Prayer And Fasting

I have previously discussed what Yahuwah God is capable of doing. He can rain bread from the sky and cause quails to rise from the dry desert sands to feed His people for forty years. Then I closed the discussion by citing a verse:

Matthew 17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

Our Saviour was quoted saying this because the disciples were wondering why they could not drive the evil spirit out of a possessed man. This means that the possessed man himself can do fasting for himself, or somebody like our Saviour who we know fasted for 40 days in the wilderness can heal him. This is our subject for today.

Actually, Yahuwah God designed our a day by dividing it into darkness and brightness:

Gen 1:5 - And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

From sunset to sunrise we sleep and fast. Then at sunrise we wake up and break the fast by eating a meal called "breakfast." While we were sleeping a lot of miracles happen inside our body to get us ready to face a new day. Yahuwah God also assigned a 24-hour fast every year on a day called the "Day of Atonement."

Leviticus 23:27 - Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD Yahuwah.

This day was declared by Yahuwah God to be a Sabbath:

Leviticus 23:31 - Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

It shall be from sundown to sundown (24 hours):

Levticus 23:32 - It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

If the world obeys the evening and the morning rule and undergo the Day of Atonement, Satan can be driven out of this world.

Fasting can be longer too. People are reporting reversing their diabetes, cancer and other senior ailments by fasting longer. For example: fasting for 16 hours and only eating in an 8-hour window. Moses did fasting for forty days. Our Saviour did it for forty days.

I am looking forward to doing the same in the future. Now, I am practicing a 24-hour fasting once a week to prepare for that. During fasting, I recall the words of our Saviour: "Only prayer and fasting can drive this one out."

Where does the body get the energy and water during a long fast? We will talk about that next time.