Fasting
Overview
In this volume, Jentezen Franklin examines the spiritual power of fasting and highlights the benefits available to those who participate. He explains that those who seek God through fasting can expect tremendous rewards for their personal lives as well as for their church. He claims they can see breakthroughs in many areas such as healing, finances, unhealthy dependencies, and family relationships. This book also gives stories of people who have reaped miraculous rewards from this simple act of faith.
Top Highlights
“Whenever you begin a fast, remember, if it doesn’t mean anything to you, it won’t mean anything to God. Without being combined with prayer and the Word, fasting is little more than dieting. But I want you to realize something very important: fasting itself is a continual prayer before God.” (Pages 35–36)
“When God has placed a dream inside you that only He can make possible, you need to fast and pray. Good or bad, what’s in you will come out only when you fast and pray.” (Pages 3–4)
“The three types of fasts found in Scripture are the absolute fast, the normal fast, and the partial fast.” (Page 32)
“During the years that Jesus walked this earth, He devoted time to teaching His disciples the principles of the kingdom of God, principles that conflict with those of this world. In the Beatitudes, specifically in Matthew 6, Jesus provided the pattern by which each of us is to live as a child of God. That pattern addressed three specific duties of a Christian: giving, praying, and fasting. Jesus said, ‘When you give …’ and ‘When you pray …’ and ‘When you fast.’ He made it clear that fasting, like giving and praying, was a normal part of Christian life. As much attention should be given to fasting as is given to giving and to praying.” (Pages 10–11)
“The commentator Matthew Henry wrote, ‘Those who are under the power of a carnal mind, will have their lusts fulfilled, though it be to the certain damage and ruin of their precious souls.’” (Page 26)
- Title: Fasting
- Author: Jentezen Franklin
- Publisher: Charisma House
- Print Publication Date: 2008
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Fasting › Religious aspects--Christianity
- ISBNs: 9781599792583, 9781599793580, 0975959484, 9781621366195, 9780975959480, 9781599793313, 9781616388522, 9781621360438, 1599792583, 159979358X, 1621366197, 1599793318, 1616388528, 1621360431, 159979358
- Resource ID: LLS:FASTING
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T20:42:48Z