Jejum e oração
Jejum e oração são disciplinas espirituais que andam juntas. Jesus jejuou, os apóstolos jejuaram, e a Bíblia ensina que o jejum fortalece a oração e nos aproxima do coração de Deus.
O exemplo de Jesus
Jesus jejuou quarenta dias no deserto antes de iniciar seu ministério. Ele ensinou que certas coisas só acontecem com oração e jejum.
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tested by the devil. And having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.
So Jesus said to them: "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly I say to you, if you have faith like a mustard seed has, you (ye) will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. However, this class does not go out except by prayer and fasting." principality and power, etc., which includes Satan and all classes below him in rank—Ephesians 1:19-21, 2:6. (There is nothing wrong with Christ’s victory and authority, but our spiritual condition does not always permit us to make full use of that victory.)
How to fast
"Also, whenever you fast do not become gloomy like the hypocrites, because they disfigure their faces so that people will notice that they are fasting. Assuredly I say to you that they already have their reward. But when you fast anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not appear to the people to be fasting, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will repay you.
How to fast
"Also, whenever you fast do not become gloomy like the hypocrites, because they disfigure their faces so that people will notice that they are fasting. Assuredly I say to you that they already have their reward.
But when you fast anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not appear to the people to be fasting, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will repay you.
where He was tested for forty days by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, so after they were completed He was hungry.
O jejum nas Escrituras
Ao longo da Bíblia, grandes homens e mulheres de fé jejuaram em momentos decisivos — buscando a Deus com urgência e devoção.
O jejum que Deus escolheu
Isaías revela o jejum que agrada a Deus: soltar as cadeias da injustiça, libertar os oprimidos e repartir o pão com o faminto.
A igreja primitiva
Os apóstolos jejuavam antes de decisões importantes. O jejum acompanhava a consagração de líderes e o envio de missionários.
As they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart to me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them!"
As they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart to me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them!"
As they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart to me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them!" Then, having fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them off.st
Then, having fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them off.st
Then, having fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them off.st
When they had appointed elders for them in every congregation, having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord into whom they had believed.
Praticando o jejum
Quando jejuares, unge a cabeça e lava o rosto. O jejum é entre você e Deus — não para impressionar os homens, mas para buscar ao Senhor.
and having been a widow for about eighty-four years—who did not depart from the temple, serving God with fastings and petitions night and day.
Then they said to Him, "Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but yours keep eating and drinking?" So He said to them: "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? But days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then, in those days, they will fast."
Well upon His entering a house His disciples asked Him privately, "Why couldn’t we cast it out?" He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing except prayer and fasting."
He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing except prayer and fasting."
in toil and hardship, in many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fastings, in cold and nakedness—