Hidden Power

More powerful and wise words for you today from Chavda's book The Hidden Power of Prayer and Fasting... Read and be encouraged today in this journey.

Certain victories will not be achieved in our lives or in the lives of others unless we combine our prayer with fasting. We have heard a lot about prayer in recent years, and there are a lot of books about prayer lining the shelves of Christian bookstores around the world. Unfortunately, there has been very little living proclamation or personal impartation on the subject of fasting. In other words, very few people have done it and borne fruit from it before writing a book on the subject.

Fasting is like a hidden truth that has been forgotten or purposely misplaced and ignored by the Body of Christ over the last century. Yet I have found that fasting is one of the greatest weapons that God has given to His end-time army! God's destiny is for us to see our families set free. He wants entire generations and nations to come to salvation. He wants to see our local churches immersed in genuine revival. He longs to see our cities enjoying salvation and redemption in a wonderful way. He wants to bring His supernatural power to heal and deliver the lost and to spark revival again, not only to cities but to entire nations! But there are two major problems blocking the way to this kind of supernatural visitation in the Church and the world.

One of the major sins of the Church has been the sin of unbelief. Beginning with the Patristic fathers, the church has been shaped by the idea, "Seeing is believing." Rather than pressing in for the truths given to us in the Bible, much of the church has embraced a theology that explains away the lack of power in the church as a sign that the authority, miracles, and deliverance promised to us are not for today.

...We have had a measure of success (if you use a small scale), but nowhere close to the success we should have had. Most of the progress in spreading the Gospel came from the work of the first-century Church, and from key individuals who experienced life-changing visitations from God through prayer and fasting such as Martin Luther, the Moravian brethren, John Wesley, George Whitefield, D.L. Moody, and others. I think God is waiting to see what happens when we stop waiting for "just a faithful few" to do the work. He wants to see His Church rise up as a whole, complete Body in all its resplendent glory as His spotless Bride.