Pages: 1

Fasting...

(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)

Posted by: eaglescoutia

Hi there ya'll. I was wondering if you could shed some light on fasting or point me into a direction as to what God thinks of fasting... I was given a complicated answer by my parents but all I could really make of it was its a way pray in sort. I'm not sure.. Like right now I'm fasting and praying for a breakthrough in my life. Thats how I understand it at least by the example I have given,

???


Posted by: cgirl

Let's look to da Word shall we?

Hmmm, let's see here...

Matthew 6:16-18
Daniel 10

Consult your doctor about fasting and be sure to drink plenty of water.


Posted by: StarChilde

Fasting is not just about food, it can also be giving up anything of the flesh. Like to watch tv? give it up... like to drink coffee? give it up. Got something you like to do every day? drink a mocha? eat a fav. candy bar? give it up.

I bought an excellent book on fasting and prayer a month or so ago, but right now it is packed. As soon as I locate it, I will send some helpful pointers.

Unless you have fasted before, I wouldn't undertake anything lengthy involving no food, a day maybe... then work up.

God bless.



Posted by: loveisall100

Fasting is like prayer times 10. It's like saying to God, "Lord I don't need food, you are all I need to sustain me. If I were you I would fast at least once a month. It will greatly increase your relationship with God and he will answer your prayers speedily. It humbles your spirit-man and puts you into a position to receive from God. Two good books on fasting are: The Hidden Power of Prayer and Fasting by Mahesh Chavda and The Miracle Results of Fasting by Dave Williams. Also, a great website on fasting is:
www.freedomyou.com


Posted by: angelofthelord

1 Kings 21:9
In those letters she wrote: "Proclaim a day of fasting and seat Naboth in a prominent place among the people.
(Whole Chapter: 1 Kings 21 In context: 1 Kings 21:8-10)


Nehemiah 9:1
On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and having dust on their heads.
(Whole Chapter: Nehemiah 9 In context: Nehemiah 9:1-2)


Esther 4:3
In every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
(Whole Chapter: Esther 4 In context: Esther 4:2-4)


Esther 9:31
to establish these days of Purim at their designated times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had decreed for them, and as they had established for themselves and their descendants in regard to their times of fasting and lamentation.
(Whole Chapter: Esther 9 In context: Esther 9:30-32)


Psalm 35:13
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers returned to me unanswered,
(Whole Chapter: Psalm 35 In context: Psalm 35:12-14)


Psalm 109:24
My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.
(Whole Chapter: Psalm 109 In context: Psalm 109:23-25)


Isaiah 58:1
"Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the house of Jacob their sins.
(Whole Chapter: Isaiah 58 In context: Isaiah 58:1-2)


Isaiah 58:3
'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?' "Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers.
(Whole Chapter: Isaiah 58 In context: Isaiah 58:2-4)


Isaiah 58:4
Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high.
(Whole Chapter: Isaiah 58 In context: Isaiah 58:3-5)


Isaiah 58:6
"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
(Whole Chapter: Isaiah 58 In context: Isaiah 58:5-7)


Jeremiah 36:6
So you go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting and read to the people from the scroll the words of the LORD that you wrote as I dictated. Read them to all the people of Judah who come in from their towns.
(Whole Chapter: Jeremiah 36 In context: Jeremiah 36:5-7)


Jeremiah 36:9
In the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a time of fasting before the LORD was proclaimed for all the people in Jerusalem and those who had come from the towns of Judah.
(Whole Chapter: Jeremiah 36 In context: Jeremiah 36:8-10)


Daniel 9:3
So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.
(Whole Chapter: Daniel 9 In context: Daniel 9:2-4)


Joel 2:12
"Even now," declares the LORD , "return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning."
(Whole Chapter: Joel 2 In context: Joel 2:11-13)


Zechariah 7:1
In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Kislev.
(Whole Chapter: Zechariah 7 In context: Zechariah 7:1-2)


Matthew 4:2
After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
(Whole Chapter: Matthew 4 In context: Matthew 4:1-3)


Matthew 6:16
"When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
(Whole Chapter: Matthew 6 In context: Matthew 6:15-17)


Matthew 6:18
so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
(Whole Chapter: Matthew 6 In context: Matthew 6:17-19)


Matthew 9:14
Then John's disciples came and asked him, "How is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"
(Whole Chapter: Matthew 9 In context: Matthew 9:13-15)


Matthew 17:20
He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."[ 17:20 Some manuscripts you. 21 But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.]
(Whole Chapter: Matthew 17 In context: Matthew 17:19-21)


Mark 2:18
Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, "How is it that John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?"
(Whole Chapter: Mark 2 In context: Mark 2:17-19)


Mark 9:29
He replied, "This kind can come out only by prayer.[ 9:29 Some manuscripts prayer and fasting] "
(Whole Chapter: Mark 9 In context: Mark 9:28-30)


Luke 2:37
and then was a widow until she was eighty**four.[ 2:37 Or widow for eighty**four years] She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
(Whole Chapter: Luke 2 In context: Luke 2:36-38)


Luke 5:33
They said to him, "John's disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking."
(Whole Chapter: Luke 5 In context: Luke 5:32-34)


Acts 13:2
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
(Whole Chapter: Acts 13 In context: Acts 13:1-3)




Acts 14:23
Paul and Barnabas appointed elders[ 14:23 Or Barnabas ordained elders; or Barnabas had elders elected] for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.
(Whole Chapter: Acts 14 In context: Acts 14:22-24)


Fasting is when we place ourselves to the will of God and show him we give him honor and reverence. It is also a sign of Love for our Lord.


Posted by: Sulten

When I was very young and had gone astray my parent's were fasting and praying for my salvation and I had a great change of heart come about by means I believe the Lord intervened in my behalf because he heard the prayers of my parents. I have fasted for others. All I can say is you have to experience a fast when coupled with prayer for yourself. It is very powerful. You try very much to not think of food or the things of the world and let the day be spent in mentally praying and focusing and meditating for that individual. It has a very real spiritual power. It intensifies the power of prayer.