Fasting can help you to detoxify your body, live long – Okoriko, others
By Celestine Udoekim
The General Overseer of Solid Rock Kingdom Church, Apostle John Okoriko, has described fasting one of the secret principles to longevity, and an avenue to remove harmful substances from the human body.
Okoriko said this while exploring the mysteries of fasting, alongside his associate pastor, Silas Uffot, and Dr. Anietie Ikot, a guest, at the monthly interactive service of the church held on Sunday, August 6, with the theme, “I will fast likewise”.
Fasting, generally held as a spiritual discipline in Christiandom, is taught in churches worldwide and according to the Bible, it means to voluntarily reduce or eliminate one’s intake of food for a specific time and purpose.
Apostle Okoriko said aside its spiritual empowerment and benefits, fasting and prayer would help an individual to hear God more clearly, while transforming the person’s prayer life into a richer and more personal experience of God.
While outlining some of the benefits of fasting, the preachers noted that the exercise helps the body to drain more glucose stored in the liver and consequently lowering the sugar in the body and may also help reduce the risk of diabetes and other dangerous diseases if consistent.
“If you don’t get enlightenment enough to incorporate fasting as a lifestyle, you cannot last in this mortal body. The essence of fasting is for you to detoxify your body system.
“Without toxic waste, no parasite can enter your body. If your body is free from waste matter, and even if mosquitos bite you and insert malaria parasite into that body, you will not have malaria because your immune system is empowered to eliminate them outright”, said Dr. Ikot.
According to him, all manner of parasites including fungi and virus operate in the human body because of the accumulation of waste which is also capable of causing diseases such as arthritis, kidney failure, and cancer among others.
Dr. Ikot said: “If you eat fruits and vegetables and fast, and you prevent waste from piling up in your body, the life that will flow through you from the Holy Spirit will be very high. And your spiritual eyes will be opened too.
“But when your body is loaded with waste, they can kill you like no-man-business. When you are fasting and you’re not drinking water, you’re commiting suicide.
“People are afraid of fasting because of the lack of awareness and enlightenment. But through fasting, you will become spiritually elevated and also become a proper channel to receive the word of God by inspiration.
“If you’re fasting periodically and cleansing your system the proper way, you will see that you cannot have cancer, diabetes or high blood pressure, and you cannot go blind. If you don’t fast, you’re bound to die young”.
