Why Does God Ask You to Fast? (It's Not About Food)

Live a fasted life. Of all the things God could have asked us to set aside when we seek Him, why food? God is not against food; He gave it to us to enjoy with thanksgiving. Fasting is mainly about training. Everything you need is already in your spirit, and God uses natural situations, like your appetite, to draw it out. If you cannot rule your belly, you cannot rule your spirit, and life becomes like a city broken down, without walls. Esau traded his birthright for a bowl of stew; Jesus, hungry in the wilderness, answered with the Word. So fasting once in a while is not enough. Live a fasted life: train your body, and your spirit will follow; fill your spirit with the Word, and your body will obey. Chapters 0:00 Why food? 0:37 1. God Is Not Against Food 1:10 2. Everything Is Already in You 2:44 3. If You Cannot Rule Your Belly 3:56 4. Not a Fast, but a Fasted Life 4:41 5. The Flesh and the Spirit Train Each Other 6:24 6. Feed on His Knowledge of You 7:43 Live a fasted life Scripture typed in this film: 1 Timothy 4:4, John 7:38, 2 Peter 1:3, 1 Corinthians 6:17, Proverbs 25:28, 1 Corinthians 9:27, Matthew 4:4 and Colossians 3:2, 4, 16 (KJV); Joshua 1:8 and Hebrews 4:12 (NKJV). See also Colossians 3:10-14. Tell me in the comments: in what area does your spirit need to lead your body? Watch all the films in order:    • Animated Christian Reflections   Subscribe to The Graceful Becoming for new reflections on faith, identity and becoming who God is shaping us to be. #Fasting #PrayerAndFasting #ChristianFasting #LiveAFastedLife #GracefulBecoming Scripture quotations marked KJV are from the King James Version (public domain). Scripture marked NKJV is taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.