Fasting: Not to be Made a Subject of Display
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Matthew 6:16-18
Moreover when you fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.
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On Lent, iv.
... to the dogmatizing of those whose very fasting is turned ... things of which they contend
the devil, not God, is ... For the good Creator made all things good and the ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings of leo the great/sermon xlii on lent iv.htm

To those who had not Attended the Assembly.
... thou hast got thy enemy in a prison, made fast by ... remembering that to wipe away sins
does not entail much ... of their own sins by means of fasting and lamentations ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chrysostom/on the priesthood/to those who had not.htm

The Return of the Exiles
... seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth ... complaining, and the
unfavorable comparisons made, had a ... They did not bring Him the sacrifice of a ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 45 the return of.htm

Of the Discipline of the Church, and Its Principal Use in Censures ...
... exquisite delicacies they seek the praise of fasting: no dainties ... caused sweet and
costly potions to be made for them ... among all the rich: they do not fast for ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 12 of the discipline.htm

Events of Early Christian Life
... feelings at the time of this incident made me think ... One fall, not long after I was
saved, the grasshoppers ... of the State proclaimed a day of fasting and prayer ...
/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter vi events of early.htm

"Thou Shalt Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother. "
... taught in this Commandment, since in it all our life is made subject to other ... this
it is easy to understand that the commands of fasting do not include the ...
/.../luther/a treatise on good works/thou shalt honor thy father.htm

Commendation of those who had Laid Aside the Practice of Swearing. ...
... elsewhere, and such a one, though he may be fasting, is an ... it cannot pass it." [1428]
But the marvellous thing is not this only, that He hath made a great ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily ix commendation of those.htm

Matt. xiii. 24-30.
... Since even Christ for this end wrought those miracles, that having made Himself
thereby credible, and drawn ... By practice I mean, not thy fasting, nor yet ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xlvi matt xiii 24-30.htm

Recapitulation and Application of the Foregoing Arguments.
... of all, and whatever remarks may yet be made in the ... locality entreating [the boon]
with much fasting and prayer ... who are cured very frequently do not possess the ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xxxi recapitulation and application of.htm

Rom. Iii. 18-Sep
... man do miracles, have celibacy to show, and fasting, and lying ... or his parents, or
anything else, but made him so ... him" (Genesis 4:7, LXX.); he did not even then ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily vii rom iii 18-sep.htm

Resources
What is the connection between prayer and fasting? | GotQuestions.org

Christian fasting - what does the Bible say? | GotQuestions.org

What are the different types of fasting? | GotQuestions.org

Fasting: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Fasting

Fasting by Paul, at the Time of his Conversion

Fasting for the Chastening of the Soul

Fasting for the Humbling of the Soul

Fasting in Babylon, With Prayer for Divine Deliverance and Guidance

Fasting in his Zeal for Zion

Fasting in Prayer for Himself and his Adversaries

Fasting in Times of Bereavement of Abner's Death

Fasting in Times of Bereavement of David, at the Time of Saul's Death

Fasting in Times of Bereavement of the People of Jabesh-Gilead, for Saul and his Sons

Fasting of Ahab, when Elijah Prophesied the Destruction of Himself and his House

Fasting of Darius, when he Put Daniel in the Lions' Den

Fasting of Ezra, on Account of the Idolatrous Marriages of the Jews

Fasting of Hypocrites: Boasted of, Before God

Fasting of Hypocrites: Described

Fasting of Hypocrites: Ostentatious

Fasting of Hypocrites: Rejected

Fasting of Jehoshaphat, at the Time of the Invasion of the Confederated Armies of the Canaanites and Syrians

Fasting of Nehemiah, on Account of the Desolation of Jerusalem and the Temple

Fasting of Saints Exemplified: Anna

Fasting of Saints Exemplified: Apostles

Fasting of Saints Exemplified: Christians

Fasting of Saints Exemplified: Cornelius

Fasting of Saints Exemplified: Daniel

Fasting of Saints Exemplified: David

Fasting of Saints Exemplified: Disciples of John

Fasting of Saints Exemplified: Esther

Fasting of Saints Exemplified: Nehemiah

Fasting of Saints Exemplified: Paul

Fasting of the Consecration of the Elders

Fasting of the Disciples, at the Time of the Consecration of Barnabas and Saul

Fasting of the Jews, when Jeremiah Prophesied Against Judea and Jerusalem

Fasting of the Wicked: Ahab

Fasting of the Wicked: Elders of Jezreel

Fasting of the Wicked: Pharisees

Fasting: Accompanied by Confession of Sin

Fasting: Accompanied by Humiliation

Fasting: Accompanied by Mourning

Fasting: Accompanied by Prayer

Fasting: Afflictions

Fasting: Approaching Danger

Fasting: At the Time of his Vision

Fasting: Confession of Sin

Fasting: During Forty Days: Jesus

Fasting: During Forty Days: Moses

Fasting: During the Sickness of the Child Born to Him by Bath-Sheba

Fasting: Extraordinary Exemplified: Elijah

Fasting: Extraordinary Exemplified: Moses

Fasting: Extraordinary Exemplified: Our Lord

Fasting: Fasting in the Conflict Between the Other Tribes With the Tribe of Benjamin

Fasting: Habitual by Anna

Fasting: Habitual by Cornelius

Fasting: Habitual by John's Disciples

Fasting: Habitual by Paul

Fasting: Habitual by Pharisees

Fasting: Humiliation

Fasting: National Exemplified: Israel

Fasting: National Exemplified: Men of Jabesh-Gilead

Fasting: National Exemplified: Ninevites

Fasting: Ninevites, when Jonah Preached to Them

Fasting: Not to be Made a Subject of Display

Fasting: Observed on Occasions of Afflictions of Others

Fasting: Observed on Occasions of Afflictions of the Church

Fasting: Observed on Occasions of Approaching Danger

Fasting: Observed on Occasions of Judgments of God

Fasting: Observed on Occasions of Ordination of Ministers

Fasting: Observed on Occasions of Private Afflictions

Fasting: Observed on Occasions of Public Calamities

Fasting: On Account of the Captivity of the People, With Prayer for Their Deliverance

Fasting: Ordination of Ministers

Fasting: Private Afflictions

Fasting: Prolonged for Forty Days, by Moses

Fasting: Prolonged for Three Weeks, by Daniel

Fasting: Prolonged: Elijah

Fasting: Prolonged: Jesus

Fasting: Promises Connected With

Fasting: should be to God

Fasting: Spirit of, Explained

Fasting: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

Fasting: Upon the Death of Saul

Fasting: when They Went to Mizpeh for the Ark of the Covenant

Fasting: While Interceding in Prayer for his Friends

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