Thursday, March 2, 2017

Types of Fasting

1. Absolute Fast

Acts 9:9

And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

2. Normal Fast

Luke 4:2

Being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.

3. Partial Fast

Daniel 10:3

I ate no pleasant food, no meat or wine came into my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

4. Spiritual Fast

Isaiah 58:6

“Is this not the fast that I have chosen:
 To loose the bonds of wickedness,
 To undo the heavy burdens,
 To let the oppressed go free,
 And that you break every yoke?

5. Hypocritical Fast

Matthew 6:16

“Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward

6. Pharisaical Fast

Luke 18:11-12

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’

7. Real Fast

Matthew 6:18

So that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

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