, and corporate blessing in 2026. The episode blends practical tips, scriptural backing, motivational remarks, and candid moments, all with Shuttlesworth’s characteristic directness, humility, and humor.

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Key Discussion Points

1. The Supernatural Power of Fasting and Prayer

(02:47–14:44)

• Shuttlesworth opens with bold declarations regarding spiritual warfare and the authority available to believers:
  • “I prophesy in the name of Jesus Christ, every demon spirit assigned to your life, it backs off for free today...” (02:47)
• Announces his location (Pittsburgh, PA) and revival plans in Santa Ana, CA.
• Emphasizes starting the year with 21 days of fasting and prayer, encouraging listeners to join in person or online.
• Shares 20 themed “prayer points” for Day 1 (focused on thanksgiving, praise, and worship) and explains how these guide intentional, biblically-based prayer.
  • “If you have trouble praying for a period of time...I posted 20 prayer points today and I’m going to give a theme to pray every day with 20 prayer points.” (03:30)
• Stresses that prayer should be based on God’s done work and abundance, not lack.

2. Scriptural Foundation: The Idea of ‘Provoking’ God’s Favor

(10:36–14:44)

• Challenges common Christian platitudes:
  • “Fasting doesn’t change God; it changes you” and “There’s nothing we can do to get anything more…”
• Counters with New Testament examples where God responds to human action.
  • “There are actions you can take that provoke blessing from God.” (12:10)
• Discusses reward and obedience over passivity, emphasizing that spiritual disciplines “provoke” divine response.
• Introduces the term “covenant responsibilities”—Christian practices that attract spiritual blessing (fasting, prayer, giving, etc.).

3. The Early Church and Fasting Traditions

(18:40–21:25)

• Cites early church historical practice, referencing the Didache:
  • “Early Christian writings…mention that the early church often fasted on Wednesdays and Fridays…The Pharisees were known to fast on Mondays and Thursdays…”
  • (Dialogue with “ChatGPT” at 20:39–21:25)
• Encourages listeners that biblical Christianity includes big goals—mass healings, miracles, soul-winning—as seen in Acts.

4. Making an Impact: The Law of ‘First Things’

(23:54–28:54)

• Advocates dedicating the first month, first fruits, and early year to God, aligning with scriptural patterns.
  • “First 10% belongs to God…firstborn of your house, first fruit of your increase...our calendar year, what month are we in right now? Month number one.” (24:45)
• Suggests a dynamic, responsive approach to fasting, noting the flexibility of the biblical fast (e.g., breaking at 6 pm is scriptural).
• Shares candid experiences of struggle and imperfection during fasting.
  • “I'm saying it because if this is hard for you, I don't know if there's anybody that it's easy for right off the bat.” (27:55)

5. Seven Supernatural Benefits of Fasting and Prayer

List interwoven throughout, particularly at (16:53–43:05):

• Victory after Defeat: Fasting brings success where there was failure, removes limitations (16:53).
  • “Fasting and prayer gave them a victory where before they had failure. Fasting and prayer will turn your failures into successes.” (16:53)
• Acceleration of Answered Prayer: (Daniel 10) Fasting expedites answers and removes demonic delays.
  • “Fasting is an accelerant to prayer.” (31:38)
  • “No demon power can withstand 21 days of fasting and prayer.” (32:08)
• Corporate Power: Fasting can be private or corporate; immense power when unified.
  • “There’s power in all the people of God moving in the same direction. January is a powerful month because you have literally almost the entire body of Christ focusing their faith.” (36:40)

6. Biblical Examples & Practical Encouragement

(36:21–43:05)

• Jehoshaphat’s corporate fast (2 Chronicles 20) led to supernatural defeat of enemies, overwhelming prosperity.
  • “God doesn’t just defeat your enemies. He makes them cough up their wealth to go into the hands of the righteous.” (38:45)
• Ties these outcomes to contemporary needs: personal finances, business growth, ministry expansion.

7. Faith, Giving, and Happiness

(45:14–57:14)

• Shares tiers of giving and promised thank-you resources (books related to fasting, happiness, Bible study).
• Makes practical appeals—start where you are in giving; see it as a faith step for prosperity.
  • “The way one of the motivations in sowing should be to start where you are believing for the increase to keep being able to go higher.” (47:31)
• Unapologetically advocates for Christian happiness, sharing from his new book:
  • “God did not create life to be endured. He created it to be enjoyed.” (54:41)
  • “Growing up I had what some Christians might call a disease. I was happy all the time.” (55:07)
• Urges listeners to seek and enjoy both joy and happiness.

8. Final Blessing and Prayer

(56:40–57:14)

• Offers a robust prayer for financial breakthrough, expansion, new opportunities, and revival for listeners.
  • “I thank you for your hand that's on their life. I thank you for bringing them into their own personal Canaan land this year that's flowing with milk and honey.” (56:50)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “No devil in hell is gonna stop it. But when you stand up straight with your shoulders back…the fire of God down in your spirit…the devil will back off for free.” —Jonathan Shuttlesworth (02:50)
• “You can’t pick the Bible apart and take the parts you like and ignore the parts you don’t like.” (31:25)
• “God is a rewarder. But there’s things you do to enter into that reward. Obviously there’s things you can do to exit out of that reward.” (13:39)
• “If you’ve got tiny little goals for your life, then you can skip fasting and prayer…But if you would like to write a check to build a church, be the lender only and not the borrower—there’s spiritual limitations…requires all of the Bible.” (17:25)
• “It's hard to hit a small target, but it's impossible to hit a target that doesn't exist.” (22:04)
• “No demon power can withstand 21 days of fasting and prayer.” (32:08)
• On corporate fasts: “When people say, like, fasting should be something people do personally and privately. No, that's not. You're not right. Shut up. It's irritating to hear people say stuff that's just, like, plainly not...[biblical].” (36:40)
• On joy and happiness: “Most of the people who claim Christians should have joy rather than happiness don't have either. It's impossible to have joy and not be happy.” (55:39)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Start of Spiritual Message: 02:47
• 20 Prayer Points Focus: 03:30–07:30
• Debunking Passivity in Faith: 10:36–14:44
• Fasting Traditions (Early Church & Pharisees): 20:39–21:25
• Law of First Things & Practical Fast Guidance: 23:54–28:54
• Benefits of Fasting & Defining Corporate Power: 16:53, 31:04–43:05
• Faith, Financial Giving, and Happiness: 45:14–57:14
• Closing Prayer & Blessing: 56:40–57:14

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Tone and Style

Direct, bold, scriptural, and sometimes humorously blunt. Shuttlesworth’s teaching aims to shake off complacency, encourage disciplined spiritual practice, and restore a vibrant expectation of God’s power and blessing in daily life.

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For Listeners:

• This episode is an energizing guide and motivational push to begin the year committed to spiritual discipline.
• Key practical tools and resources are offered (e.g., prayer point lists, fasting guides).
• Expect a mixture of teaching, candid storytelling, and calls to faith-driven action.

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Transcript

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And God will do two things tonight. That demon that's assigned to your life, he'll pick him up and throw him out of here. And then he'll minister his power to your body. I came to get this message to the people. No devil in hell is gonna stop it. But when you stand up straight with your shoulders back and have a clean look in your eye, the fire of God down in your spirit and he sees that you know who you, the devil will back off for free. I prophesy in the name of Jesus Christ, every demon spirit assigned to your life, it backs off for free today in the name of Jesus Christ. Welcome to Fasting and Prayer Day 1. I am live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. And tonight I will be live in Santa Ana, California at 7 o', clock West Coast Time, Pacific time. So you'll have me at 10:30 like you have me right now. And then Adalus, 7 o' clock in Pittsburgh, Los Angeles. I'll be with you 7 o' clock at Revival today Church Los Angeles, which is in Santa Ana tonight. And tonight's going to be off the hook. So all the west coast family, anybody that can make it over from Arizona, we're asking you to register for 21 days of prayer and fasting and to commit to be in one of those locations for three days. Good to see you. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Pastor Joe and Sarah Spence joining us. Everybody that's on. I'd love to see where you're watching from. Melissa, great to see everybody. Great to see you. I'm going to get right to it. Fasting and prayer day one. Seven supernatural benefits fasting and prayer judges 20. Oh, by the way, before I get right to it, if you go on my Twitter, Instagram or Facebook, I posted 20 prayer points today and I'm going to give a theme to pray every day with 20 prayer points. So if you have trouble praying for a period of time, can you guys grab my tweet just to give an example of what prayer points are for people that don't know what they are. Good to see you, Galveston. Good to see you, Fort Worth. I'm really glad that you're making a decision to do this. This is something that will absolutely change your year and change your life. Danville, Kentucky. Costa Mesa, California. Jacksonville, Florida. Strongsville, Ohio. Good to see you everybody. 20 prayer points day one. And I made the theme today, Thanksgiving, praise and worship for who God is and for all he's done for us. Father, I thank you that you are God alone. Before you there was none, and after you there will be none. Isaiah 46:9 Remember the things I have done in the past, for I alone am God. I am God, and there is none like me. 2 I praise you for the finished work of Jesus. Nothing is lacking, nothing is undone, and nothing can be added. When Jesus had tasted it, he said, it is finished. Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. 3 Father, I thank you that all power so again there'd be two ways to pray this Father, I thank you that you're God alone. But if you like, read it, make the words your own prayers to be from the heart. Father, I thank you that all power in heaven and on earth already belongs to Christ and therefore belongs to the church. Jesus came and told his disciples, I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth, and you can pray in tongues for a while and worship in tongues. And this is going to have this year more of a worship feel to it than in the past. Because the more I think about it, what can you even ask God for that he hasn't already done? Which is why one old man of God said, praise is the highest form of prayer. So instead of O Lord, please supply every need according to your riches and glory. I bless you that you have already supplied every need according to your riches and glory by Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 and the same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches which have been given to us in in Christ Jesus. Keep going if you have the second one. Father, I thank you that you're good and your mercy toward me endures forever. Psalm 136:1 give thanks to the Lord, for he is good his faithful love endures forever. 6 I praise you that you chose me, redeemed me, and adopted me into your family by grace. Ephesians 1:5 and 6 God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do and it gave him great pleasure. So think of this. You can so there's 20 of them. You can only put five on Instagram because they limit how long a caption can be. But you can copy and paste these. Good to see you, Evangelist Cody. You can copy and paste these and put it wherever you store on notes or whatever on your phone and then print them out. And you you know by the end of this you're going to have 420 prayer points. So I did that to help you. So this, this is going to be a better time of doing this this year. Judges 20:26 7 supernatural benefits of fasting and prayer 7 supernatural benefits fasting and Prayer why do we do this? What does it provoke? And I want to deal with something up front. How many of you have heard by Shovamoji hand somebody say words to the effect of fasting doesn't earn anything from God. You can't earn anything from God. Or they'll say, fasting doesn't change God, it changes you. Now, obviously God is unchanging. But you can see in the Bible people did took actions that changed God's attitude towards them, positively or negatively. What's the other one? Oh yeah. And then the other one they say is fasting doesn't move God. Fasting moves you. It's true that fasting moves you. But to treat it like God doesn't move, you know, you may have heard this. How many know God's seated in heaven and the next, the next time he moves is when he's going to be. Or Jesus is seated in heaven and the next time he moves is going to be when he comes back to the earth. Well, that's not true because yes, Jesus went into heaven and sat down, but when Stephen was being stoned, he looked up and said, I see Jesus standing at the right hand of God. Secondly, answer this question in the comments. Who appeared to John on the Isle of Patmos in the book of Revelation? Jesus. Jesus appeared to him in his wherever they had him in a cave in exile. So he came down from heaven to come meet. He came down and knocked Saul on his back and change his name to Paul. So yes, Jesus went to heaven and sat down at the right hand of the Father, but he wasn't then chained to the, to the seat by the Father. He clearly, in the New Testament, comes back down, can stand up, can move and can move on people's behalf. So to treat it like nothing, you know, everything's already done, there's nothing you can do to get any more. I mean that people literally will say that. How many know there's nothing we can do to get anything more? There's nothing we can do to lose what we have. Oh really? Me and you are reading two different Bibles. Let me, let me get a. I'll leave it. So maybe you don't like the word earn. Earn. I just told you the prayer points are on all my social media x Facebook and Instagram has the first five. So follow me on social media. D. Shuttlesworth. Maybe earn is a bad word. Earn. But I want you to write down a word that's a good word that basically means the same thing, but maybe it's a little more palpable to the Western Christian. Write provoke. Hey, Pastor Roger Webb in Greendale, Indiana. I was just thinking about you. I really love you. I like how you're gunning for it and going for more in your 70s. You're a great example. Write the word provoke. There are actions you can take that provoke blessing from God. And obviously we're not going to deal with the negative. You can read in the Book of Acts with King Agrippa, with Ananias and Sapphira. I mean, there's nothing we can do to lose the grace of God. Have you read Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5. Have you read King Agrippa? Have you read the Sorcerer Bar Jesus? There's actions people take that provoke wrath. Do you think there would be no change in my life if I went upstairs and said, hey, Patrick, give me all the cash from yesterday's offering. I'm headed down to a strip club. But Jonathan, that's church money. That's illegal. I said give it to me. You work for me. I don't work for you. Give me the money. I'm headed to a strip club. Yes, there's major judgments in the Bible for people that touch God's money. In fact, the quickest, harshest judgments in the Bible were for people that messed with holy money. So there's actions you can do that provoke wrath. Cannot find the 20 points of prayer on Facebook or Instagram. Number one. I just told you, don't go to Instagram. I know, I posted on Facebook. Let me see if I like, because I logged out. No, they're right there. One hour ago. All 20 on Facebook. Try to sharpen up a little bit. Maybe add a prayer point that God will sharpen your mind. Reading the comments makes you lose hope in Christianity. You might just feel like, maybe I'll just let go to Venezuela and stuff and preach John 3:16. Because it's not the sharpest bunch. And if you think I'm being harsh, Jesus said the exact same thing. The children of this world are oftentimes wiser than the children of God. And oftentimes is almost all the time. Revival today. I don't have a personal Facebook. Just so you know, if you get contacted by somebody claiming to be me, it's not me. Write the word again. Provoke. There are actions I can take that provoke a reward from God. Ministers are differently rewarded, Christians are differently rewarded. God is a rewarder. But there's things you do to enter into that reward. Obviously there's things you can do to exit out of that reward. You know Adonis and I were talking.

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Fasting and prayer gave them a victory where before they had failure. Fasting and prayer will turn your failures into successes. They'll turn your defeats into victories. It removes limitation. It causes breakthrough. It engenders victory. It engenders victory at Another level, brother. I already have the victory. Yeah, you look like it. When's your car payment again? How many churches have you built? How many churches have you written a check for and said, oh, Pastor, I heard you need 11 million here. So I don't. Yeah. If you've got tiny little goals for your life, then you can skip fasting and prayer. If your goal in life is to put $20 in the offering or $100 in the offering, and finance every house and finance every church and finance every car and take seven prescription medications a day, there's no need to fast. But if you would like to write a check to build a church, be the lender only and not the borrower. There's spiritual limitations that the devil induces to try to keep a Christian low. And it requires all of the Bible. It's a mistake to cut the word out of your life. It's a mistake to cut prayer out of your life. It's a mistake to cut church attendance out of your life. It's a mistake to cut tithing out of your life. It's a mistake to cut giving out of your life. And that would be almost universally agreed to. Guess what? Another practice that is not mentioned in the Bible? Commanded in the Bible? Fasting. When you fast, when you pray, when you give, it's a command. And the amount of days that you're supposed to fast is never commanded in the Bible. But there's one amount of days that. That you can't choose. That you cannot choose. You want to know what it is? Zero. No one is allowed to choose. Zero. Christians fast, Christians pray, Christians tithe, Christians give. Christians attend church. Christians have a pastor. Christians win souls. These are. See, the devil doesn't care if 100 million people turn to Christ in the United States. If everybody can just make up their own definition of Christianity. I want you to write this down. You've heard me say it in the last few days. It's worth repeating. I have covenant responsibilities, right? As a Christian. I have covenant responsibilities as a Christian. What's up, Irene? As a Christian, I have covenant responsibilities. There's things that are required of me. I'm saved by grace, through faith, not. Not by works. But my goal is not. Write this down. My goal is not just to make heaven. My goal is to make an impact on the earth. Fasting and prayer is about making impact on the earth. Moses fasted. Elijah fasted. Jesus fasted. The early church fasted two days a week. Can I get chatgpt? Is it true that early church records show that the early church fasted two days a week.

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Yeah, that's actually something that's pretty well documented. Early Christian writings like the Didache mention that the early church often fasted on Wednesdays and Fridays. It was a common practice back then for spiritual discipline. So yep, it's true.

[Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

Two days a week. The early church fasted Wednesdays and Fridays. Can I get chatgpt again? What two days did the Pharisees fast?

[ChatGPT]

So traditionally, the Pharisees were known to fast on Mondays and Thursdays. That was kind of their routine in the first century. The early Christians then chose different days like Wednesdays and Fridays partly to distinguish themselves. So that's the little historical difference there.

[Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

I always thought that was funny that the early church shows two different days than the Pharisees just because they didn't want to be anything like them. And then what do you read about the early church? I mean, can we be honest? When you read the book of Acts, does it look like any. Does it look anything like American churches, Canadian churches? There's exceptions, but as a whole, no. And revival today, church has a lot of growing up and progression to do. We've had people healed, we've had miracles. We're not at the place where the people of Pittsburgh lay there sick, on the path to my car when I finish preaching. But we can get there. See, Write this down. It's hard to hit a small target, but it's impossible to hit a target that doesn't exist. It's hard to hit a small target, but it's impossible to hit a target that doesn't exist. What do I mean by that? If people can convince you that you can't have what the book of Acts says, that that doesn't happen anymore. This is America. It's different. This is Canada. You know, that died out with the apostles. If you don't even know what to shoot for, then you're never going to hit. So you have to at least know the direction you're supposed to have your gun pointed in. What am I supposed to be gunning to be? As a Christian, I'm to be like Christ. And then the book of Acts shows me a model that I'm to carry out. Mass soul winning, mass miracles, mass healings, mass deliverance. But I wanted to start off showing you that. Don't let anybody make you feel bad for breaking your fast at 6pm it's in the Bible. I want you to write this down. One, it's in the Bible. Most importantly, number two, all, almost all major world impact ministries are Doing this fast this way, I didn't come up with my own thing. Following the examples of everybody that criticizes this fast, their church can fit inside of Pastor Enoch Attaboye's. Redemption center. I'm going to tell you this. Fasting and prayer at the beginning of the year exempts you from a lot. I want you to write something else down. Write the law of first things. The law of first things. First 10% belongs to God. Of your money, first firstborn of your house, first fruit of your increase. First hours of a new week in God's house. Well, in our calendar year, what month are we in right now? Month number one. So you're taking the first month of a new year and saying, before I do anything, God, I'm giving this year to you. I'm listening for your instructions. I want you to memorize. Get used to saying something. When people ask you, what are your plans for this year? What are your goals for this year? You should tell them, I'll let you know January 26th. I'm not going into this fast with plans for God to bless. I'm going into this fast to receive instruction from the Lord. And when you receive instruction from the Lord, his blessing is already committed to it. When God gives you a plan, he already has his power. Blessing finances everything. With it, you're honoring the law. First things during this fast. The problem with the 6 to 6 fast is then everybody eats like gluttons at 6 o'. Clock. Actually, I've seen the opposite. You watch. Some of you that are planning on breaking every day at six at the end of this week, at the beginning of next week, you're going to start. You watch, it'll start being written in the comments. Is it okay if I don't break at six today and do two days? It's a great easing in to something that's very difficult for people to do. It's very difficult for me to do. I broke a 21 day fast early. You want me to say something for you not to. Now I'm not saying this for you to break a fast. Say, well, Jonathan did it once, I should have never done it. But you know, one of these 21 days, actually I broke two of these 21 day fasts to start the year early. Before once was on purpose and once was because I'm not good at math. Once I broke and I was having my meal and then I did the math, I was like, this is day 20. And then another time I went to preach in Beaumont, Texas during the 21 days of prayer and fasting. I arrived on day 20. Adoles. I think, no, she wasn't pregnant or anything. The pastor took us. We didn't tell him we were fasting. And in my mind, which I had done lots of times, I was going to, I was going to just have like orange juice or something and not tell him I was fasting. And he ordered. What did he order? Steak. Or somebody walked by with like steak fajitas at Papacitos. And I'm from up north, you know, I had never been to Papacitos. I think that was my first trip to Texas. Second trip to Texas, but first one since I was a teenager. And when that, when that, when that sizzling steak came by and I love Mexican food, all of a sudden I was like, you know what? This whole world can go to hell. I'm having a steak fajita. So I'm saying that not to give you an excuse to break the fast. I'm saying it because if this is hard for you, I don't know if there's anybody that it's easy for right off the bat. Unless you have like a demon of anorexia or I was gonna say demono bulimia, but then that requires eating. Unless you have like an eating disorder. Fasting is not easy. But like everything just like it's.

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Number four then he will hear you when you cry Isaiah 58 now I you know anything anybody was going to say about you know. You know you don't have to fast and pray for God to hear you. The Bible says we have this confidence. I know all those scriptures, but I also know other scriptures that tell you to fast and pray. So you can't because you know other scriptures. You know it's like saying some people think you have to give in offerings, but the Bible says all my needs are supplied. Yes, provided you do. You can't pick the Bible apart and take the parts you like and ignore the parts you don't like. Daniel 10, Verse 5 NLT Great being with you today. Great crowd on I I looked up and saw a man dressed in linen clothing with a belt of pure gold around his waist. His body looked like a precious gem. His face flashed like lightning and his eyes flamed like torches. His arms and feet shone like polished bronze and his voice roared like a vast multitude of people. Only I, Daniel, saw this vision. The men with me saw nothing, but they were suddenly terrified and ran away to hide. So I was left there all alone with this amazing vision. My strength left me, my face grew deathly pale and I felt very weak. Then I heard the man speak, and when I heard the sound of his voice, I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground. Just then a hand touched me and lifted me, still trembling, to my hands and knees, and the man said to me, daniel, you're very precious to God, so listen carefully to what I have to say to you. Stand up, for I have been sent to you. When he said this to me, I stood up, still trembling. Then he said, don't be afraid. Daniel, since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God. Your request has been heard in heaven, and I've come in answer to your prayer. But for 21 days. Why do you guys fast 21 days? How many days did it take? For 21 days, the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia blocked my way. Then Michael, one of the archangels, came to help me, and I left him there with the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia. Now I am here with your answer to explain what will happen to your people in the future. For this vision concerns a time yet to come. Number four, removal seven, supernatural benefits of fasting and prayer. Daniel 10. Number four, removal of delay, expedited answers to prayer. Write this down. Fasting is an accelerant to prayer. You're welcome. Karen, I want you to write this down. You know this. I would say that the spirit prince over the kingdom of Iran and Iraq is a pretty strong demon. The spirit prince over Babylon is not a lightweight. And he could not withstand 21 days of prayer and fasting. So I want you to write this down. No demon power can withstand 21 days of fasting and prayer. Removal of demonic blockage that you don't even know is there. Why can't we get our church to grow? Why can't I get more meetings? How come my business won't grow? Well, you know it's not God fighting it. And you know it's not you fighting it. There are things that take place in the spirit realm that have to be dealt with spiritually. Number four, fasting and prayer. Removes delay, brings expedited answers to prayer. Number five. Can I get chatgpt? We're in second chronicles 20. Does it say that they all began fasting?

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[Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

I thought we paid for the top tier. Where in 2nd Chronicles 20 does it say that all the people began fasting?

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In Second Chronicles 20, it's right near the start of the chapter. Basically, when Jehoshaphat hears that.

[Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

Absolutely.

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It's verse three. So in second chronicles 20, verse three, it says that Jehoshaphat was afraid and set himself to seek the Lord. And he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

[Jonathan Shuttlesworth]

Keep that scripture up. Thank you. He also ordered everyone in Judah. Now, I'm not ordering you to fast, but when people say, like, fasting should be something people do personally and privately. No, that's not. You're not right. Shut up. It's irritating to hear People say stuff that's just like, plainly not. Not only is it not in the Bible, the opposite's in the Bible. I always felt all evangelism should function out of the local church. It didn't. In the book of Acts, fasting should be done personally and privately. No, it can be done corporately. Prayer is a private thing. The Bible says, go into your secret place and shut the door. Yes. And it also says that everyone gathered in the upper room and they all filled with the Holy Ghost and they all began to pray in other tongues. Same in Acts 4, same in Acts 10. I want you to write two words down. Write down corporate anointing. There's power in all the people of God moving in the same direction. January is a powerful month because you have literally the almost the entire body of Christ focusing their faith, praying, fasting, it's powerful. It turned this nation around. Trump was never supposed to be in office again. There was never going to be a national faith office in the White House, a Department of justice wing to make sure no local governments blocked the building of churches. We did that. Answers to prayer. Big answers to prayer. I have great expectation for this month, even while we're on the fast stuff. Breaking loose, Corporate fast. What happened? What's up, Chuck? Ando, good to see you. Glad you're feeling better. Love you, brother. What's up? Arizona, 1820. Early the next morning, the army of Judah went out to the wilderness of Tekoa. On the way, Jehoshaphat stopped and said, listen to me, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the Lord your God, and you'll be established. Believe in his prophets and you'll prosper. After consulting the people, the king appointed singers to walk ahead of the army, singing to the Lord and praising him for his holy splendor. And this is what they sang. Give thanks to the Lord. His faithful love endures forever. At the very moment they began to sing and give praise, the Lord caused the armies of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir to start fighting amongst themselves. The armies of Moab turned against their allies from Mount Seir and killed every one of them. After they destroyed the army of Seir, they began attacking each other. So when the army of Judah arrived at the lookout point in the wilderness, all they saw were dead bodies lying on the ground. As far as they could see, not a single one of the enemy had escaped. King Jehoshaphat and his men went out to gather the plunder. They found vast amounts. Write it down. Equipment, clothing, other valuables, more than they could Hold. There was so much plunder that it took them three days just to gather it all up. Number five. Supernatural defeat of enemies and supernatural prosperity. Supernatural defeat of enemies and supernatural prosperity. Supernatural defeat of enemies. Supernatural prosperity. God doesn't just defeat your enemies. He makes them cough up their wealth to go into the hands of the wicked. You can believe for equipment for your church and your business. You can believe for clothing. You can believe for other valuables. God did that. You know, to expand my excavating excavation business, I really need to buy like a bigger excavator. And they're millions of dollars. God can do that. God can provide anything you'll put your faith out for. There's a marked increase. Now, obviously fasting and prayer can't take the place of any other thing. So you can't fast and pray and stop giving. But fasting and prayer add something to your giving where there's a supernatural prosperity that breaks loose. I'm preaching here in a beautiful studio in Pittsburgh. I'll be preaching tonight in a building that we lease in Santa Ana, California on a falcon that is impossible to do without your own plane, and we have our own plane and everything's paid. Supernatural prosperity will be a part of your life this year. You hear me? Supernatural prosperity will be a part of your life this year. I see people writing from revival today. Church, Arizona. You guys showed up in force without me there. You let me tell you, as weird as this sounds, it means more to me, all of you, when you go to one of the churches when I'm not there than when I'm there. Because that shows you're not a fan. You're, you're, you're, you're a church. You're like, you're in it. Mark 9, 14, nlt. When they returned to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd surrounding them and some teachers of religious law were arguing with them. When the crowd support for the show.

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That's why I gave 300,000 at what no I have seen I've given a hundred thousand before. Now I'm tripling it believing what my goal is to give a million dollars of my own money soon. So I'm going to give you a thank you and also things that in this thank you it's not a night light or a picture me. It's something that will encourage you in this area as we fast and pray. Everyone who sows a seed today and I'm going to pray for you. So stay on and I want to be with you again in California tonight. Everyone who sows a seed today, I'm going to give you as a thank you Teddy's great book My Cousin Teddy A Complete Guide to Biblical Fasting. Anyone that gives 200 or more today the Price of God's Miracle Working Power by A. Allen that is a powerful book. It'll show you even in more in depth why fasting and prayer from from a guy who had one of the best healing ministries on the face of the earth. Counting the New Testament for about 9 to 12 years and whatever you think about the end of his life. Write something down for me. Books don't backslide. If somebody writes a book when they're on fire for God and something happens later in life, it doesn't change what they had in their spirit then anyone that gives $1,000 or more I'm going to send you the Dake annotated reference Bible. I haven't given that as a gift for a while. 33,000 notes from a full gospel perspective and I have a new book. I don't have that physically yet, do I? I'm looking forward to seeing it. So you'll get this new book that's coming out right now. I haven't even 24 changes to immediately improve your happiness. That's my newest book practical book. And then anyone business ministry 10,000 or more. I'm going to send you all my books that I've written and our revival today, the revival today preaching Bible that I use and you don't have to limit yourself at 10,000 but those, those are the tiers that I'm going to give and obviously get all the stuff in the ones before. So I do I am going to thank at a different level for people that do more. But I want to thank everybody and put something in your hand. Here's the ways to give. Give in faith. Say something when you give. Lord, I'm sowing this believing for the greatest year I've ever had financially. I'm believing for expansion. I'm believing for blank what are you But I want to ask you what are you believing God to do for you? Believing this debt to be eliminated. I'm believing for this debt I'm stuck with from before I served the Lord and was in a relationship I shouldn't have been in and I got messed over. I don't want to carry this into 2026 RevivalToday.com you click give now. Zelle Venmo PayPal donate Apple Pay. You can sow cryptocurrency by scanning that QR code and this is good for anybody watching the replay. Text give to 75767 another way. Thank you Hunt family. 10,000 on its way and then somebody wrote I would love to give 10,000. Let me tell you something. There was a time in my life where me giving $10,000 had as much wow, thanks a lot. Me giving 10,000 had as much chance of happening as the Pittsburgh Pirates winning a world winning back to back World Series. So the way one of the motivations in sowing should be to start where you are believing for the increase to keep being able to go higher. Israel is North Africa and the Suez Canal is man made. Good to Know Revival Today, P.O. box 7, Prosperity, PA 15329 if you want to mail a large check. If you want to give stocks or bonds, you can scan that QR code, which many people did last year. Then, once you're done, don't forget to claim your [e-mail] claim my offer where can I send a silver bar? Appreciate that, Aaron. I would do that this Saturday at church in Arizona where you live. I'd give it to. I'd give it during offering there because you don't have to worry about shipping it or transporting it. Make sure you do that so we know where to send the book. Here's my new book. It's not the most spiritual book. Immediately improve 24 changes to immediately improve your happiness it's just Most Christians are so miserable. Many Christians are so miserable. Few things are more maligned in Christianity than happiness. I'm going to send this to Everybody that does 200 or more. Many Christians will point out the difference between happiness and joy, as if seeking happiness is diametrically opposed to having joy. It's true, visiting locations that make you happy won't necessarily bring you joy. Happiness is temporary. But what's wrong with temporary happiness? If I were to take a five day vacation to enjoy time with my family, I would experience happiness from breaking away from the norm to get away with my family. But I want to base my salvation on how good taking the trip made me feel. This could be why so many Christians are unhappy. All we ever seem to hear in church is negativity towards happiness. An oppressed, depressed mind doesn't think clearly. Few inventions come from people in mental institutions. Your mind must be in a certain state to produce effectively. That's why the devil fights against your happiness and why God's not opposed to it. One thing to note in the Gospels Matthew, Mark, Luke and John is that Jesus made people happy. When a sad woman approached Jesus with news her son had died, Jesus raised her son from the dead and the woman was filled with happiness. Jesus didn't go around making happy people sad. He made sad people very happy. He healed the blind and as a result he said, I once was blind and now I see. Growing up I had what some Christians might call a disease. I was happy all the time. I was constantly told to stop laughing. When I was in school, they tried to paddle it out of me the best they could, but it was no use. I might be one of the most qualified people to write a book on happiness because I've been happy my whole life. I've never fit in well with most Christians because not only are they often unhappy, but they also seem to enjoy being that way. Many Christians think there's something spiritual about being stern when you instruct the congregation to pray. Most don't pray, they just look mean. The main reason why check the news has grown such a large audience is because my interpretation of the news never came from a depressed conservative perspective. I'm probably one of the few happy conservatives on television and one of the few happy Christians. I don't know why Christians devalue happiness, actively speak against it. Yes, you do need joy, but you can have both. That's true because there's Christians that have the joy of the Lord, but they're not happy. They teach on the joy of the Lord. They lay hands on people for joy, but they're miserable. I don't know why Christians devalue happiness and actively speak against it. Most of the people who claim Christians should have joy rather than happiness don't have either. It's impossible to have joy and not be happy. I would alter that because I've met people, they have it in their ministry, but they're not happy. This book will reveal changes you can make to experience both. God did not create life to be endured. He created it to be enjoyed. Change number one Adjust your morning routine. Change number two Change the company you keep. Change number three Immediately remove anyone who steals your joy or causes problems. Change number four Free anyone. Sorry, fire anyone who creates more work for you. Change 5 Do something that makes you happy every day. That's something you're not going to hear too many preachers tell you. Listen to this. Why do people feel guilty for doing something that makes them happy? This is from do something that makes you happy every day. I'm over 40 years old and I still play video games without a hint of guilt. It's not heroin. It's not a sin to play video games. I think people have been programmed to believe that if something brings you pleasure, it must be wrong. If something is not listed in the Bible as a sin, there's no reason to feel bad about enjoying it. If you find pleasure in something the Bible calls a sin, you shouldn't do it at all, not even occasionally. Whatever makes you happy that isn't sinful or illegal. Do it every day that you possibly can. I don't golf, but if I did, I'd go to the driving range every day if it put me in a good mood. I know CEOs who use their lunch hour to golf, go to the gun range or hunt. So this will be a unique book. 24 changes to immediately improve your happiness. Let me see what we're giving away again. I'm giving my cousin's book on fasting to anybody. $200 plus the price of God's miracle working power by a. Allen thousand dollars plus and again then you get the stuff above it too. So that's all added in. 10,000 plus every book I've written. That's every book I've written out of dollars in the revival today Preaching Bible thank you for your giving today. Let's. Father. Let me get a little Becky Pierce Father, I thank you for everybody who is watching right now. I thank you for your hand that's on their life. I thank you for bringing them into their own personal Canaan land this year that's flowing with milk and honey. Thank you for being a help. Thank you for being our teacher and guide. Thank you for a hundredfold return on everything that's sown sowed today. In Jesus name I pray that any debt that people are carrying from before they knew the Lord is eliminated by their seed. Today. I pray that their businesses would expand. I pray open doors would come to those that have been stymied and their progress delayed. Those that need gainful employment. Let those doors come open this month. Thank you for your hand on America. Thank you for blessing the nation in Jesus name. Let these nightly Holy Ghost meetings be powerful meetings. Very, very powerful signs and wonders and miracles. In Jesus name all God's people said Amen. Sam.

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