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FASTING AND DISCIPLINE

 



HH, Patriarch Sir Johnson

Faithful Practitioners,

The spiritual discipline of fasting is largely forgotten in our modern, comfort-obsessed culture. We are surrounded by abundance, trained to indulge every appetite, conditioned to avoid discomfort at all costs. Yet there is tremendous spiritual power in voluntary denial, in choosing hunger when food is available, in exercising mastery over physical appetites.

Fasting is not about punishing your body or earning divine favour through suffering. It is a tool for spiritual focus, a method of breaking the dominance of physical desires over spiritual priorities, a practice that sharpens your sensitivity to divine communication.

When you fast, you declare that you are more than your physical appetites. You prove that your body is a servant, not a master. You create space for spiritual hunger to emerge, which is often drowned out by constant physical satisfaction. In the emptiness of fasting, you often hear what you could not hear in the fullness of feasting.

Many of you have never fasted because you fear discomfort or believe it is too extreme. Start small. Skip one meal and spend that time in prayer. Fast from media for a day. Give up something you rely on for comfort. As you develop the discipline, you can extend to longer fasts, always maintaining wisdom and attending to your body's genuine needs.

Fasting is not only about food. You can fast from social media, from entertainment, from complaints, from negative speech. Any area where you feel controlled rather than in control is a candidate for fasting. The practice teaches you that you can survive without what you thought was essential.

Pair your fasting with prayer for a specific breakthrough. Fast when seeking clarity about a decision. Fast when interceding for someone in crisis. Fast when preparing for a new season. The combination of fasting and focused prayer creates spiritual momentum that can break through barriers that ordinary prayer has not moved.

Discipline yourself for godliness.

Patriarch Johnson

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