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March 20, 2022

The Blessings of Fasting

“Seek to understand and know God more deeply through fasting.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – March 20, 2022 “Even now,” declares the LORD, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” Joel 2:12 There are many ways God invites us to know Him more fully and experience [...]

March 12, 2020

Why Should I Fast?

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – March 12, 2020 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 I’ve spent years of my life studying scripture, theology, and church [...]

January 20, 2014

Saddened by Sorrow

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today- January 20, 2014 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven. Nehemiah 1:4 Affluence tends to insulate individuals from society’s sorrows. An emotional wall is easily erected between one who has stuff [...]

January 16, 2014

Physical Care Plan

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today- January 16, 2014 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own. 1 Corinthians 6:19 The Holy Spirit has such a high regard for our body that he makes [...]

April 18, 2009

Fasting – by Chris White

FASTING Increase Spiritual Alertness Why Fasting Increases Spiritual Alertness: If we eat, an increased amount of blood is needed for our digestive processes; if we exercise, a greater amount of blood is used in building up our muscles; but if we neither eat nor exercise, a greater amount of blood is available for mental and [...]

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