FASTING to me is a another way of; Matthew 5:6; Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. When A BIG TASK is at hand! Nehemiah 1:3; And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. You're FASTING because it's a BIG TASK, but it's also a weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:9; For my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Nehemiah 1:4; And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven. PHYSICAL DANGER! Isaiah 54:17; No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper. Esther 4:16; Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. When you need to KNOW WHAT TO DO! 2 Chronicles 20:3; And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. v12; O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. v20, (relief came in the form of belief.) It will CHANGE HIS MIND! Jonah 3:5; So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. v10; And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. FAST! Apostle