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Mount Pleasant Christian Church

Fasting (SOUL DETOX- Pt. 3)

Locations & Times

381 N Bluff Rd, Greenwood, IN 46142, United States

Saturday 6:00 PM

Sunday 9:00 AM

Sunday 10:45 AM

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Fasting is the discipline that abstains from food for spiritual purposes.

3 EXAMPLES OF FASTING

1. Moses fasted before receiving the Ten Commandments

Exodus 34:28 NLT

2. The Ninevites fasted after repenting

Jonah 3:5 NLT

3. Jesus fasted to begin his ministry

Matthew 4:1-2 NLT

3 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT FASTING

3 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT FASTING
1. Jesus Modeled Fasting

3 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT FASTING
1. Jesus Modeled Fasting
2. Jesus Expected Fasting

Matthew 6:16-18 NLT

Matthew 9:14-15 NLT

3 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT FASTING
1. Jesus Modeled Fasting
2. Jesus Expected Fasting
3. Jesus Never Demanded Fasting

THE 1 REASON WE FAST:
Fasting has been a timeless discipline that allows the body to focus on the spiritual over the physical.

We fast FROM something FOR something.

Acts of the Apostles 13:2-3 NLT

3 WAYS TO BEGIN FASTING

3 WAYS TO BEGIN FASTING:
1. Fast From Food

1. Fast for one meal per week (for a time) (example: every Tuesday, no lunch)
2. Fast one meal a day (for a time) (example: no lunch for a week)
3. Fast for 24 hours

3 WAYS TO BEGIN FASTING:
1. Fast From Food
2. Fast From a Distraction

3 WAYS TO BEGIN FASTING:
1. Fast From Food
2. Fast From a Distraction
3. Fast From a Crutch

Fasting surrenders the physical and adds the spiritual.