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Documents about different biblical subjects
Fasting
March 31st, 2013Reasons to:
- Humble ourselves
- Devote more time to focus on our spiritual lives
- To ask for God’s guidance
- To ask for God’s help
- To overcome spiritual lukewarmness
- To pray for particular needs
- To express gratitude and thanksgiving
- Always be ready to fight
- Make sure are standing on the right side
- Breakthrough a spiritual platea
Examples:
- Moses [40 days] – (Exodus 34:38)
- David [for the life of his newborn child] (2 Samuel 12:15-22)
- King Jehoshphat [military emergency] (2 Chronicles 20)
- Queen Esther [God’s people threatened] (Esther 4)
- Daniel [Confess sin and sin of God’s people] (Daniel 9)
- Nehemiah [Condition of Jerusalem] (Nehemiah 1)
- Jesus [40 days] (Matthew 4:2)
- Antioch church leaders [God to help them in there efforts] (Acts 13:1-3)
- Paul and Barnabas [Dedicated elders] (Acts 14:23-24)