The halfbaked Bard

Manoah and his wife were instructed by the angel of the Lord, that she would abstain from wine or alcoholic drinks nor eat any forbidden food.       Judg:13:14 Fasting has always been an integral part of Christian life. Just before Jesus started His ministry, he considered it imperative and peremptory that He would fast 40 days and 40 nights and spend time in the wilderness with His Father. Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, gives specific instructions while you fast - not to look somber but wash your head and face because it's between you and your God. Acts:13 we see the disciples fasting and praying before sending Paul and Barnabas on their first missionary journey. Daniel, Esther, Moses, Nehemiah, David and even the Ninevites fasted and prayed for the situation they were in. Mark:9:29 This kind can come out only by prayer and fasting. This is the time. We who know Him as our Father, I implore that we would fast and pray for our country, for the world we are ...