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Philippians 2:3 (NIV)Philippians 2:3 (NIV)
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit…Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit…
“Jesus did not say that your fast is invalid if others find out. He’s talking about your motive for fasting… Don’t fast so that others will know. Do what you can to keep it between the two of you. But if others find out, your heart motive is not any less pure.”
~ Jim Luthy
“Jesus did not say that your fast is invalid if others find out. He’s talking about your motive for fasting… Don’t fast so that others will know. Do what you can to keep it between the two of you. But if others find out, your heart motive is not any less pure.”
~ Jim Luthy
Fasting is going without something, typically food, for a specified time in order to devote oneself more fully to God.
Fasting is going without something, typically food, for a specified time in order to devote oneself more fully to God.
What Is Fasting?What Is Fasting?
“Right fasting is meant to give up something – food, media, relationships, others – for the sake of something better.”
~ Daniel Villa
“Right fasting is meant to give up something – food, media, relationships, others – for the sake of something better.”
~ Daniel Villa
“I believe the power of fasting as it relates to prayer is the spiritual atomic bomb that our Lord has given us to destroy the strongholds of evil and usher in a great revival and spiritual harvest around the world.”
~ Bill Bright
“I believe the power of fasting as it relates to prayer is the spiritual atomic bomb that our Lord has given us to destroy the strongholds of evil and usher in a great revival and spiritual harvest around the world.”
~ Bill Bright
“Fasting is the most powerful spiritual discipline of all the Christian disciplines. Through fasting and prayer, the Holy Spirit can transform your life.”
~ Bill Bright
“Fasting is the most powerful spiritual discipline of all the Christian disciplines. Through fasting and prayer, the Holy Spirit can transform your life.”
~ Bill Bright
Fasting is a Biblical and Time-Tested Spiritual Practice
Fasting is a Biblical and Time-Tested Spiritual Practice
Why Should I Fast?Why Should I Fast?
Matthew 9:14-15 (NLT)Matthew 9:14-15 (NLT)
One day the disciples of John the Baptist came to Jesus and asked him, “Why don’t your disciples fast like we do and the Pharisees do?”Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests mourn while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.”
One day the disciples of John the Baptist came to Jesus and asked him, “Why don’t your disciples fast like we do and the Pharisees do?”Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests mourn while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.”
Matthew 6:16 (NLT)Matthew 6:16 (NLT)
“And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting.”
“And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting.”
“Fasting has a long spiritual pedigree, not as a lifeless tradition, but as a life-breathing spiritual discipline.”
~ Robert G. Johnson, Jr.
“Fasting has a long spiritual pedigree, not as a lifeless tradition, but as a life-breathing spiritual discipline.”
~ Robert G. Johnson, Jr.
Fasting Helps Me Keep Balance in My Life
Fasting Helps Me Keep Balance in My Life
Why Should I Fast?Why Should I Fast?
“We give up food to feast on God. We fast from our physical desires in order to satisfy our cravings for God.”
~ Daniel Villa
“We give up food to feast on God. We fast from our physical desires in order to satisfy our cravings for God.”
~ Daniel Villa
Fasting Prepares Me to Hear from God
Fasting Prepares Me to Hear from God
Why Should I Fast?Why Should I Fast?
Fasting adds Passion to My Prayer
Fasting adds Passion to My Prayer
Why Should I Fast?Why Should I Fast?
Fasting Expresses Repentance and Brings Renewal
Fasting Expresses Repentance and Brings Renewal
Why Should I Fast?Why Should I Fast?
Ezra 8:21 (NLT)Ezra 8:21 (NLT)
“I gave orders for all of us to fast and humble ourselves before our God.”
“I gave orders for all of us to fast and humble ourselves before our God.”
2 Chronicles 7:14 (NLT)2 Chronicles 7:14 (NLT)
Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.
Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.
Fasting Leads to Maturity and Effectiveness
Fasting Leads to Maturity and Effectiveness
Why Should I Fast?Why Should I Fast?
First, determine your purpose for
fasting
First, determine your purpose for
fasting
How Do I Fast?How Do I Fast?
Secondly, determine the
type and lengthof the fast
Secondly, determine the
type and lengthof the fast
How Do I Fast?How Do I Fast?
What Kinds of Fasting Are There?What Kinds of Fasting Are There?
WATER-ONLY FASTWATER-ONLY FAST
ABSOLUTE FASTABSOLUTE FAST
PARTIAL FASTPARTIAL FAST
JUICE FASTJUICE FAST
SUNDOWN FASTSUNDOWN FAST
IDOLS FASTIDOLS FAST
Third, use your times of fasting to
be with God
Third, use your times of fasting to
be with God
How Do I Fast?How Do I Fast?
