Civility Institute

Lessons for Believers

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Fasting

  1. How many kinds of food must a person eat each day? Deuteronomy 8:3

    3 So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.

  2. What are they?
  3. What does it mean to feed on the word of God?
  4. If you hear God's word and do not practice it, have you fed on the word of God?
  5. What happens to your spirit when you hear God's word and practice it?
  6. What is a fast?
  7. When you fast, which of the two(2) kinds of food are you feeding on?
  8. Should you listen to the voice of God while you fast?
  9. Does fasting also humble you before God? Deuteronomy 8:3

    Deuteronomy 8:3 3 So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.

  10. What is the story? Daniel 10:1-12
  11. In verse 12, how did Daniel humble himself?

    12 Then he said, “Daniel, don't be afraid. God has heard your prayers ever since the first day you decided to humble yourself in order to gain understanding. I have come in answer to your prayer.

  12. When fasting should we live by every word that comes from the mouth of God?
  13. How are you oppressing other people by holding them in chains? Isaiah 58:6

    6 “The kind of fasting I want is this: Remove the chains of oppression and the yoke of injustice, and let the oppressed go free.

  14. Before you begin a fast should you forgive every person who has offended you and is being held a prisoner in your heart?
  15. When should you begin a fast?
  16. Should you feel hungry during a fast?
  17. When should you end a fast? Matthew 4:2

    After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

  18. Should you end your fast when you start feeling hungry?
  19. Begin a fast according to a time of your choosing
  20. Do you realize now that you can live on God's word alone?
  21. Does fasting help your body to endure prayer?