Fasting: The Misunderstood Discipline

Afraid of becoming a hollow-eyed fanatic if you fast? You'll be surprised to know that fasting is given as much importance in Scripture as prayer.

Quick. What do people who fast look like? What kinds of people come to your mind? Do they appear a bit strange? Are they John the Baptist types? Legalists? Health nuts?Does Jesus come to your mind when you think of fasting and "fasters"? Jesus both practiced and taught fasting, you know. And yet, fasting is the most feared and misunderstood of all the