Time I know is getting short Send me to preach and to exhort Show others path to true life Put an end to their conflicts and strife

Surely last days are here Maybe today You will appear To rescue Your children from all harm Let me, O Lord, sound alarm

Satan tries to keep us off straight path Deliver us, O God, from his wrath When perfect time draws nigh Come, O Lord, and split sky

Until that time is here, O Lord I pray Open wide a door today To tell someone about You With Your help, this I can do

Copyright 2005 Irvin L. Rozier

Serious prayer requires deep concentrated effort on part of an obedient servant and that's why when a person concentrates their thoughts on Lord rather than on food God's will and desires become known to them in a supernatural, profound way.

A person desiring to use gifts of God with more Holy Spirit power and authority should fast, pray and get as deeply into Word of God as possible. Eat His Word instead of food. Spiritual Fasting can bring great joy and blessings to your life.

Acts 13:2-3 "While they were worshiping Lord and fasting, Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for work to which I have called them. So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off."

Fasting also enables a person to resist devil. Sometimes temptations become overwhelming and only way to fight them is to go into a Spiritual Fast with heavy prayer.

Especially if you tried regular praying and still find yourself giving in to temptation.

What is right reason to fast? Fasting should always be for spiritual purposes. The early church fasted, worshipped and prayed. That is key to fasting. It should be a voluntary, private, worshipful and prayerful time between you and our Heavenly Father.

What's a bad fast? When you fast for wrong reason or wrong attitude in your heart. Whatever you plan to do, main thing is to keep your mind upon spiritual growth.

I've personally experienced greatest spiritual growth in my life when I fasted.

My favorite fast is a 7am-3pm fast in which I pray and read my bible for one hour during my regular lunch time.

This fast has helped me to stay focused on God's word and keep His commandments and not give in to temptations of devil.

When I do this fast I usually go 40 days in honor of Jesus' fast in wilderness.

Matthew 4:1-2 Then was Jesus led up of Spirit into wilderness to be tempted of devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

It is interesting to note that 'The Heavenly Man' (Christian Book of Year for 2003) contains account of how Brother Yun in China endured a total fast (i.e. no food, no water) for 75 days. This sounds impossible but surely, with God, all things are possible.