Fasting Prayer

Personally, I have been practicing fasting and prayer. I was also burdened to bring my fellow serving ones, my family members, and the saints into an intercessory prayer life. But I have been very cautious not to fall into religiosity. At the same, not neglecting fasting prayer with the excuse that is is "religious" as some may deem it to be.  Indeed, many religions have propagated this practice, and some are very serious about it in a religious way, but that does not mean we must not fast and pray. A person who hardly fast and pray, yet speak against fasting prayer as being religious is as if the devil speaking subtly to stop the saints from fasting prayer. Well, others may do it religiously, perhaps, superstitiously even, but we must not let this bogged us down and stop is from fasting and prayer. Instead, we must practice it, propagate it, and do it right.

This year, the Lord has led me to a more serious fasting and prayer. The day we chose is Tuesday. Initially, I also clubbed this with a home meeting and prayer. But, beginning this year, the Lord stripped off the meeting on that day, and released us fully for fasting and prayer. In fact, when the saints with whom we used to meet on Tuesdays came up with inconveniences in the place of meeting, I immediately reckoned it as the Lord's  speaking: He wants us to fully consecrate our time just for prayer. 

Now, my fellow serving ones in the literature service, and at least, my family members, are weekly beginning to fast and pray. This to me is a great blessing and a big breakthrough in our prayer life. Before, I was the only one to actively do it, now the Lord has given me companions who can bear the same burden. 

Besides, the Lord also granted us time of family morning revival and prayer in the morning, and family prayer time in the night before going to bed. This is another big breakthrough in our family time together and family prayer life. We all enjoyed this time together. We have ample time for fellowship and prayer to release all our burdens; praying for the saints, the churches, our family members, and some specific burdens. The Lord has blessed me with many burdens, now I have a way to release these burdens in prayer with my family. I don't bear the burden all alone anymore but with the family and as a family. 

Many of the prayers we have been praying are prayers of faith. By faith, we release our burden and wait for the Lord to answer all of them one by one. Prayer is our burden and responsibility, answering is the Lord's burden and responsibility. We simply pray according to the burden the Lord blessed us with, with much faith, reckoning they all have been answered.

May the Lord grace us to live a prayer life in oneness with Him for the fulfillment His divine purpose.