Quotes by Fasting If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting. Abraham Cahan fastingstudypraying He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world. Al-Ghazali invisiblefastingworld To gain victory over the flesh was the purpose of fasting and celibacy, which denied the pleasures of this world for the sake of reward in the next. Barbara Tuchman fastingvictorypurpose Fasting reduces the power of self so that the Holy Spirit can do a more intense work within us. Bill Bright fastingspiritself I’m not a good faster. My friends have visions of God, I have visions of hamburgers. The only time I watch the Food Channel is when I’m fasting. It’s pitiful. We did a 40 day fast. I bought 29 cookbooks. I don’t cook, but the pictures! I bought a deep-fryer and we don’t eat deep-fried food! Bill Johnson fastingvisionwatches We must continue in prayer if we are to get an outpouring of the Spirit. Christ says there are some things we shall not get, unless we pray and fast, yes, "prayer and fasting." We must control the flesh and abstain from whatever hinders direct fellowship with God. Bonar Law fellowship-with-godfastingprayer Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering. These, joined with fasting and scripture study, will invite impressions and revelations and the whisperings of the Holy Spirit. This provides us with instruction from on high as we learn precept upon precept. Boyd K. Packer whisperingfastingprayer I am not naturally that thin, so I had to go through everything from using drugs to diet pills to laxatives to fasting. Those were my main ways of controlling my weight. Carre Otis pillsfastingdrug One of the reasons intermittent fasting can work is that it reconnects you with what hunger feels like. Chris Mohr hungerfastingreason Our prayers and fastings are of less avail, unless they are aided by almsgiving. Cyprian almsgivingfastingprayer Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food. Dallas Willard findingsfastingsource If you're having a difficult time making the best decision then consider fasting. Fasting is simply taking something you regularly do and replacing it with praying and seeking God. For example instead of eating a meal you can take that time to seek God and allow Him to speak to you about the decision. Dan Black fastingdecisionexample I was obsessed with the idea of fasting and isolation. David Blaine fastingmcdonaldsideas Surfeits kill more than fasting does. Dorothy Osborne fastingeatingdoe Fasting and feasting are universal human responses, and any meal, shared with love, can be an agape. Elise M. Boulding fastingmealseating Fasting (is) for the maintainance and firmness of your sincerity. Fatima bint Muhammad sincerityfastingfirmness Periodic fasting can help clear up the mind and strengthen the body and the spirit. Ezra Taft Benson fastingbodymind If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body; praying exercises the soul; fasting cleanses both. Francis Quarles fastingsoulexercise What could you do to a man who owns nothing? You can't starve a fasting man, you can't steal from someone who has no money, you can't ruin someone who hates prestige. Francis of Assisi fastinghatemen Fasting detaches you from this world. Prayer reattaches you to the next world. Fulton J. Sheen fastingprayerworld123456»
