“Jesus answered, ‘Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; in those days they will fast.’” Luke 5:34-35 (NIV) 

Today’s excerpt from Dr. Wilson’s book, Fasting Forward: Advancing Your Spiritual Life through Fasting (pp. 24-26):

In my early years of wrestling to seek God in fasting, I discovered several things:

1. Fasting is all about internal integrity. The struggle between flesh and spirit would never be stronger than when trying to begin and immediately after ending a fast.
2. Fasting would position my heart to receive additional grace from the Lord, so a failure in fasting could rob me of the grace I needed. I discovered, when the Holy Spirit pressed me to fast, He was preparing me for what is ahead.
3. Fasting is a spiritual exercise, and I would become stronger with each attempt. However, more important than learning about the discipline of fasting was learning more about the object of my spiritual hunger and His relationship with me.
4. Thousands of other Christians have walked this path before me. Many powerful, anointed servants of God paid the price by consistently participating in the discipline of fasting.”

IMPACT PRAYER- Father, renew my passion for the Kingdom of God. Fill me with your supernatural power to overcome each obstacle in my path. With my eyes on you, Lord, with you walking beside me, working through me, I can make it. Thank you, Lord!

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