Fasting

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Fasting is a spiritual discipline that helps us sort though the good gifts that God gives us and recognize if we have replaced God with those gifts. Although fasting is generally abstinence from food for a certain period of time, you can fast from anything that you feel may be taking priority over your relationship with Christ – whether it be facebook, the internet in general, tv shows, etc.

Well, I’m not going to talk much more about fasting today but here is a link to a John Piper book called A Hunger for God: Desiring God though Fasting and Praying. It’s free to read online and in a pdf format if you want to download it to a portable reading device. I haven’t finished reading it; but so far I’m a fan and would highly recommend it if you want to develop a better understanding of the spiritual discipline of fasting. 

http://cdn.desiringgod.org/pdf/books_hfg/hfg_all.pdf