“The birthplace of Christian fasting is homesickness for God” ~ John Piper
“Fasting helps to express, to deepen, and to confirm the resolution, that we are ready to sacrifice anything, even ourselves, to attain the Kingdom of God.” ~ Andrew Murray
"Whenever men are to pray to God concerning any great matter it should be expedient to appoint fasting along with prayer." ~John Calvin
"Fasting is calculated to bring a note of urgency and importunity into our praying, and to give force to our pleading in the court of heaven. The man who prays with fasting is giving heaven notice that he is truly in earnest." ~ Arthur Wallis
"Fasting is not about changing God. It is not a mystical exercise to gain God's approval. Fasting is not about changing my world, but about letting God realign my heart toward his purposes." ~ Alex Gee
“Fasting is not a tool for gaining discipline or developing piety. Instead, fasting is the bulimic act of ridding ourselves of our fullness to attune our senses to the mysteries that swirl in and around us." ~ Dan B. Allender
“As soon as a Christian recognizes that he has failed in his service…that all his joy in God has vanished and that his capacity for prayer has quite gone, it is high time for him to launch an assault upon the flesh, and prepare for better service by fasting and prayer” ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches the fire of lust, and kindles the true light of chastity." ~ Augustine
"More than any other single discipline, fasting reveals the things that control us.” ~ Richard Foster
There's nothing magical about fasting. It's just one way of telling God that your priority at that moment is to be alone with him.” ~ J. I. Packer
“Fasting is an act of humility. Fasting gives opportunity for deeper humility as we recognize our sins, repent, receive God's forgiveness, and experience His cleansing of our soul and spirit. Fasting also demonstrates our love for God and our full confidence in His faithfulness." ~ Bill Bright
"Fasting is the soul of prayer; mercy is the lifeblood of fasting. So, if you pray, fast; if you fast, show mercy.” ~ Peter Chrysologus
"Fasting of the body is food for the soul. As bodily food fattens the body, so fasting strengthens the soul.” ~ John Chrysostom
"Fasting possesses great power. If practiced with the right intentions, it makes one a friend of God. The demons are aware of that." ~Tertullian
“Perhaps the greatest hindrance to our work is our own imagined strength; and in fasting we learn what poor, weak creatures we are - dependent on a meal of meat for the l ittle strength which we are so apt to lean upon.” ~James Hudson Taylor
"Is not the neglect of this plain duty--I mean, fasting, ranked by our Lord with almsgiving and prayer.” ~ John Wesley
“The Bible does not teach that fasting is a kind of spiritual hunger strike that compels God to do our bidding. If we ask for something outside of God’s will, fasting does not cause Him to reconsider. Fasting does not change God’s hearing so much as it changes our praying.” ~ Donald Whitney
“A season of fasting and prayer of deep humiliation and confession are the conditions from which a genuine and powerful work springs.” ~ EM Bounds
“Few people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.” ~ Dallas Willard
“So that although these abstinences give some pain to the body, yet they so lessen the power of bodily appetites and passions, and so increase our taste of spiritual joys, that even these severities of religion, when practiced with discretion, add much to the comfortable enjoyment of our lives.” ~ William Law
"Do you fast? Then feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, visit the sick, do not forget the imprisoned, have pity on the tortured, comfort those who grieve and who weep, be merciful, humble, kind, calm, patient, sympathetic, forgiving, reverent, truthful and pious, so that God might accept your fasting and might plentifully grant you the fruits of repentance." ~ John Chrysostom
I love them all. Be blessed.
Posted by: Ben | June 30, 2017 at 05:25 AM