This Fight Is Fixed: Victory Through Prayer and Fasting

Apr 26, 2026

Devotional

Day 1: Bold Approach to the Throne

Three kings surrounded Judah. Messengers reported armies advancing. Jehoshaphat called a national fast. People from every town stood in the temple courtyard. The king prayed aloud: “We have no power against this great army. Our eyes are on You.” His voice shook as he quoted God’s promise to hear His people. [25:44]

God responds when His children cry. Jehoshaphat didn’t rely on chariots or treaties. He turned Judah’s face toward heaven. Jesus tore the temple veil so you could approach God’s throne directly—not as a beggar, but as a child claiming a Father’s promise.

You carry burdens too heavy for human solutions. Stop strategizing in panic. Walk into God’s throne room today. Name your crisis as plainly as Jehoshaphat named his. What situation have you been handling alone instead of declaring, “Our eyes are on You”?

“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
(Hebrews 4:16, NIV)

Prayer: Ask God to replace anxiety with bold confidence in His nearness.

Challenge: Write one specific need on paper. Pray over it aloud three times today.

Day 2: Fasting for Breakthrough

The Ammonite army camped at En Gedi. Jehoshaphat ordered singers to lead Judah’s troops. Men with lyres and trumpets marched ahead of soldiers. At the moment of praise, God ambushed the enemy. Ammonites turned on each other. Judah found only plunder and corpses in the valley. [01:07:58]

Fasting shifts your dependence from bread to the Bread of Life. It’s not hunger manipulating God—it’s hunger declaring God matters more than meals. Jesus said some demons flee only through prayer and fasting. Your spiritual enemies tremble when you willingly weaken your body to strengthen your spirit.

Identify one area where you’ve tolerated defeat. Skip two meals tomorrow. Use the time to proclaim Psalm 91 over that struggle. How might physical hunger sharpen your spiritual appetite for God’s intervention?

“However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”
(Matthew 17:21, NIV)

Prayer: Confess any self-reliance. Ask God to make your spiritual hunger greater than physical cravings.

Challenge: Fast from one meal today. Spend that time reading 2 Chronicles 20 aloud.

Day 3: The Fixed Fight

Jahaziel, a Levite, stood before trembling Judah. The Spirit gripped him: “Do not fear this vast army. The battle is not yours, but God’s.” He detailed tomorrow’s strategy—march, stand, watch. Soldiers laid down swords. Mothers handed armor to worship leaders. [01:16:22]

God fights for those who stop fighting. Judah’s victory came through surrendered posture, not superior weapons. Your “standing still” isn’t passivity—it’s active trust in the Commander who sees enemies you can’t perceive.

What conflict exhausts you? Write it on a scrap of paper. Crumple it, place it in a bowl, and say: “This is Yours, Lord.” Will you trade strategizing for worshipping while God works?

“You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you.”
(2 Chronicles 20:17, NIV)

Prayer: Thank God for victories He’s already orchestrated behind your visible battle.

Challenge: Set a timer for 5 minutes. Sit in silence, hands open upward, symbolizing release.

Day 4: Trust Over Understanding

Charles ignored his body’s warnings. He ate salty takeout, dismissing swelling legs. At the ER, doctors found blocked arteries. God used a crisis to enforce rest. Recovery meant surrendering his “indispensable” work ethic. [01:06:51]

God often heals through obedience, not miracles. Proverbs 3:5 isn’t abstract—it’s refusing to lean on your medical knowledge, financial plans, or decades of experience. Trusting God means consulting Him before WebMD, budgets, or mentors.

Where are you leaning on human understanding? Call a prayer partner today. Say: “I’m tempted to fix this myself. Remind me to trust God first.” What practical decision have you delayed because it defies human logic?

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
(Proverbs 3:5-6, NIV)

Prayer: Ask God to reveal one situation where you’re relying on human wisdom over His guidance.

Challenge: Text a friend: “What’s one area where you need to trust God more?” Pray for their answer.

Day 5: Praise Before the Victory

Judah’s army reached the cliff overlooking the desert. Instead of drawing swords, they sang: “Give thanks to the Lord, His love endures forever.” Ammonite soldiers awoke to inner turmoil. By noon, every enemy lay dead by their allies’ hands. [01:16:38]

Praise is warfare. Judah worshipped before seeing victory—their song wasn’t a celebration of results, but confidence in the Result-Giver. Your midnight praise confuses hell’s armies more than any rebuke.

Play a worship song during your commute today. Sing louder than your doubts. What valley could transform if you praised God’s nature before seeing His deliverance?

“After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the Lord and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: ‘Give thanks to the Lord, for his love endures forever.’”
(2 Chronicles 20:21, NIV)

Prayer: Thank God for three specific victories He hasn’t yet visible.

Challenge: Play “Great Are You Lord” or another hymn aloud in your home within the next 2 hours.

Sermon Summary

The congregation moves with urgent compassion through grief, need, and thanksgiving, bringing every burden into bold access before God to obtain grace and help. The text from Second Chronicles 20 frames the situation: a great multitude threatens, yet God declares the battle belongs to him, calls for positioning, and promises visible salvation. The community responds with humility, prayer, fasting, and praise, trusting that spiritual engagement releases divine intervention even when natural resources and numbers fail. Giving and faithfulness receive sustained attention as signs of trusting partnership with God, pictured as a container pressed down, shaken, and running over—God’s blessing meets faithful stewardship.

The narrative insists God remains unchanging, able to be everything in darkness and every tomorrow, and that confidence must move beyond entitlement. Faith must combine action and obedience: when God gives a direct prophetic assurance, rest in that word; when no direct word comes, personal responsibility and wise choices still matter. Spiritual warfare demands more than wishful thinking; it requires disciplined prayer, fasting, and the posture of standing still to see God’s deliverance. Illustrations from life and history underscore that talent or appearance cannot substitute for inner formation and obedience; true victory flows from the Lord’s timing and purposes.

Practical applications thread through the teaching: bring grief and sudden loss to God, steward resources generously, seek the Lord with fasting and prayer when a battle looms, and learn the difference between the settled promises of Scripture and situational prophetic words. The lesson calls for perseverance in trust, readiness to act on what God has already revealed, and humility to learn the class God sets until promotion comes. In the end, the assurance is firm: when God says a fight is fixed, the faithful can stand, praise, and watch the Lord deliver.

Key Takeaways

1. This fight is already fixed Standing faith reframes conflict as settled in God’s hand rather than a struggle to be won by human might. That conviction frees the heart from frantic striving and redirects energy into worshipful positioning, trusting God to execute salvation. Expect visible deliverance when obedience and faith align with God’s promise. [77:04]
2. Victory comes by prayer and fasting Fasting sharpens spiritual perception and signals the seriousness of a petition, while prayer engages God’s power in warfare. Both disciplines calibrate the soul to see beyond natural odds and to participate in kingdom dynamics. Use them not as bargaining tools but as instruments that prepare the heart to receive God’s strategic movement. [97:03]
3. Stand still and watch God A posture of stillness in crisis refuses panic and creates space to see God act on behalf of his people. Stillness combines trust, obedience, and expectant attention; it allows God’s plan to unfold without being obscured by human scheming. Practicing this stillness cultivates receptivity to the Lord’s timing and methods of deliverance. [76:22]
4. Trust God, not entitlement Confidence in God should rest on his character and promises, not on a sense that God owes favor. Entitlement breeds impatience and undermines spiritual growth; humility produces learning and perseverance through necessary trials. Respond to seasons of testing with faith and wise action, trusting God’s purposes even when the path includes struggle. [84:57]

Youtube Chapters

[00:00] - Welcome
[25:44] - Intercession and communal needs
[26:42] - Sudden loss and life's fragility
[28:03] - Bold access to God’s throne
[29:54] - God's unchanging presence affirmed
[31:43] - Giving, stewardship, and blessing
[66:21] - Trust Proverbs: direction promised
[67:26] - Spiritual warfare: prayer and fasting
[75:14] - Reading: Second Chronicles 20
[76:22] - Stand still and see salvation
[77:04] - Declaration: this fight is fixed
[97:03] - Keys to victory: fast, pray, praise

Bible Study Guide

Bible Reading
- 2 Chronicles 20:14-17 (ESV)
- Proverbs 3:5-6 (ESV)
- Matthew 17:20-21 (ESV)

Observation questions

In 2 Chronicles 20:14-17, what specific actions did God instruct His people to take (or not take) when facing their enemies?
How does the sermon connect fasting and prayer to spiritual warfare, based on Matthew 17:20-21? [01:07:26]
What does the phrase “this fight is fixed” mean in the context of trusting God’s sovereignty? [01:17:04]
The sermon shares a story about a talented athlete who struggled due to illiteracy. What key lesson does this illustrate about inner formation versus external gifts? [01:27:36]

Interpretation questions

Why might God command His people to “stand still” (2 Chronicles 20:17) in a crisis instead of taking immediate action? How does this posture reflect trust?
Proverbs 3:5-6 emphasizes trusting God over human understanding. How does entitlement (assuming God “owes” us) conflict with this kind of trust? [01:24:57]
The sermon distinguishes between “written Word” promises and “prophetic words” for specific situations. How might this affect how we approach unanswered prayers or unclear circumstances? [01:34:50]
In the story of Jehoshaphat, fasting and praise preceded victory. What do these practices reveal about the relationship between human responsibility and divine intervention?

Application questions

What current situation in your life feels like an unwinnable “multitude”? How can you actively shift from panic to positioning yourself in prayer and stillness? [01:16:22]
When have you fasted or prayed with urgency? Did it change your perspective or actions? How might you use these disciplines in a challenge you’re facing now?
The sermon warns against treating God like a “vending machine” ([01:24:57]). Where do you sense entitlement creeping into your prayers (e.g., “God should do this because I…”)?
What practical step can you take this week to “stand still” in a specific area—releasing control to watch God work (e.g., pausing a habit, surrendering a plan)?
How are you stewarding resources (time, money, gifts) as an act of partnership with God? Is there an area where fear, not faith, is driving your decisions? [31:43]
Reflect on a time when external success masked an inner deficiency (like the athlete’s story). What area of character or obedience might God be prioritizing in your life right now?

Sermon Clips

50s

#FightIsFixed

“Yeah. So tell them again. This fight is fixed. This fight is fixed. The Lord sent me here to tell you, say, whatever your situation, whatever your circumstance presently, and you got to look for it and search able it. You're You're not because I've already won it for you. Oh, lord. Let me go on to the set lesson. Battles are won through face warfare, but ultimately belongs solely to the lord. We are instructed to pray. Have you prayed about it? Praise the Lord. That means praise to be in advance. Yes.”

88s

#GodOwesUsNothing

“See, the the problem with the with the new age saints, the new saints of the day is we feel like God owes us something. Let me drink on that one. Can I drop a bomb on you? You throw my bombshell. God knows nothing. He does? Because it's mine. See, I say, it's have a struggle there. Yeah. And you know why we struggle there? Because we've been made to believe God owes us some things. God owes us absolutely nothing. Nothing. Because he's God.”

61s

#FastingForBreakthrough

“There is a warfare that in order to get the victory, you're gonna have to turn your plate down. Yeah. Now remember, fasting doesn't benefit God at all. It will do nothing for God, because God is. He's he is. Just remember that. He is. But fasting does something for us. Yeah. The sincerity of our need, the importance or the urgency of your situation sometimes demands that you face. In other words, it's for you and how important you need an answer. How important you need God to move on your hand behalf.”

75s

#GodHasTheLastWord

“my point is, again, today, that no matter what the situation or circumstance may be, God still has the last word on how he's gonna fix I've done already fixed it. Amen. Thank you, Lord. So during those times, as I said, all that's thank you for bringing to my mind. When when you're standing on this word, you quote this word, you believe it, you're speaking and saying it. At these times, no matter what your situation is, if God somebody get this. If God don't say a ringer word to you You know what a ringer word is?”

44s

#LoveGodsWord

“May the Lord have a blessing to the hearing and the reading of his word. Love God's word. Shout amen. Amen. You really love God's word. Shout amen. Amen. My subject title today is this fight is fixed. So look at somebody and tell them this one is fixed. This one fixed. Now before I give the sec that's and remember, that's that's a gambling term. That's a gambling term. It's generally associated with the fight game, boxing. It's in every game now because if you know anything about any organized sport today, you know how they making their money.”

53s

#HumbleForVictory

“King Jehoshaphat did something. First of all, he humbled himself before the Lord, and the result was the greatest victory he had ever experienced. And then came a rhyme of word. Let me pause and throw that at you. The I'm Lord. Not then I'm supposed to trust that what he done wrote in the wheel. Right. Right. But why are you trusting him? Right. Mhmm. Standing on his word. Yeah. Even quoting his word back to him. That may not be how God going. Right.”

35s

#PersonalProphecy

“That's called a rebel word. A rebel the written word is what we got in these 66 books, and every promise in these 66 books, God stands behind it. But a rebel word is a prophetic word directly to you in your situation. And if God hadn't said that, that mean you still got to go through and deal with what you're dealing with the way you know how to do it. Trust and speak Expect it. Stand on it. Thank you for it. All of that. But all if God said, son, don't.”

27s

#LessonsBeforePromotion

“And God is teaching you something and showing you something all of the time. That's what's most important to God. He wanna know, have you got the lesson? Yeah. Another thing Lord, let me get to my notes. Another thing you need to know is that you don't pass the class until you pass the class. Alright. In other words, he don't promote you. Well You know, we you know, I was reading about another. We had so many athletes. But in my lifetime,”

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This Fight Is Fixed: Victory Through Prayer and Fasting

Devotional

Day 1: Bold Approach to the Throne

Day 2: Fasting for Breakthrough

Day 3: The Fixed Fight

Day 4: Trust Over Understanding

Day 5: Praise Before the Victory

Sermon Summary

Key Takeaways

Youtube Chapters

Bible Study Guide

Sermon Clips

This Fight Is Fixed: Victory Through Prayer and Fasting

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