Biblical fasting is not a pathway to God. You do not need fasting as a path to God. He is with you now. You can’t get any closer than He is to you right now.

Biblical Fasting a Spiritual Discipline

Biblical fasting is a tool to repair the damage to our soul. Likewise fasting cleanses the spirit as fasting cleanses the body of toxins and repairs damaged tissues.

Fasting is not to get Closer to God but a Process of Quietening You Spirit.

He knows your every thought, the number of hairs on your head and the workings of every cell in your body. The reason we are not overwhelmed with the presence of God is that we are not living in obedience. Fasting is a time to cleanse and discipline our hearts before God that we may give to Him what He truly wants—the full commitment of our heart. When we give more of us, He give more of Him and that is an incredible trade.

If you want an honored guest to visit you for dinner you must invite them in the appropriate manner. If you invite Christ into your life, with the right heart, He will come. Fasting can be the preparation for His coming; where we dedicate time to cleanse the temple, our body and soul, of all the clutter that His Spirit may dwell with our spirit in comfort.

Hard won treasures pale before unending love radiating from the face of Christ.

After forty days in the desert, Satan came to tempt Jesus. You also will be tempted. Satan will not ask you to turn stone into bread but bread into toast because he knows the aroma of fresh toast is deadlier than kryptonite to a person fasting. During fasting, all five senses increase in sensitivity. When the next-door neighbor pops bread into the toaster, you will smell it like never before. You can almost taste the molecules floating in the air. The brain is invaded with the smooth, delicious flavor of peanut butter melting on freshly browned toast. It feels as if you have not eaten for months. Feelings of being deprived start to surface and it is easy to open the refrigerator just for a look.

There is no temptation stronger than God has allowed. The victory of Christ is within you. Resist and he will flee. Try to remember that toast is mucus-forming.

The greatest enemy of a fast is lack of faith. Like a silent enemy, you cannot see it coming. Fasting’s lethargic down times sneak up on you. Thoughts become dark and depressive. Nothing seems to matter, and there is a deep ache inside. You don’t even feel like eating but you do because you don’t care. Breaking the fast, at this time, can cause a period of hard depression taking a few days to return to normal.

This is a time for prayer and drawing close to God. Prayer is so deep in these times. Your whole being cries out to God through pain and emptiness.

Many have overcome cancer with fasting. For those who have the discipline and faith to complete fasts of 20 to 30 days, the healing results are astonishing, such as terminal cancer being entirely dissolved in less than ten days. Meanwhile, others have completed a long series of juice and water fasts yet the Lord called them on. With cancer, one humbly faces the fact that our fate is in God’s hands. We do our best, but it still comes down to trust. And if death is the end of the battle, it has no sting for those of us in Christ, as death is only a release to glory and joy for eternity.

Cancer in the body is bad enough but cancer of the soul is worse. It starts by giving up hope and every thought becomes malignant with negativity, resentment, hatred and frustration.

An A.I.D.S. victim lay in bed, waiting out his last months till death. Life had no meaning only darkness. A change of heart came and he decided to fight. Even if he would lose, he would fight. He decided to live life to the fullest, and leave this planet knowing he had given rather than taken. He became a volunteer to help other needy people. Those around him were astounded at his positive change in attitude. He had become a different person because he had chosen to look at life differently. A day is a gift from God.

For those who are sick or diseased, self-discipline can seem an insurmountable task. Yet, it is from this standpoint that we must take steps to overcome our illness. The battle with cancer is a battle of faith. God’s desire is for us to be healed. Even in the face of the worst news you have to make a stand on faith that you will be healed. Make your decisions and do the best you can believing the Lord will carry you through this valley of darkness.