THE LOVE SUBSTANCE OF FASTING
THE LOVE SUBSTANCE OF FASTING.
Acts 13:2-3 states that,
"[2]While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate now for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
[3]Then after fasting and praying, they put their hands on them and sent them away."
Exercising God's word by our spiritual senses and spiritual sensations is the only way to understand and operate the love of God as a force of faith.
The faith force of God's love is an experience you can only have through the encounters of the spirit world.
The truth is, God's word is always living and active in your life, but when your spirit is clouded with the dominations of your physical senses and physical sensations, you tend to miss out how to spontaneously live by the Spirit of love as the Spirit of faith.
And this is where fasting and prayer is of great help. It gets you attuned to the faith power of love.
Fasting is a spiritual exercise that can only affect and influence your love for God as a faith force when you manipulate the invisible things of God's word for people's benefit.
Some folks believe fasting makes them more serious in their prayer which subsequently convinces God to hear them and do something for them. But that's not the essence of fasting.
When you fast, you discipline your natural senses and natural sensations to the submission of your spiritual senses and spiritual sensations.
This makes you more receptive to the materialisation of invisible realities into visible manifestations.
Fasting breaks down the resistance of your human senses and human sensations and brings a release to the senses and sensations of your spirit.
This causes your love for God to operate more spontaneously as a force of faith.
Fasting positions you in this way and in such a way prayer alone would not be effective enough to do so.
There're many things in the spiritual world that are happening around you, either for you or against you and you may not have been picking enough signals. But when you fast and pray, your spiritual senses and spiritual sensations are sharpened and become super sensitive and practically ready to mingle with the invisible realities of God's word.
Therefore, I urge you to make fasting and praying a regular exercise.
Remember the men in Acts 13:1-3 received instructions from the HolySpirit of love after they had spent time fasting and praying.
There's so much Love (God) desires to say to you and show you but first you've got to tune into His Spirit of love and fasting will help you do so.
And,
2 corinthians 6:4-5 states that, " But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distress, in stripes, in imprisonements, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, IN FASTINGS;"
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