June 12, 2024
Spiritual Hunger: The Skinny on Biblical Fasting
Biblical Fasting
Can fasting transform your spiritual life and bring you closer to God? Tune in to this enlightening episode of Renewed Mindsets where we explore the profound practice of Christian fasting. We promise you'll gain a deeper understanding of its biblical significance and how it plays a crucial role in your relationship with Christ. Starting with the most common form of fasting—abstaining from food but not water, as Jesus did—we'll also delve into partial fasts depicted by Daniel and his friends, emphasizing that fasting transcends mere dietary restrictions to foster true godliness and holiness.
Join us as we navigate through the various types of fasts highlighted in the Bible, from absolute fasts where individuals abstain from both food and water to supernatural fasts requiring divine intervention. We'll discuss the distinctions and purposes of private fasts, congregational fasts, and national fasts, drawing from historical and biblical contexts. Learn the importance of regular and occasional fasts, as well as practical guidance on how to fast in a way that honors God and promotes spiritual growth. Whether you're just starting or looking to deepen your fasting practice, this episode offers valuable insights to enrich your spiritual journey.
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Chapters
00:03 - Introduction to Christian Fasting
05:57 - Types and Purpose of Fasting
Transcript
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We're not really supposed to brag about the fact that we're in the middle of a 21-day fast.
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So the fact that I'm doing it kind of goes against everything that I know and I've ever taught about fasting.
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But this is the first time I've ever done a long fast as a podcaster and I think y'all ought to be along for the ride just a little bit.
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You know, when I think about fasting, I think about dieting, and as I think about dieting, that makes me think about food.
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And as I think about food, I especially start thinking about cheese.
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Once that's on my head, you realize that my favorite kind of cheese must be Swiss because it's so holy.
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You realize that my favorite kind of cheese must be Swiss because it's so holy.
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Or trying to get someone to brie, leave in, jesus Christ, it's corny, it's cheesy.
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Now I'm stuck in the cheese pun loop.
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Let's go to boys.
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Hey, welcome to Renewed Mindsets, the totally awesome podcast for Gen Xers who are ready to bust a move with the hand.
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We were dealt.
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I'm Rick, and if you're feeling discontent with the way life has turned out, well, we're the goonies you're looking for.
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We're here to guide you in purging what you think you know, breaking free from conforming to this world and transforming your mind into the Christ-centered powerhouse.
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It was destined to be.
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Comb that mullet and grab a can of new Coke.
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It's time to get radical, dude.
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I'm so glad you're here.
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So fasting is often one of the more misunderstood of the spiritual disciplines.
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It's probably the case because there's a lack of awareness about it in our culture and even though there's been somewhat of an increase here lately, most of us don't know anybody who regularly practices fasting, or we don't know anybody who practices fasting ourselves like us.
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It's not taught here very often, but Jesus himself taught it and practiced it.
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It's mentioned in Scripture more times than baptism 75 times for baptism and 77 times for fasting.
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So it's got a strong biblical significance.
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And even if you're unable to abstain from food for medical reasons, there's many applications of this discipline.
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We should not ignore fasting.
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It's just another discipline to be used in our pursuit of godliness, and that's what we're here for is to pursue godliness, right Holiness.
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So Christian fasting is a believer's voluntary abstinence from food for a spiritual purpose.
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That's a nice definition for it.
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What I get out of that is unbelievers cannot fast biblically.
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The discipline of fasting needs to be rooted in a relationship with Christ and it's practiced with a desire to be more like Him.
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Believers should fast according to biblical teaching and with a purpose that is God-centered, and it should be voluntary.
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It's not meant to be for a diet, but it's meant for a spiritual purpose.
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Now, technically speaking, fasting is abstinence from food, but somebody can abstain from other things other than food in the pursuit of a spiritual purpose.
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A lot of people fast from Facebook or a hobby.
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Now we might feel that there's things in our life that's taken up too much of our attention and we need to fast in order to regain a biblical perspective, and it might be that we want freedom to become more absorbed in a particular spiritual purpose.
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So, while it's good to fast from different things, the primary sense of fasting is from food.
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So, on that note, that's what I'm going to discuss today is primarily the kind of fast that comes with giving up food.
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Now, the others are good and I'm going to do a bonus, at least one bonus episode on other types of fasting.
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I mean other things to fast from, you know, but today we're going to talk about the kinds of fasts that you can participate in when it comes to food.
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Now the first one, which is the most common, is just a regular, normal fast.
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It involves fasting from food but not water.
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In Matthew, the book of Matthew, chapter 4, verse 2, it tells us that Jesus fasted for 40 days and for 40 nights and that he was hungry.
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It doesn't mention that he was thirsty.
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And in Luke, chapter 4, verse 2, it says that he ate nothing during those days, but again, it doesn't say that he drank nothing.
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Since the human body can only function a few days without water, I'm going to assume and most people do that he drank water during that time.
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This is the type of fast abstaining from food only.
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That is the most common type of fast for Christians today.
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Then you've got partial fasts.
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This is limited to the diet, but not an abstinence from all foods.
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In the book of Daniel, chapter 1, verse 12, when, for 10 days, daniel and his three friends only had vegetables and water to drink.
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Historically, christians have done this by eating smaller portions of food or eating only a few simple things, and this is good.
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If you can't observe a normal fast for any reason, this is a good option.
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Then you've got an absolute fast Now.
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This is the avoidance of all food and all drinks, even water.
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We're told in the book of Ezra, chapter 10, verse 6, that Ezra withdrew neither eating bread nor drinking water, for he was mourning over the faithlessness of the exiles.
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Now, when Esther questioned that the Jews fast and pray on her behalf, in Esther, chapter 4, verse 16, she said Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa and hold fast on my behalf and do not eat or drink for three days, day or night.
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And after the Apostle Paul was converted, in Acts 9, verse 9, he tells us For three days he was without sight and neither ate nor drank.
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These are examples of an absolute fast.
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Then you've got two instances in Scripture of what we'll call a supernatural fast.
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It's supernatural because there's no eating or drinking for 40 days, which is impossible for the human body to handle.
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And when Moses met with God on Mount Sinai, in Deuteronomy 9.9, he said I remained on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights.
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I neither ate bread nor drank water.
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Then in 1 Kings 19.8, when Elijah did the same thing at the sight of Moses, it says and he rose and ate and drank and went in strength of that for 40 days and 40 nights to Horeb, the Mount of God.
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These require God's supernatural intervention to the body.
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It's not repeatable, apart from the Lord's specific calling and miraculous provision.
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Now, the fast that I talked about earlier, that Jesus went through, was a private fast.
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That's in Matthew, chapter 6, 16 through 18.
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And it's the most common.
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Jesus mentioned in Matthew 6 that we should fast that way and not to be noticed by others.
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It's a private fast for an individual with some spiritual purpose.
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But you have congregational fasts too.
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We do this as a church and you see that in Joel, chapter 2, where it says blow the trumpet of Zion, consecrate a fast, call it a solemn assembly, gather the people, consecrate the congregation.
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Now we'll see that at least part of the church in Antioch was fasting together.
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In Acts, chapter 13, verse 2, where Luke says while they were worshiping the Lord and fasting.
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Then the Bible talks about a national fast 2 Chronicles, 20, verse 3, and Jonah, chapter 3, verses 5 through 8.
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In response to an invasion, king Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles called a national fast.
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Jehoshaphat was afraid and turned his attention to seek the Lord and proclaimed a fast throughout all of Judah.
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And also the king of Nineveh proclaimed a national fast in response to the preaching of Jonah.
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Historically, even in our nation, congress proclaimed national fasts.
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Three presidents John Adams, james Madison and Abraham Lincoln all proclaimed a national fast, and Lincoln did that three times during the Civil War.
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Now you've got a regular fast.
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That's talked about in the Bible, in Leviticus and Zechariah and in Luke.
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Each year.
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In the Old Covenant every Jew was to fast on the Day of Atonement and we see this in Leviticus, chapter 16, verses 29 through 31.
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While they were in Babylon, the leaders of the Jews instituted four other annual fasts In Zechariah 8.19.
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While they were in Babylon, the leaders of the Jews instituted four other annual fasts In Zechariah 8.19.
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Even in the New Testament we see the Pharisee in Luke 18.12 congratulate himself for keeping the Pharisee tradition of fasting twice a week.
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So there have been some regularly scheduled fasting.
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Then you've got occasional fasts.
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That's really the most common Now.
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Typically they occur when special needs arise, and that's what happened when King Jehoshaphat and Esther, because of their circumstances, called a fast.
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This is the kind of fast that's implied by Jesus in Matthew 9.15 when he said can the wedding guest mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them?
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The day will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them and they will fast.
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So the most common fasting today that you're going to see for Christians is normal, private and occasional fasting.
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Now, what you need to keep in mind is that fasting as a believer is expected.
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Jesus expected his followers to fast.
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In Matthew, chapter 6, 16 through 17,.
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Jesus says and when you fast, and, but when you fast.
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Jesus assumed his followers would fast.
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The same chapter is where Jesus says and when you give, and, but when you give.
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He also says and when you pray, and, but when you pray.
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So there's no doubt that we're to give and to pray.
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Now we often use these passages to show that it's expected of believers to give and to pray, and since there's no indication anywhere in Scripture that fasting has ceased and that in Acts the people fasted, we can be sure that Jesus still expects us to fast.
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The other instruction is given in Matthew 6, 16 through 18, which we already talked about.
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Jesus gives a negative command, a positive command and a promise.
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He said that whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that they'll be noticed by men when they're fasting Truly, I say to you, they have their reward in full, but you, when you fast, anoint your head, wash your face so that your fasting will not be noticed by men, but by your Father, who is in secret.
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So don't fast to make a show about it by neglecting your appearance and talking about how hungry you are oh, I hate this fast, I'm so hungry you are.
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Oh, I hate this fast, I'm so hungry.
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Instead, you need to make it so that no one can tell, based on your appearance, that you're fasting.
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Your only observer during a fast should be the one that's in secret God.
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Now, there might be times when you have to let somebody know you know a friend or a wife that you're fasting.
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We're not supposed to talk about it so that we can avoid hypocrisy.
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It's not that you can't tell people, it's just that you don't want to tell people so that they think that you're spiritual.
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Okay, then Jesus gives a promise, though, of a reward.
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What a great promise.
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That is a certain for people who fast according to the Word of God.
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God will bless you and reward you.
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There's a spiritual reward for fasting, but Jesus doesn't talk about the length of a fast.
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There's no time requirements.
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Just like the other disciplines, fasting should not be done in an empty, legalistic, routine way.
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God can bless us through fasting as often as we desire to do it.
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In the Bible we find examples of several lengths of fast, from one day to a part of a day, to one night to three days, seven days, 14, 21, 40.
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There's a lot of them that are mentioned with unspecified timeframes.
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Abstinence from one meal for a spiritual purpose is a fast.
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The length of time is up to you and the leadership of the Holy Spirit.
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So fasting really needs to have a purpose.
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It's more than just food abstinence.
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It requires a spiritual purpose to be a true fast, and without a purpose, fasting can be a miserable, self-centered experience.
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That's about willpower and endurance.
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Purpose is extremely important Because, as you feel hunger, it should bring you a regular reminder of the purpose of the fast.
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You know, as you're fasting, your headaches or your stomach growls and you think I'm hungry, and your next thought is likely to be something like oh, that's right, I'm hungry because I'm fasting.
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And then your next thought should be I'm fasting because I want to get closer to God, and when I'm hungry, it's supposed to remind me to thank God for all the ways he's blessed me in my life.
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And then you start praying.
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Once you pray once you become accustomed to regaining that spiritual connection with God, all the worldly things that you worry about hunger, pains, thirst, worries of the world that all goes away.
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So the hunger of a fast serves as a consistent reminder of the purpose of that fast, every time it should bring us to prayer.
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Regarding the purpose Scripture has many purposes for a fast.
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Every time it should bring us to prayer.
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Regarding the purpose, scripture has many purposes for a fast.
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People fast to strengthen their connection to God, to seek God's guidance, to express grief, to seek deliverance or protection, to express repentance, a return to God, to humble yourself before God, concern for the work of God that you're doing, and to minister to the needs of others.
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There's so many different ones.
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The point is, fasting is a concrete way to offer God a sacrifice.
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It's just a way to praise Him.
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It intensifies your ability to pray.
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It helps you focus and hear from God more clearly.
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It's a spiritual discipline that will help you grow in your faith and, like I said earlier, it's a tangible way to deny ourselves, to declare before God that we know it's all about him and not about us.
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Remember, whoever wants to follow me must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.
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That's what Jesus said.
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Jesus fasted.
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Jesus denied himself.
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Fasting is one way that we can follow Jesus.
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Fasting is one way that we can follow Jesus.
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I know that God dwells inside of me and I also know that I just got done fasting.
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I want everything that I do to please him.
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I sure hope God likes enchiladas, because that's what he's getting.
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Just a final thought here for you on fasting.
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In Matthew chapter 6, verses 16 through 18 from the New Living Translation, he says no one will notice that you're fasting except your father, who knows what you do in private, and your father, who sees everything, will reward you.
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It made me think of those old teen magazines growing up, and they're probably like that now.
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I just don't see them as often.
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But you know the ones, the ones that have a half-starved supermodel on the cover.
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They live in extravagance and they have to eat like someone from a refugee camp, all because they want to be admired by people and paid enormous amounts of money.
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The fasting that Jesus discourages is fasting like that.
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It's fasting that draws people's attention.
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Is fasting like that?
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It's fasting that draws people's attention.
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Now, those supermodels don't exactly look disheveled and miserable, at least outwardly, but they do make a living on the admiration of people.
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Now, accordingly, that's the only reward they're going to get.
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It's the only reward that they really want.
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I can't help feeling, though, that many people must find their appearance revoltingly unattractive Extravagance on one hand, with outfits worth thousands of dollars, and yet they're starving, on the other.
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What a strange, strange world we live in.
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Strange, strange world we live in.
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So Wednesday's your normal drop time.
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Look for the bonus.
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Well, that's all for this week's show.
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You know the name of this show speaks my hope for you.
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It's taken from the words of Romans, chapter 12, verse 2.
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Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind that by testing, you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
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Until next week, I'm Rick.
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I love you, see ya.
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The intro and outro music for the Renewed Mindsets podcast is Are you Ready?
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By Floodgate From the album Are you Ready?
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Copyright 2002, offbeat Ministries Incorporated.
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Floodgate can be found on Apple Music and iTunes.
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Music used with permission.
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Sit Ubu sit, good dog.
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Sit Ubu, sit Good dog.
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