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Fasting and prayer By John Chopores MAT Some
of the people who used it- 1. The children of 26 Then all the children of 2. Jehoshaphat the king cf. 2 Chr. 20:3-4 3
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout
all 3. Elijah the prophet cf. 1 kings 19:6-7 6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And
he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. 7 And the angel of
the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat;
because the journey is too great for thee. 4. The people of 5. Esther cf. Esther 4:16 16 Go, gather
together all the Jews that are present in Shushan,
and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also
and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is
not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. 6. Ezra cf. Ezra 8:21-23 21 Then I
proclaimed a fast there, at the 7. Daniel cf. Dan. 9:3 3 And I set my face
unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and
sackcloth, and ashes: 8. Anna the Prophetess cf. Lu. 2:37 37 And she
was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the
temple, but served God with fastings and prayers
night and day. 9. Jesus Himself cf. Lu. 4:1-2 1 And Jesus being full of the Holy
Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2
Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat
nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. 10.
Paul cf. Acts 9:9 9
And he was three days without sight, and neither
did eat nor drink. 11.
Cornelius cf. Acts
10:30-31 30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until
this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood
before me in bright clothing, 31 And said,
Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are
had in remembrance in the sight of God. 12.
Others cf. Acts
13:1-3 1 Now there were in
the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and
Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had
been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 As they
ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas
and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. 3 And when they
had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
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