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Understanding the Power of Fasting video

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I have wanted to blog on Fasting and, again, the beginning of the New Year is a good time to post the topic. Not that fasting is only done at the beginning of a New Year. Far from it! Fasting can be done anytime and for various reasons/causes.

There is nothing I could post or share however that will surpass the above video by late Dr. Myles Munroe. Please watch and form your own conclusion.

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What is Fasting?

According to Dr. Myles Munroe, Fasting is

• the willful abstinence from natural pleasures for a spiritual purpose;
• it is a personal commitment to renounce the natural to invoke the spiritual;
• it is the dedication to a period of time to devote oneself to spiritual priority of prayer without food.

Fasting is like a plunger. Food is a clog in a pipe – the more you eat, the smaller the hole in the pipe. Fasting unclogs the pipe.

Fasting puts your body where it ought to be; that is, under your spirit.

Effects of Fasting

1. It changes you
2. It does not move God
3. It increases your spiritual capacity
4. It breaks habits and spiritual bondage
5. It quiets the heart to hear God’s voice/mind and calms your spirit
6. It brings godly intimacy
7. It speeds up healing.

Fasting Scriptures

• Esther 4:16
• Psalm 109:24-25,
• Jeremiah 18:7-11, 36:9,
• Daniel 9:2-3,
• Joel 2:12-13

Fasting is not dieting

*** Disclaimer ***

Please consult your physician before embarking on a fast.