កម្មវិធីអធិស្ឋានតមអាហារ
នែនាំអំពីអត្តន័យនៃការអធិស្ឋានតមអាហារ
Because Christ Expects it of Christians
Jesus’ words in Matthew 6:16-18 are not
words of a command. He does not tell us that we have to fast. However, He
expects that we will. He said, “when you fast…” He was making an assumption
that a Christian would fast. Moreover, when He said these words He followed it
with a bit of explanation that a fast should be personal and private. Your
focus should be on your relationship with God and not on letting the world know
you are fasting.
In Matthew 9 Jesus is talking with the
Pharisees and tells them that the disciples, while not fasting at that time,
would fast once the bridegroom (Jesus) was no longer with them. Jesus expected
His disciples to participate in fasting.
For Guidance
And when they had ordained them elders in
every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on
whom they believed. (Acts 14:23)
We
see in the above verse that Paul fasted about some decisions he made in leading
the churches he started. The Israelites sought the Lord through fasting when
they had been defeated in battle by the tribe of Benjamin. They were asking
for guidance on
what they should do and how to proceed (Judges 20:26-28).
For Intensity in Prayer
David fasted and prayed for the child that he
fathered with Bathsheba. David knew he had sinned, but his fast was not to
restore fellowship with God. Apparently restoration was already taken care of.
His prayer in 2 Samuel 12 was for the life of the child. Though God did not
grant his request, David was satisfied and content after his season of prayer
and fasting. He had moved past the point of blaming God to a place of trusting
God for the outcome.
Ezra prayed for God’s protection over his
countrymen as they journeyed back to Jerusalem. He could have entreated the
king for soldiers and cavalrymen, but he had already proclaimed that God would
care for them. Now he was asking God to show Himself strong on behalf of the
Israelites and to help raise a good testimony before the enemy (Ezra 8:21-23).
As a Sign of Mourning
Nehemiah heard about the destruction of
Jerusalem and was moved to fast and weep for his beloved city. This fasting was
because of grief over the sin of his people before the Lord. He knew that God
was punishing Israel for their sins. Nehemiah mourned and confessed before the
Lord. Sin had caused a pain that prayer alone could not express. Fasting was a
natural result of his grief:
To Show Humility in the Presence of God
The man after God’s own heart, King David,
said that he fasted for the purpose of humbling himself before God (Psalm
35:13). He certainly seems to be the person who could have walked into the
throne room of God and made his request boldly as we are invited to do in
Hebrews 4:16. There is a difference between boldness and arrogance. David knew
how to humble himself in prayer through fasting.
For Worship
“… fasting without the right attitude does
not touch the heart of God.”
Along
with humility before God, fasting can be a way to worship God. David said in
Psalm 51 that God is more interested in a humble and
contrite heart than He is in fasting and sacrifices. This is not saying that we
don’t need to fast; rather, it is saying that fasting without the right
attitude does not touch the heart of God.
For Spiritual Strength
While Jesus faced the temptation of Satan,
He fasted for 40 days. There is a principle of spiritual strength that is
demonstrated in fasting in the life of Christ (Luke 4:1-11).
Mark 9:29 shows that the disciples needed a
power from God that comes only through fasting. Matthew 17:20 and 21 say that
fasting and prayer coupled with faith in God can work spiritual miracles.
1. Pray for asking
God to provide the new church and school with own building
2. Pray for Church
has more members
3. Next Year start
register for elementary school
4. Open the new
brain in the many kids want to learn.
5. Pray for Youth
be braved to tell other people about God.
Songs
6. Pray for
Cambodia
7. Every time I
pray
