Through Fasting Testimonies
29 stories of God's work from believers across 28 locations.
Breakthrough came during or after a fast.
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All 29 Testimonies
James Burgett: The Glioblastoma That Shrank When
2024•🇺🇸USA
James Burgett was diagnosed with glioblastoma — one of the most aggressive and deadly brain tumours.
Dominique Okonkwo — A Daniel Fast Healed What a Decade of Medication Could Not
2024•🇺🇸Miami, Florida, USA
In 2011, Dominique Okonkwo was diagnosed with a pinched nerve in her neck — shooting pain from shoulder to fingertips that required Motrin every four to six hours for over a decade. After her best friend persuaded her to join a 21-day Daniel Fast, the pain began to fade. Within months, she was completely off medication.
Otiti Jasmine — A 21-Day Fast Broke What 8.5 Years of Fear Could Not
2024•🇩🇪Germany
Otiti Jasmine from Germany suffered debilitating fear and anxiety for 8.5 years after a stress attack — a fear so severe it destroyed her ability to cook. During a 21-day fast in January 2024, the spirit of fear broke completely. Her passion for cooking returned, her health improved, and she no longer needed supplements.
A soldier who should have died in battle walked into a demon's shrine
2010s•🇲🇲Myanmar
Pastor Dano, a former soldier, fasted three days and confronted a demon tormenting a chief's son in a Buddhist village in Myanmar. In Jesus' name it left, and the village turned to Christ.
Breakthrough Through the Daniel Fast
2020s•🇺🇸United States
A modern testimony of the Daniel Fast reveals spiritual and physical transformation, as one individual experienced clarity and guidance through prayer.
How Corporate Fasting Built the Korean Church into the Largest in the World
1953-2000•🇰🇷Seoul, South Korea
South Korean Christians built a culture of corporate fasting and prayer mountains from the 1950s onward.
Miraculous Prison Escape
1997•🇨🇳Nanyang, Henan, China
Brother Yun's miraculous prison escape in China after walking past guards through doors that opened supernaturally, plus divine healing and provision...
Monica - The Mother Who Never Stopped Praying
386 AD•🇮🇹Milan, Italy
Monica of Hippo prayed 17 years for her son Augustine, who had joined a cult. In 386 AD, Augustine heard 'Take and read,' opened Romans 13, and became...
Water Fast: Journey to Healing and Breakthroughs
2022-2024•🇺🇸Texas, United States
Christine, an ordained minister, completed three 21-day water fasts between 2022-2024, first for her own trauma healing, then praying for her backsliding husband's salvation. Despite facing financial hardships during the process, her husband Jose gave his life to Christ on February 25, 2024, and they now serve in ministry together.
Mahesh Chavda: Visions, Miracles, and Faith
1946-present•🇺🇸Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Mahesh Chavda's powerful journey from Hindu upbringing to Christian ministry, featuring miraculous healings, resurrections, and divine visions that...
Nick Vujicic: Love Without Limits
2010-2012•🇺🇸Dallas, Texas, United States
Nick Vujicic, born without arms or legs, met Kanae through a God-orchestrated encounter, fasting, and prayer — proving that love knows no physical limits.
Clarita's Miraculous Deliverance
May 1953•🇵🇭Manila, Philippines
In 1953 Manila, Clarita Villanueva experienced supernatural deliverance from demonic attacks through prayer and fasting by American minister Lester...
A Man Connects with the Father's Heart
5 Jun 2017•🇺🇸Redding, Shasta County, United States
A man struggling with self-medication and a difficult past experiences complete transformation after visiting Bethel Church in Redding, finding himself...
Fiji's Revival: From Fear to Faith
1835-2002•Fiji
Fiji transformed from cannibalism to Christianity through missionaries like John Hunt, with dramatic revivals continuing into 2002 as communities...
Out of a Far Country
2001•🇺🇸Federal Prison, United States
Chinese-American man finds faith in federal prison after drug dealing leads to arrest.
Franklin Hall Fasted and Ignited the Healing Revival of 1947
1946-1947•🇺🇸San Diego, California, USA
Pastor Franklin Hall organized corporate fasting gatherings in San Diego in 1946 and published a book on fasting that influenced William Branham, Oral...
How Rees Howells Fasted Through a Plague and Nobody Died
1918•Gazaland, Southern Africa
During the 1918 influenza pandemic, Welsh missionary Rees Howells fasted and interceded for his district in southern Africa.
Bill Bright Fasted for Forty Days and Launched a Movement of Two Million
1994•🇺🇸Orlando, Florida, USA
In 1994, Campus Crusade founder Bill Bright completed a forty-day fast at age seventy-three and felt God call two million Americans to fast for spiritual...
Saint Nino: Captive Woman Converted a Kingdom
c. 326 AD•Mtskheta, Kingdom of Iberia (Georgia)
A captive woman named Nino brought Christianity to 4th-century Georgia through miraculous healings and prayer, leading to the conversion of the royal...
Miracles Amidst Persecution
1974-1997•🇨🇳Henan Province, China; Germany
Brother Yun's testimony of miraculous healing, divine provision of Bibles, supernatural prison escape, and surviving 74 days without food during...
Brother Yun's Miraculous Journey
1974•🇨🇳Liu Lao Zhuang, Nanyang County, Henan Province, China
Brother Yun's father was healed from terminal cancer in 1974 China after prayer.
From Prison to Purpose
2025•🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Christopher Yuan's powerful journey from drug dealing and prison to becoming a Bible professor shows God's redemptive grace.
The Heavenly Man
1974-1997•🇨🇳China
Brother Yun miraculously escaped maximum security prison in communist China after God healed his broken legs and made him invisible to guards.
Lou Engle Called 400,000 People to Fast and Pray on the National Mall
2000•🇺🇸Washington, D.C., USA
In September 2000, Lou Engle gathered an estimated 400,000 people on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Jentezen Franklin Led His Church Through a Corporate Fast and Everything Changed
2001•🇺🇸Gainesville, Georgia, USA
In 2001, megachurch pastor Jentezen Franklin launched an annual twenty-one-day corporate fast at Free Chapel.
How John Hyde Fasted Until a Revival Swept Through India
1904•🇮🇳Sialkot, Punjab, India
Missionary John Hyde fasted for thirty days before the 1904 Sialkot Convention in India, sparking a revival that brought hundreds to faith and transformed...
Monica's Tears and Augustine's Transformation
4th century•Roman North Africa
Through persistent prayer and fasting, Monica saw God transform her rebellious son Augustine from a life of indulgence to becoming one of Christianity's...
Mahesh Chavda Fasted for Forty Days and His Ministry Was Transformed
1977•🇺🇸United States
Pastor Mahesh Chavda completed a forty-day fast in 1977 and experienced a dramatic shift in his healing ministry.
The Azusa Street Transformation
1906•🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States
William Seymour's faith launched the 1906 Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles, sparking the global Pentecostal movement through miraculous healings and...
Frequently Asked Questions
How many fasting testimonies are in The Grace Record?
The Grace Record holds 29 fasting testimonies. 21 are modern accounts and 8 are historical. The earliest dates from 1835 and the most recent from 2025.
What are some examples of fasting testimonies?
Three examples from this collection: James Burgett: The Glioblastoma That Shrank When (2024, USA); Dominique Okonkwo — A Daniel Fast Healed What a Decade of Medication Could Not (2024, Miami, Florida, USA); and Otiti Jasmine — A 21-Day Fast Broke What 8.5 Years of Fear Could Not (2024, Germany).
What belongs in the Through Fasting collection?
Breakthrough came during or after a fast.
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