The Son of God fasted because He knew there were supernatural things that could only be released that way. — Jentezen Franklin Copy Share Image
The kitchen of the body darkens the lives of lovers. Fasting came to enlighten them. — Rumi Copy Share Image
It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Fasting is not just a physical discipline; it can be a spiritual feast. — Jentezen Franklin Copy Share Image
Fasting, as some people speculate, is not a bodily torture, martyrdom, or a cross, but it is a way to elevate the… — Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria Copy Share Image
When the Holy Spirit calls your to fast, He is preparing you for what is ahead. — Jentezen Franklin Copy Share Image
“In the evening I came home and read about the Messina earthquake, and how the relief ships arrived, and the wretched survivors… — Upton Sinclair Copy Share Image
“Let us not believe that an external fast from visible food alone can possibly be sufficient for perfection of heart and purity… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
“Every time I have fasted I have found my worship experience sweeter, the illumination of God’s Spirit brighter and the hunger for… — Gary Rohrmayer Copy Share Image
Obedience, fasting, and prayer are laughed at, yet only through them lies the way to real true freedom. I cut off my… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Periodic fasting can help clear up the mind and strengthen the body and the spirit. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
When you don't have food in your life, just for a day, it makes you realise you're lucky to have it the… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
The discipline of fasting releases the anointing, the favor, and the blessing of God in the life of a Christian. — Jentezen Franklin Copy Share Image
“Interestingly, I’ve seen the highest success rates with husbands and wives who try fasting together: the mutual support is a big help… — Jason Fung Copy Share Image
“Fasting turns each moment of craving into a prayer of intense dependence.” — Gary Rohrmayer Copy Share Image
Many times the rewards of fasting come after the fast, though from time to time answers can come during the fast. — Jentezen Franklin Copy Share Image
“The gifts are intensifiers of desire for Christ himself in much the same way that fasting is. When you give a gift… — John Piper Copy Share Image
If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body;… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
I don't think I can put my finger exactly on when remission occurred, because from that moment on, I left Western medicine… — Brad Willis Copy Share Image
Lower caloric exposure and episodic fasting can extend the life span of all animals, the longer we spend in the catabolic state,… — Joel Fuhrman Copy Share Image
Do you fast? Then feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, visit the sick, do not forget the imprisoned, have pity… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
The malcontent is neither well, full nor fasting; and though he abounds with complaints, yet nothing dislikes him but the present; for… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
In vain do we seek tranquility in the desert; temptations are always with us; our passions, represented by the demons, never let… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
