Is Fasting Biblical?
Why Should I Fast?
What Are The Benefits Of Fasting?
Fasting to aid our spiritual alertness in times of temptation Fasting to seek God's will in a specific matter
- The Israelites fasted to determine God's direction in battle - Judges 20:26
- Paul & Barnubus prayed and fasted before choosing church elders - Acts 14:23
- The Israelites fasted and repented and put away false gods - 1 Samuel 7:6
- David fasted and repented of his sin - 2 Samuel 12:16, 21-23
- Ahab fasted and repented after causing Naboth's death - 1 Kings 21:27
- Hearing God's word, Israel fasted, confessing their sins - Nehemiah 9:1-3
- Daniel fasted and repented for himself and the people for not having walked in the laws of the Lord - Daniel 9:3
- Joel called for fast because of the Lord's chastening - Joel 1:14, Joel 2:12,15
- The people of Nineveh repented with fasting - Jonah 3:5
- Nehemiah fasted over the condition of Jerusalem - Nehemiah 1:4
- Jehoshaphat and all of Judea fasted for deliverance in battle - 2 Chronicles 20:3
- Ezra and the people fasted for the Lord's deliverance - Ezra 8:21-23
- The Jews fasted and grieved after King Ahasuerus' decree - Esther 4:13-16
- When God delivered the Jews from Haman's plot, they fasted and rejoiced - Esther 9:31
- David humbled himself before God - Psalm 69:10,11,13
- Ezra procaimed a fast so that people might humble themselves before the Lord - Ezra 8:21
- Sorrow over the death of Saul and his sons - 1 Samuel 31:13; 2 Samuel 1:11-12
- David grieved over the life of his child - 2 Samuel 12:16, 21-23
- David prayed and fasted for his enemies' troubles - Psalm 35:13
- King Darius fasted when Daniel was in the lions' den - Daniel 6:18