The Elements of Prayer: Fasting

Storming the Gates: A podcast about Prayer

12/04/20 • 12 min

One day everything seems fine. Then a “suddenly” comes! A teen rebels, an accident takes someone's life, Covid restrictions cause you to lose a business!

In Esther chapter 4 the Jews were at ease and content in Babylon, when suddenly an edict is issued declaring they would all be killed in 11 months.

What do you do when the “suddenly” hits and takes your breath away? How do you find God when you can barely think, or stop the tears from rolling, unbidden down your cheeks?

Let’s look at one answer today: The spiritual discipline of fasting.
Find me @ stormingthegates.net
or on Facebook pages; Faith and Fasting. https://www.facebook.com/Psalm91vs1
Verses today can be found at:
Esther 4: 1-3
Daniel 9:3
Ezra 8:23
Matthew 9:15, 17:21
Acts 13:1-3

Contact and resources:
Substack: https://[email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Instagram Bio with Links: https://www.instagram.com/joni_scott.prayer/
Facebook Page: Faith and Fasting
Links to all the stuff:
https://joniscott.my.canva.site/

12/04/20 • 12 min

Storming the Gates: A podcast about Prayer - The Elements of Prayer: Fasting

Transcript

Fasting: The Elements of Prayer

Last Tuesday I published a podcast in my “For such a time as this” series, on Esther 4.

That is such a powerful and amazing chapter in the Bible. It has all the makings of a big screen production: An unexpected queen, an impossible situation, and a call to complete the assignment you were born for!

A couple of listeners connected with the idea of fasting that we see in Esther 4. I thought I would take the Friday “Elements of Prayer” s

Episode Comments

0.0

out of 5

No ratings yet

eg., What part of this podcast did you like? Ask a question to the host or other listeners...

Post

Generate a badge

Get a badge for your website that links back to this episode

Select type & size

Copy