11/06/2024
(Isaiah 58) We've spoken before about fasting for healing. But today I want to talk about the gifts of fasting. There's a door that opens when we fast and pray. It's not in heaven it's within us. Inside of us is a good dog, the spirit and a bad dog, the flesh. These two are always fighting. The one we feed the most is the one that wins day to day. God is always extending gifts to His children. But when we fast and pray we can hear and see them. They are: wisdom, legal protection, physical protection, creativity, healing, finances, comfort, influence with man, and power over nature, to name a few. From time to time even the best Christian can begin to slip in their focus on God. It doesn't mean we don't love Him, it means we get distracted. Fasting restores dependence and refreshes relationship. And that's where we belong.