HIGHER GROUND BY FASTING AND PRAYER MATTHEW 17:14 – 21

Fasting is going without food and drink for a period of time. You stay away from food and drink for a certain period of time. (Esther 4:16).
Fasting is a spiritual discipline undergoes to put the flesh under check and strengthens the spirit man or inner man.
It is good to fast when things are pressing upon you and you need to wait upon the lord.
However fasting doesn’t change God, He is the same before, during and after your fasting. But fasting will change you; it will help you to keep your flesh under.
Fasting will help you to become more sensitive to the Holy Spirit.
Fasting is part of Christian life, it should be our lifestyle even without church declaring a time of fast an individual should believer you have a day or two in a week to fast and pray.
In the book of Matthew 6:16 Jesus said when ye fast…. Meaning God expect you to fasting as a believer, it is a normal Christian life to fast, to seek the face of God.
FASTING THAT GOD HAS CHOSEN ISAIAH 58:6 – 7
God has chosen fasting to do the following in your life and the people around you
TO LOSE BOND OF WICKEDNESS IN YOUR LIFE: Through fasting and prayer, God has ordained to lose you and set you free from every bondage, Whatever the enemies has used to hold you down, hold your life on a spot will be loosed, if you can fast and pray sincerely.
UNDO HEAVY BURDENS: Fasting and prayer is one of the key God has ordained to relieved you of your burdens. Those things that bordered your heart and make it heavy, It could be financial burden, spiritual, material, business or health wise all you need to do is to wait upon God in fasting and praying and God the burden lifter will undo it and gave your heart and soul relieved.
FREEDOM FOR THE OPPRESSED: One of the ways to obtained freedom from your oppressor is through fasting and prayer. God always fight for the oppressed especially when the oppressed cry out to Him. When you fast and pray as result of been oppressed by the enemies God will rise on your behalf and set you free. Your oppressor could be your boss, government official, politician, landlord or landlady, your oppressor could be your collogue in the place of work, don’t be weigh down arise up fast and pray to God who always defend the fatherless and the oppressed and He will fight your battle and give you justice.
BREAK OF EVERY YOKES: God chooses fasting and prayer to break yokes in your life. Family traditions, dos and don’ts that are in your life through your health, family believe and custom, evil traditions, All these as resulted in limiting your life and destiny. You can’t go beyond that status in life because of family laws and traditions; you can’t eat whatever you like as a result of doctor’s dos and don’ts. If you can fast and pray, all these yoke God will break and you will be free.
GIVE BREAD TO THE HUNGRY AND HOUSE THE POOR: the hungry and the poor are satisfied by God when they cry to him in fasting and in prayer. Also when you fast and pray, it is a period to feed the hungry soul and house the poor, they will pray to God on your behalf and the lord will hear your cry and grant your petitions.