An Overview of Fasting

On Wednesday at Eastbrook we begin our forty day journey with the book of Job entitled “Finding God in the Darkness.”  This past weekend in my message “Still God” I mentioned how fasting can be a helpful spiritual practice to help us regain a hunger for God.

I want to refer to a series of posts on fasting that I wrote a number of years back as a resource for understanding fasting in general, certain specific aspects of fasting, biblical backgrounds on fasting, and a few other practical helps on the topic. I hope this is helpful as you utilize fasting to say ‘no’ to yourself and ‘yes’ to God.

• What is Fasting?
• Fasting: Some practical guidelines
• Fasting: Why Do We Do It?
• Types of Fasting
• Fasting: A View from the Old Testament
• Fasting: A View from the New Testament
• Fasting: Is It Just from Food
• Fasting: Words from Church History