Hi dear sisters and brothers in Christ,
First of all, sorry for my weak english.
God has done a lot of miracles in my life and here is one of them. I hopes it will be a blessing to you and give you a good understanding of why the fasting is a great weapon during the prayers.
For about 18 years ago I was fasting and praying during my summer holiday. I ended the fasting after 19 days. During those days I remembered what I had red about Yonggi Cho, the pastor of worlds biggest congregation. He had prayed for a bicycle and a desk for a half year and had not got them. Then he asked God, why He not give him any answers. Then God said to him, that he has to tell him what kind of bicycle and desk he need. So Yonggi Cho understod that he has to tell God exactly what kind of stuff he need. After that he did exactly after God's will. It took only a few days and then he got what his heart has desired. The bicycle and the desk was exactly that kind of stuffs he has asked for.
So when I remembered this story during my fasting, I understood that I also has to tell God what kind of woman I want to myself. I said: "Lord, You know I soon go to India and I can not take my future wife with me, but please; if it is possible, then let me know who my wife will be before I go there". Then I told God during the fasting, what kind of wife I need. I said that she has to be 172 cm tall, she has to play guitar and she has to fasting. I told Him also that she has to be very beatiful and friendly person. Ok, what happened next?
Well, I ended the fasting and in a very few days one of my friends called me. He has just arrived from Finland to Sweden that day (we both lived in Sweden), and he said me that he has to travell back to Finland the next day. First I thought he is crazy when he travel like that. He could has stayed in Finland if he anyway go back next day. That cost a lot of money, was my first thought. I didn't dare to say him that he was crazy, and thanks to God I didn't, because now afterwards I understand that God himself used him to give me a prayer answer. He invited me to come with him to Finland for meetings and evangelisation campain. I said that I can not come, because I have no money for the trip. Then he said that I need not to pay him for the petrol, but I pay only for my boat-trip. Then I answered that I come if I get someone to give my flowers some waters during the days. I called my sister and asked if she could give my flowers some water during the time I´m in Finland. "Of course I will", she said.Then I went...
We arrived to Finland and came to the meeting place, in a town named Vääksy. Outside I saw a young and a very beautiful girl sitting on the grass, outside the big tent. The meeting had not yet started. When I saw her, my heart immediately shouted (in my mind) to God: "Oh my Lord, there SHE is! I want her. Give her to me". During those to days I talked with her and we gave our adresses to each others, and I didnt se her in maybe 2 weeks. After that 2 days I and my friend went to a another city, named Kotka, where we was in evangelisation campain. We saw many young people come to Christ (yes- fasting helps a lot. Holy Spirit moves when you preach or give testimonies after fastings). After that campain we travelled back to Sweden.
Few days later I went back to Finland where I met here again. Now I dared to ask her some hard questions (She didn't know anything about my prayers- yet). I asked: "How tall are you?" She said: "172 cm". Then I asked if she play any music-instrument, and then she said that she play guitar. Then I asked if she has fasted biblical fasting anytime, and she admitted she had. Well, the last 2 questions I didnt asked her, because I knew allready that she will be my future wife. And also because i SAW with my own eyes that she was very beautiful and a very kindly person (Even Still today). So I went to India without her, as God has told me to do. But when I came back from there after a half year, what you think happened then? Exactly, we get married and nowadays we live in Finland, we have 4 lovely children and my wife is still as a flower in my hand.
First of all, sorry for my weak english.
God has done a lot of miracles in my life and here is one of them. I hopes it will be a blessing to you and give you a good understanding of why the fasting is a great weapon during the prayers.
For about 18 years ago I was fasting and praying during my summer holiday. I ended the fasting after 19 days. During those days I remembered what I had red about Yonggi Cho, the pastor of worlds biggest congregation. He had prayed for a bicycle and a desk for a half year and had not got them. Then he asked God, why He not give him any answers. Then God said to him, that he has to tell him what kind of bicycle and desk he need. So Yonggi Cho understod that he has to tell God exactly what kind of stuff he need. After that he did exactly after God's will. It took only a few days and then he got what his heart has desired. The bicycle and the desk was exactly that kind of stuffs he has asked for.
So when I remembered this story during my fasting, I understood that I also has to tell God what kind of woman I want to myself. I said: "Lord, You know I soon go to India and I can not take my future wife with me, but please; if it is possible, then let me know who my wife will be before I go there". Then I told God during the fasting, what kind of wife I need. I said that she has to be 172 cm tall, she has to play guitar and she has to fasting. I told Him also that she has to be very beatiful and friendly person. Ok, what happened next?
Well, I ended the fasting and in a very few days one of my friends called me. He has just arrived from Finland to Sweden that day (we both lived in Sweden), and he said me that he has to travell back to Finland the next day. First I thought he is crazy when he travel like that. He could has stayed in Finland if he anyway go back next day. That cost a lot of money, was my first thought. I didn't dare to say him that he was crazy, and thanks to God I didn't, because now afterwards I understand that God himself used him to give me a prayer answer. He invited me to come with him to Finland for meetings and evangelisation campain. I said that I can not come, because I have no money for the trip. Then he said that I need not to pay him for the petrol, but I pay only for my boat-trip. Then I answered that I come if I get someone to give my flowers some waters during the days. I called my sister and asked if she could give my flowers some water during the time I´m in Finland. "Of course I will", she said.Then I went...
We arrived to Finland and came to the meeting place, in a town named Vääksy. Outside I saw a young and a very beautiful girl sitting on the grass, outside the big tent. The meeting had not yet started. When I saw her, my heart immediately shouted (in my mind) to God: "Oh my Lord, there SHE is! I want her. Give her to me". During those to days I talked with her and we gave our adresses to each others, and I didnt se her in maybe 2 weeks. After that 2 days I and my friend went to a another city, named Kotka, where we was in evangelisation campain. We saw many young people come to Christ (yes- fasting helps a lot. Holy Spirit moves when you preach or give testimonies after fastings). After that campain we travelled back to Sweden.
Few days later I went back to Finland where I met here again. Now I dared to ask her some hard questions (She didn't know anything about my prayers- yet). I asked: "How tall are you?" She said: "172 cm". Then I asked if she play any music-instrument, and then she said that she play guitar. Then I asked if she has fasted biblical fasting anytime, and she admitted she had. Well, the last 2 questions I didnt asked her, because I knew allready that she will be my future wife. And also because i SAW with my own eyes that she was very beautiful and a very kindly person (Even Still today). So I went to India without her, as God has told me to do. But when I came back from there after a half year, what you think happened then? Exactly, we get married and nowadays we live in Finland, we have 4 lovely children and my wife is still as a flower in my hand.
