RESOURCE OF THE MONTH
Each year, the Christian church embarks on a forty-day journey leading up to Easter, known as the season of Lent. Giving up things for Lent is a long-standing tradition for many in the Western Church. But fasting from food for a time? That’s not exactly a popular practice here in America.
Jesus did not say to His disciples “if you fast”, but “when you fast.” Fasting can have physical benefits, but that is not the purpose of fasting. Our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the spiritual forces of evil. Learn how fasting can be one of the ways to prepare us for this spiritual battle.
“And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.”
(Matthew 6:16)