Fasting: should be to God
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Zechariah 7:5
Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did you at all fast to me, even to me?
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Matthew 6:18
That you appear not to men to fast, but to your Father which is in secret: and your Father, which sees in secret, shall reward you openly.
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Whether Fasting is a Matter of Precept?
... 55) that "whereas God in His mercy wished our religion to be ... slavish burdens." Therefore
it seems that the Church should not have made fasting a matter of ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether fasting is a matter.htm

How Bishop Cedd, Having a Place for Building a Monastery Given Him ...
... that is, that the fruits of good works should spring up ... But the man of God, desiring
first to cleanse the ... stain of former crimes, by prayer and fasting, and so ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xxiii how bishop cedd.htm

Whether the Times for the Church Fast are Fittingly Ascribed?
... the Law it was commanded that tithes should be paid of things, so we strive to pay
God a tithe ... ourselves for thirty-six days" (namely, the fasting days during ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the times for the.htm

Christ is the Head of all Things Already Mentioned. It was Fitting ...
... man"for it belongs to a man to suffer hunger when fasting; and secondly ... in the law
that which is the duty of man, that he should not tempt God; and in ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xxi christ is the head.htm

Fasting, and the Goat Sent Away, were Types of Christ.
... life, let us believe that the Son of God could not ... that whosoever did not keep the
fast should be put ... eat of the goat which is offered, with fasting, for all ...
/.../barnabas/the epistle of barnabas /chapter vii fasting and the goat.htm

On Lent, iv.
... enter on those mystic days which are dedicated to the benefits of fasting, let us ...
natures, the spirit which, if it is under the guidance of God, should be the ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings of leo the great/sermon xlii on lent iv.htm

The Teaching of Contemplative Life in Praying, Meditating, Fasting ...
... OF CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE IN PRAYING, MEDITATING, FASTING, AND WAKING ... and, all feigning
being cast out, it should not slacken ... and night to seek and know God's love. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter ii the teaching of.htm

Matthew's Feast. Discourse on Fasting.
... of a physician, required him to visit the sin-sick.2. God himself commended ... of wine
should be served in appropriate succession; so, fasting should be observed ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/lvii matthews feast discourse on.htm

Whether the Works of Satisfaction are Suitably Enumerated?
... ourselves of some goods of fortune, and by fasting we retrench ... thereby we become
acceptable to God, but we should submit them entirely to God, which is ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the works of satisfaction.htm

Whether it was Becoming that Christ Should Lead an Austere Life in ...
... the holy apostles "understood that the kingdom of God does not ... But why should our
Lord, whose right by nature it is ... learn how great a good is fasting, and how ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether it was becoming that 2.htm

Resources
What is the meaning of the parables of fasting at the wedding feast, the old cloth, and the wineskins? | GotQuestions.org

Why don't Christians fast the same as Muslims? | GotQuestions.org

How to fast'what does the Bible say? | 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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