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Matthew 6:16-18

Listen to Matthew 6:16-18

Proper Fasting

16 When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
17 But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
18 so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, 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

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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?

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