Comments on: The lost art of Christian fasting http://www.vccaugusta.org/2009/10/20/the-lost-art-of-christian-fasting/ God embracing people. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:19:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: jeff http://www.vccaugusta.org/2009/10/20/the-lost-art-of-christian-fasting/comment-page-1/#comment-2547 jeff Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:30:33 +0000 http://www.vccaugusta.org/?p=661#comment-2547 In response to the last post on this article, I encourage you to pick up a copy of Richard Foster's book Celebration of Discipline. There is a simple yet profound chapter in the subject of fasting there that will be of great assistance. In response to the last post on this article, I encourage you to pick up a copy of Richard Foster’s book Celebration of Discipline. There is a simple yet profound chapter in the subject of fasting there that will be of great assistance.

]]> By: ken http://www.vccaugusta.org/2009/10/20/the-lost-art-of-christian-fasting/comment-page-1/#comment-2544 ken Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:59:08 +0000 http://www.vccaugusta.org/?p=661#comment-2544 Gee, I am fasting (food) today for the first time in years. I found this post and I am sorry to say I got almost nothing from it. Where is the Bible? Surely there are fasts in the new and old testaments that teach us what a fast is and why God wants us to do them. Please write some thing about that. Thanks! Gee, I am fasting (food) today for the first time in years. I found this post and I am sorry to say I got almost nothing from it. Where is the Bible? Surely there are fasts in the new and old testaments that teach us what a fast is and why God wants us to do them. Please write some thing about that.
Thanks!

]]> By: jeff http://www.vccaugusta.org/2009/10/20/the-lost-art-of-christian-fasting/comment-page-1/#comment-2399 jeff Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:22:44 +0000 http://www.vccaugusta.org/?p=661#comment-2399 Man I have been thinking the same thing as both of you. If it's so clear and unfettered now why would I go back to being hindered? Then I think "well then just how far could I take this?" I suppose someone like John the Baptist is an example of someone whose whole life was fasted - in that his life was a fast from pretty much everything - entertainment, food for pleasure, sex, relationships, comfort. I don't know that we're all called to do that - I certainly can't nor do I feel called to - but I am challenged in the same way as you guys. I am travelling light, and as 11/1 rolls around I don't plan to re-encumber myself. If anything, this has not been a 40-day journey, but rather merely the prologue to a journey for many years to come. Man I have been thinking the same thing as both of you. If it’s so clear and unfettered now why would I go back to being hindered? Then I think “well then just how far could I take this?” I suppose someone like John the Baptist is an example of someone whose whole life was fasted – in that his life was a fast from pretty much everything – entertainment, food for pleasure, sex, relationships, comfort. I don’t know that we’re all called to do that – I certainly can’t nor do I feel called to – but I am challenged in the same way as you guys. I am travelling light, and as 11/1 rolls around I don’t plan to re-encumber myself. If anything, this has not been a 40-day journey, but rather merely the prologue to a journey for many years to come.

]]> By: TanK http://www.vccaugusta.org/2009/10/20/the-lost-art-of-christian-fasting/comment-page-1/#comment-2398 TanK Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:08:29 +0000 http://www.vccaugusta.org/?p=661#comment-2398 Adding to what Pat said, I have been wondering the same thing myself... Have the little distractions in my life become something more? If I find that I am serving myself through these distractions more often than I am serving God, could I go so far as to call it idolatry? If that is the case, then perhaps there are things that I need to remove from my life permanently. In Genesis 35, Jacob and his family buried all of their idols, and set out to serve God. I think this is a good example as to what we should be doing. I have begun examining my life much more closely, to figure out just what exactly is holding me back and keeping me from being what God has called me to be. Adding to what Pat said, I have been wondering the same thing myself… Have the little distractions in my life become something more? If I find that I am serving myself through these distractions more often than I am serving God, could I go so far as to call it idolatry? If that is the case, then perhaps there are things that I need to remove from my life permanently.

In Genesis 35, Jacob and his family buried all of their idols, and set out to serve God. I think this is a good example as to what we should be doing. I have begun examining my life much more closely, to figure out just what exactly is holding me back and keeping me from being what God has called me to be.

]]> By: Pat http://www.vccaugusta.org/2009/10/20/the-lost-art-of-christian-fasting/comment-page-1/#comment-2397 Pat Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:21:30 +0000 http://www.vccaugusta.org/?p=661#comment-2397 As I try to grasp more of GOD during this fast, I have come to realize that I have such a tiny grasp on Him to begin with. My comprehension of Yahweh is the size of a grain of sand compared to the expanse of the universe. What if I fasted all of these things for the rest of my life? How much more could I grasp the glory of GOD? And how much more trust would I have? As I try to grasp more of GOD during this fast, I have come to realize that I have such a tiny grasp on Him to begin with. My comprehension of Yahweh is the size of a grain of sand compared to the expanse of the universe. What if I fasted all of these things for the rest of my life? How much more could I grasp the glory of GOD? And how much more trust would I have?

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