Fasting and Deliverance

Is there really a tie between fasting and deliverance? Let's see what the Word says...

Isa 58:6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

Breaks the bonds of wickedness and oppression, break the yoke, this entire verse is about the reasons for fasting as God directs ("I have chosen") and that equals deliverance from evil spirits

Isa 58:7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

Aids in ministry. At one point Jesus speaks of deliverance as being the "children's bread"

Isa 58:8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rearward.

Restoration to light and health. Probably a good 75% of the time that the Bible speaks of healing it is in conjunction with deliverance from demons. And the deliverance always took place before the healing.

Mat 6:17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
Mat 6:18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

Make sure that the fasting is not apparant to others...don't be bragging about it while you are doing it. If you go around telling folks that you're fasting you've just removed any benefit and strength the fasting would have afforded.

Psa 35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

humble, brings into submission our flesh

Psa 69:10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

Fasting chastens our own soul and flesh. It brings our flesh into submission.

I have never been able to fast successfully. I'll try and start out fine, but by the time lunch comes around, I'm ready to eat. For me tho' I have to know that I'm fasting for the right reasons and being overweight and needing to diet, I do have to question my real motives for fasting.

Do I say I'm fasting, hoping that the real benefit will be some magical weight loss? I think when one fasts there can be no doubt as to the purpose.