Fasting has been a major part of my life, and I can honestly say it has helped make me who I am today.
Some of my earliest encounters with God happened as a young boy—not because of something I did, but because of my dad's fasting lifestyle. I watched God move through his obedience. I experienced deliverance from night terrors, healing, and God's protection in real and tangible ways. When I look back now, I can trace so much of that back to one thing: my dad's commitment to fasting and prayer.
That example marked me deeply.
As I grew older, I began to live a fasted lifestyle myself. It wasn't driven by religion or routine—it was driven by relationship. Over time, fasting became a consistent way God spoke to me, prepared me, and led me.
There have been critical moments in our lives where fasting became the place God met us most clearly. During one season of fasting, the Lord gave me specific direction for what to do concerning Julie's healing. Other times, God would call me to fast before something major happened—before I even knew what was coming. I've learned this: God prepares us if we are willing to stop and listen.
Fasting has been a major part of why Julie is still alive today.
Three years before Julie had brain surgery, God had me fasting often. At the time, we didn't fully understand why—but looking back, we see how God was strengthening us, sustaining us, and anchoring us for the dark days ahead. That season of fasting didn't just help us survive—it carried us through and brought us out on the other side. There are other markers along the way that stand out clearly.
In 2018, during a time of fasting, God gave me a vision for evangelism.
In 2020, God called me into a 40-day fast and told me something was coming on the world that we needed to be ready for—and not long after, COVID hit.
In 2021, during fasting and prayer, God showed me a month-long tent revival at Heritage. During those meetings, the Lord showed me tents spread across America and asked me a simple but weighty question: How can you stay?
Again and again, fasting and prayer have been the catalyst for what God has done in and through our lives. From protection to breakthrough, from direction to endurance, God has always been faithful to honor obedience.
It's important to say this clearly: fasting has never been about performance. It has never been about proving anything to God. It has always been about faith, humility, and obedience—about positioning our hearts to hear Him and respond.
We have seen God move mightily in our meetings and through our ministry, not because of a formula, but because He honors surrender. And fasting has been one of the ways He has continually drawn us into deeper trust and dependence on Him.
Our prayer is that as you seek the Lord, you would discover what fasting can become—not a burden, but a doorway. Not a duty, but an invitation. A place where God prepares, speaks, protects, and brings victory.
Some of my earliest encounters with God happened as a young boy—not because of something I did, but because of my dad's fasting lifestyle. I watched God move through his obedience. I experienced deliverance from night terrors, healing, and God's protection in real and tangible ways. When I look back now, I can trace so much of that back to one thing: my dad's commitment to fasting and prayer.
That example marked me deeply.
As I grew older, I began to live a fasted lifestyle myself. It wasn't driven by religion or routine—it was driven by relationship. Over time, fasting became a consistent way God spoke to me, prepared me, and led me.
There have been critical moments in our lives where fasting became the place God met us most clearly. During one season of fasting, the Lord gave me specific direction for what to do concerning Julie's healing. Other times, God would call me to fast before something major happened—before I even knew what was coming. I've learned this: God prepares us if we are willing to stop and listen.
Fasting has been a major part of why Julie is still alive today.
Three years before Julie had brain surgery, God had me fasting often. At the time, we didn't fully understand why—but looking back, we see how God was strengthening us, sustaining us, and anchoring us for the dark days ahead. That season of fasting didn't just help us survive—it carried us through and brought us out on the other side. There are other markers along the way that stand out clearly.
In 2018, during a time of fasting, God gave me a vision for evangelism.
In 2020, God called me into a 40-day fast and told me something was coming on the world that we needed to be ready for—and not long after, COVID hit.
In 2021, during fasting and prayer, God showed me a month-long tent revival at Heritage. During those meetings, the Lord showed me tents spread across America and asked me a simple but weighty question: How can you stay?
Again and again, fasting and prayer have been the catalyst for what God has done in and through our lives. From protection to breakthrough, from direction to endurance, God has always been faithful to honor obedience.
It's important to say this clearly: fasting has never been about performance. It has never been about proving anything to God. It has always been about faith, humility, and obedience—about positioning our hearts to hear Him and respond.
We have seen God move mightily in our meetings and through our ministry, not because of a formula, but because He honors surrender. And fasting has been one of the ways He has continually drawn us into deeper trust and dependence on Him.
Our prayer is that as you seek the Lord, you would discover what fasting can become—not a burden, but a doorway. Not a duty, but an invitation. A place where God prepares, speaks, protects, and brings victory.
- Aaron Schilling
This week marks the beginning of 21 DAYS OF FASTING AND PRAYER.
I have heard over the years, of many churches joining together in January to fast and pray. This morning in my prayer time, I heard the familiar voice speak to me:
"CLINCH YOUR HEART"
This is what a boxer does with his fist as he goes into the ring.
In my days as a kid, there may be100 matches in a tournament each night. I remember my Dad, SPEEDY KEITH, coming down to the staging area as I was next up into the ring. He had strong hands and taking my hands, he would help me clinch them much harder than I ever could.
This morning God helped clinch my heart more than I possibly ever could.
I felt it as I meditated on Fasting and Prayer—in that the prayer of faith moves mountains.
Fasting and prayer moves the unseen world. So welcome to the World of Supernatural; where denying the natural is the pathway to the Supernatural.
Pastor Cleddie Keith
I have heard over the years, of many churches joining together in January to fast and pray. This morning in my prayer time, I heard the familiar voice speak to me:
"CLINCH YOUR HEART"
This is what a boxer does with his fist as he goes into the ring.
In my days as a kid, there may be100 matches in a tournament each night. I remember my Dad, SPEEDY KEITH, coming down to the staging area as I was next up into the ring. He had strong hands and taking my hands, he would help me clinch them much harder than I ever could.
This morning God helped clinch my heart more than I possibly ever could.
I felt it as I meditated on Fasting and Prayer—in that the prayer of faith moves mountains.
Fasting and prayer moves the unseen world. So welcome to the World of Supernatural; where denying the natural is the pathway to the Supernatural.
Pastor Cleddie Keith