The Crazy Idea of Fasting in 2009

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	The Crazy Idea of Fasting in 2009

willhelm

1-1-2009 11:08 AM

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1-1-2009 2:30 PM

rvnurse2b

thanks, Will, I didn't know some of those reasons before.

1-8-2009 2:30 AM

RecordSage

That's because you were too busy eating, rvnurse2b

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/98a88c23-7781-4782-9bad-cdbcaa38e6d7/E50F8E4F-FA07-4070-B14B-8ABD02306939/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/1564_The_Crazy_Idea_of_Fasting_in_09/" href="http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/1564_The_Crazy_Idea_of_Fasting_in_09/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.desiringgod.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/1564_The_Crazy_Idea_of_Fasting_in_09/"><P align="left">
Jesus did not say, “<EM>If</EM> you fast...” but “<EM>When</EM> you fast...” (<A href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/esv/Matthew%206.16" class="lbsBibleRef" target="_blank">Matthew 6:16</A>). This will be new (even over the top) for some of you. So do a crazy thing in 2009. It might change your relationship with God. And your life.
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Pick a day of the week or a day of the month and plan to fast in 2009. Plan which meal or meals to skip. Skip them entirely, or do it with only juice or only water. There are not rules. There is only spiritual hunger being spoken and stoked with physical hunger. 
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Here are six biblical aims for fasting.
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<A href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/esv/Matthew%209.14-15" class="lbsBibleRef" target="_blank">Matthew 9:14-15</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/1564_The_Crazy_Idea_of_Fasting_in_09/"><STRONG>2. For help in a new venture in ministry</STRONG>
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<A href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/esv/Matthew%204.1-2" class="lbsBibleRef" target="_blank">Matthew 4:1-2</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/1564_The_Crazy_Idea_of_Fasting_in_09/"><P>
<A href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/esv/Acts%2013.3" class="lbsBibleRef" target="_blank">Acts 13:3</A> 
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<A href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/esv/Ezra%208.21" class="lbsBibleRef" target="_blank">Ezra 8:21</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/1564_The_Crazy_Idea_of_Fasting_in_09/"><P>
<A href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/esv/2%20Samuel%2012.16" class="lbsBibleRef" target="_blank">2 Samuel 12:16</A> 
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<A href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/esv/2%20Samuel%201.12" class="lbsBibleRef" target="_blank">2 Samuel 1:12</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/1564_The_Crazy_Idea_of_Fasting_in_09/"><P>
<A href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/esv/1%20Chronicles%2010.12" class="lbsBibleRef" target="_blank">1 Chronicles 10:12</A> 
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<A href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/esv/Joel%202.12-13" class="lbsBibleRef" target="_blank">Joel 2:12-13</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/1564_The_Crazy_Idea_of_Fasting_in_09/"><STRONG>6. Not for the praise of men</STRONG>
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<A href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/esv/Matthew%206.16-18" class="lbsBibleRef" target="_blank">Matthew 6:16-18</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/1564_The_Crazy_Idea_of_Fasting_in_09/"><P>
(For more instruction and inspiration in fasting see <EM><A href="http://www.desiringgod.org/Store/Books/68_A_Hunger_for_God/">A Hunger for God, Desiring God through Fasting and Prayer</A></EM>.)
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