There a few moments in a Final Fantasy game more epic and awe-inspiring than performing a “summon”, and rightfully so… pressing the button to call for the game’s most serious reinforcements and launch the most potent attacks available is usually a complete game changer. But the power to activate a “summon” doesn’t give us the ability to simply button-mash our way through the entire game while someone else does all the work… they typically have to be built up over the course of the battle and only become an option once we have fulfilled all of the prerequisites to unlock access. A “summon” isn’t an unearned “easy button” to bypass the game’s challenges… it’s something that only unlocks when we play our part, too.

While our prayers to the Lord are truly powerful and capable of pulling down every stronghold that we face, there are multiple references in both the Old and New Testament to the combination of both dedicated prayer AND fasting for answers to our deepest needs. Christ Himself practiced both, and He guided His followers to do the same… so when those big challenges in life are looming, we should follow the pattern of those who have faced the deepest, darkest forces on this planet and prevailed. Engaging in spiritual warfare requires preparation and discipline, so let’s pray like our battle depends on it… because it does.

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.” Matthew 17:19-21

So when they had appointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed. Acts 14:23

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