Eating after fasting is not called fasting, that is called "eating later"; fasting without praying is not called "fasting and praying"; praying without fasting is not called "fasting and praying" "Fast and pray." So what is fasting and prayer?
First, "fasting" means that I do not rely on food, but I want to rely more on God.
Second, "fasting" is not to establish merit, but to fully receive God's merit.
Therefore, fasting is not to establish merit, but to abolish people's merit. This is where Christian fasting differs from other religions. All other religions believe that people will have more merit after fasting. Christianity denies human merit during fasting and relies more on God. Therefore, fasting and praying is to bring my reliance on eating, the supplies I receive, and the time I spend eating before God, relying more on Him and looking up to Him more.
This is called fasting prayer. Third, the Bible does not explicitly stipulate the length of time required for fasting and prayer, nor does it explain what things require fasting.
So there were times when I felt that the battle was particularly intense and I fasted. But my mother is different from me. My mother stipulates that she will not eat every Sunday morning. She gets up early every Sunday to pray for all the pastors and preachers in the world who want to stand on the podium. I also discovered that she had been doing this for more than 20 years and it was not enough. Later, she even stopped eating during the church service and said, "Mom, why don't you eat?" "Because every Monday I dedicate myself to preaching and praying for my five children. "This is my mother's habit, which is different from mine.
---Tang Chongrong