Fasting helps us to express, to deepen, and to confirm the resolution that we are ready to sacrifice anything, to sacrifice ourselves to attain what we seek for the kingdom of God (With Christ in the School of Prayer). When Paul was fasting and praying, Jesus said to Ananias, “Behold, he prayeth” (Acts 9:11). When God sees us fasting and praying like Paul, He will pay attention and say, “Behold, he prayeth.”