• Fast to Focus on the Father - Matthew 6:16-18

  • Apr 7 2025
  • Length: 33 mins
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Fast to Focus on the Father - Matthew 6:16-18

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  • Is fasting something that Christians should do? Should we intentionally deprive ourselves of food? Should we abstain from eating? If so, why? In this sermon Pastor David explains that Christians fast to focus on the Father. Fasting is more than saying “no” to what we want. It's saying no to a good thing, so that we can have something even better. We give up food to gain communion with God.

    Matthew 6:16-18 “And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 17 But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18 that your fasting may not be seen by others, but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you."

    Further Study: 1 Tim 4:1-4; Col 2:18; 1 Cor 8:8; Matt 9:14-15; Luke 7:33-34; Acts 13:2-3; Joel 2:12; Isai 58:6-7; Psalm 73:25-26; Hab3:17-18; Matt 4:4; John 4:34

    Recommended Books: A Hunger for God by John Piper.

    Spiritual Disciplines for Christian Life by Donald Whitney.

    Habits of Grace by David Mathis
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