The Father's Menu

The Father's Menu

Apostle Dr. Richard Udoh

Saturday, January 15, 2022

FASTING AND PRAYER

Fasting can simply be said to be abstinence from food. Fasting is also the abstinence from pleasure or anything that hinders devotion so as to practice self-denial. Fasting doesn’t mean being busy and not finding time to eat. God is looking for men and women who can pray till the nations are rocked and many millions freed from false religion, immorality, promiscuity, drugs and apathy to the things of God.

In the course of prayer and fasting, it requires a period of total separation from food and ordinary pleasures of life in order to be close to God. It is evident from scriptures that there’s a reward when we fast. Fasting doesn’t change God but can change the quality of our relationship and intimacy with the Lord.

Our experiences in life are not immune to the common vicissitudes of life. As long as we remain in this world, we are bound to face troubles, but in the midst of the storm we can have God as our anchor when we fast and pray.

Prayer

I am disciplined to wait on the Lord this New Year and I enjoy the benefits in Jesus name. Amen

Further Reading

Exodus 34:28 “So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.”

Ezra 8:23 “So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.”

Read through the Bible in 1 year: Gen 31:17-32:12 Matt 10:24-11:6 Psalm 13:1-6 Pro 3:16-18

Read through the Bible in 2 years: Gen 24-25.11 Psalm 15