The Fasting Edge

by Franklin, Jentezen

• ISBN13: 9781616385842
• ISBN10: 1616385847
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-11-01
• Publisher: Charisma House

Summary

There is nothing more powerful than fasting. Though it lasts for a short season, it brings long-term effects and blessings. This book is focused on the power of fasting to help you regain your edge when the circumstances of life deplete your spiritual energy and dull your spiritual sharpness. Best-selling author Jentezen Franklin sets the focus for the book by using the story of the student prophet in 2 Kings 6 who lost his ax head while working. The ax head flew off the ax and landed in a dirty, murky pond and sank to the bottom. Through this biblical example, Franklin will give us the steps to regaining our edge, which include: 1. Make up your mind to admit it is lost. 2. Confess that you have lost it. 3. Confide your loss to someone in a spiritual position to help. 4. Go the river (point of losing it). 5. Watch the power of God make your lost edge swim to the top of the murky river. 6. Pick up the ax and put it back on the ax pole (our part in regaining our edge; God will not do it all).

Author Biography

Jentezen Franklin is the pastor of Free Chapel in Gainesville, Georgia, and Orange County, California. Franklin is a popular conference speaker, and his nationally televised program, Kingdom Connection, is seen weekly on national and international networks. He has written several books, including Believe That You Can, Fear Fighters, and the New York Times best seller Fasting. He and his wife, Cherise, have five wonderful children.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
You Need to Regain the Edge	p. 1
The Power of a Made-Up Mind	p. 20
Wisdom Brings Success	p. 40
The Fast I Have Chosen	p. 55
Snowflake in the Amazon	p. 77
Hunger Meets Hunger	p. 99
You Can't Do God's Will With Human Zeal	p. 122
Flourishing in Troubled Times	p. 140
The Main Dish	p. 160
Living Inside Out	p. 177
Extreme Makeover	p. 195
The Quit Option	p. 214
Notes	p. 233
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