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"e;Are you willing to give up your steak and potatoes to gain spiritual riches?
Sometimes it's hard to make the concentrated effort of prayer. When the need is urgent, God has prescribed an urgent method. Tony Evans asks, "e;How badly do you want an answer? How much do you want deliverance from that destructive habit? How badly do you want to save your marriage? Do you want it enough to give up food, or some other gratification? Then come before God with prayer and praise in fasting."e; Fasting is a way you can make a special link with Him when you need a spiritual breakthrough.
Fasting can help the believer
-get in touch with God without distractions
-pursue God's grace
-step onto the path of humility
-achieve spiritual victory
-wait before the Lord
Fasting is an appropriate response to physical or emotional needs, difficult circumstances or relationships, challenges in ministry, or times we need specific direction. "e;Fasting is not just an aside to the Christian life, but essential to the life that pleases God."e;
TONY EVANS is senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship Church in Dallas, and president of The Urban Alternative, a ministry devoted to promoting a clear understanding and relevant application of Scripture in order to bring about change in urban communities through the church. He is author of many books, including The Battle is the Lord's, Our God is Awesome, Returning to Your First Love, The Promise, Who is This King of Glory?, What Matters Most, and The Best is Yet to Come.
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Christian author and speaker Tony Evans explains the purposes and requirements of biblical fasting in this easy-to-read booklet.
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What is the purpose of fasting?
Sometimes it's hard to make the concentrated effort of prayer. When the need is urgent, God has prescribed an urgent method. Tony Evans asks, "How badly do you want an answer? How much do you want deliverance from that destructive habit? How badly do you want to save your marriage? Do you want it enough to give up food or some other gratification? Then come before God with prayer and praise in fasting."
Fasting is a way you can make a special link with God when you need a spiritual breakthrough. Fasting can help the believer:
- Get in touch with God without distractions
- Pursue God's grace
- Step onto the path of humility
- Achieve spiritual victory
- Wait before the Lord
Fasting is an appropriate response to physical or emotional needs, difficult circumstances or relationships, challenges in ministry, or times we need specific direction.
Synopsis
The Christian life isn't very complicated; but we've made it so through our ignorance of principles central to the Christian walk. There are some basics with which people need to be equipped to live a more victorious Christian life. Tony Evans has heard the people's cry for these sometimes difficult principles to be made simple and explained clearly and succinctly. In his new
Tony Evans Speaks Out booklet series, Evans tackles four basic elements of Christianity with a clarity and simplicity characteristic of his popular style.
Synopsis
The Christian life isn't very complicated; but we've made it so through our ignorance of principles central to the Christian walk. There are some basics with which people need to be equipped to live a more victorious Christian life. Tony Evans has heard the people's cry for these sometimes difficult principles to be made simple and explained clearly and succinctly. In his new Tony Evans Speaks Out . . . booklet series, Evans tackles four basic elements of Christianity with a clarity and simplicity characteristic of his popular style.
About the Author
DR. TONY EVANS is the founder and president of The Urban Alternative, a national ministry dedicated to restoring hope in personal lives, families, churches and communities. Dr. Evans also serves as senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas. He is a bestselling author and his radio program, The Alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, is heard on nearly 1,000 stations around the globe every day. For more information, visit: tonyevans.org.