Fasting for Faith

In Church last Sunday, Pastor Bill preached on "Fasting".  A couple things he preached on came to mind.

   1. Fasting is not something that others should know about.  Instead it is a private ritual between you and God.  You embrace the absence of some pleasure in order for you to grow in faith and is self control.

   2. Fasting is not restricted to just food, you can fast from "Facebook" "Twitter" "Your Phone" "Caffene" anything that would be hard for you to go a long time with out.

   3. Fasting proves to us that WE ARE IN CONTROL, not the pleasure.  When we fast from something that brings us daily pleasure then the true burdens in our hearts come to the surface.  We feed these aching hearts with things that just past the time.  We feed them with food, we feed them with drink and many other pleasures of this world.

Fasting helps us surface those things inside that we cover up so much in life.  And then we get the opportunity to pray about it to the God of the universe.  Instead of spending time on Facebook, hey why not pray for peace, why not pray for the people that work with me, why not pray for my neighbors and so many other people that are hurting.  

FASTING IS SOMETHING SPIRITUAL AND POWERFUL, it is a period of suffering that brings us to realize a whole lot more.  God's picture can become visible in times of fasting.

FASTING QUOTES

I pray that in this time of LENT that you may be able to embrace the struggles of fasting and use your time to pray and listen for God's call in your life.

In JESUS name, AMEN

FAITH FOCUS FINISH

BERN