THE POWER OF PRAYER AND FASTING...

Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast
for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.” So Mordecai went away and carried out all of Esther’s instructions...Esther4:15-17