WORD & POWER for TODAY
… enlightening your human spirit.
THIS YEAR, FAST AND PRAY
“So He said to them, “this kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting.” Mark 9:29 NKJV
In Christianity, fasting is one of the unwritten spiritual rules that we practice. You may not see a verse in the Bible that categorically instructs us to fast, but you will see how people in different situations fasted and prayed, and how they got unprecedented and mind-blowing results as a result of fasting! Jesus recommended it to His disciples as what they should do, if they would be able to deal with “stubborn devils”!
Queen Esther and the entire Jews in Shushan fasted for three days without food or water before God turned the table around against the enemies that wanted them dead! The King of Nineveh and all its inhabitants (including animals and children) fasted for three days, without food or water. You can imagine the cry that would be in that land for three days; and by that, they escaped a divine sentence of being destroyed by God! Apostle Paul said he fasted often: *”… in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often …”* II Corinthians 11:27 NKJV. John’s disciples asked Jesus when He was here on earth; ‘why are your disciples not fasting, they eat all the time. Whereas, the rest of us do fast?’ Jesus replied them; ‘when I am gone, they will fast!’ Matthew 9:15 NKJV *”And Jesus said to them… But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and THEN THEY WILL FAST.”* {Emphasis are mine}
If you are a Christian, fasting should be programmed into your weeks, your months, and your years! Choose one or two days in a week, when you fast for 6 or 12 hours. Choose a month of the year that you fast in! Prophet Daniel would even shun eating of balanced diets for certain number of days; just to fast! When he needed to hear from God! If you have not been fasting as a Christian, you need to start this year. Those “stubborn devils” and difficult issues will be destroyed and melted under the heat of fervent prayers and consistent fasting. If you need counsel on how to start regular and steady fasting and prayers, chat or call me today!