Mike continues preaching on the Spiritual Disciplines discussed in Wednesday night class.
In practicing the spiritual discipline of fasting, we go without food (and, in some cases, water). But a different perspective is that your fasting is actually “feasting!” It is feasting on Godly things – focusing on your relationship with God.
The idea of fasting is to simply ignore the need for – the desire for – food, and purposely focusing on something important to God. In this lesson, Mike discusses the Biblical admonition to fast, and why it is important to your Christian walk.
“Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah. The people of Judah came together to seek help from the Lord; indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek him.
2 Chronicles 20:3-4 (NIV)
“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.”
Matthew 6:16 (NIV)