1. More than ever before, believers are in bondage to demonic powers and need strength to stand against sin.
2. Believers throughout the world need solutions to many complex problems and threatening situations they are facing.
3. The Church is in desperate need of revival, and every tribe and tongue and nation is in desperate need of evangelization.
4. The world in general and the Church in particular are crying out for people of character and integrity—people who have found in Christ the emotional healing and strength to overcome sinful and destructive habits.
5. The abundance of food has insulated North American believers from the realities of starvation and malnutrition in the two-thirds world.
6. The media has so captured the national attention that even believers are operating according to principles completely alien to God’s will for their lives.
7. Even with the abundance of food and medical technology in North America, people are not necessarily healthier.
8. A great many believers have become so entangled in economic and social pursuits that they need to be set free to establish their testimonies and to influence others for Christ.
9. The growing influence of demonic forces and the waning influence of biblical Christianity in North America and the fact that believers need protection from the evil one.

Elmer Towns, Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough Study Guide.