2 Corinthians 11:27; In Fastings Often
2 Corinthians 11:27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Fasting brings the soul to an undistracted frame for worship and prayer. The Apostle Paul was in fastings often, putting aside the task of having to prepare and eat a meal so as to free the time and the body to a continual period of prayer and devotion to God. In the work of the gospel, fasting renders the soul to a higher consciousness of mental alertness and focus.
Daniel fasted that he may obtain wisdom to understanding God’s will for His people – Daniel 9:3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: