The effective, fervent prayers of the righteous availeth much

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Is fasting and prayer meritorious?

Why?

What promises do I have that God will listen to me if I fast and pray for a specific purpose or intention?
 
graceandglory said:
Is fasting and prayer meritorious?

Why?

What promises do I have that God will listen to me if I fast and pray for a specific purpose or intention?
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Not clear on the question. Are you asking where you can find evidence that prayer + fasting is more powerful than prayer alone? (Matt. 17:21)

Or am I missing the question? :confused:
 
Yeah, I suppose that was my question.

Thanks for the verse. I’ll look it up.
 
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Not clear on the question. Are you asking where you can find evidence that prayer + fasting is more powerful than prayer alone? (Matt. 17:21)

Or am I missing the question? :confused:
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Mt 17:21 is “if you have faith the size of a mustard seed…you can move a mountain.”

I’m not sure that touches on my question.

I agree that fasting does much for me and tempering all my desires, not just the desire for food.

When we fast and pray for an intention…does our fasting effect anything?
 
Hmm. A reminder that verse numbers are not part of the inspired text!
14 And when he was come to the multitude, there came to him a man falling down on his knees before him, saying: Lord, have pity on my son, for he is a lunatic, and suffereth much: for he falleth often into the fire, and often into the water. 15 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
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16 Then Jesus answered and said: O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. 17 And Jesus rebuked him, and the devil went out of him, and the child was cured from that hour. 18 Then came the disciples to Jesus secretly, and said: Why could not we cast him out? 19 Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For, amen I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Remove from hence hither, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you. 20 But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting.
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Thank you.
That’s good.
Don’t know why I didn’t find that when I read it myself. Wasn’t trying to be snotty.
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20 But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting.
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That scripture definitely says that prayer AND fasting together effect something.

Thanks.
 
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