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As a group, see how many examples of fasting you can name from Scripture.
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Moses Fasted Before Receiving the Commandments – Deuteronomy 9:9-18
David Mourning His Child’s Illness – 2 Samuel 12:1-23
Elijah Fasted While Escaping Jezebel – 1 Kings 19:4-8
Ezra Fasted While Mourning Over Sin – Ezra 10:6-17
Esther Fasted for the Safety of the Jews – Esther 4:15-17
Darius Fasted For the Safety of Daniel – Daniel 6:18-23
Daniel Fasted for an Answer to Prayer – Daniel 10:1-3
Jesus Fasted Before Temptation by Satan – Matthew 4:1-2
Paul Fasted After His Conversion – Acts 9:1-9
Church Elders in Antioch Fasted Before Sending out Missionaries – Acts 13:1-3There are different types of fasting in the Bible. There is limiting yourself to a specific kind of food (Daniel 1:8–14). There is fasting from food entirely (Daniel 10:2–3). There is fasting from food and water (Luke 4:2; Acts 9:9). There is also “fasting” from a certain activity, such as a husband and wife abstaining from sex for a predetermined period (Exodus 19:15; 1 Corinthians 7:5).
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Moses, Daniel, David, Jesus, Esther, Paul, the disciples in the upper room.
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Moses fasted when receiving the ten commandments; King David fasted for his child’s healing; King Johasophat fasted for protection from invasion; Esther fasted for protection for God’s people; Daniel fasted for God’s mercies; Ezra fasted for traveling mercies; Jesus fasted in the wilderness; and the early church fasted for Paul and Barnabas’ first missionary journey.
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There are different types of fasting in the Bible. There is limiting yourself to a specific kind of food (Daniel 1:8–14). There is fasting from food entirely (Daniel 10:2–3). There is fasting from food and water (Luke 4:2; Acts 9:9). There is also “fasting” from a certain activity, such as a husband and wife abstaining from sex for a predetermined period (Exodus 19:15; 1 Corinthians 7:5).
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Jesus, Moses, David, King Jehosephat, Esther, Daniel, Ezra and the exiles, Paul and Early Church Leaders
