FASTING
A community of holiness in a culture of indulgence through the practice of Fasting.
Fasting is the practice of abstaining from food for a set period of time in order to focus on God. The practice integrates our whole body into life with God as we recognise that our deepest hunger is for His presence.
Fasting is how we pray with our bodies. As we abstain from food (or something else if fasting food isn’t appropriate for you), we ask that God would consecrate us and align our hearts and desires with his.
How we live this out
Start: Fast from sunrise till sunset
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Suggested: Fast from sunrise to sunset one day each week
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Explore further
On this page you will find a growing number of resources to help you explore the practice of Fasting. Please note that we’ll be updating this page with more resources as we go.
Fasting, Pete Hughes – part of KXC’s Practising the Way series in Dec 2024. Note: some of the language we use around the Rule of Life may have been updated since this series.
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When you fast, do not look sombre as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Matthew 6v16-18
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