God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Prayer is reaching out and after the unseen; fasting, letting go of all that is seen and temporal. Fasting helps express, deepens, confirms the resolution that we are ready to sacrifice anything, even ourselves, to attain what we seek for the kingdom of God.
When authority is delegated by God, it is always limited. Every single time without exception. God never gives His authority over all of heaven and earth to any other. Thus all delegated authority is limited. And it is limited in three different ways – limited in person, limited in realm or sphere, and limited in extent. When authority delegated, it is to a specific person or people to do a specific work and within specific parameters (Anthony Forsyth).
