Genesis 3:8 In the cool of the evening, the man and his wife heard the LORD God walking around in the garden. What did Adam and Eve talk to God every day? They had nothing to pray about. There was no desperate financial need, no disappointing relationships or disturbing medical results. There were no theological...
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31 January 2024 – Why Pray? – Part 3
Genesis 18:32 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?” Only God can move mountains but faith and prayer move God — EM Bounds Prayer moves the heart of God. We know that “fasting and prayer does not change God...
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30 January 2024 – Why Pray? – Part 2
Psalm 147:9 He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call. “Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of Omnipotence” — Charles Spurgeon Prayer plugs us into the socket of the divine sources. Prayer is the link that connects us with the supernatural provision. Prayer gives us access to...
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29 January 2024 – Why Pray? – Part 1
1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing. Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden. — Corrie Ten Boom Why should we pray when God knows our concerns and problems? He is omnipotent and omniscient. He is in control so, why should we pray and...
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28 January 2024 – Why Fast? – Part 7
Joel 2:12 “Even now,” declares the LORD, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” The neurosurgeon Dr. J Rahul Jandial, the American dual-trained brain surgeon and neuroscientist says, smart pills do not optimize brain performance but skipping breakfast twice a week or periodic fasting helps to boost the functioning of...
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27 January 2024 – Why Fast? – Part 6
2 Kings 7:3-5 3 Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, “Why stay here until we die? If we say, ‘We’ll go into the city’—the famine is there, and we will die. And if we stay here, we will die. So let’s go...
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26 January 2024 – Why Fast? – Part 5
1 Kings 17: The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. “The best of all medicines is fasting and resting.”— Benjamin Franklin. Dietitians recommend eating three meals a day. The average adult requires about 2,000 calories a day and spreading...
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25 January 2024 – Why Fast? – Part 4
Matthew 6:16-17 “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face. “By fasting, the body learns to obey...
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24 January 2024 – Why Fast? – Part 3
Matthew 17:20-21 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. However, this kind does not go out except by...
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23 January 2024 – Why Fast? – Part 2
Psalm 35:13a Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. “The discipline of fasting breaks you out of the world’s routine.” — Jentezen Franklin Fasting is an expression of humility before God. Fasting disciplines us by disrupting our routine and recreation in order to reunite us with the Lord. ...