Must I Fast & Pray?

It's almost like a tradition now, almost every church and Christian organization in the world today go on fasting and prayer at the beginning of every year! But then again, results becomes limited when you work without understanding! So in this post I bring you a simple explanation on why you should fast and pray and not just do because everyone is doing it! Where did it come from. Fasting is known as a voluntary going without food in order to focus on prayer and fellowshiping with God. You see fasting and prayer goes hand in hand! Though we are not specifically commanded in the Bible to spend time in fasting and prayers but going through the bible carefully, we get to understand that it's certainly what every believer after an encounter and lifting should engage in. Like in Exo.34:28; Moses fasted 40 days/nights on Mount sinai receiving the Law from God. In 2Chro.20:3; king Jehoshapt called the people of Judah to fast and pray when war was waged against them by th...