Renewed To Honor

Sermon 2 | Fasting For God | Eph 3:19

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love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Eph 3:19


Isaiah 58:7-8


Fasting is the act of coming to God


It is a pursuit

  •  Jer 29:13
  • 1 Chron 28:9
  • Ps 14:2


    • Being Weaned

    • Ps 131:1
    • Acts 13:2,14:23 


      • Fasting is feasting on God

      • drawing deep on his presence
      • depend on His power
      • enjoying His goodness
      • gazing on His beauty


        • Fasting is motivated by desire

        • Ps 139:23-24,John 4:32,Luke 5:35(return)

          • Fasting is not for God

          • Ps 56:12,1 Samuel 7:3,1 Kings 21:29

            • Fasting means God is better

            • Eph 3:19, Psalm 84:10, Psalm 63:5, 1 Tim 4:3

              • Fasting should glorify God

              • John 4:32

                • It opens our antennas

                • Acts 13:2,14:23

                  • It is a weapon for spiritual warfare

                  • Mat 4:2-3

                    • It is the crucible to mold us

                    • Mat 4:2-3

                      • With love for Sam Storms (Practicing the power, The Beginner's Guide to Spiritual Gifts)

                      God sees us fasting and knows that we are motivated by a deep longing in our hearts for him and for his purposes to be fulfilled in the earth. He knows that we are not fasting to obtain the applause of people. He sees that we are acting not out of strength to impress others with our discipline, or even out of a desire to influence others to imitate our devotion. But we have come to God out of weakness to express to him our need and our great longing that he would manifest himself more fully in our lives for the joy of our soul and the glory of his name. - John Piper

                      FREE BOOK: A hunger for God - John Piper : https://www.desiringgod.org/books/a-hunger-for-god

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