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Part 2: Prayer and Fasting If you learned $3 million dollars in gold lay buried somewhere in your backyard, would you try to dig it up? Of course, you would! And you’d probably be willing to destroy your entire yard to find it! Knowing God intimately and pursing Him daily are rewards worth far more than gold, but few people dig for them. One way to begin is to practice regular spiritual habiGet More Articles—Subscribe Today!
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Thanks so much for the light thrown about fasting. It’s really touching. I’ve been struggling with the issue for sometime now partly due to health (stomach ulcer) challenge/condition. When I don’t fast I feel not just guilty but also empty (spiritually) but can’t help. What should be the solution?
Thank you so much for the encouragement to dig deeper for a more meaningful relationship with God our Father. Life is so busy it is easy to get caught up in the distractions the enemy throws at us every day to keep us away from seeking time with the One who is waiting with arms wide open to welcome us into His presence. You are a blessing and I thank you for this reminder to be still and know that He is God in the midst of the madness.
At the age of a young 75 yr.old and being a Christian for. probably 35 or 40 yrs I struggle with being committed to do daily devotions and daily
Prayer.I often find myself sometimes critical of how people in a church conduct theirself and get never discouraged, that could be part of my problem. Iam a student of bible prophecy, and was saved through thur prophecy. Could I reach out to you for your council and help me turn this corner. Thank you. Gene Terczak
Thank you Dan,
I Appreciate your writing about prayer and how We can do nothing without Jesus and they were his words not ours and he’s absolutely right because he’s our creator and all power was given to him form the Father above!
I’ve never fasted before my life but I’ve went many days without eating until suppertime I got hollered at for it.
Just too busy working at the Time I guess.
I’m 73 years old and Love Lord Jesus Christ.
I don’t know how much time I have on this Earth left but I’ll Love being with him in Heaven.
Which I could give more to God’s Missions and help everyone in the whole world with Food and Living better.
We are close to the Resurrection with all the prophecies being fulfilled the biggest one was Jerusalem bring the capital of Israel again , that’s awesome.
Thank you, Dan for the meaningful words.
Awesome awesome word i have a few medical concerns but I still be obedient to fast a hour or 2 hours because I need Jesus so badly.Continue to pray for healing in strength not only for me but for my family and those who desperately need God.Thank you God Bless!
Shalom from Brazil. Thank you for your article.
Im taking every wednesday of the week to fast. I start fasting from breakfast and end with breakfast of the next day, drinking only water.
It is the spirit of what Jesus once said: “When you fast”, so He expects us to fast.
I really dont like to fast, and am sad that I have this feeling. Time seem to go slower. To spend more time in prayer is definite a struggle, for it seems like I tend to repeat the same requests, though I pray for others, missions, peace of Israel, family, etc..also take Bible scripture and pray over them. I do love to study the Bible, hear and read other literatures. So I wonder, how should it be pleasing to the Lord this time of fasting? Am I on the right track? Hope I am clear on the way I wrote it down. Thank you for your attention. Awaiting His return. Rebecca
PS. I don’t think that although I am 80+ that I’ll be anything like Rabbinu Moishe and fast 40 days and nights without water [Shmot 34:28] His life was one of relative hardship and walking everywhere, so was very fit, quite unlike us today, who have grown soft with sitting in our cars and offices!
Brachot, Tom
Shalom Dan,
Thank you for your helpful advice. Although I always start the day with Bible Reading and prayer, I want to start fasting too, and will start by fasting first for one day with no food but water to drink, and go on to 2 days later. By the Autumn [Fall as you call it] or maybe by Chanukah, I hope to be able to fast for a whole week with water only.
Shalom ve Brachot, b’Shem Yeshua, hu Adonainu, Malkainu ve Moshiainu.
Tom Lori, Reading, England.
Thank you very much for taking the time to write this. I needed something like that to bring me out of my discouragement.
Our God is awesome! He always sustains us with His words when needed the most.
Praise God 🙏