Fasting Quotes - Page 3

Christian fasting, at its root, is the hunger of a homesickness for God

Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering. These, joined with fasting and scripture study, will invite impressions and revelations and the whisperings of the Holy Spirit. This provides us with instruction from on high as we learn precept upon precept.

We must continue in prayer if we are to get an outpouring of the Spirit. Christ says there are some things we shall not get, unless we pray and fast, yes, "prayer and fasting." We must control the flesh and abstain from whatever hinders direct fellowship with God.

Fasting lowers your blood pressure and can lower your cholesterol.

The candidate was required to prepare himself by confession, fasting, and passing the night in prayer.

Fasting reminds us that we are sustained by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God (Matt. 4:4). Food does not sustain us; God sustains us.

I often think the doctrine of fasting in Lent and having meatless days as old-fashioned...it might be better to give up television.

My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.

What the eyes are for the outer world, fasts are for the inner.

Fasting breaks the spirit of heaviness.

Pray earnestly and fast with purpose and devotion. Some difficulties, like devils, do not come out save by fasting and by prayer. Ask in righteousness and you shall receive. Knock with conviction and it shall be opened unto you.

Fasting (is) for the maintainance and firmness of your sincerity.

Begin a fast, and trust God to work that in your heart.

Fasting keeps you sensitive to His (God) Spirit, enabling you to live holy.

Fasting is a tremendous weapon and a source of power in the life of a believer.

Fasting gives your body time to heal itself. It relieves nervousness and tension and gives your digestive system a rest.

Fasting is not nearly so deadly as feasting.

Temples are more than stone and mortar. They are filled with faith and fasting. They are built of trials and testimonies. They are sanctified by sacrifice and service.

Fasting is a medicine.

Periodic fasts are necessary to flush out the poisons.

Blessing will happen to you and your family throughout the year because you faster in January.

Fasting is like spring cleaning for your body.

There is no virtue in penance and fasting which waste the body; they are only fanatical and monkish.

There are some who died because they were fasting, and they were crammed in tight.

More caution and perhaps more restraint are necessary in breaking a fast than in keeping it.