Pastor Phil,

    I emailed how I have been attacked in my body since committing to a fast,
    but did not go into detail about just why this fast is important.  I am 
fasting
    because of the stronghold the devil has over my husband.  He is angry at
    the whole world, extremely bitter and has lost any faith he had.  He is 
con-
    tinually looking at the past and his present circumstances instead of 
seeing
    how God has blessed him and brought him through.  He is cynical and
    gets in dark depressions, almost as though he were under demonic con-
    trol.  It's as though he changes into someone totally different, hostile 
and
    unkind when he gets this way.  This is a spiritual stronghold that can 
only
    be broken in the spirit realm, I know this now and that is why I am 
fasting
    for a breakthrough. He is miserable, but I want God to help him see that
    his misery is a choice he makes, not "God's fault" and that the Lord wants
    him to surrender totally to Him.  Sometimes I feel overwhelmed because
    when this demonic mood comes over him, he gets verbally mean-spirited
    or just shuts me out emotionally.  Pray for a breakthrough for my husband,
    who the devil wants to destroy through all this anger and inner conflict.

    How can I make my prayers more effective?