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Matthew 6:16-18

Listen to Matthew 6:16-18

Fasting

16 “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,
18 so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Matthew 6:16-18 Study Resources

Sermons

What is Fasting Part 1
What is Fasting Part 1
Jeff Johnson

Food is treasured in this nation of ours.   Not only do we insist on our food prepared just right, but we look at the presentation, and we want it fast and easy. To ask us to give it up would be quite a sacrifice... wouldn’t it?  Here on Sound Doctrine, we give attention to the practice of fasting - denying our physical appetite to concentrate on our spiritual appetite.  In the sixth chapter of Matthew, pastor Jeff Johnson has been dealing with three basic disciplines of the believer. Today we’ll set out to answer what is fasting?

Cross References 3

  • 1. Leviticus 16:29,31; Leviticus 23:27-32; Numbers 29:7
  • 2. Isaiah 58:5; Zechariah 7:5; Zechariah 8:19
  • 3. ver 4,6
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