Kerygma Family | 21 Feb 2011

Prayer and Fasting should be with much love and surely it will do wonders in your life and the lives of those you care for.



Start today and I assure you that your life will be blessed.



Praying for you,

KC♥

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DIDACHE

The Power of Prayer

“This kind can only come out through prayer.” – Mark 9:29

We often come before God in prayer with various requests for guidance, healing, forgiveness and all other pleas for help. We give Him praise whenever these requests are granted. But in difficult situations that cause frustration and desperation, we sometimes find ourselves doubting if things can be resolved with just a simple prayer. What we don’t realize is that prayer is actually our greatest tool because it is the fundamental exercise of faith and hope. It’s a necessary process of abandoning the world and all the lies in it and connecting with God who leads us to what is true and real. It purifies our thoughts, feelings, motives, will and our entire being. It brings about peace that enables us to have a better perspective of things.

Try it. It really does wonders

Jane Gonzales-Rauch (mjsg2468@yahoo.com)

REFLECTION:

Prayer may not eliminate our troubles but it will surely change our soul.

Thank You, Lord, for the gift of prayer that refreshes our soul and gives us peace when we most need it. Amen.

It is Jesus’ depth of relationship with His Father that enables Him to perform miracles. Let this be an encouragement to us to grow in our relationship with Jesus so that we would be better able to serve in the Kingdom of God and more likely to see the power of God at work in our ministry. Let us never doubt that God wants to use us for His purposes and that part of this will involve working miracles in His name.

Mark 9:14-29

Jesus said to him, “ ‘If you can!’ Everything is possible to one who has faith.” 24 Then the boy’s father cried out, “I do believe, help my unbelief!” 25 Jesus, on seeing a crowd rapidly gathering, rebuked the unclean spirit and said to it, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you: come out of him and never enter him again!” 26 Shouting and throwing the boy into convulsions, it came out. He became like a corpse, which caused many to say, “He is dead!” 27 But Jesus took him by the hand, raised him, and he stood up. 28 When he entered the house, his disciples asked him in private, “Why could we not drive it out?” 29 He said to them, “This kind can only come out through prayer.”   my reflections t h i n k : Let us pray that we will be able to discern the wisdom that really matters from that which does not and then choose to focus our lives upon it.

READ THE BIBLE IN Deuteronomy 1-3

SABBATH

PRAY AND FAST WITH LOVE

When the disciples were unable to cast out the mute spirit from the boy, they asked Jesus, “Why could we not drive this one out?” Jesus said to them, “This kind can only come out through prayer.” The answer of Jesus is intriguing, isn’t it?

First, it implies that there are other kinds of evil spirits. Beware of them. Second, it implies that there are evil spirits that can be driven out through means other than prayer. What other means can be used to cast out evil spirits? Love drives out evil just as it covers a multitude of sins.

Third, it also implies that those who drive out evil spirits are not always necessarily praying. Were the disciples not praying when they attempted to cast out the mute spirit without the help of Jesus? We are no better, aren’t we?

One thing is certain though: What seems to be impossible can be made possible through prayer. Through prayer, closed minds open, cold hearts ignite and stubborn spirits obey. Through prayer, impure hearts are cleansed and enslaved spirits are freed. Through prayer, wounded hearts are healed, and evil spirits are cast out.

Sometime ago, a celebrity-friend of mine emailed me from San Francisco, USA, asking for prayers for her family that was going through a difficult time. She said that she herself was fervent in her prayers: she goes to Mass and prays the rosary every day. She ends her email with a statement that, coming from a celebrity like her, moved me. “Tomorrow,” she wrote, “I will begin fasting.” I thought fasting has lost its significance for so-called “modern people.” I was mistaken.

Prayer and fasting never lose their importance. In Jesus’ earthly life, prayer and fasting were effective means in conquering evil. They remain effective to this day.

The devil is real. It continues  to manipulate people. Demonic possessions are real. They continue to enslave people. But prayer and fasting are also real and always powerful against evil. Love gives prayer and fasting the power to

cast out demons. Thus, never forget to always pray and fast with love. Fr. Bobby Titco

Reflection Question:

Is there love in my praying and fasting?

Cast out from me, O Lord, all evil spirits. Teach me to pray and fast always with love. I surrender my whole self to you. Make me a dwelling place of Your Spirit. Make me a channel of Your Spirit unto others. Amen.

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