Fasting: Intentionally going without

for a set period of

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.

What Fasting Is Not
Fasting is not only a

practice.
Fasting, at least in a biblical sense, is not a

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method.
Fasting is not a Biblical

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. (Matthew 6:16-18)

Why Do We Fast?
The best

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to fast is because

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fasted.

Matthew 4:1–2 (NIV) — 1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

Fasting was not about

Jesus of power. Fasting was about

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Jesus with power.

The Spiritual Benefits of Fasting
Fasting brings

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health to the soul (

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) just as it brings

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health to the body (

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). (Ezekiel 16:49, Psalm 69:10)
Fasting reveals what

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us.
Fasting improves

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of our bodies. (1 Corinthians 9:27)

Approaches to Fasting
Fasting as a

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(Matthew 6:16)
Fasting as a

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(2 Samuel 1:11-12, Nehemiah 9:1-2, Acts 13:2-3)

Where to Begin
How

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should I fast?

What should I

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on a fast?

What do I do with the

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a fast creates?

Sources used in today’s sermon (in addition to Scripture):
Arthur Wallis’ God’s Chosen Fast
John Mark Comer’s teaching on fasting in Practicing the Way
John Piper’s A Hunger for God
Richard Foster’s Celebration of Discipline
Mark Ashton’s sermon, “Detox: Fasting”
Lexham Bible Dictionary’s article on “Fasting”