Desiring spiritual breakthrough this new year?Hoping this year will bring a loved one’s complete surrender to Christ? You might want to consider fasting and prayer.
For those of us who long for spiritual intimacy with the Father, fasting and prayer affords us the opportunity to do so. Here are four spiritual benefits fasting can bring.
Fasting Leads to Greater Intimacy
We deny our carnal nature in order to fulfill the desires of God. What He wills for our lives can be found through fasting and prayer.
Our spirit and soul experiences joy because of
fasting. It’s a decision to momentarily die to our
flesh to fulfill the greater things of a mighty God
who seeks us.
“The days will come when the bridegroom is
taken away from them, and then they will fast
in that day, {Mark 2:20}.
Know that the sacrificial elements of fasting
always incurs eternal benefits. There are those
we want to win for Christ this year. Our
temporary physical discomfort has spiritual
rewards.
We Surrender Our Comfort to Gain Spiritual Clarity
Our 21st century culture can lead us to becoming
numb to what matters to God, yet praying
through a fast challenges sharpens our spiritual
discernment.
We can fast from things: social media,
television, food, even a negative mindset.
We can fast for things: those yet surrendered
to Christ, our local church, and our
neighborhoods.
We gain wisdom and guidance through fasting.
We are able to discern the will of God through
fasting and deep prayer.
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewal of your mind, that
by testing you may discern what is the will of
God,” {Romans 12:2}.
Opens Our Hearts to Spiritual Revival
We kindle Holy Spirit fire as we fast and pray.
We become change agents and intercessors for
the broken and hurting during a fast. Our hearts
are revived and refreshed spiritually because of
it.
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit
has come upon you, and you will be my
witnesses in Jerusalem…and to the end of the
earth,” {Acts 1:8}.
Empowerment flows when we pray and fast.
We are that much more able to press into the
greatest commission of all—gaining souls for an
eternal harvest, (see Matthew 28).
Prayer and Fasting Breaks Satanic Strongholds
When the Jesus’s disciples were unable to deliver
a young boy of an evil spirit, Jesus told them,
“This kind cannot come out, except by
prayer,” (see Mark 9:29). Praying while fasting
positions us victoriously.
Through deep prayer we can combat spiritual
opposition and satanic strongholds.
When difficulties arise, Christ-Followers have the
ability to harness the potential of the Holy Spirit
through fasting and prayer.
Our barren hearts are refreshed and revived
when we fast and pray. We are better equipped
to dealing with the momentary trials we’ll face
on earth because we’re aligned with God, his
angels, and the power of the Holy Spirit.
“Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the
bonds of wickedness…to let the oppressed go
free and to break every yoke?” {Isaiah 58:6}.
We are equipped with dunamis might or strength
(See Strong’s Concordance 1411) to combat the
enemy’s opposition.
Easing Your Way into a Fast
If you’ve never fasted before, begin slowly. For
those with dietary constraints, fast from social
media or other comforts unrelated to food.
Begin by skipping one or two daily meals;
replace food with prayer and petitions.
Write the names of loved ones who you’re
fasting for in a journal or prayer card.
Come out of a fast gradually by eating broths
and vegetables; don’t consume rich or heavy
foods immediately.
Celebrate spiritual breakthroughs when they arrive; trust that God sees and hears your
earnest prayer and sacrifice.
St. Augustine of Hippo once said, “BY THE HELP
of the merciful Lord our God, the temptations of
the world, the snares of the Devil, the suffering
of the world, the enticement of the flesh, the
surging waves of troubled times, and all
corporeal and spiritual adversities are to be
overcome by … fasting, and prayer.”
When We Deny our Flesh, our Spiritually
Cravings are Fortified.
Fasting and sacrificial prayer will not go in vain. It
will always benefit those in your immediate
circle and in the lives of Christ-followers in your
community.
Let God be good to you through fasting and
prayer in this new season of your life. As Psalm
34: 8 declares to us all, “O taste and see that the
Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in
him, (KJV).

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you copied without arranging it.... Well i love fasting it helps but i dont do that when i dont have food to eat..