How fasting should be a focus on the Word of God
by Blaine and Lisa Seisser
Fasting is a discipline to practice and remember our deep need for God. To help us remember that he loves us! At any time of the year or any day a Christian you meet may be fasting from anything. Fasting from food is common, but they may be fasting from sweets, Facebook, shopping, etc., etc. When we give up food in particular we should remember that “man does not live on bread alone but on the very words of God”. In fact, Jesus said that when he faced off with the devil in the wilderness at the end of his 40-day fast (narrated in the Injeel, gospel of Matthew 4:4).