Jonathan Roumie

It's like fasting from the flesh. You're denying the flesh. You're denying yourself. It's about denial. And it recalls Christ's 40 days in the desert prior to the start of his ministry when he denied himself everything, food, water, the temptations that he was faced with in the desert. He held steadfast and came out ready to basically start his ministry.

And the practice of fasting is, spiritually speaking, is super powerful.

And the practice of fasting is, spiritually speaking, is super powerful.

And the practice of fasting is, spiritually speaking, is super powerful.

I mean, if there's obstacles or challenges that you're experiencing in your life that just don't seem to be resolved through traditional prayer, you know, Jesus himself was confronted by the disciples at one point, I think they were trying to cast out these demons in their community and it wasn't working and they had been given the power to do that.

I mean, if there's obstacles or challenges that you're experiencing in your life that just don't seem to be resolved through traditional prayer, you know, Jesus himself was confronted by the disciples at one point, I think they were trying to cast out these demons in their community and it wasn't working and they had been given the power to do that.

I mean, if there's obstacles or challenges that you're experiencing in your life that just don't seem to be resolved through traditional prayer, you know, Jesus himself was confronted by the disciples at one point, I think they were trying to cast out these demons in their community and it wasn't working and they had been given the power to do that.

He comes up on them and they basically said, we tried everything. We tried, you know, cast them out in your name and everything. It didn't work. Why didn't it work? And he said, paraphrasing, some demons can only be cast out through prayer and fasting.

He comes up on them and they basically said, we tried everything. We tried, you know, cast them out in your name and everything. It didn't work. Why didn't it work? And he said, paraphrasing, some demons can only be cast out through prayer and fasting.

He comes up on them and they basically said, we tried everything. We tried, you know, cast them out in your name and everything. It didn't work. Why didn't it work? And he said, paraphrasing, some demons can only be cast out through prayer and fasting.

And so that's, there's an extra, it's like an extra superpower level that you get given when you commit to denying yourself the things that the body needs. with the intention that you are offering something up to God.

And so that's, there's an extra, it's like an extra superpower level that you get given when you commit to denying yourself the things that the body needs. with the intention that you are offering something up to God.

And so that's, there's an extra, it's like an extra superpower level that you get given when you commit to denying yourself the things that the body needs. with the intention that you are offering something up to God.

Yeah. Yeah. I've, um, there have been decisions that in my life that I'd really been, or not even people, I'll go, I'll go even more personal, um, people that I prayed for that were, um, we're sick we're in like a comatose state and through prayer and fasting remarkably on a particular day that I did this, came out of it. And they, for like weeks, just unresponsive.

Yeah. Yeah. I've, um, there have been decisions that in my life that I'd really been, or not even people, I'll go, I'll go even more personal, um, people that I prayed for that were, um, we're sick we're in like a comatose state and through prayer and fasting remarkably on a particular day that I did this, came out of it. And they, for like weeks, just unresponsive.

Yeah. Yeah. I've, um, there have been decisions that in my life that I'd really been, or not even people, I'll go, I'll go even more personal, um, people that I prayed for that were, um, we're sick we're in like a comatose state and through prayer and fasting remarkably on a particular day that I did this, came out of it. And they, for like weeks, just unresponsive.

Yeah. Yeah. It's, it's a game changer.

Yeah. Yeah. It's, it's a game changer.

Yeah. Yeah. It's, it's a game changer.

Yeah. In fact, in fact, so to tie it to, to, to part of the reason why I'm here today, it's on Fridays in this prayer challenge on hallow, Mark Wahlberg and Chris Pratt handle the fasting portion of the challenge. So you go through this challenge seven days a week.