Have you ever fasted before? Fasting is not a practice just for the uber-religious; in fact, especially if you don’t consider yourself religious, you should fast because there are innumerable psychological, emotional, physical, and spiritual benefits of fasting. We tend to binge on things that aren’t too good for us and I tend to deprive ourselves on things that are better for us. This is precisely why we fast. We fast from the things of this world so that we can hold fast to the things of God. We detox ourselves from certain pleasures so that we can be more grateful for the things that we have. It has been said that “man does not live on bread alone.” But what happens to our spirits when we have too much bread?
Matthew 6:16-21
