Fasting: A Spiritual Discipline

By Djina Remy

Fasting what is it? Why do it?

This question usually comes from someone with a genuine desire seeking deeper intimacy with the Lord knowledge of Gods perfect will. As you read this book I hope you will understand what is fasting and why Christians Fast. This book will take you on a spiritual journey of fasting throughout the Old Testament under the law and in the New Testament under Grace, to build a relationship with the Lord in Spirit and in Truth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Aug 24, 2009
• ISBN: 9781438990972

Djina Remy

Djina enjoy's encouraging people from all walks of life using the inspired Word of the Bible. When I came to realize that my life problems, worries, and shortages began and ended with the person in my mirror me. If I could learn how to manage myself I would be the person I'm meant to be. I went back to the beginning seeking God, finding who He is, what is it He wants from me, and how I can live a fulfill life. Along the way I began helping others who are facing the same quest to the mirror.

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Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Bibliography

Introduction 

Fasting: What Is It? Why Do It?

As you read this book I hope you will understand what fasting is and why Christians fast. This book will take you on a spiritual journey of fasting throughout the Old Testament under the Law and into the New Testament under Grace.

You will find that God deal with the heart of a man to draw him closer to Him in a spiritual relationship that requires for man to sacrifice all that he knows and understand about God and allow God to teach him who God is and what it is that he wants from us.Shout with the voice of a trumpet blast. Shout aloud! Don’t be timid. Tell my people Israel of their sins! Yet they act so pious! They come to the Temple every day and seem delighted to learn all about me. They act like a righteous nation that would never abandon the laws of its God. They ask me to take action on their behalf, pretending they want to be near me. ‘We have fasted before you!’ they say. ‘Why aren’t you impressed? We have been very hard on ourselves, and you don’t even notice it!’ I will tell you why! I respond. It’s because you are fasting to please

yourselves. Even while you fast, you keep oppressing your workers. What good is fasting when you keep on fighting and quarreling? This kind of fasting will never get you anywhere with me. You humble yourselves by going through the motions of penance, bowing your heads like reeds bending in the wind. You dress in burlap and cover yourselves with ashes. Is this what you call fasting? Do you really think this will please the Lord? No, this is the kind of fasting I want: Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people. Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help. Then your salvation will come like the dawn, and your wounds will quickly heal. Your godliness will lead you forward, and the glory of the Lord will protect you from behind. Then when you call, the Lord will answer. ‘Yes, I am here,’ he will quickly reply. "Remove the heavy yoke of oppression. Stop pointing your finger and spreading vicious rumors! Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon. The Lord will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring. Some of you will rebuild the deserted ruins of your cities. Then you will be known as a rebuilder of walls and a restorer of homes. Isaiah 58 1–12

Chapter 1

In the Beginning

Then God said, Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the