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Introduction

As we begin this journey of faith, Beyond All Limits, we invite you to join us in a time of prayer and fasting. It is a privilege to pray to our heavenly Father with expectancy. In John 14:13, Jesus said, “And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in my name, I will do it.”

 

Although fasting is an almost forgotten practice, this biblical foundation is an important part of worship and prayer. Fasting helps us to focus on matters of the Spirit. The late Dr. Bill Bright, founder of Campus Crusade of Christ, said, “I believe the power of fasting as it relates to prayer is the spiritual atomic bomb that our Lord has given us to destroy the strongholds of evil and usher in a great revival and spiritual harvest around the world.”

We are in a season of exponential opportunity to trust in God, to believe in Him and to hope in Him for more than we could ever imagine. Recall that when Nehemiah saw the walls in disrepair, he was compelled by God to pray and to fast for the restoration of the city to the glory of God. We pray that God would call each of us to a deepening of our faith in Him through prayer and fasting.

We pray that this book will encourage you to pray Beyond All Limits and to seek God as never before. We pray that He would enable us to each do our God-given part — just as Nehemiah and his colleagues used their God-given gifts to restore and revive a city and nation.

Our prayer is that as we continue in this spiritual journey Beyond All Limits, we will continue to know that the “effective, fervent prayers of the righteous avail much.” May we be faithful, as in the days of Nehemiah, to pray and fast. May God do through us only that which He can do. May all the glory go to Him, and may all who see the work give praise to our great God.

Thank you for joining us in this journey, and may God richly bless you.


 


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