About fasting and war fare!!

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Fasting disciplines the flesh and many times allows us to become more sensitive to the spirit. However, being a child of God I wouldn't think that we would be involved in spiritual warfare. In fact, this seems almost borderline mystical. God fights our battles and we should depend on his strength and not our own. I came from a church where people were always looking for the mystical and prophesies and all sorts of stuff instead of following after Christ.

My pastor has had some amazing experiences where God has shown him things and done a work in his life and ministry but our church does not go about searching for these things. If God wants to move in our life he will and we should not find glory in the mystical.

Personally, I had a dream a few months ago that I knew was from God and through that dream God worked a tremendous healing in my life. God healed a part of me that I didn't even realize needed healing.

That being said I have been warned by wise men that the religious practice of fasting can become fleshly if we are doing it for the wrong reasons. Fasting is for discipline and coming closer to God not to be delving into the spiritual realm. Jesus said to love God and love our neighbor as ourself. Keep this commandment, the greatest, in mind when you are fasting and let all your actions and motives be kept in check by this commandment.