In this message from the 2025 Advance UK & Europe conference in London, Andrew Sampson explores how fasting and prayer help us “press on toward the goal” of knowing Christ more deeply, drawing from Philippians 3.

Andrew shares honestly from his own journey of learning to fast, and unpacks how fasting:

- Helps us practice the presence of God in the ordinary moments of the day

- Exposes unholy attachments and “Jesus substitutes” in our hearts

- Builds discipline in one area of life that strengthens us in others, including real battles with temptation

Looking at the early church in Acts and the example of Jesus in the wilderness, he calls us to recover both personal and corporate fasting as part of our shared pursuit of maturity in Christ.