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Understanding Obedience, Fasting, and Consecration in Ministry
Obedience involves giving up neutral things that can mask what God is trying to provide. Paul's advice not to get drunk on wine but be filled with the spirit signifies that wine is a faux access point to what we are made to receive from the Holy Spirit. Fasting or consecration against the idols of a place where one is called to minister involves identifying and avoiding the fake substitutes that rob people of what the spirit intends to provide.