As our series on spiritual disciplines continues we see all throughout scripture that fasting draws a believer closer to God. When we are desperate for direction, in the heart of a battle, in need of boldness or just want to hear from heaven, fasting is a way people have always listened to God. By replacing a physical desire for food with the spiritual disciple of fasting, you are in more than a state of prayer. You are putting your need or request at a sacrificial level. 

Trusting God to provide what we need in our daily lives is faith in action. Fasting strengthens us on our faith journey and deepens our dependency on our all sufficient Savior. 

Ephesians 6:12, Matthew 6:16-18, Luke 18:12, Exodus 34:28, Esther 4:16,   Luke 4:2-4, Mark 2:18-20, 2 Samuel 12:15-17, Isaiah 58:1-14, Daniel 10:1-14

Ken Nix