Atomic Power with God Thru Fasting and Prayer is a short work by the spirited evangelist Franklin Hall.
A complete fast, Hall wrote, should last from the.
Beyond the multiple examples from the Bible, and specifically from the life of Christ, he cited the Fasting and Prayer of Native Americans and Muslims who abstained from food as a regular part of their devotional exercises.
In addition to the why of fasting, the book explained how one should fast.
Through the combination of these two acts, he believed one could enhance their spiritual appetites and curtail their hunger, sex, and greed appetites-thereby uncovering their spiritual Atomic Power with God that lies available to every Christian.
Hall acknowledged that Fasting and Prayer were not new.
The book explores how Fasting intensifies Prayer by bringing] unity and filling] us with the glory of God.
As word of the event spread, Hall found that there was heavy demand for more information about the Power of Fasting and prayer.
Later that same year, Hall wrote Atomic Power.
Some even found healing of physical ailments during the fast.
According to Hall, they experienced a great spiritual awakening.
In 1946, a group of Holy Ghost people began a long session of Prayer and fasting, lasting between ten and forty days.
He fasted and prayed with them in anticipation of a large revival-and at the ensuing event, scores of people were healed of all types of afflictions.
He became convinced of the Power of Fasting and began to preach its efficacy as he traveled.
But he didn\'t become well known among evangelicals until the release of his first book, Atomic Power with God Thru Fasting and Prayer, in 1946.
In the book, Hall described his own introduction to Fasting and Prayer through friendship with a Oklahoma family advocating the practice in 1932.
The church became a major influence on the lives of the young Hall children and their widowed mother, who remarried the reverend soon after.
Hall began his own traveling ministry during the Great Depression.
During these hard times, he looked to the local Pentecostal church for guidance.
Hall\'s father died when Franklin was only twelve, leaving him distraught with both his loss and the responsibility of supporting his mother and five younger siblings.
The book describes how Prayer during extended fasts can heal the body and soul, and bring practitioners greater spiritual Power to exalt and glorify Jesus Christ.
Franklin Hall was born in Coffeyville, Kansas, in 1909.
Atomic Power with God Thru Fasting and Prayer is a short work by the spirited evangelist Franklin Hall
