Thesis: Fasting is a spiritual discipline, and thus has a spiritual purpose.
FASTING IS NOT : * Diet/weight loss * Being hungry * Eating disorder
FASTING BASIS: * Meet w/ God - attitude of faith,fighting,finding * Personal (not corporate) * Usually food - but denying of self in some way * Not compulsory - is voluntary
OLD TESTAMENT FASTING: * Response to matters of the heart * Isaiah 58 (personal) * David (personal) * Ninevah (Jonah)
NEW TESTAMENT FASTING: * Matthew 6:16-18 (about God, not self promotion) * Matthew 9:14-15 * 1 Timothy 6:17 * James 5:13
CHRISTIAN FASTING PRINCIPLES: * Voluntary feasting on God * Fighting spiritually over situation * Humbled by sin * For "revelation" - clarity * Condemnation * Selection * Direction
WHY FAST IF GOD SOVEREIGN * Enjoy God * Show dependence on Him
WHEN YOU FAST : * Meditate on God/divine realities
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C. K. Hawley
Fasting Cornerstone Bible Church Miami Sunday School
