Fasting

Fasting in the 21st Century?

“When you fast, …” (Mat. 6:16). Millions of people fast each day because they lack food. Thousands fast daily because their doctors order it before a particular test can be performed or to lose weight as the best option to manage their health conditions. Some fast to keep in shape, […]

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Ramadan 2023 Prayer Calendar

Ramadan 2023 Prayer Calendar

Pray for Muslims with Prayercast March 22-April 21, 2023 During Ramadan many Muslims go to the mosque and spend several hours praying. In addition to the five daily prayers that are part of the core of Islam, Muslims recite a special prayer called the Tarawih prayer (night prayer). What is […]

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Holy Spirit Dove digital prophetic art painting by Charlotte Szivak (Pinterest)

Prayer and Fasting With A Purpose

by Rev. Joseph Ezeigbo The Bible does not lack an abounding record of people who fasted and the reason for fasting. Three outstanding examples in the Old Testament are Nehemiah, Ezra and Esther. In each case, the individual involved faced a life and death situation. Nehemiah as a cup-bearer, to […]

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Feasting, then fasting for the feast. (Art by Julie Lonneman)

Fasting: A lost discipline

by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my mates will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though […]

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Five Ways Fasting Can Change Your Life

Five Ways Fasting Can Change Your Life

by Suzanne Niles and Wendy Simpson Originally published in eCommunicator on October 19, 2015 You have the choice to change your life by a simple decision. It is fully within your ability to make this choice, and absolutely within God’s power to give you the strength for the sacrifice. Fasting […]

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The Science of Fasting

The Science of Fasting

This research, which have been going on for over 20 years suggests several benefits of fasting which could include potential for good health and

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More Than 1,000 Christians Killed in Nigeria in 2019 (Getty Images)

Join Other Christians to Stand With the Persecuted Christians and More Than 1,000 Christians Killed in Nigeria in 2019

by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot ECWA USA invites all Christians to stand with the persecuted saints in Nigeria. A three day fasting and prayer has been declared for Friday, January 31 to Sunday, February 2, 2020. Read more about it here, Pray For The Persecuted Christians in Nigeria Friday, January 31: All churches […]

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ECWA Week of Prayer and Fasting

Week of Prayer and Fasting

by eCommunicator Prayer is one of the ways by which we communicate with God to get closer in our daily walk with Him. Through the power of prayer, we gain deeper knowledge of His word. Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit. Zech. 4:6 May we be […]

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Proclamation Appointing a National Fast Day

Washington, D.C. March 30, 1863 By the President: Abraham Lincoln William H. Seward, Secretary of State Senator James Harlan of Iowa, whose daughter later married President Lincoln’s son Robert, introduced this Resolution in the Senate on March 2, 1863. The Resolution asked President Lincoln to proclaim a national day of […]

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