During Lent this year, we will be studying the spiritual discipline of fasting.
In the introduction to his book, Hunger for God, John Piper says, “Christian fasting, at its root, is the hunger of a homesickness for God…The greatest enemy of our hunger for God is not poison but apple pie. It is not the banquet of the wicked that dulls our appetite for heaven, but endless nibbling at the table of the world…The gifts of God…can become…substitutes for God.”
In this 5-week study, we will read excerpts from two books and study 4 different passages in Matthew in which Jesus teaches us about fasting. The purpose of our Bible study is to explore how we can become more aware of our need for God and look to Him for what satisfies us, body and soul, instead of the temporal things we turn to in hopes that they will satisfy us. The issue is not food per se. The issue is anything and everything that is, or can be, a substitute for God.
You do not need to fast while being a part of this study; there is no requirement there -- just an invitation to learn more about this ancient practice of absentia from things (food and others) that dull our hunger for God.
Whether fasting is brand new to you, or you've been practicing it for years, or you're somewhere in the middle, we invite you to come and see what God might want to show you through this study.
The same groups that have been meeting for our study of Acts, will continue for this study on fasting.
So click on a group and let the leader know you'd like to attend!
We'd love for you to join at any time.
Questions? Email Jordan Ware
