Christian Healing Ministry - Devotionals

Devotional for March 1, 2026

PRAYER AND FASTING DISTINGUISHES YOU

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 Matthew 4:1-3

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.

Additional Verses

📖 Exodus 34:29-35; Matthew 4:1-11; Acts 10:1-48

Prayer and fasting distinguishes you from people of the world. Through prayer and fasting you are drawn closer to God. Prayer and fasting is a special weapon against the devil. After He was baptized, Jesus Christ was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” But He answered saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” (Matthew 4:1-4). Through prayer and fasting, Jesus Christ was well prepared for the spiritual warfare against the devil. In all His responses to the devil’s temptations, Jesus Christ spoke the Word of God. While the devil was consistent and persistence, Jesus Christ remained focused on His Father through the Word of God. In all three instances that the devil tempted Him, Jesus Christ responded by declaring the Word of God. In the end the devil left Him. Many people pray and fast, but without the Word of God and direction of the Holy Spirit. Once you prayer and fast without the Word of God, as well as direction of the Holy Spirit, when temptations come, you will certainly fall. Your prayer will be empty because God will not hear you at all. A time of prayer and fasting is a time to feed yourself with the Word of God and to be renewed by the Holy Spirit. It is the Word of God which you fill yourself with that will give you the victory against the enemy. At one time the disciples failed to deliver a young boy who had an evil spirit until the boy’s father pleaded with the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord Jesus just rebuked and commanded the evil spirit to come out and immediately the boy was freed. The disciples later asked the Lord why they could not drive out the evil spirit in the boy. Matthew 17:21 says, “Howbeit this kind goes not out but by prayer and fasting.” As a child of God, you need to be in constant prayer and fasting so that you can move mountains in your life. The Word of God carries the authority of the name Jesus Christ. It is your Spiritual immunity. When Moses spent forty days and forty nights in the wilderness, he was being filled with the Word of God. When he came down from Mount Sinai, the skin of his face was actually shining. This was because of the Word of God which he had received. It is the Word of God you feed upon that will distinguish you from the ordinary people of this world. It is the Word that will give you the victory over the enemy. The reason why many receive attacks from the devil after spending days praying and fasting is because they will be empty of the Word of God and they will also not be under the direction of the Holy Spirit. When the Word of God dominates your heart, there will be no room for fear or temptation. The evil spirits loose access to you. The Word of God inside you becomes a shield around you. Luke 21:37 says, “Each day Jesus was teaching at the temple, and each evening he went out to spend the night on the hill called the Mount of Olives.” Jesus Christ left us an example to follow. The Word of God is the food for your soul and it is the Word that increases your anointing. Prayer and fasting, full of the Word of God, makes you into a spiritual giant. So today I am saying to you, find time to pray and fast with meditation of the Word of God. Make Jesus Christ the standard of your life in all your doing and God, by the power of His Holy Spirit, will certainly increase and prosper you. Alleluia!

Prayer

Thank Father for teaching me that time for prayer and fasting is a time to meditate upon Your Word. May You therefore direct me by the power of Your Spirit in the right way to fast and pray. In Jesus Christ’s mighty name I pray. Amen.