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  • Donna Muise avatar

    This Fast That I Choose

    Contributed by Donna Muise on Apr 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,008 views

    The walk of faith is not for the faint of heart, but walk it we must if we desire to find the Lord’s favor.

    THIS FAST THAT I CHOOSE Isaiah 58:1-12 “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry….” The walk of faith is not for the faint of heart, ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • George Barton avatar

    Fasting As Taught By Jesus

    Contributed by George Barton on Jan 22, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,837 views

    CLARIFIES WHAT JESUS TAUGHT ABOUT FASTING

    FASTING AS TAUGHT BY JESUS Study the following four points concerning fasting, and the texts which illustrate them. 1. Jewish people, including John the Baptist and Jesus, and Gentiles, strongly influenced by Jewish traditions, practiced fasting in New Testament times. (Mat 4:1 NIV) Then Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bruce Ball avatar

    Revival Through Fasting

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jan 24, 2006
    based on 43 ratings
     | 4,006 views

    3rd in a series of 4 sermons about how to start a revival in the church & community. The 4 strands of revival are: GIVING - PRAYING - FASTING - COMMUNION.

    Have you ever noticed how high on the list of priorities we put food? Some think that baseball is America’s favorite pastime, but I personally think it is eating. I could stand here and name every single fast-food place in the state of Oklahoma and I am sure that most, if not all of us, would ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Mike Wilkins avatar

    The Spiritual Discipline Of Fasting Series

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Feb 21, 2006
    based on 36 ratings
     | 53,602 views

    Fasting can make us hungry for more of God

    Tilling the Soil of the Soul February 19, 2006 Fasting Matthew 6:16-18 Last week I spoke from the story of the transfiguration in Mark 9. When Jesus and the three disciples come down from the mountain, there is a crowd waiting for them. There is a little boy who has been terrorized by a ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Danny Williams avatar

    9 Biblical Fast Series

    Contributed by Danny Williams on Dec 21, 2007
    based on 16 ratings
     | 18,961 views

    Listing Of the Nine Biblical Fast

    Fruit of Fasting - Nine Biblical Fasts Believers who are in bondage to demonic powers and need strength to stand against sin 1. Disciples Fast - Purpose : To loose the bands of Wickedness (Isa. 58:6) – freeing our selves and others from addictions to sin. Key Verse: Matt. 17:21 ~ “Howbeit ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Christian Cheong avatar

    Hold Fast To The Word Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Apr 10, 2008
     | 6,957 views

    Hold fast to the Word, for we stand under the judgement of God’s Word. Do not compromise at all cost.

    Holding on to the truth is of vital importance. - It is a matter of life and death, blessing or suffering, reward or judgement. - Jesus emphasizes this need to the two churches. - They performed well in many ways but not in the guarding of God’s truth. We need to (1) HOLD FAST TO THE TRUTH - ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Clyde Grimes avatar

    You Call This A Fast? Series

    Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Oct 30, 2002
    based on 51 ratings
     | 10,324 views

    #1 of 4 sermons on biblical fasting.

    You Call This A Fast? (Isaiah 58:1-9) I. False Fasting A. Objectives 1. Deceive God 2. Serve Self 3. Make a Fast Shekel B. Results 1. Exploitation of workers 2. Quarreling and strife 3. External humility 4. Unrepentant mourning II. True Fasting A. Objectives 1. Exercise justice a) Loose the chains ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

  • Teresa Vinson avatar

    When You Fast

    Contributed by Teresa Vinson on Jul 31, 2008
    based on 16 ratings
     | 6,163 views

    This sermon gives forms and purposes of fasting.

    Forms of Fasting 1) Normal Fasting - abstaining from all forms of food, solid or liquid; but not from water. Jesus fasted 40 days Matt 4:2 2) Absolute Fast - abstainging from both food and water. Saul after being smitten by the light fasted three days with neither food or water. Acts 9:9 ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Steven Haguewood avatar

    The Fast And The Prayer-Ous

    Contributed by Steven Haguewood on Aug 5, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,444 views

    Fasting is not required in the New Testament, neither is it condemned. When used properly it can help us have a closer relationship with God

    THE FAST AND THE PRAYER-OUS Text: Matthew 6:16-18 INTRODUCTION: 1. When I let my wife know that I was thinking about preaching on fasting, she said, "You’ve probably never fasted in your life." a. That’s not true (when I was younger, fasted with aunt and uncle) b. So I have fasted (just not ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • C. Philip Green avatar

    Fasting Is Not For Super-Saints Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jul 6, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,042 views

    This message examines the 40 times fasting is found in the Bible and discovers that fasting is not for the super spiritual, but for the super-sorrowful, most often because they realize they are super-sinners.

    Fasting Is Not for Super-Saints One day, Kathy Cash’s husband, of Dallas, Texas, announced to the family that he was going to fast and pray. Ginny, their 5-year-old, had recently learned that fasting meant not eating. “No!” she shouted. “You can’t fast! You’ll die!” Her dad carefully ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Charles Wilkerson avatar

    Fast Food Of Feasting? Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Oct 7, 2009
     | 5,856 views

    I am the Bread of Heaven... Christ satisfies, sustains and saves those who eat His flesh.. World Communion Sunday

    Can you guess what Denver, Orlando, Palm Beach, Cleveland, and Las Vegas have in common? They all have passed ordinances to stop groups from feeding the hungry in public.1 You can have 24 hour gambling but you better not hand out sandwiches in a park in Las Vegas. You can party like mad on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Jon MacKinney avatar

    The New Way Of Fasting

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Apr 7, 2010
     | 3,316 views

    Fasting has been around a long time, but Jesus brought new light to an old practice.

    Passage: Matthew 9:14-17 Intro: New things can be really scary. 1. as a man born in 1952, I have seen many new things. 2. I wasn’t around for TV’s invention, but was 2 when it was first broadcast in color. PP early color TV broadcast 3. was 9 when the Russian Yuri ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Elmer Towns avatar

    Lesson 3: Fasting

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Mar 5, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,720 views

    What do do when you Fast

    Series: When You . . . Dr. Elmer Towns Lesson 3: Fasting March 4, 2012 A. INTRODUCTION: MATTHEW 6:16-18 “When you fast, don’t make it obvious to others, as the hypocrites who try to look mournful or disheveled like they didn’t comb their hair, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Christopher Holdsworth avatar

    The Nature Of True Fasting

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 25, 2013
    based on 7 ratings
     | 16,135 views

    True fasting will lead the liberated soul to seek relief and liberty for others.

    THE NATURE OF TRUE FASTING. Isaiah 58:1-12. Surprisingly, the only place where the law of Moses commands fasting is in the “affliction of soul” associated with the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16:29-31; Leviticus 23:27-32; Numbers 29:7). This is apt, as it immediately associates fasting with ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Rev Ken Shedenhelm avatar

    The Fast God Chooses

    Contributed by Rev Ken Shedenhelm on Feb 8, 2014
     | 4,495 views

    While we try to please God on our own terms, God wants us to live for Him. We call it a "fast" when we do without a self-serving behavior for a limited period of time, but what God calls a "fast" is a life dedicated to serving others.

    Abou ben Adhem had a dream. He awakened with a start to find an angel in his room, writing in a golden book. He said to the angel, “What writest thou?” and the angel replied, “The names of those who love the Lord.” “And is mine one?” he inquired. “Nay, not ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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