If you're taking this prayer & fasting seriously, then my guess is you've already experienced spiritual warfare...and I don't mean mere food cravings. I mean the kind of battle where you feel like some medieval-like warrior fighting for your life against dark forces!
We came into this expecting a fight, and a fight is just what we're getting! But don't get discouraged or distracted in the battle. The stakes are too high just because the goin' gets tough. So stand strong and stay true!
Remember the words of the apostle Paul in Ephesians 6:10-18--
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. 14 Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18 With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit...
By the way, sometimes we lose a battle...but that doesn't mean that we've lost the war! Keep on "fight[ing] the good fight of faith!" (1 Timothy 6:12).
May the following inspire you! [Warning: these are battle scenes from movies and may be graphic...guy-kind-of-stuff]
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