Consider a Fast Before You Feast

Sunday we will celebrate the Lord’s Supper together during our 9 & 10:30 worship services. There are many ways to prepare yourself to participate in Holy Communion. One of those ways is by fasting. Perhaps you fast from media for a couple of hours before bed Saturday night, or from food starting sometime on Saturday. Remember, we never do these things to earn God’s favor, because we have it in Jesus. We fast because:
— Jesus commended fasting as a normative act of humility and devotion to God (see Matthew 6:16-18). Note particularly that he says, “When you fast…” not “If you fast…” (Seems like fasting is SOP for apprentices of Jesus.) Take a look at Matthew 9:14-15. The first Christians fasted (Acts 13:2-3; 14:23).
—At heart, fasting is an intensification of prayer. It’s a physical exclamation point at the end of the sentence, “We hunger for you to come in power.” It’s a cry with your body, “I really mean it, Lord! This much, I hunger for you.”