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The Crazy Idea of Fasting in ’09

From John Piper

How to Fast

Pick a day of the week or a day of the month and plan to fast in 2009. Plan which meal or meals to skip. Skip them entirely, or do it with only juice or only water. There are not rules. There is only spiritual hunger being spoken and stoked with physical hunger.

Take some of the time you would have spent eating and read some scripture and take time to tell God why you are doing this and what you long for.

Why Fast?

Here are six biblical aims for fasting.

  1. For Jesus to come back – Matthew 9:14-15
  2. For help in a new venture in ministry – Matthew 4:1-2 & Acts 13:3
  3. To avert some danger or threat – Ezra 8:21 & 2 Samuel 12:16
  4. To express sorrow and loss – 2 Samuel 1:12 & 1 Chronicles 10:12
  5. To express repentance and grief for sin – Joel 2:12-13
  6. Not for the praise of men – Matthew 6:16-18

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