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Has anyone on here ever had a prayer answered by God through fasting?
 
Evania said:
Has anyone on here ever had a prayer answered by God through fasting?
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First you must state why you are fasting? Second the intention of fasting. Third what kind of prayers you would use for that special intention. Fourthly, you need to have a program to do it.

To answer your question, I use a lot of prayers especially in casting out the demons and other various intentions. Remember praying with a sincere heart is vital.
 
I’m not a very frequent faster I admit (except as required by the church of course), so I can’t say that I have had prayers answered by a fast. I have had many prayers answered though in general–and other prayers not answered–at least in the way I wanted them answered. I think maybe it has more to do with the quality of your prayer, what you are asking for, and a spirit of accepting God’s will in all things. In the NT, Jesus was asked why his apostles didn’t seem to fast much–as fasting was a big part of the Jewish faith and He answered along the lines that there would be plenty of time for them to fast later on when He was gone–if I remember correctly.

I do know many wonderful folks who are certainly into regular fasting and it seems reasonable and good to me if they do so. At my home, we are a retired couple, and usually only eat one meal a day anyway, plus coffee in the morning and occasionally a snack in the afternoon if we really get hungry–but as I said, I just have never gotten into the habit–even back in the 60’s when all kinds of different fasts were kinda in vogue!🤷
 
When someone denies himself desserts and snacks for a couple of weeks because they are praying for a particular grace for themselves or someone else, it helps them to focus more on their prayer. When they feel the hunger they can offer it up to the Lord together with their prayer.
 
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Has anyone on here ever had a prayer answered by God through fasting?
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How would anyone know that God had answered a prayer because of the fasting and not simply that a person had prayed to him?
 
thistle said:
How would anyone know that God had answered a prayer because of the fasting and not simply that a person had prayed to him?
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Good question. Jesus stated that certain issues can be resolved through prayer and fasting so I was referring to this.
 
Evania said:
Good question. Jesus stated that certain issues can be resolved through prayer and fasting so I was referring to this.
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When we pray for people with deep-rooted evil tendencies, the sacrifice of some fasting helps along with the prayers.
 
Evania said:
Good question. Jesus stated that certain issues can be resolved through prayer and fasting so I was referring to this.
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I understand but it is an impossible question for anyone to answer. Nobody can say God answered my prayer because I also fasted.
 
thistle said:
I understand but it is an impossible question for anyone to answer. Nobody can say God answered my prayer because I also fasted.
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This wasn’t intended to be a literal question because technically you can’t definitely prove whether God answered any prayer, fasting or not. I appreciate your feedback, but my intent in posting wasn’t to start a debate. There’s plenty of threads for that purpose. I’m just interested in hearing testimony in whether someone received an answer to a prayer through fasting. If you have a testimony to share, I would love to hear it:)

Blessings!
 
Pope Francis called for a day of Fasting and Prayer on September 7th for peace in Syria, and in fact personally led a prayer vigil himself for this intention. And on September 9th, Kerry went from saying that an attack on Syria would be “unbelievably small” to suggesting that Syria give up its chemical weapons.

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Evania said:
This wasn’t intended to be a literal question because technically you can’t definitely prove whether God answered any prayer, fasting or not. I appreciate your feedback, but my intent in posting wasn’t to start a debate. There’s plenty of threads for that purpose.** I’m just interested in hearing testimony in whether someone received an answer to a prayer through fasting.** If you have a testimony to share, I would love to hear it:)

Blessings!
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You are missing my point. Nobody has such a testimony because nobody can say if the answer to a prayer was due to the fasting or not.
 
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