How to Ask Effectively

Its that time of the year were millions of Christians from different denominations and various societal background petition heaven, God’s very throne making their request known to Him just as the scripture advices us to. 

Christians in general, individuals as well as  a congregation  go on a fast regularly within the course of the year as seem led by God through His Spirit, but always makes it a duty to observe some kind of fast or prayers during this time of the year. For some decades now most of them has specifically formed the discipline of declaring a fast every year especially within the first and second week of January as a sign of putting God first and asking for His guidance all through the new year.

It may also interest you to know that even some non believers observe this yearly ritual without blinking an eye just like other Christ faithful’. 

Most Christians sees this time of intense fasting and prayer as a means to first of all appreciate God for His provisions, mercies and protection over their lives and that of family and friends. Secondly they use this medium of separating themselves unto God through fasting and praying to ask Him for their various desires and expectations for the new year.

To most Christians this act and discipline is always a joy and something they look forward to as they have always returned with answers for their request. But to others it’s nothing but a mere ritual that they just have to observe because almost every one around them are observing it.

To some few although they have engaged in this act year in and year out, not one of their request made during this time of waiting in fasting and prayer on the LORD has ever produced something they could actually look back later during the course of the year and say; this is the fulfillment of what God said to me at the beginning of the year while waiting on Him.

These set of people tend to wonder if the testimonies of others who joined in the same act of fasting at the beginning of every year are actually true or they are just mere stories made up to get others to stick to the religious act come every January.

I do not know which category of people you fall under amongst the ones described above. But one thing I know is that God has promised to bless and turn the captivity of His people when ever they fast and pray and petition heaven in regards to any challenge they are facing.

“If My people who are called by my name , will humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land’. 2 Chronicles 7:14.

I could give you more scriptures that speaks directly on fasting, but I want you to focus on this one right here. Fasting is one among the various ways a person could humble his / her self before the LORD, denying your self the pleasure of enjoying your normal daily meal for a stipulated period of time.

It could be for some hours, days or weeks while seeking the face of God for a particular reason. Note; fasting could also be the abstaining of one self from other things apart from food. But in this article I’m addressing the general kind of fasting and asking effectively through prayer which is the abstinence from food for a period of time that most people are used to and practice regularly but yet fail to receive its benefits.