Prayer and fasting

There is great power in prayer and fasting. First to pray is to show faith in God, you cannot pray if you do not believe you are communicating with God. To fast is to choose the things of spirit instead of the things of the flesh.

There is reference upon reference to the power of fasting in the Bible, when the apostles complained to Jesus that they could not cast out a demon, Jesus responded you need to pray and fast to do such. It is not just Christianity that knows of the power of fasting our brothers and sisters of other faiths know this as well, such as the Jews. Even stories of Gandhi when he wanted England to leave India he fasted for this intention and history shows what Gandhi was able to do with the power of fasting. I have met a couple of exorcists for the Catholic church and when they do an exorcism they fast for a period of time before hand, to add to the power of their prayers. Prophets in the old testament were called to tell people to repent of their sins, to pray and fast that God might spare them.

There are many "apparitions" going on throughout the world today some I believe some not so much.. but this is not for me to decide, for as Jesus said if they are not against us, they are for us ... so I say what ever produces fruit and brings people back to God is a good thing. There is one active apparition site that I do believe and that is Medugorje, for there the call to prayer and fasting is a constant, as is the call not to judge other faiths...that division among faiths and people is not a thing of God but of men, that we are all, no matter what we are called, children of God these things I believe to be true.

Fasting can stop a natural occurrence from happening, change a situation, prayer is heightened by fasting, prayers are answered faster, and the consciousness of a person is elevated to things of God. These things I know for I have witnessed them first hand...

We must all pray more and fast and offer up to God things that are not pleasant to us.

As corny as this may sound we need to be like the movie, "Oh God" the George Burns movie, where the little girl makes a poster with the saying..."Think God"... that is what we all need to do... think God... prayer will help you do this... fasting will help you do this... and when you do this God can help you... he can help us all.