Fasting & Freedom: How Giving Up Food Drew Me Closer to God

Heather Stevenson shares how fasting became a powerful spiritual practice, drawing her closer to God and freeing her from comfort and self-reliance.

7 Basic Steps To Successful Fasting and Prayer (English)

Helping My Brother Through the Door

Judith prayed for 21 years for her brother Terry and fasted 1 meal each week for 17 years. How did God answer her prayers? Terry chose to follow Jesus and his life has changed. Judith’s “new” brother is one of the greatest answers to prayer in her life.

Stuffing Our Soul: On Fasting

There was Peter’s threefold denial, Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness, and my battle with a ham sandwich on day six of my forty-day fast.

Step 16: Emphasis on Prayer

What Is Lent All About, and Why Is It Important?

What does it mean to give something up for Lent? How does Lent prepare you for Easter? What exactly do people do during Lent? Find out the answers to these questions and more.

Lent: How to Slow Down and Make More Room for Jesus

The death and resurrection of Jesus is the big storyline of the Bible. It’s no surprise, then, that a majority of Christians celebrate it every year on Easter Sunday. But did you know some people start getting ready for Easter 40 days before it happens?

10 Spiritual Disciplines to Strengthen Your Faith

Spiritual disciplines help Christ followers to abide in Christ and learn from God’s Holy Spirit. Learn 10 basic spiritual disciplines that you can incorporate into your walk with God.

What Does the Bible Say About Fasting?

There is little instruction about how to fast in the Bible, but there are plenty of examples of people who fasted. Learn about the key times in which individuals and nations fasted in the Bible.

Why Would a Christian Fast?

Fasting helps you to humble yourself and remember that you depend on God alone to meet all your needs. And for a time, it makes feeding your soul a higher priority than feeding your body.

Fasting — What Is It Good For?

We desperately need to see the face and hear the voice of our heavenly Father. I give up physical food to receive spiritual nourishment. So does it work? How do you know if you’re “doing it right”?

Fasting: Why Do People Do It?

Discover what fasting is and how it can impact your faith. Learn why giving up food and drink for a period of time can improve your relationship with God.

What Is Biblical Fasting, and How Does It Work?

Want a quick guide to biblical fasting? Check out these examples of fasting in the Bible, along with the right and wrong motivations for fasting.

6 Ways to Fast from Technology

Why try a digital fast? One story of how stepping back from tech brought clarity.

Fasting Starter Kit

Want to fast but not sure where to start? Bring this resource kit along to help guide you during your fast.

Prayer and Fasting

God considers fasting important. His Word, in fact, contains 92 passages mentioning it. Many of our heroes of the faith, including Moses, Elijah, Esther, Nehemiah, Daniel and Paul, fasted at crucial points.