Fasting
Are You Fasting or Just Not Eating?
Rediscovering the Biblical Purpose, Power, and Practice of Fasting. Fasting is more than the absence of food. It calls believers back to prayer, surrender, consecration, self-examination, obedience, and a deeper pursuit of God.
The Question Beneath the Question
More Than an Empty Plate
Giving up food is not the same as giving yourself to God. Many believers fast and still feel spiritually distracted, or wonder whether they are fasting biblically at all. True fasting is not an attempt to manipulate God; it is a willing surrender to God. Biblical fasting must remain joined to prayer, Scripture, repentance, consecration, and obedience. When it is, fasting produces more than an empty stomach. It produces a more attentive heart.
“Hunger tells me I have stopped eating; surrender tells God I have started fasting.”
— Superintendent Dr. Gary L. Cordon, Sr.
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?
Isaiah 58:6 (KJV)
What This Teaching Will Help You Do
Recover Biblical Purpose
Understand the fast God has chosen and why fasting must remain joined to prayer, Scripture, repentance, consecration, and obedience.
Bring Spirit, Soul, and Body into Order
Recognize how appetite, intention, and obedience work together so the body serves the assignment rather than ruling it.
Practice a Fasted Life
Carry the lessons of fasting beyond a temporary sacrifice into sustained spiritual focus, holiness, discipline, and peace.
The Book
Are You Fasting or Just Not Eating?
By Superintendent Dr. Gary L. Cordon, Sr. with Dr. Chris B. Cordon. This book calls believers beyond appetite and into biblical purpose, spiritual alignment, consecration, and obedience to God. It helps believers understand the difference between hunger and surrender.
Companion Workbook (Forthcoming)
Learning to Live the Fasted Life
The forthcoming companion workbook continues the journey beyond a single fast. It is designed to help believers carry the lessons of fasting into daily life. Details will be shared as it becomes available.
Free Biblical Fasting Starter Guide
Begin with surrender, not merely an empty plate. The free Biblical Fasting Starter Guide comes with a five-part pastoral email journey to help you prepare, pray, reflect, and fast with biblical purpose. It is available on the book’s website.
Fasted Life School (coming soon)
Scripture (KJV)
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Matthew 4:4 (KJV)
Fasting safety: This spiritual resource is educational and is not medical advice. Consult a qualified healthcare professional before beginning or modifying a fast, especially if you are pregnant, nursing, under 18, taking medication, or managing a health condition.
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