I do not believe in coincidences. I received this devotion yesterday. Fasting is so important, and our self-indulgent Western culture needs to return to this spiritual discipline.
Cindy
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The Spiritual Discipline that’s a Lost Art
BIBLE MEDITATION: “I, Daniel…set my face toward
the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting,
sackcloth, and ashes.” Daniel 9:2, 3
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
Someone
has called fasting “the weeping of the soul.” Fasting is a lost art in
most of our churches, but it is one of the clearest taught doctrines in
the Word of God, especially in a time of crisis.
When Ezra and
his people were in a predicament, he “proclaimed a fast there at the
river of Ahava…” (Ezra 8:21). Nehemiah said, “And it came to pass, when I
heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days,
and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven” (Nehemiah 1:4).
Jehoshaphat “feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a
fast through all Judah” (2 Chronicles 20:3). Joel said, “Blow the
trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast; call a solemn assembly” (Joel 2:15).
The Lord Jesus said, “Moreover, when you fast…” (Matt. 6:16-17).
Most
of us have never practiced fasting with consistency. Fasting is not
just going hungry, and it’s not a way to lose weight. Fasting is the
affliction of the soul for discipline and determination to humble
ourselves before God and seek His face.
ACTION POINT:
When
was the last time you “set your face” to seek the Lord? Is there a
situation in your life, in your home, at your job or in your church,
that merits serious, sustained prayer? If so, perhaps it is time to seek
the Lord in fasting and prayer.
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Devotions taken from the messages of Adrian Rogers.
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