How God wants fasting to be less about food and more about compassion for others
by Rev. Michael Medeiros
Fasting was practiced throughout the Ancient Near East long before it was included in the Hebrew Bible or the Qur'an as rites performed individually or corporately. This is important to note because there were many different reasons why people abstained from food for a period, and many of these occurrences were as religious activities. Our focus today centers on what God expects when we fast.