True fasting brings humility and alignment with God so that we are able to do amazing things that he wants us to do. Jesus Christ fasted for forty days in the desert before he started his Public Ministry. The Lent calls each one of us to be like Jesus and inspires us to undertake fasting like Jesus to focus entirely on God for some time amidst our bust lives. When we are faced with the worldly challenges, where does our strength come from it is through the grace of God. So in order to overcome the challenges, we need to fast and receive the much needed grace required to lead our lives peacefully. Through fasting and prayer we humble ourselves before God so that the Holy Spirit stirs our souls and strengthens us.We should understand during this season it is a time to learn how to live. Please join me in seeking God and we can pray for each other that God will strengthen us in our resolve to let Him teach us to wait upon Him with fasting, prayer and the world. I conclude from a verse in the Book of Joel - God made it clear through the prophet Joel that the last days outpouring of the spirit will be in proportion to our fasting and crying out to God in humility, hunger and repentance.
-Fr. Jacob George
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