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Fasting in the Bible Day 9: Daniel
In the first year of the reign of Darius the Mede, son of Ahasuerus, king of the Babylonians, I, Daniel, understood from the words of Jeremiah the prophet that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years. So I turned to the Lord God with prayer and petition, fasting, and sackcloth and ashes. I prayed to the LORD my God and…
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Fasting in the Bible Day 8: Isaiah Part 2
Choose God’s way of fasting and see what He will do: Then your light will break out like the dawn. Your recovery will happen quickly. Your right living will be known by others. The glory of the LORD will protect your back. You will call and the LORD will answer. You will cry for help…
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Fasting in the Bible Day 7: Isaiah Part 1
God says to Isaiah, “Announce this out loud and do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet, and declare to My people their wrongdoing. Uncover the sins of these people of Jacob. They pretend to seek Me every day and desire to know My ways. Just like a nation that is righteous and does not forsake the…
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Fasting in the Bible Day 6: Esther
The story of Esther being chosen as a queen in a beauty pageant reads like a novel, but as soon as danger was realized for herself and her Jewish kin, especially her Uncle Mordecai, she commanded fasting to begin: Haman plotted to kill all the Jews, because Mordecai refused to bow down to him, explaining…
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Fasting in the Bible Day 5: Nehemiah
The words of Nehemiah, the son of Hacaliah: In late autumn, in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year of the king’s reign, I was in the fortress of Susa. My brother Hanani came to visit me with some men recently arrived from Judah. I questioned them about how things were for the Jews who had survived the exile…
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Fasting in the Bible Day 4: Ezra
Ezra, the prophet : Then I proclaimed a fast at the Ahava Canal, where we camped for three days, a hundred miles from Babylon. We needed to humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a safe journey to Jerusalem for all of us, which included our little ones. We also carried all we possessed and the great…
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Fasting in the Bible Day 3: Jehoshaphat
After this, the people of Moab, Ammon and the Meunites came to make war against Jehoshaphat. Some people reported to Jehoshaphat, “A vast army from Edom, beyond the Dead Sea, is marching against you. And they are already in En Gedi.“ Jehoshaphat was afraid and turned his attention to seek the LORD. He proclaimed a fast and the people…
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Fasting in the Bible Day 2: Samuel
Samuel spoke to all the people of Israel, “If you want to return to the LORD with all your heart, remove your idols of foreign gods and images of Ashtoreth from among you. Direct your hearts to the LORD and serve Him alone, then He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.” So the people of Israel removed their…
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Fasting in the Bible Day 1: Moses
When I went up on the mountain to receive the stone tablets of the covenant, which the LORD had made for you, I remained on the mountain forty days and nights. I ate no bread and drank no water. At the end of the forty days and nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets of the covenant written by His…
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Fasting in the Bible Day 16: The New Fast
Then the disciples of John came to Him, asking, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?” And Jesus said to them, “The attendants of the bridegroom cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then…
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HABITS OF JESUS, MARCH 12 – APRIL 4
Daily posts to learn more about how Jesus modeled His life for us. For 21 days leading up to Easter, explore the habits of Jesus that kept Him hungering for His Father and continuing His mission. Even though He was separated from Him on earth and about to be separated in a different way by His death on the cross, He was faithful and believed in His resurrection.
Coming Next: FASTING IN THE BIBLE, APRIL 8 – MAY 29
Posts every Wednesday and Friday to learn about fasting in the Bible. We will review the whole Bible, exploring what happened when fasting was a special focus for the people of Israel, in the Old Testament and the New Testament. Keeping in mind the way that Jesus taught us to fast, we will find new ways for us to enact a spiritual habit of fasting in our modern lives.
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