I Found the Blueprint in Matthew 6 — And It Changed Everything
I sat in my office around 8 p.m., trying to get myself back in the headspace to do some work. I wasn’t in prayer, or worship, or doing anything spiritual. Like most of us, I was just scrolling on Facebook, mindlessly flipping through reels. Nothing deep. Just noise.
Then something popped up that caught my attention. It was a reel talking about how most people pray before bed. You know, “God, forgive me for my sins… help me sleep well tonight… bless my family…” That type of thing. Harmless on the surface. But the reel went deeper. It said that most people don’t actually know how to pray, and that the Bible gives us exact instructions on how we’re supposed to do it.
That alone made me pause.
What’s crazy is that I usually never — and I mean never — scroll through the comments on reels like that. But this time, for some reason, I did. And in those comments, someone mentioned something that would change everything for me that night. They said:
“Matthew 6:9–13 shows us exactly how Jesus taught us to pray.”
I don’t know why, but I instantly grabbed my Bible. I needed to see it for myself.
💥 The Wake-Up Moment: Am I Even Praying Right?
So I opened to Matthew 6:9–13 and started reading:
“Pray then like this:
‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.’”
— Matthew 6:9–13 (ESV)
As soon as I read it, I realized — this is not exactly what I was taught growing up in church. The “Our Father” prayer that we’ve been saying for years is based on this, but it’s not word-for-word. I was shocked. I thought, “Man… all this time, I’ve been repeating something close, but not quite right.”
Now, don’t get me wrong — I pray multiple times a day. I talk to God constantly. I bring Him into my heart, my decisions, my parenting, and my leadership. But reading this verse hit different. It made me realize: there’s still so much to learn. So much to align with.
And just when I thought I was having a “prayer revelation,”… God had more for me.
🙏 The Divine Setup: The Verses That Follow... Fasting
Right after the prayer, I kept reading — and boom. The next part stopped me cold. Jesus immediately shifts into a lesson on fasting:
“And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others.
Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret.
And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”
— Matthew 6:16–18 (ESV)
And in that moment, I realized — God was speaking directly to me.
Let me explain. Just the night before, I was praying hard, asking God:
“Is this Break the Flesh movement really what You want me to be doing?
Is it already over before it started?
Am I doing this for You, or did I let it become about me?”
I was feeling discouraged. Social media engagement had slowed. People weren’t responding like before. Part of me feared I had already reached everyone God intended, and maybe I was just trying to force it forward. But that prayer came from a real place. I genuinely wanted clarity.
And here it was.
Right in the Word. Right in red letters. Jesus Himself, talking about fasting — not for show, not for recognition, not for performance — but for spiritual intimacy with the Father.
🔄 The Conviction and Confirmation: This Is God’s Movement, Not Mine
That scripture lit me up. I sat back and thought:
“This is exactly what Break the Flesh is about.
It’s not a trend. It’s not a gimmick.
It’s not for likes, shares, or attention.
It’s about quieting the flesh… surrendering to God…
and letting the Holy Spirit do the work inside of you.”
I didn’t even know when I started fasting that I was literally following Jesus’ words in Matthew 6. I hadn’t memorized the Bible. I didn’t go to seminary. But I knew God was calling me to fast — and that it needed to be about Him.
Now here I was, weeks later, reading exactly what I had been doing, word for word, in Scripture.
“Your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.”
— Matthew 6:18 (ESV)
That line alone answered my prayer.
All the doubts… the discouragement… the fear of failure — gone.
I knew, right then and there: This movement is exactly what God intended it to be.
📣 A Word for Anyone Wondering If They’re on the Right Path
If you’re out there wondering the same thing I was — “God, am I doing what You want me to do?” — let me tell you something:
Sometimes the answer won’t come in a vision.
Sometimes it won’t come in a person.
Sometimes it won’t even come through a church.
Sometimes it comes through a comment on a reel…
through a scripture you haven’t read in years…
through a moment when you weren’t even trying to be spiritual.
But when it hits you deep in your spirit and lines up with the Word, that’s God.
🛑 One Last Thing: Fasting Is Not a Performance
So many influencers, health gurus, and spiritual content creators out there are promoting fasting right now, but they’re doing exactly what Jesus warned us about. They’re doing it for attention. They’re doing it for performance. They’re doing it for the world’s applause.
But if you’re trying to fast the way God calls us to, let me remind you what Jesus said:
“Do it in secret.
Don’t make it a show.
Don’t seek public validation — seek Me.”
— Paraphrased from Matthew 6:16–18
That’s what Break the Flesh is here to break.
We’re not here to make fasting trendy.
We’re here to help people meet God in the silence.
To get real, raw, and obedient.
To break food addiction, spiritual passivity, and cultural noise — and go straight to the Source.
📌 Anchor Line:
“I thought I was building a movement — but it turns out, God was using the movement to build me.”