The life of a disciple of Jesus, including all its rhythms and practices – such as we are discussing in this sermon series – are never only about the individual’s flourishing. Not only are those who eat the fruit of your flourishing relationship with God the main beneficiaries of your spiritual formation. The journey of spiritual formation itself, for a large part, is about moving away from your own needs towards the needs of others.

As we close off this message series on fasting today, we are going to walk through the beautiful, but also very confronting chapter of Isaiah 58, and discover how fasting can help us to stand with the poor and grow in empathy for the underprivileged.