Matthew 6:16-18

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16 “And when you fast, don't put on a sad face like the hypocrites. They distort their faces so people will know they are fasting. I assure you that they have their reward.

17 When you fast, brush your hair and wash your face.

18 Then you won't look like you are fasting to people, but only to your Father who is present in that secret place. Your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

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Sermons

When You Fast

Father Tom DiLorenzo

In this episode, broadcast on WROL Radio in Boston, MA, on March 12, 2025, Fr. Tom DiLorenzo is joined by fellow evangelist, Anthony Correnti. They read from and comment upon the gospel of Matthew, chapter 6, verses 16-18.

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What is Fasting Part 2

Jeff Johnson

If you’ve ever dabbled in the stock market you know how quickly things can turn on a dime. It can be a bit of a roller coaster ride, uncertain, and hard to predict. Today on Sound Doctrine we’ll see how to invest in something as sure as sure can get. When you store up treasures in heaven, it can never be taken away.

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Fasting - Who Does That Anymore

Skip Heitzig

Skip Heitzig continues the series Living Life Against the Flow. When the topic of fasting comes up, you might cringe a little. But in our culture of self-gratification, we need to know more about this practice. Skip shows us the relevance of this biblical mandate in the message “Fasting? Who Does That Anymore?”

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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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