Glorify Your Father: Fasting

Matthew 6:16-18 ESV
Fasting grows your faith and matures your

to a greater degree than any other spiritual discipline.

1. What is fasting? Fasting is a predetermined denial of usually food for specific

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   a. Fasting from food:
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   fast — no food, only water
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   fast — only water & veggies and/or fruit
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   — no food, no water
   - Duration:
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   , one day, three days, up to 40 days
   b. Secondary types of fasting:
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   fast is a call to deeper prayer 1 Corinthians 7:3-5
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   fast is a call to return to God Joel 2:12-13
   - Misc fast from social media, TV, news, politics, etc.
   c.
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   motives for fasting:
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   or mental focus
   - to gain
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   from God or others
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   motives for fasting:
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   2 Samuel 1:11-12
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   Daniel 9:3-6
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   1 Samuel 1:7
   - Seeking
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   Acts 13:1-3

“More than any other single discipline, fasting reveals the
things that

us.” Richard Foster

2.Fasting was practiced then and is expected now. ^v.16
- It is a voluntary and

spiritual discipline.

3.Fasting requires an undivided focus on God. ^vv.17-18
- It involves

& mourning of your sins.
- Open your Bible &

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before God.

When you give, when you pray, when you fast,

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