Do you ever fast? What is the purpose of fasting?

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His_will_i_am

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It's not that you have to hide it, the point which the Lord was trying to make was that one shouldn't brag about it in order to give some kind of senese of spiritual superiority. I used to have the same problem with my family. they always seemed to pressure me into breaking a fast before I was ready. But I simply let them talk and eventually it became clear that I was going to do what I felt the Lord would have me do regardless of their reactions. They finally accepted it.
 
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Cup-of-Ruin

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It would do a Christian good to fast at least once a year, two or three times ideally, it certainlly helps spiritual development and it is healthy, it improves the health of a human to occassionally fast.

There are no set times or dates, fast when you feel it is required.
 

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How do you keep fasting a secret, when i live at home, and my mom makes dinner.. ive tried fasting a few, but when its dinner time and i say no thanks, she asks if im fasting.. saying 'yes' is breaking the rule about keeping it a secret right? and saying 'no' is a lie... its kinda hard to hide it, when im pounding back the water all day.. which is something i dont otherwise do. Thoughts?
There is no rule to keep it a secret especially if you are at home. It is going out into public and showing off that we are not to do, lord says something about washing your face. Do not be a braggot if you do, I think it is a good idea if you are dieting but thee is no N Y law about fasting.
This is what the Lord says about it, and O T ppl were his church also
(Isa 58:6) [Is] not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
(Isa 58:7) [Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
(Isa 58:8) Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.
 
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