1. Fasting

2. Fasting in OT Mourning- Cultural Supplication- Personal and Corporate
1 Sam 31:12-13
Esther 4:1-3
Supplication- Personal and Corporate
2 Sam 12:16
2 Chron 20:2-4
Repentance- Personal and Corporate
Neh 1:4
Neh 9:1

3. Fasting in NT Mourning Important Events Devotion Matt 9:14 Matt 4:2
Acts 14:23
Devotion
Luke 2:37

4. True Fasting - What Fasting is Not
Not a replacement for true obedience to God
Isaiah 58
Not to be seen by men
Matt 6:16
Not a checklist
Luke 18:12

5. True Fasting - What Fasting Is
Time of Prayer and Reflection
Ezra 9:4-6
Neh 1:4
Depriving oneself for a time
1 Cor 7:4-5
Psalm 35:13
Act of Humility
Ezra 8:21

6. True Fasting - An Opportunity to Grow Spiritually
Common Theme in Examples
Grow Closer to God
Comes from a pure heart
Similar to all acts of worship/service/obedience
If this is the not the reason, we are just like those in
Isaiah 29:13 - Our hearts are far from him.

7. Fasting and Repentance
King Ahab
1 Kings 21:25-29
Judgment is real and imminent
Call for repentance and humility
Joel 2:12- Rend our hearts