Prayer and Fasting?

It seems like prayer and fasting always go together in the Bible. But then nowadays the focus is more on prayer and i don't know many that fast.

So I'm planning to give it a go. I'm praying for a breakthrough in my life. I feel like I'm not getting anywhere.

But then in a sense I'm also scared of change and surrendering to God. How strange does that sound?

In today's morning prayer/devotional session we read Psalm 81. In v1 it says: Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!

The Chinese translation is pretty good i think. I've always brushed past this verse. But it actually says sing and shout! I'm usually too quiet, too mumbly, and i get sleepy.

See how this goes!