{"id":2856,"date":"2021-01-17T19:14:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T19:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afrib.org.ng\/?p=2856"},"modified":"2021-01-17T19:14:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T19:14:47","slug":"understanding-the-blessedness-of-prayer-and-fasting-part-1-pastor-emmanuel-aikpokpo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afrib.org.ng\/?p=2856","title":{"rendered":"Understanding The Blessedness Of Prayer And Fasting, Part 1 &#8211; Pastor Emmanuel Aikpokpo."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2857\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2857\" style=\"width: 292px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2857 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/afrib.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_20210117-200950-292x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afrib.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_20210117-200950-292x300.png 292w, https:\/\/afrib.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_20210117-200950.png 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO Credit: <em>Google<\/em>, illustrating the story.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prayer and fasting is for the benefit of the believers and it&#8217;s commanded by God (Isaiah 58: 6-12).<\/p>\n<p>Fasting is a spiritual exercise that brings about supernatural blessings. Prayer and fasting does not empower God, but empower the believer.<\/p>\n<p>As believers, we fast because there is a kingdom need for it and not for show off (Matthew 17:20-21).<\/p>\n<p>God commanded prayer and fasting for specific benefit. Remember, prayer is what gives value to fasting (Luke 18:1).<\/p>\n<p><strong>How To Approach Fasting And Prayer Profitably.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. You must define your goals (Esther 4:15). Esther had a goal to appear before the King after her fast.<br \/>\nWhat is your goal? Without definition there will be derivations.<\/p>\n<p>2. You must seek Him with your heart (Jeremiah 29:13).<\/p>\n<p>3. You must come confessing your sins (Pslam 16: 18). Untill<span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">\u00a0you confess, there is no mercy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>4. You must come to God by His word (Isaiah 43: 26, 1st John 1: 9-10).<\/p>\n<p>5. You must engage in Kingdom advancement prayers.<\/p>\n<p>Prophecy are real and how sweet is it to experience fulfillment of prophecy (1st Timothy 1: 18). Fasting and prayers facilitate the fulfillment of prophecies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prayer and fasting is for the benefit of the believers and it&#8217;s commanded by God (Isaiah 58: 6-12). Fasting is a spiritual exercise that brings about supernatural blessings. Prayer and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[58,71,56],"class_list":["post-2856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quotes","tag-church-gist","tag-lfc","tag-living-faith-church"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrib.org.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrib.org.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrib.org.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrib.org.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrib.org.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/afrib.org.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2858,"href":"https:\/\/afrib.org.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2856\/revisions\/2858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrib.org.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrib.org.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrib.org.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrib.org.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}