There are some teachers who project that Esau sold his birthright because of his inability to ‘fast’. Hmm… In as much as I understand that the above statement was made out of a sincere heart to encourage believers to ‘fast’, it is scripturally clear that such conclusion is faulty and needs a thorough review. Now...
Of recent, I have been receiving questions concerning ‘prayer and fasting’ and what GRACE really has to say about it. Hmm… Are you ready for some raw truth? Prayer is compulsory for a successful Christian living…but fasting is NOT compulsory at all! Wow! All through the epistles of the New Testament… not ONCE was the...
Am I against fasting? Not at all! If fasting makes you pray well….please FAST! But it is NOT the fasting that brings the ANSWER! It is the knowledge of WHO you are praying to that brings answers! PRAYER DOES NOT NEED FASTING TO BE ANSWERED! Listen carefully: God does not need your fasting to answer...
IF JESUS FASTED FOR 40DAYS, WHY SHOULDN’T WE ALSO FAST FOR 40DAYS? I’ll try as much as possible not to sound sarcastic on this post especially for the fact that many believers actually think the 40days fast of Christ was for believers to adopt. Some even do it annually as a religious exercise. This post...
I’m aware many churches will be embarking on some serious fasting this January for various reasons as pertains to individual ministries: 21 days fasting 40 days fasting 50 days fasting 100 days fasting 120 days fasting The reasons for these fasting include: – To have power over enemies in 2017 (you have it already as...
1 day GROUP fasting – came as a commandment in the Old testament. The Day of Atonement (an annual observance of animal ritual for atonement of sins) in the old testament was accompanied with a COMPULSORY fast in order to ensure their SINS were forgiven. (Lev 23:26-29). The CEV Bible calls it ‘…the GREAT DAY...
“…But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days…” (Mark 2:20) When this verse is read in many circles, questions pop up as to what Jesus meant that ‘the time is coming when his disciples would fast’. Some have boldly preached that...
