How to Start Fasting
courtesy getty images Fasting. It's hard. Let's face it, we know that it is something we should be doing. We know that Jesus fasted. He did a marathon fast of 40 days and nights with no food or water! Nevertheless, I think most of us are scared. "What if I get hungry? Will I be able to think straight? Will I be undernourished? I have to fast for how long? I can't eat what?" We come up with a million excuses. "I have too much to do today to fast. But I'm really hungry. I have no will power. I can't lie to the people around me. I don't have a place to do it. I just don't see the need." How do I know all this? I've said it all to myself. It's a hard discipline, but a wise man once said, "if it's not hard, then is it worth doing?" Or as it says in Hebrews 12:11 "No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for th