Resources about
fasting
We want to continue to encourage you as your grow in your knowledge of God as you spend time with Him in prayer and fasting. Here are some recommended articles, books, and videos that we believe will encourage and help you.
SERMON: Feasting while Fasting by Matt Chandler
A helpful video of a message by Matt Chandler as he explains fasting’s role in the life of believers. While we wait for Christ’s return, Christians should practice fasting in order to feed our spirits, reveal what controls us, and meditate on the glory of God.
ARTICLE: Fasting Isn’t for the Spiritually Elite. It’s for the Hurting. by David Kakish
A helpful article that gives practical encouragement in fasting. “One reason I struggled with fasting was my timing was random, impromptu, and aimless.”
VIDEO: The Benefits and Dangers of Fasting by Stephen Um
Stephen Um talks about the spiritual discipline of fasting and some important reasons for reviving the practice of fasting in the evangelical church.
BOOK: A Hunger for God by John Piper
Do you have that hunger for Him? As John Piper puts it: "If we don't feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because we have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Our soul is stuffed with small things, and there is no room for the great." If we are full of what the world offers, then perhaps a fast might express, or even increase, our soul's appetite for God.
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