What is the Purpose of Fasting?
Fasting is choosing to go without eating for
a period of time. Matthew 4:2 says, “And after He (Jesus)
had fasted for forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry” (Matt. 4:2). I love
to eat, and it’s hard for me to fast 40 minutes without becoming hungry! The
Bible talks a lot about fasting, but it doesn’t specifically tell us WHY we
need to fast.
So what is the purpose of fasting? If you
don’t know why you are doing something, it won’t be long before you quit doing
it. Prayer and fasting often go together. I believe fasting shows God how desperately we want Him to answer our prayers. Fasting
is not something that I enjoy doing, but some situations are so important that my
desire to see God answer my request is more important than eating that day.
In Matthew 17:14-21, the disciples couldn’t
cast a demon out of a boy. Jesus commanded the demon to leave the boy, and it
immediately came out. He then said, “This
kind (of demon) does not go out
except by prayer and fasting” (Matt. 17:21). Evidently, fasting increases
the effectiveness of our prayers.
I
ask you to FAST
and PRAY for the election on Tuesday.
Ask God to
foil the attempts at voter fraud.
Pray for our nation to turn to God in repentance. Pray that God will
have His way in the outcome of this election.
Whoever is elected, whether it’s Trump or
Biden, will have to deal with the ticking time bomb of over
$27,000,000,000,000 of debt That’s
27 trillion dollars of government overspending since 1970. This by itself could
instigate an economic depression. That’s another big reason to pray for our
country.
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