Mark Carey writes
This weekend we complete 10 days of prayer and fasting with a whole night of prayer (Friday night) and a day of prayer and reflection on Saturday.
Last Sunday evening I shared four reasons I have discovered why you would consider doing a fast.
In support of others for breakthrough
In preparation before an event
In a seasonal rhythm eg Lent
In obedience to a specific call from God
Jesus clearly expected his disciples to have a lifestyle that included fasting - the intentional self-denial of food for a specific time. When I fast from food it focusses me on Jesus who is the bread of life. As one of the communion prayers says - Jesus is the one "in whom all our hungers are satisfied". A simple fast such as denying yourself a normal simple pleasure such as a meal, something sweet, TV or social media empties you of the things that occupy your mind or comfort you and makes space for the one who has "filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty".
As we enter into the season of Advent this is my prayer for all of you:
May Christ the Son of righteousness scatter the darkness from before your path, and prepare you to meet with Him when he returns in glory.