3 Benefits of Fasting

3 Benefits of Fasting If you’re anything like us, the idea of “fasting” brings up a mix of emotions. Maybe you’re an avid faster and get genuinely excited about the opportunity. Or you’re a reluctant participant, and mostly what you feel about fasting is…dread. Still possible: you’ve never considered fasting, and you don’t really get what it’s all about anyway.  Fasting in the Bible is mentioned often! It was prevalent in the lives of Old Testament Jewish followers (Joel 2:12, Psalm 69:10), as well as early New Testament folks (Luke 18:12, Acts 13:3-4). Regardless of where you’re at in your relationship with fasting, one thing we can all agree on is this:  if we’re gonna fast, it’s important to understand why we’re doing it.