I don't care how much you go to church or read your bible sometimes no matter how hard you try to resist sinning you end up finding yourself giving in to it anyway.I know first hand because this has happen to me on countless occasions. I've found myself getting frustrated and even questioning my own salvation.
One time I even tried to give up, of course,
Lord brought me back to repentance, but point is I didn't know what was missing from my life that could help me stay on right track for good.
Jesus said to His disciples.
Matthew 26:41 "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: spirit indeed is willing, but flesh is weak."
But sometimes deep in your heart you feel need to do more than just pray. Perhaps because you feel that your prayers are falling on deaf ears. You try to put your finger on what's missing but just can't seem to understand what it is.
Well I'm here to tell you that missing element in your prayer life is fasting.
Yes, fasting in combination with prayer will help to bring about true repentance and a humbleness of spirit that you need and seek.
By fasting, you are able to turn fully toward Lord in your hour of great need.
Do you have times that make you feel need to seek face of Lord in a stronger more, profound way? In your darkest hour do you even know what your greatest need is?
Fasting and praying brings Lord's comfort and prayers you pray while fasting get surprisingly faster answers.
There is absolutely no debate Jesus expects us to fast.
Matthew 6:16 "Moreover when ye fast, be not, as hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward."
When one is crying out to Lord with all of their heart and soul, it can do no less than touch heart of very Lord we pray to because fasting is truest form of prayer.
Which type of prayer do you think God desires to hear? The gut wrenching, deeply sobbing passionate type that comes from a real heart full of sincerity, or off handed casual prayer?
The self denial of physical needs, for a period of spiritual fasting is key to producing deep spiritual growth because a person can get in touch with their inner self when they sacrifice their bodies physical need for food.
