Absolutely. See, I'm trying to get past the question of being Pharisaical and taking a works-based approach to going straight to discussing if those forms of prayer, worship, meditation and service to God which are done truly from the heart should characterize the life of a believer. I keep getting hung up a lot on trying to communicate the question properly, I guess.
understood, but even prayer is to be Ephesians 6:18
[18] Praying
always with all prayer and supplication
in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Always should answer your question as how often. Which (imo) doesn’t necessarily mean a time issue but “always” asking and praying in the Spirit. “Whatever you ask for in My name”...
in regards to “fasting” as seen in the Son of God who could have used the word to turn a stone into literal bread to feed his own hunger...but He didn't becoming the very stone turned into the Spiritual bread which is multiplied to feed the poor and hungry in “blessed is he”.
Consider they would not fast ...until He was taken away from them. Then they would fast...fasting from that which is literal(the world) to satisfy a hunger to please the flesh. Him taken from them .as He told Peter: John 13:36-37 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now;
but thou shalt follow me afterwards. [37] Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now?
I will lay down my life for thy sake.
Benny Hinn would be an example of eating of the word to feed his own hunger therefore promoting the gospel of prosperity and instantaneous physical healings rather than spiritual healing or prosperity. Yet he could probably tell you of his fast (from literal food) while using the word of God to feed a worldly lust to have and eat and consume and feed a different kind of hunger which robs from others. (Maybe harsh). Line it though in you will know them by their fruit. 2 Corinthians 6:9-1 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; [10] As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor,
yet making many rich(toward God); as having nothing, and
yet possessing all things.
When Christ instructed them that it went out with much fasting and prayer ... could He have meant eating less of the literal to feed yourself before another...one going away hungry and another drunk. (Wadr) don’t think fasting has to do with not feeding your belly literal food(except what it revealed) in not using the Word to fill a worldly lust and hunger...to feed your belly. (Which the devil crawls upon his own belly (cursed) eating up the dust of the earth). Stop eating that bread of “name it and claim it” and “it is yours.” That is not what He did in His fast in the wilderness...but instead fasted from His own hunger and temptation to feed only himself to serve those following after Him.