Fasting Basics

Fasting is abstaining from worldly

 to amplify your spiritual 

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.

“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” —Matthew 6

Jesus

His followers to fast.

“And after fasting forty days and forty nights….” —Matthew 4:2

Fasting 

 wrong motives and 

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 boastful attitudes. 

Fasting is between God and

.

God 

 and 

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 me when I fast.

“17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”
—James 1:17

Fasting, when done biblically, 

 your spiritual connection to God, and 

Reveal Answer

 rewards from heaven.

Life Application 

Is there something in my life where I need  God to intervene or clarify?