Thelstan:

Fasting will always remain very relevant in every religion as a means of instilling bodily discipline.

ushafe:

thanks my people, i ve gained alot from this thread.

sleekymag:

nice thread,

Beautymc:

So many challenges don't go unless by prayer and fasting. According to Matt 17:21

fm7070:

Medically, fasting will burn fats and excess calories in the body.
Fasting and fervent prayer is a good excercise for overhauling of the entire body system

plappville:

Nice thread Jeogbaje, everyone has made good contibution so far, but let me add one or two things.

Fasting is abstaining from food, drink, sleep or sex or any sort of flesh lost to focus on a period of spiritual growth.
we humbly deny the flesh to glorify God, enhance our spirit, and go deeper in our prayer life; Fasting is very good for we christians, in as long as Christ told us to fast, we have to, the devil flew away from u when u re on a fasting program. The body must be punished for results.

Doest the bible tells how long the fasting should last? can a 6-12HOURS, 6-14HOURS, 6-18HOURS etc ve same results as 20 days etc?

God2man:

@east, it depends on the leading of the Holyspirit. Listen to this testimony, a woman usually encountered miscarriage, she got pregnant again and she came with her husband to see the man of God, so the man of God was directed by the holy spirit to inform the woman to go for like 20 to 21 days, the husband, a doctor protested that his wife will die, claiming how will the pregnancy survived, but the woman in trouble had a burden, she wanted a child by all means, so it became a good risk. She did it for about 21 days and she put to bed a bouncing baby. The truth is that fasting is an adventure. Beloved, there has to be a great burden in your heart, that you want to off load to the throne of Grace, that burden will push you to go for the number of days, the holyspirit wants you to go. Remember, Jesus was directed to the wilderness by the holyspirit for 40 days and 40 nights. For those christian aspiring for spiritual growth, you need to know that, we are different, we are from different background, the number of days apllicable to me may not be applicable to others, our foundations are different. Besides, during long fast, you may experience, pain, discouragement, cattarh, headache,spitting of saliva, stomach upset. It may be difficult to excrete, you may excrete blood, you may experience cough, cold even become sick. These are signs of sickness.Just keep ascending the mount, because you will soon lay hold on the sword of power by which you can avenge and fight the forces of darkness and overcome them. God bless you. God2man.

yommyuk:

Fasting to me is like sugar in my tea.
It is a key weaponry for spiritual warfare and growth.

Jo - excellent thread.