Fasting | Feasting Upon Christ

Going No Where Fast  PRO

Contributed by Philip Cairns on Feb 1, 2002

GOING NO WHERE FAST In his book "Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life", the author Charles Swindoll tells a story about the 19th Century agnostic Thomas Huxley (some of you might know that it was Huxley who promoted Darwinism and Humanism in his attacks on Christianity). Huxley was in Dublin ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 1:1-22, Exodus 2:11-23

Tags: Gospel, Busy, Hurry, Assurance Of Salvation, Holy Spirit In Believers, Knowing God's Will  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Holiness

The Eating Thing  PRO

Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Sep 29, 2002

The Eating thing Let me share with you a fairly personal issue that I’m working through that has caused me to ask this question about loving God. Last year – in fact for a number of years now I have been aware that I have been struggling with an addiction. As soon as I say the word it ...read more

Scripture: Psalms 34:8

Tags: Addiction

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Using Food  PRO

Contributed by Steve Malone on Feb 4, 2003

Mark Buchanan writes; “Fasting churns the stuff up from the depths. Is there anger in me? I can usually control that with a burger and fries Am I resentful, irritated, overly ambition, fearful? I can smoother that with pizza. Am I depressed or embittered, suffering from a sense of life’s ...read more

Tags: Addiction, Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Richard Foster Writes In His Book A Celebration ...

Contributed by Chip Monck on Mar 1, 2005

Richard Foster writes in his book A Celebration of Discipline, “In a culture where the landscape is dotted with shrines to the Golden Arches and an assortment of Pizza Temples, fasting seems out of place, out of step with the times. In fact, fasting has been in general disrepute both in and ...read more

Tags: Disciplines General

Denomination: Wesleyan

Prayer Is Reaching Out After The Unseen; Fasting ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Prayer is reaching out after the unseen; fasting is letting go of all that is seen and temporal. Fasting helps express, deepen, confirm the resolution that we are ready to sacrifice anything, even ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration

In Shansi I Found Chinese Christians Who Were ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"In Shansi I found Chinese Christians who were accustomed to spend time in fasting and prayer. They recognized that this fasting, which so many dislike, which requires faith in God, since it makes one feel weak and poorly, is really a Divinely appointed means of grace. Perhaps the greatest ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration

Church Bulletin - National Prayer And Fasting ...  PRO

Contributed by Brian Buriff on Aug 13, 2006

Church bulletin - National Prayer and Fasting Conference announcement: “The cost to attend the Fasting ...read more

Tags: Disciplines Fasting

Denomination: Church Of God

In His Book Celebration Of Discipline, Richard ...

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Nov 20, 2006

In his book Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster observes, “More than any other discipline, fasting ...read more

Denomination: Congregational

Pride And Greed Spoil Relationships

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009

PRIDE AND GREED SPOIL RELATIONSHIPS Are you so focused on your career, your raise and your ambitions for the future that you fail to realize the gift of relationships that God has given you today? The second rule is that people come before possessions and positions. Otherwise, you might find ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:26

Tags: Greed

Fasting Together: The Minnesota Grasshopper ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2010

FASTING TOGETHER: THE MINNESOTA GRASSHOPPER SWARM In Minnesota, during the summer of 1876, there was a swarm of grasshoppers destroying the crops. There was a fear that the grasshoppers would return, so Governor John S. Pillsbury proclaimed a day of prayer and fasting on April 26, 1877, urging ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 58:1-14

Tags: Fast