#1 What’s the Point of Fasting?

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#1 What’s the Point of Fasting? Matthew 9:14-17

#1 What’s the Point of Fasting? Matthew 9:14-17

A deep longing and hunger for God: Psalm 42:1 “my soul pants for you” #1 What’s the Point of Fasting? Matthew 9:14-17 A deep longing and hunger for God: Psalm 42:1 “my soul pants for you” Psalm 27:4 “one thing I ask…” Psalm 73:25 “…nothing I desire besides you” Psalm 63:1-5 “I seek you…I thirst for you…long for you…I will be satisfied by you” + Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6)

this much I want you, Lord. #1 What’s the Point of Fasting? Matthew 9:14-17 Word + Spirit = Power, satisfaction Fasting: this much I want you, Lord.

Jesus & disciples did not fast (v14, Luke 7:34) #1 What’s the Point of Fasting? Matthew 9:14-17 Jesus & disciples did not fast (v14, Luke 7:34) Why? He was with them! (v15, Isaiah 62:5) …But they will fast, when Jesus has gone. Then they will be sad – mourn (2Cor 5:8) We don’t get close to God through ritual That’s like an old, hard, wineskin. Instead we fast in a new way: Longing for more of what we’ve tasted

this much I want you, Lord. #1 What’s the Point of Fasting? Matthew 9:14-17 Fasting: this much I want you, Lord.

my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land #1 What’s the Point of Fasting? Matthew 9:14-17 Psalm 63:1-5 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. I will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.