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Fasting is not always met with enthusiasm.

Several years ago, my congregation was in the midst of difficult decisions.  The leaders called the church to forty days of prayer and fasting, asking members to fast in any way they desired during that forty day period.  But one well-known and very active woman in the church refused to fast.  She told me that she only fasted when she felt moved by the Holy Spirit to fast, and she didn’t feel moved by the plea of the church leadership.  In addition, she believed fasting was a private matter between one person and God, not a corporate matter that the whole church participates in together.  Read More »A Primer on Fasting