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Just a brief word
about fasting:
We fast because the Word of God talks
about it. God is not impressed with our sacrifice, and going without food
does not coerce Him into anything.
We simply obey the Word of God from beginning
to end. And the simple fact is, when we go without food, we think differently.
When Jesus said "these kind go not
out but by prayer and fasting", referring to certain demons, it was
because the Holy Spirit has a special freedom in prayer when a Christian
is willing to do without food.
The body screams for sustenance, and
it is a picture of the flesh being deprived.
The Lord does not have some kind of
barrier that is knocked down when we are hungry for 24 hours, but the
enemy is defeated when we are clearly thinking about the things that are
above, rather than just sliding along below.
Elisabeth Elliot told me once that
she thought fasting was one of the most important things a Christina could
do.
The reason why?
It transforms the prayer life!
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