Drawing Near: Part 5 | Pastor Antonette Weatherly
This message continues the Drawing Near series by focusing on the spiritual training that happens through prayer and fasting. Jesus assumes His disciples will regularly pray and fast as part of their formation. Fasting is not a transactional hunger strike to force God’s hand; it is a relational practice done before the Father in secret that trains our appetites. By saying no to a good and necessary thing like food, we learn to redirect desire toward a deeper yes to Jesus, bringing the body under the rule of the spirit. As lived holiness increases through this training, spiritual authority over darkness naturally follows as a fruit of pure-hearted communion with Christ.