I apologize for not posting here more often over the last couple of months. Like everyone else, I've been pretty busy and have spent some time out of town and out of state. It's not as though thousands are waiting anxiously for what I write. I do know somebody reads this because a couple of you have talked to me about it (and you're not even related to me). I appreciate that.
I read on a website earlier this summer about new ways we could praise God this summer. I'm sorry I can't remember the site or the author. A couple of ideas he had though were good and I thought I'd share them as well. Give some money annonymously to a family in need at your congregation. Read the book of Psalms outloud this month.
I was reading in the book of Mark this past weekend. I read the story of Jesus curing a man's demon possessed son in chapter 9. Jesus talks about the need for the man to believe for his son to be cured. The father emotionally professes his belief in verse 24. Jesus then heals the son. When the disciples ask Him later why they couldn't cast out the demon, Jesus tells them in verse 29, "This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting."
So that got me thinking about fasting. Why don't we talk about it more? When's the last time you heard a lesson on fasting? More importantly, why don't we fast or fast more than we do if we even do at all? Jesus fasted. True there are no direct commands in the New Testament that say Thou shalt fast. If Jesus is our example though and we strive to be Christ like, why do seem to fail at this? There are other examples in Acts that show us Christians fasted. Why isn't this discussed more in Bible classes or from the pulpit?
I really don't know. I have decided though after thinking about this to study it a lot more. I hope you do as well. If you have any comments on this subject I'd love to hear them. If I'm able to get some ideas together about the subject I'll try to post them on here. Think about it and thanks for reading.
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