About fasting and almsgiving
… My people , you should administer justice , not crookedness . This shall be your food : fasting and praying . And do not eat much , so that the bodily fat may not surpass the spiritual one . You should not eat without measure ; you should not eat without spiritual work .
… If you got sick , you say that you fasted , not that you ate . Sons , you should know that no one gets sick because of fasting , as your fathers and forefathers had great power by fasting . Where is Daniel , who had not eaten and had not drunk for three days and three nights ? As Daniel became friend with the king , that he put him at the table and asked him how it came that he became friend with the lions .
… Strengthen yourselves by fasting and praying and overcome your enemies that attack you . This is the weapon of the Christian , as nothing overcomes satan like these , for he goes away from you . But you should not fast today and then no longer fast until the next year . You should not pray today and then no longer pray until next year .
Excerpt from the Word of God , from
01-08-1979 ***
… If you want Me to come again to you , pray with fasting and prayer , and I will come ; I will come by what you do not know . The life lived with Me brings Me to you .
… In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit . Amen . And by this sign you should know God , when He comes to you . This sign will be in the moon . This sign will be on the earth . This sign will be on your window . No harm comes over this sign . Do not be ashamed with this sign . Remember it , sons , when you have go through suffering , when you have trouble , but remember it , sons , with passionate faith . Excerpt from the Word of God , from
09-08-1979 .
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… Sons , let the days of your fasting be worked out with love and humility , not with murmuring and boasting . Keep the prayer away for nowadays world , for if the world sees the Christians that he prays to God , the one in the world , instead of doing the same , starts to hate the Christian . When the world sees the Christian that he fasts , it mocks him and laughs at him ; it makes fun of the Christian ’ s life , but you should not be affected by their ridicule .
… Strengthen your fasting . When it is fasting , let it be fasting . Fasting reflects like a mirror and it gives power at every step . I know that it is hard for you , as your work wears you out , but when you fast , I strengthen you even more . Fasting lifted Elijah up into the sky with body and all . The body that fasts becomes easier like a little butterfly worthy of God , of happiness , of victory in the step towards salvation .
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