A fasting and abstinence ping.
Could we do it?
Ask if we could want to be holy, and to enjoy the fruits of holiness. Only some of us; only sometimes.
Prayer and fasting is crucial to our faith as JESUS always prayed and fasted. As HE mentions the power of it here:
MATTHEW 17:14-21
17:14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
17:15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
17:16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
17:18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
17:19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
Imagine to cast out demons and our sins ( the mountain), we need to pray and fast. It brings discipline and makes one very spiritually in tune. Very powerful.
Something GOD has me do quite often throughout each year. It makes us very powerful, loving, and aware.
PRAISE JESUS!
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