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Contents
Preface
1
Why Fast?
2
The Normal Fast
He fasted forty days and forty nights and afterward he was hungry.
Matthew 4:2
3
The Absolute Fast
For three days he . . . neither ate nor drank. Acts 9:9
4
The Partial Fast
I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth. Daniel 10:3
5
“When”—Not “If”
When you give alms . . . when you pray . . . when you fast.
Matthew 6:2, 5, 16
6
The Time Is Now
When the bridegroom is taken from them . . . then they will fast.
Matthew 9:15
7
The Regular and Public Fasts
On a fast day . . . you shall read the words of the Lord. Jeremiah 36:6 Sanctify a fast; call a solemn assembly. Joel 2:15
8
Fasting unto God
When ye fasted . . . did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
They ministered to the Lord, and fasted. Acts 13:2
9
For Personal Sanctity
I humbled my soul with fasting. Psalm 69:10
Blessed are those who mourn. Matthew 5:4
10
To Be Heard On High
So we fasted and besought our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty. Ezra 8:23
11
To Change God’s Mind
The people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast. . . . When God saw what they did . . . God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them. Jonah 3:5, 10
12
To Free the Captives
Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Isaiah 58:6
13
They Fasted to Deliver
Can the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be rescued? Surely, thus says the Lord: Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken, and the prey of the tyrant be rescued, for I will contend with those who contend with you. Isaiah 49:24–25
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For Revelation
I, Daniel . . . turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and supplications with fasting. . . . Gabriel . . . said to me, O Daniel, I have now come out to give you wisdom and understanding. Daniel 9:2 – 3, 21 – 22
15
Fleshpots of Egypt
Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate bread to the full.
Exodus 16:3
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To Buffet the Body
I pommel my body and subdue it, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. 1 Corinthians 9:27
17
What About Asceticism?
Why do you submit to regulations, “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch”. . . according to human precepts and doctrines? These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting rigor of devotion and self-abasement and severity to the body, but they are of no value in checking the indulgence of the flesh. Colossians 2:20–23
18
Fasting and the Body
The body is . . . for the Lord. . . . Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. . . . So glorify God in your body. 1 Corinthians 6:13–20
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For Health and Healing
Beloved, I pray that . . . you may be in health. 3 John 2 Your healing shall spring up speedily. Isaiah 58:8
20
How to Begin
Grant us the will to fashion as we feel,
Grant us the strength to labor as we know,
Grant us the purpose, ribbed and edged with steel,
To strike the blow.
21
How to Break the Fast
They gave him bread and he ate, they gave him water to drink, and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. And when he had eaten, his spirit revived; for he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights. 1 Samuel 30:11–12
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Diary of a Fast
Preparation
April 1
April 2
April 4
April 5
April 8
April 23
First day (April 24)
Second day
Third day
Fourth day
Fifth day
Sixth day
Seventh day
Eighth day
Ninth day
Tenth day
Eleventh day
Twelfth day
Thirteenth day
Fourteenth day
Fifteenth day
Sixteenth day
Seventeenth day
Eighteenth day
Nineteenth day
Twentieth day
Twenty-first day
Breaking the Fast
First day
Second day
In Retrospect
23
In the Last Days
I will pour out of my spirit. Joel 2:28
I will build my church. Matthew 16:18
I will come again. John 14:3
The Outpouring of the Spirit
The Restoration of the Church
The Return of Christ
They Fasted
Appendix I
Doubtful References to Fasting in the King James Version
Appendix II
Appendix III
Biblical Index
Gen. 24:33
Exod. 34:28
Lev. 16:29, 31
Lev. 23:14
Lev. 23:27, 32
Num. 6:3–4
Num. 29:7
Deut. 9:9, 18
Judg. 20:26
1 Sam. 1: 7–8
1 Sam. 7:6
1 Sam. 14:24–30
1 Sam. 20:34
1 Sam. 30:11–12
1 Sam. 31:13
2 Sam. 1:12
2 Sam. 3:35
2 Sam. 11:11
2 Sam. 12:16–23
1 Kings 13:8–24
1 Kings 17:6, 14–16
1 Kings 19:8
1 Kings 21:4–5
1 Kings 21:9, 12
1 Kings 21:27
1 Chron. 10:12
2 Chron. 20:3
Ezra 8:21–23
Ezra 9:5
Ezra 10:6
Neh. 1:4
Neh. 9:1
Esther 4:3
Esther 4:16
Esther 9:31
Job 33:19–20
Ps. 35:13
Ps. 42:3
Ps. 69:10
Ps. 102:4
Ps. 107:17,18
Ps. 109:24
Isa. 58
Jer. 14:12
Jer. 36:6,9
Dan. 1:12–16
Dan. 6:18
Dan. 9:3
Dan. 10:2–3
Joel 1:14
Joel 2:12
Joel 2:15
Jon. 3:5–9
Zech. 7:3–5
Zech. 8:19
Matt. 4:2
Matt. 6:16–18
Matt. 9:14–15
Matt. 9:15
Matt. 11:18
Matt. 15:32
Matt. 17:21*
Mark 2:18
Mark 2:19–20
Mark 8:3
Mark 9:29*
Luke 2:37
Luke 4:2
Luke 5:33
Luke 5:34–35
Luke 7:33
Luke 18:12
Acts 9:9
Acts 10:30*
Acts 13:2–3
Acts 14:23
Acts 23:12–21
Acts 27:9
Acts 27:21, 33
Rom. 14:21
1 Cor. 7:5*
1 Cor. 8:13
2 Cor. 6:5
2 Cor. 11:27
1 Tim. 4:3
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