Title: 7 Benefits of Fasting
Author: David Ireland
Text: Matthew 6:16-18
1.0 God Invites Us to Move Him Through Fasting.
1.1 Fasting means you intentionally stop eating.
A) Fasting has a rich history beyond the biblical narrative. For example:
(1) The Greek philosophers Plato and Socrates, who lived in the fourth and fifth centuries before Christ, "recommended fasting for increasing mental and physical effectiveness."
(2) The ancient physician, Hippocrates "advocated fasting for treating a varied range of illnesses."
(3) Mohandas Gandhi "used fasting as a penance and as a means of political protest," believing that one could not pray without fasting or fast without praying. He described his fast as "the prayer of a soul in agony."
(4) Dick Gregory fasted to protest American involvement in the Vietnam War.
(5) March 30, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln in cooperation with the U.S. Senate made the following proclamation, "By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation for a day of national humiliation fasting and prayer...."
Dr. Wesley L. Duewel writes, "Fasting in the biblical sense is choosing not to partake of food because your spiritual hunger is so deep, your determination in intercession so intense, or your spiritual warfare so demanding that you have temporarily set aside even fleshly needs to give yourself to prayer and meditation."
B) Throughout the Bible we read of major and minor characters who fasted for specific needs. What are the benefits of fasting?
2.0 Let's Examine 7 Benefits of FASTING.
1st Benefit: Fasting UNLOCKS God's Blessings.
A) Jesus taught and practiced a lifestyle of fasting.
Matthew 6:16-18 (NIV)-16 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. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that it will not be obv ...
Author: David Ireland
Text: Matthew 6:16-18
1.0 God Invites Us to Move Him Through Fasting.
1.1 Fasting means you intentionally stop eating.
A) Fasting has a rich history beyond the biblical narrative. For example:
(1) The Greek philosophers Plato and Socrates, who lived in the fourth and fifth centuries before Christ, "recommended fasting for increasing mental and physical effectiveness."
(2) The ancient physician, Hippocrates "advocated fasting for treating a varied range of illnesses."
(3) Mohandas Gandhi "used fasting as a penance and as a means of political protest," believing that one could not pray without fasting or fast without praying. He described his fast as "the prayer of a soul in agony."
(4) Dick Gregory fasted to protest American involvement in the Vietnam War.
(5) March 30, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln in cooperation with the U.S. Senate made the following proclamation, "By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation for a day of national humiliation fasting and prayer...."
Dr. Wesley L. Duewel writes, "Fasting in the biblical sense is choosing not to partake of food because your spiritual hunger is so deep, your determination in intercession so intense, or your spiritual warfare so demanding that you have temporarily set aside even fleshly needs to give yourself to prayer and meditation."
B) Throughout the Bible we read of major and minor characters who fasted for specific needs. What are the benefits of fasting?
2.0 Let's Examine 7 Benefits of FASTING.
1st Benefit: Fasting UNLOCKS God's Blessings.
A) Jesus taught and practiced a lifestyle of fasting.
Matthew 6:16-18 (NIV)-16 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. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that it will not be obv ...
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