But while fasting means special earnestness and importunity in prayer, it must not be considered as a penance, nor as buying the favor of God by the mortification of the body.God does not delight in human suffering, and we could not buy His favor even with the sacrifice of our lives. ...
they have received their reward in full.17But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,18so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father
and not being able to fulfill the religious and worldly duties that one has to fulfill. There have been many people who have always neglected their duties toward Allah, such as prayer, fasting, and zakah, claiming that they will perform them later. The word incapacity ...
6. The sixth reason for constant, persistent, sleepless, overcoming prayer is that PRAYER IS THE MEANS THAT GOD HAS APPOINTED FOR OUR RECEIVING MERCY, AND OBTAINING GRACE TO HELP IN TIME OF NEED. Heb. 4:16 is one of the simplest and sweetest verses in the Bible, -- "Let us therefore...
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There is such a thing as agonizing, prevailing prayer, prayer that goes to the heart of things and finds the will of God and does it. Jesus prayed to God all night, Jacob wrestled with the angel. Daniel sought the Lord with prayer and fasting. Paul prayed to the Lord again and again...
God as a father seeks to make our relationship personal. He cares for you as an individual. Reasoning together means that there is talking and listening from both parties. The bible tells us that the tearing of the veil when Christ was crucified granted us access to meet with God. ...
And He said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing but by prayer and fasting." Wherein lay the difficulty with these men? They had been lax in cultivating their faith by prayer and, as a consequence, their trust utterly failed. They trusted not God, nor Christ, nor the ...
Other than the gathering in the upper room before Pentecost, arguably the most significant prayer meeting ever conducted was a small, multi-day event in Antioch. There, while the group was fasting and praying, the Holy Spirit called Paul and Barnabas to reach the gentile world with the Gospel...
3 So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes. 4 I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed: “Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his comman...