Fasting and Praying are spiritual nuclear weapons that our belief in Christ has given us to destroy the strongholds of evil, wrong deeds, and usher in a great revival and spiritual harvest for our families and friends.
When we pray and fast, God promises that He will liberate us. He will lose the chains of injustice. He declares that He’ll untie the cords of the yoke and will give the oppressed their long-awaited freedom. He will set us free from the bondage of what others think.
In 2016, I read a book by Bishop David Oyedepo and he said understanding the Ultimate Purpose of Prayer and Fasting "We must also understand that prayer and fasting is God's commandment and a prescription for our continuous change of levels. For instance, when Jesus taught His disciples how to pray, He said: ...When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking...Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head and wash thy face". (Matthew 5:6-7, 16-17)
2 Samuel 12:16 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth on the ground.
Joel 2:12-13 “Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.
Personally, there are testimonies of God wonders in fasting and praying but you will read more about that on this blog someday.
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