Vineyard Groningen Sermons

This is the opening message of a four part series with Practicing the Way about Fasting. Every world religion, and even Western non-religious spirituality recognises the physical and spiritual benefits of fasting. Also as Christians, we stand in a long tradition of fasting; the prophets, the apostles, the church fathers, the saints, reformers and revivalists the all fasted regularly. The Lord fasted for forty days! Why is it then that fasting, for most Western Christians today, is no longer something that we see as essential to our discipleship to Jesus? In this message, Koen explores the first biblical motivation for fasting; offering ourselves to God.