What Is Fasting | Dr. Myles Munroe

[Music] what is fasting write this down can define it for you fasting is the willful abstaining from natural pleasures for a spiritual purpose please write that down please fasting is not just abstaining from food it's from any willful pleasure it includes food but it can also include things like watching television going out to social events enjoying the company of people that's a pleasure this is why when you study fasting in scripture the people who fasted always run away from social environments they hid in the desert or in caves or they were alone in the mountain why because when you are fasting it's not just the pleasure of food that you're staying from but the pleasure of distractions sex it's a pleasure when the bible talks about in corinthians chapter seven paul says if if one of you want to fast he or she must first ask their spouse for permission why because fasting includes that pleasure so i want to warn you now if you're married help us lord you got to sit down with your spouse tonight and say honey you know we're going to go before the lord i'm staying that's what it means fasting means abstain from any natural pleasure for the sake of what a spiritual purpose you are looking for something higher than this than the natural you're saying god i want you so bad i'm going to deny earth to taste heaven it's fasting fasting is also a personal commitment to renounce the natural to invoke the spiritual it's very specific its motivation is clear and clean fast thing is i am going to commit myself personally to renounce the natural pleasures of life for the sake of invoking the spiritual power in my life fasting is also the dedication to a period of time to devout oneself to spiritual priority and prayer without food without food i have read so many types of fasts i don't know where they got them from you know i'm fasting i'm fasting coca-cola they say i said what do you mean so you eating pepsi drinking pepsi or something instead because i fast what kind of thing you know i'm fasting salads so what are you doing otherwise by the way this is not a fast it's a diet fasting is not a diet it's a commitment to abstain and you dedicate yourself for a period of time in order for you to devout yourself devout means i am seeking something i am seeking someone i am seeking god and i want no distraction eating consumes more time than you can believe you'll be amazed how much time you think you you take delivery food it's incredible based on my research for years we've discovered that you spend 10 hours a day on food 10 yes 10. that includes the hours thinking about it it's real they did research 10 hours a day you spend on food that means if you stop eating you actually gain 10 hours to do something else with your mind to plan a meal for your family can take five hours just to plan it mentally fasting sets you free from all of that this is why i get more work done on a fast than any other time in my life i mean the ability to get time to work explodes you're going to become so productive the next three weeks you're going to be so happy you're going to be sad to break the fast so first thing is devotion devote yourself this is why on a fast like this we meet every night because we don't want you hanging around the kitchen the demons in your kitchen the next three weeks they're hiding in the refrigerators in the toaster everybody say devotion devotion means you turn your face toward something your whole life your whole focus is on that thing that's what fasting is you devote yourself to god and this is why we meet and we stay together for the whole fast we meet all the time and we call each other during the day and we you know we encourage you to change exchange phone numbers so or or text messages so you can just encourage each other because you got to stay together because you are devoted for this period to god amen

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Length: 6min 30sec (390 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 16 2021