Fasting

Fasting is a tool, a spiritual discipline, whose whole goal is to bring us closer to the Lord. It does not make us holy, it does not earn acceptance from God, it is a way to break the hold of the world on hearts so that we can give them wholly to God.

Fasting disrupts our routines, exposes addictions we didn't know we had or that we didn't realize were so powerfully entrenched in us. It shows the power of our flesh to demand what it wants when it wants it.

We do not fast as a ritual or requirement but as a means to seek after the heart of God.

As you fast you will be taking control of your desires and emotions rather than continue to have them control you. You will be amazed at the ruckus your flesh will make when you start to deny it. It will whine and pester and push at you. You will then see just how powerful your flesh can be.

It is as we control of our flesh's desires that we begin to be able to focus our hearts freely on God.

What is involved in a fast?

Traditionally a fast is abstaining from foods for a set period of time. We are going to define it a bit differently.

You can fast (take a break from indulging) just about anything in your life.

• - shopping
• - television
• - reading worldly books and magazines
• - eating food or specific types of foods
• - certain activities
• - anthing you suspect has a hold on you
• - etc.

You can fast from whatever is in your life that possibly gets in between you and the Lord. It is not just food from which we fast although it is the traditional type of fast. You can fast from whatever has a hold on you.

The best site on fasting

Freedom You is the best site on the web for learning about fasting from food and doing it safely. I highly recommed it and because it is so well done I will not write a lot here but refer you to them.

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