The traditional understanding of fasting has been the staying away from food for a particular season, often for spiritual purposes. Now we know that fasting does not only have spiritual benefits, but also physical, health and mental benefits. It is important to note however that the spiritual benefits fasting affords are not automatic; they’re obtained...
Private prayer and fasting serve as essential conduits through which God manifests His anointing upon His servants. Scripture consistently asserts that anointing is not incidental or merely positional but fundamentally relational, stemming from intimacy with God nurtured in solitude. Jesus exemplified this practice; in Matthew 14:23, after ministering to the crowds, “He went up the...
