Day 9: The Power of AND

In Mark Chapter 9, a father brought his son to Jesus’ disciples. The boy was demonized and epileptic. Even though God had healed people through the disciples before, nothing happened when they prayed. When the disciples brought the boy to Jesus, the boy was healed. Later the disciples asked Jesus, “Why couldn’t we do it?” Jesus answered in verse 29, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting.”

There are some things that God will do in our lives but only in response to our spending additional time in His presence combined with fasting. Believe it or not, fasting breaks strongholds, liberates people, and moves us into a realm of realizing God’s power in our lives in a powerful way. The more time you spend with God, the more you will see God’s hand on your life in an extraordinary way.

Maybe there’s an obstacle that you have been facing for a long time. Perhaps you have prayed and prayed and don’t understand why you’re not making any headway in the situation. You might be thinking, “Will God ever give me victory?” Jesus’ response to the disciples is His response to you – some things only come by prayer AND fasting.

Our prayer target today is to recommit to the AND factor in your life. Whether it’s a whole day or a couple of times without a meal, continue to press in and seek the Lord, believing that He will show up in your life in a
fresh way!

Mark 9:28-29 And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting.”

2 Corinthians 10:3-4 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.

Psalms 144:2 He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.