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A Father Fasted A Son Came Home
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Fasting is often treated as an optional discipline—or an extreme one. But in Scripture, fasting is a quiet act of humility that creates space for God to move in ways we cannot force.
In this episode, Karl Gessler shares a brief but powerful testimony about how his friend Joe Roraff returned to Jesus after his father completed a 21-day fast. This is not a story about earning miracles or manipulating outcomes—it’s about surrender, intercession, and the unseen spiritual effects of obedience.
Sometimes fasting doesn’t change our circumstances immediately. Sometimes it changes…
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