136 Quotes About Fasting

The greatest enemy of hunger for God is not poison but apple pie.It is not the banquet of the wicked that dulls our appetite forheaven, but endless nibbling at the table of the world. It is notthe X-rated video, but the prime-time dribble of triviality wedrink in every night.

Wherever you are, you must be very happy; because I am fasting for your happiness forever

There he died; and as thou seest me, sawI the three fall one by one, between the fifthday and the sixth: whence I betook me,already blind, to groping over each, and forthree days called them, after they were dead;then fasting had more power than grief.

The best of all medicines are resting and fasting.

A fast is not necessarily something we offer God, but it assists us in offering ourselves

Fasting is a feast in the Kingdom of God.

When God sets us free from the strongholds in our lives, we’re free to experience His strong hold.

My issue isn’t actually with sugar, or with food, but with hunger—misplaced, insatiable hunger.

If you are serious enough to take up the discipline of fasting, you can expect resistance, interference and opposition. Plan for it, insofar as you are able. Do not be caught unawares. Remember that you are attempting to advance in your spiritual journey and to gain ground for the Kingdom. That necessitates taking ground away from the enemy - and no great movement of the Holy Spirit goes unchallenged by the enemy. (Intro)