When You Fast (Meditation on Matthew 6:16-18)

When you fast.

 

This is how Jesus started his instructions on fasting. Not if you fast, but when.

He assumed we would be fasting.

 

Why do we fast? There are many reasons.

 

As you meditate on this invitation from God, allow the Spirit to help you notice something from these words that applies to your own life.

 

Once you’ve listened to this Scripture Experience podcast, head over to the next episode and listen to the interview with Amy Seiffert. We discuss her new book Starved, where she talks about practices that can help us make a needed spiritual diet change. And you guessed it… one of the practices she discusses is fasting.

 

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The exact verses read in this podcast are printed here for your use:

 

Matthew 6:16-18

16 “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

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