Hello family/friends/fellow prayer warriors!!
Happy Monday! For those of you who weren’t previously aware, there’s a group of us who have decided to fast every Tuesday for Richard’s complete healing from cancer (stage 4). I know that all of you are praying fervently for Richard, but there’s such power in fasting because we are denying ourselves that which we desire most (food!) so that we can be more focused on the Lord and better able to commune with Him and, ultimately, hear from Him!
At every juncture in the Old and New Testament, Jews PRAYED and FASTED when they needed to hear from the Lord, or if they were asking Him for a miracle. Today, we are called to do the same. In Matthew 17:19-21:
The disciples came to Jesus and said, “Why could we not cast him (the demon) out (of the boy)? Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief. for assuredly I say to you if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain ‘Move from here to there’, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. However, this kind does not go out except by PRAYER AND FASTING.”
We are asking for mountain to moved in Richard’s life; one that can only come from the Lord. Conventional medicine gives no long-term hope, but we KNOW that God is capable of ANYTHING.
Please join us every Tuesday as we continue to petition God on Richard’s behalf as well as your own personal petitions. Prayerfully consider whether you should fast the entire day or perhaps a single meal. Whatever it is, the Lord will meet you there, and I’m excited to see what other miracles will come from this dedicated time.
**I’d also like to offer up YOUR petitions at this time. If you’d like to share them with me, please reply back and I’ll add them to my prayer list.
Thank you again for joining us in this journey. It’s been amazing to walk through this process together and I look forward to sharing in the miracle of Richard’s healing with you as well!!
PS: Richard has been experiencing great pain in his back and will be having a bone scan tomorrow to rule out the cancer spreading to the spine. We trust and believe it is not. Amen.
Have a great week!
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Maria Felipe (Abeyta)
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