How many fast to get closer to the Lord? and what kind of fasts have you been on?

Answer 1

I don't see how fasting can get you closer to God?

Unless you're starving yourself to Death, which is where you get to go meet God!

Just fasting will only get you gas and acidity.

Cheers!

Simon Templar

Answer 2

I fast to get closer to the Lord. There are all kinds. Some people fast and have no food or water for 24 hours - that's usually what I do. Some have to take their pills and will take what little food or water they need to do it. It truly helps me feel closer to the Lord and even helps me learn more about myself. I think it's good for you spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically. I know someone that cannot fast - they have a hard time, but they want to do something where they feel they are fasting and giving up something for the Lord. So they refrain without TV for 24 hours. I think sacraficing something to help you feel closer to the Lord can be a fast - it doesn't always have to be food.

Answer 3

I have fasted till a certain hour of the day maybe 3:00 or 5:00 pm from morning one time I fasted Ice tea thats all besides water I drink for a month, for my dad he had cancer( by the way he's cancer free for 9 years)
but read Isaiah 58 it talks of the fast of the heart and the fast of kindness to others a very great scripture on fasting.

Answer 4

Food is a distraction. (A very pleasurable one, but still a distraction from meditation.)

Most of the time we do not need to eat. My older sister has noted that we eat ourselves to death.

I fast twice a year; not just for meditation, but for cleansing from all that sludge built up in my intestines.

Jesus had this to say to Essenes.

So give heed to how much you have eaten when your body is sated, and always eat less by a third.
Eat only when the sun is highest in the heavens, and again when it is set. And you will never see disease, for such finds favor in the eyes of the Lord.

On the seventh day eat not any earthly food,

Why fast?
Probably the most important reason is that the body uses quite a bit of energy to digest food, and when fasting this energy becomes available for other uses. In the fasting state, the body will scour for dead cells, damaged tissues, fatty deposits, tumors, abscesses, all of which are burned for fuel or expelled as waste. The elimination of these obstructions restores the immune system functionality and metabolic process to an optimum state. Fasting restores good digestion and elimination, and peristaltic action is quickened. Fasting allows a deep, physiological rest of the digestive organs, and the energy saved goes into self-healing and self-repairing. By eliminating obstructions, by cleansing, detoxification, and purifying the intestines, the blood, and the cells, we can overcome many of our physical ills or handicaps as well as getting a boost in energy. Fasting not only removes obstructions and helps the body to heal itself, it is also rejuvenating and life-extending. These resulting benefits can have lasting affects in your mental and emotional health.

smiles --

Answer 5

I was pregnant alot so I havent done any. Im nursing now, so its kinda hard. But my husband does. Last time it was for a large tent revival we were having. He fasted for a day, and every time he thought about food he prayed for the revival. It was no food or drink but water for a day.

Answer 6

I fast but usually just by only eating one meal a day or something.

Answer 7

I gave up meat completely, including fish(which I dont like anyways) and I have cut back on my smoking in hopes that I can eventually quit

Answer 8

Super fast.

Answer 9

you can fast on being a bad/selfish person. (we all have that tendency). some people go to church but goes home and beats their kids. just be true and helpful to others.

Answer 10

Well, I've fasted to lose weight....