80REASONSWHYWE

SHOULDFAST–REV
FRANKLI
NHALL

1.Perhapsthemai nreasonwhyweshoul dfastisbecauseJesus,

ourRedeemer , placedaf astuponallofus.Mat t.9:15“AndJesus
saiduntothem, Cant hechil
drenofthebr i
de-chambermour n,
as
l
ongast hebr idegr oom iswit
ht hem?buttheday swill
come,
whent hebridegroom shal lbetakenfrom them, thenshall
they
fast.
”Wet herefor earetofasttocarryonthewor ksforthe
kingdom t
hatJesusst ar
tedbyHi sfasti
ngsandpr ayer
s.

2.Weshouldfastbecausef
ast
ingwasapar
tandpar
cel
oft
hel
i
fe
ofourLor
d,JesusChrist

(
Mat
t.4:
1,2;
Jn.6:
27)andHeur
gedust
ofol
l
owHi
m.(
Luk.9:
23)
3.Jesustaughtfasti
ngasoneoft hefourfoundat
ionsoft
he
Christ
ianfai
th.Thesefoundat
ionsare:gi
vi
ng,prayi
ng,f
ast
ingand
fai
th.(Pl
easestudyMat t
.6)

4.Paulwas“infast
ingsoften”(
2Cor.11:
27)Heinst
ruct
edusto
be“…approv
ingourselvesasthemini
ster
sofGod(amongother
s
thi
ngs)
…infasti
ngs”(2Cor.6:5)

5.Everysi
ngl
eper
soni
nt heear
lychur
chf
ast
ed.(
Act
s14:
23)We
ther
eforear
enott
odoless.

6.Fasti
ngenabl
esonet
obecomeaconductorofspi
ri
tual
power
forei
therbl
essi
ngot
her
sorforbr
ingi
ngbl
essi
ngtohimself.

7.Pr
operfast
ingwit
hsincer
it
yandrespectt
otheLordwil
l
posi
ti
vel
ybreaktheyokesofsi
n,si
cknessandspi
ri
tual
oppr
essi
on.(I
sa.58:
6)

8.Fasti
ngbecomespr ayertothepray
ingChri
stian.Whenunabl
e
topray(l
ikeDav
id,)itenablesonetobesoanoi ntedthathi
s
prayerr
eachesthrought oGod.Ps.35:13:
“Ihumbl edmysoulwit
h
fast
ingandmypr ayerr et
urneduntomybosom. ”
9.Fasti
ngintensif
iesthepowerofpr
ayermanyt
imessot
hatev
en
shortpr
ayersbringresult
s.

10.Fast
ingreachesandobtai
nswhatpray
eralonecannot
,
becauseitr
emov esunbel
i
ef.(
Matt
.17:20,21.
)

11.Fast
ingbr
ingsoneintodir
ectcont
actwit
hunbeli
ef,sot
hatit
canberemoved.Unbel
iefcanneverbeful
l
yapprehendedunti
l
onefast
sfrom t
entofortydays.

12.Fastingisthegreat
estf
ait
hproducerbecauset
hef ast
ingand
thefait
hor ganareoneandthesame-themouthorgan.(Rom.
10:9,10)

13.Fastingismor ecloselyr el
atedtofait
hthananyot her
Chri
stianwor k,andinf actistheverygatewaytotrustandhave
fai
thinGodaf t
erconv ersi
on.Howev er
,becauseiti
slitt
let
aught
aboutandunder st
ood, fol
kf ai
ltoreali
zeit
sv al
ue.(Hereweare
deali
ngwi thconsecratedf asti
ng)

14.Fast
ingwil
lbr
ingaboutwor
d-f
ait
hpower .(
Lk.4:2,
32,
36)
Jesus’“
word”wasnot“wit
hpower”unt
ilaf
terHisfast
.

15.Fast
ingwi
l
l“BLI
TZKRI
EG”t
hedev
il
.(Seeabov
escr
ipt
ures)
16.Fast
ingmast
erstheol
dman,subj
ugat
ingt
hef
lesh,
(1Cor .
9:
27)andismort
ifi
cati
onoft
hef
leshandmember
s.(Col.3:
5)

17.Fast
ingpl
easestheSpi
ri
t.Thef
leshandt
heSpi
ri
tar
eat
enmitywit
heachother
.

18.Fasti
ngisthemostsurespir
it
ualmet
hodtobri
ngarevi
val
.A
rev
ivalbegi
nsinourheartf
ir
st,
thenonecomesabouti
nthe
communi ty
.Soulsbecomesaved.

19.Fasti
ngenablesonetotr
anscendthenat
uralandt
akesone
qui
cklyint
ot hespi
ri
tualr
eal
m.Wemaybecomesoper sonal
and
i
nti
mat ewithJesusthatwesmellHi
sbody.Heisasweet
smell
ingsavor.

20.Fasti
ngbringsonenearertoChristthananyotherknown
process.I
tenablesonetobecomecl othedwiththeful
l Bapti
sm
oftheHolyGhostandwi t
hFire.(
PleaseseeEx.14; 34:27-35;Deut
.
34:7;I
s.58:
1-10;60:
1-5,
21,23;61:10;Mat t
.3:
11,12)

21.Thereismorejudgmentpronounceduponthosegiventofood
addi
ctionthantoal
cohol
icdrunkards(i
ntheBibl
e).Si
nissin
whetheritcomesundert
hegoodnameof“ food”orundersome
mor ei
nsidioust erm.(PleasestudyNum.11: 9-34;Ps.78;Mat
t.
24:38;Lk.21:34; andRom.16: 17,18)MostChr i
sti
ansare
unknowinglyboundt othesinof“ habi
thunger”(act
uall
yfood
addict
ion).Apr otract
edf astwil
lbreakthi
syokei nasli
ttl
eas
thr
eeday s’ti
me, andwillkeepani ndi
vi
dualf
reewi t
htemperate
eati
ng.

22.Fast
ingwil
lundoal
lsi
nsofi
ntemper
ance(
aft
erJesus’
blood
hasfi
rstwashedawayoursi
ns)

23.Fast
ingwi
llcr
ucif
ythef
leshandall
unnatur
aldesi
res
associ
atedwi
thlust
sofanyappeti
tegr
ati
fi
cati
on.

24.Fasti
ngcanbeself-
chasti
sement
, andwi
l
lprev
entmany
chasti
sementsoftheLordfr
om cominguponus(1Ki
ngs21:
25-
29;Jonah3:5-10)

25.Fast
ingist
heeasiestwayforbacksl
i
derstocomehome.
(St
udyDav i
d’
sfast
s.)Refert
oPsalms35:13;109:
24.

26.Fast
ingplacesournat ur
alappetit
esintoadormantcondi
ti
on,
thusphysi
calpleasuresarenotenjoyedwhileourf
leshbecomes
subli
mated.Withpleasurabl
eappet i
tesstat
ic,
Godcancomenear
usandwenearHi m.
27.Fasti
ngt huschangesone’
senvi
ronmentf
rom thenat
ural
to
thespir
it
ual.Areviv
alcomesaboutinsi
deus,
alongwitht
he
properburdensthatweshouldcar
ryforot
her
s.

28.Fast
ingwi
llchangeali
feofdef
eati
ntooneofv
ict
oryandwi
l
l
bri
ngheali
ngandnewl i
fet
obothbodyandsoul
.

29.Fast
ing,whenproperl
yenter
edi
nto,
ist
hesur
estmet
hodof
consecr
ationandsancti
fi
cat
ion.

30.Fast
ingdevel
opsthef
rui
toft
heSpiri
tandenabl
esonet
o
growint
omat uri
ty,
wit
hmatur
edfrui
t.

31.Properfastingwil
lhelponetoreceivespir
it
ual gift
s.Most
Chri
sti
ans, l
ikethechil
drenofIsr
ael,arewasti
ngf ortyyear
sof
thei
rli
feti
me( ev enwi
thspeakingintongues)withoutdeeper
spir
it
ualgiftmani f
est
ati
onsandwi thoutthefr
uitoft heSpi
rit
,just
becausetheyf ailt
ofastastheyshould.(Pl
easest udyDeut.8:2,3;
Dan1:3-17)

32.Fast
ingconsumesandbur
nsoutt
hev
eryr
oot
soff
leshl
ylust
s.
33.Fasti
ngbri
ngsoneintothemiseryandsufferi
ngsofthe
fl
eshlynat
urei
nsuchamannert hathecanseehi msel
fint
he
samel i
ghtt
hatJesusseeshim.Her eal
i
zeshisnakedness(Rev.
3:17)sohebeginst
obecl ot
hedwithpower,receivi
ngt
hemor e
completebapt
ism i
ntot
heHol yGhostheal
ingFire.

34.Fasti
nggivesthechi
l
dofGodspi r
it
ual
manif
estat
ionsina
tangi
blemanner.Theabsenceoft
henatur
almenuprepareshis
appeti
teforthe“Hi
dden(Super
nat
ural
)Manna”(
Jn.4:32,34;
6:27-
58;Rev.2:17)

35.Fasti
ngal
waysbri
ngsrevel
ati
onsandbetterunder
standingof
theSpir
it
.Somet
imesvisi
onsandunspeakabl
egl or
ywillbe
att
ainedandmani
fest
ed.(Dan.10:
2-21;
Acts10:9-16)

36.Fasti
ngwillal
waysenabl
eonet
oobtai
nthedir
ect
ionand
anoi
ntingneededfort
heworktowhi
chheiscal
l
ed.

37.Fast
ingenl argesourcapacity.Manyofushav eonlyathimble-
si
zecapaci t
y.Wemi ghtbefullatti
mes, buthowf ul
l?Shouti
ng
andspir
itualemot iondonotalway sindicat
ehowl argeour
capaci
ti
esar e.Aper sonmayber unningoverwithonlyathimble-
si
zecapaci t
y.Fast i
ngwi l
lgi
veawel l
-si
zeorevenunlimit
ed
capaci
tytoenj oytherichesofheav en,i
mmor tal
i
ty,glor
y,honor,
andpower .(RefertoJn.3:34;Eph.4:13.)
38.Fasti
ngandi t
sr el
atedt ermsofexpr essi
onar ement i
onedone
thi
rdasmanyt imesi ntheBi bleaspr ayer.Toeverytwoser mons
youhearpreachedonpr ayer,youshoul dhearat hir
donf asti
ng.
Theauthoraskst hereadert hi
squest ion:Howmanyt i
meshashe
everheardasermononf asti
nginhi slif
etime?Itistrul
y
deplor
ablethatsuchamaj ordoct r
ineinbot hOldandNew
Testamentshasbeensonegl ected,i
gnor ed,anddisrespect
ed.

39.TheLor dpl acesadef i

nit
ef astonthechi l
drenofIsr
ael(Deut .
6:11,12; 8:3,12-14, etc.
)inordert hatt
heirunbeli
efenvi
ronment ,
acquiredi nthel andofEgy pt
, couldbebroken,andtheycould
mor espeedi lyent erintothepr omisedland.Becausetheyrejected
thesef asti
ngst heirfewday sjourneywasdr awnoutt o40y ears.
Weshoul dt akeheedt othissadl essonandhast entofast,
sowe
mayent erintot hepr omisest hattheLordhaswai ti
ngforus.(Jn.
11:24-26; 2Tim.1: 10;1Jn2: 25.)

40.Jesusisverymuchpleasedwhenwecomet oHiminthi
s
consecrat
edmanner .Aswefreeourselv
esf
rom t
henat
ural
we
exaltHimtothehighest
.Don’twor
ry,youwi
l
lberewar
deda
thousandti
mes.

Wehavejusttouchedbri
efl
yuponsomeofthespir
itualreasons
whyweshouldf ast
.Pl
easerememberthati
ntheabov e
st
atements,
wear eref
err
ingonl
ytotheconsecr
ati
onf ast,one
whichi
sdedicatedtot
heLord.
40PHYSI
CALHEALTHREASONS

(SeeI
sai
ah58)

Wear eagaindiscussi
ngwhyweshoul dfast,onlythistimewear e
consi
deringthesubjectfr
om thescient
ifi
cphy si
cal standpoint
i
nsteadoft hespir
it
ual.Beari
nmi ndthatanyper son,sav edor
unsaved,canreceivethesecondaryphysi
cal bl
essingsoff asti
ng,
butonlytheconsecratedchil
dofGodcanr eceiv
et hef ul
lspi
r i
tual
bl
essings.

Whenwegoi ntofoodabstenti
on,wegivethestomachav acat
ion
andvacatei
ntotheSpi
ri
t.ThetabernacleoftheHolySpir
itthen
goesint
ohousecleani
ng.Cleanli
nessisnexttogodli
ness.
Nothi
ngcancleanseupthehouseoft heHolySpir
itmore
eff
ect
ivel
yandquickl
ythangivingthestomachahol i
day.

Ifthephy si
calbenef i
tswer eallthatwer erecei v
ed,theywoul dbe
wor thfasti
ngfor,andpeopl ewoul dl i
ve25t o35y earslonger
(accordingtosomeaut horiti
es.)ManyofGod’ speoplear e
commi tt
ing“sl
owsui cide”bybei ngcont inuallyonat hreemeal a
dayst uffi
nghabit,notsatisfi
edwi thst uffingGodandf aithoutof
theirli
ves,butstuffi
ngoutt heirownl ifey ear saheadoft i
meas
wel l
.Theystuffheal t
houtandi nvit
edi seasesanddemonsi n.
Afterwear i
ngoutonesetoft eethdiggi ngt hemselvest othe
grave,manysecur eanot hersett of i
nishdi ggingwith.Food
addictsaboundi nt hechurch.

Foodaddi
cti
onorfooddrunkennessi
sasharmfult
othetempl
e
oftheHol
ySpir
itasot
hertypesofaddi
cti
on.Pl
easeseePs.78
f
orpr
oofoft
his.

Weshal
lconsi
dersomeoft
hephy
sical
reasons“
Whyt
oFast
”
–bel
i
evei
tornot:

41.Fast
ingi
sthegr
eat
estcur
ati
veagencyknown.

42.Fast
ingi
sthequi
ckestcur
ati
veagencyknown.

43.Whenyoufeedadiseasedbodyy
ouf
eedt
hedi
sease;
fast
ing
star
vest
hedisease.

44.Fast
ingr
idsthebodyofpract
ical
l
yal
ltheunwant
ed
poi
sonousfi
lthofaut
o-i
ntoxi
cati
on.

45.Fast
ingpur
if
iest
hebl
oodst
ream.

46.Fast
ingi
mprovestheci
rcul
ati
on.I
tev
encl
eansest
hebl
ood
vessel
ssothatt
heblood

ci
rcul
atesal
lthr
oughvesselsthatmayhav
eher
etof
orebeen
chokedup.Abloodt
ransfusi
oncomesautomat
ical
l
yabout.
47.Fasti
ngrest
sthehear
t,i
mpr
ovesheal
thandhel
pst
hebody
overcomeheartt
roubl
es.

48.Fast
ingconserv
esenergy
.Si
ckpeopl
ecannotgetwel
lunl
ess
ther
eisaconservati
onof

ener
gy.Manyti
mesfoodwi
l
ldest
royorwast
ewhatl
i
ttl
eener
gya
si
ckindi
vi
dual
has.

49.Fast
inggiv
estheoverwor
kedst
omachav
acat
ionaswel
las
nearl
yal
l ot
herpar
tsofthe

body
.

50.Fasti
ngrapidlyremov esthecauseofmanymanydi seases.
Oft
entimesthev erydiseasesitsel
fist
urnedintofoodfuelf
orit
s
owndestructi
on, anyvalueinitbei
ngutil
izedfornour
ishment.

51.Fast
ingwi
l
lcur
e99%off
unct
ional
ail
ment
s.

52.Fastingquicklyhealssimpledi seasessuchasboi ls,

ski
n
blemishes,indi
gesti
on, dyspepsia,constipation(al
thoughatfir
st
thefastseemst oaggravatethecondi ti
on)r heumat i
sm,fever,
asthma, changeoflif
eandi r
regularperiodicalfuncti
onsin
females,restor
ingtonor mal andheal i
ngot herdiseases.Major
f
ast
ingwil
lal
socur
emostot
hermaj
ordi
seasescausedby
i
mpuri
ti
esint
hesyst
em.

53.Fast
ingi
mprovest
hement
alf
acul
ti
es,
maki
ngi
teasi
ert
o
thi
nk,st
udy,
rememberand

concent
rat
e.

(
Dur
ingsomepar
tsoft
hef
ast
,thi
smaynotal
way
sbet
rue.
)

54.Fast
inger
adi
catesmucous,
str
ingy
,ropeyf
ecal
mat
eri
aland
fl
oati
ngfoodpar
ti
cl
eswithi
nthe

body
.

55.Aft
ert
enorfi
ft
eendaysoff
asti
ngt
hei
ndi
vi
dual
usual
l
y
becomesstr
onger
,phy
sical
l
ydayby

day
,af
tert
hei
nit
ial
cleansi
ngoft
hebodyt
akespl
ace.

56.Theheadachegener
all
yfel
twhi
l
efast
ingi
sasur
eindi
cat
ion
thaty
oushouldfast
.

57.Fasti
ngwillr
emoveordi
nar
yheadachesandthecoff
eeor
caff
eineheadache,
alongwi
ththeov
er-useofcof
feeoranyot
her
abnormalhabit
s.
58.Fasti
ngwillal
soeradicatetobacco,druganddrinkinghabit
sin
asli
tt
least hr
eedays,wateronlytakendur i
ngthefast,wi t
h
temperat
eeat i
nghabit
saf tert
hef ast
.Ther oot
soft hesehabit
s
areembeddedwi thi
nthest omach.Fastingconsumest hesev
ery
root
s,banishi
ngaddict
ion.

59.Aper soncannotst arvewhilefasti

ng.Onlythethingsthatare
notneededwi thi
nt hebodyar eused.Someoft heseare
poisonous,contami nated,
rott
enf oodparticl
esthathavebeenon
thewal l
softhest omachf ormont hs.Somedoct orshavesaid
thatdehydrat
edf oodandev enwor mswer efoundimpact edon
thewal l
softheintestinalt
ractformor ethan15y ear
s.Thisv er
y
conditi
oninvi
tesdi seaseanddemons, andwi t
hfasti
ngt heyare
starvedout.

60.Fasti
ngist
hegreatestnat
ural
yout
hrest
orerknown.I
t
beauti
fi
esthecomplexi
on.

61.Regul
arf
ast
ingpr
olongsl
i
fef
rom t
wentytofor
tyy
ears,
dependi
ngonhowmuchandhowproperl
ythefast
sareent
ered
i
nto.

62.Fast
ingwi
l
lremov
etumor
sasl
argeaswat
ermel
ons,
also
ul
cer
s,cancerandgoi
ter
s,andwi
l
lrev
ital
i
zet
hegl
ands.

63.Theweaknessf el
twhi l
efast
inggener
all
ydisappearsafterthe
worstpoisonsandpollut
ionsareremovedbythehousecl eaning
process.(Thisweaknessiscausedbyrubbi
shandpoi sonsbei ng
sti
rredwithi
nthebody.)

64.Fasti
ngaft
ertwoweeks,moreorless,
causesthebr
eaththat
wasf oul
duri
ngthefi
rstoft
hefastt
obecomecl eanandpureli
ke
thatofachi
ld.

65.Fast
ingr
emov
esbadt
ast
esf
rom t
hemout
h.

66.Fast
ingwil
lsopuri
fyt
heski
nthatoft
ent
hecompl
exi
on
becomesrosyandli
keayoungperson’
s.

67.Theolderaper sonbecomest hemoreoftenheshouldfast,

thoughshorterfast
sshoul dbetaken.Noonei stoooldtofast.In
fact,
theolderoneis, t
helessfoodisrequi
red.Histor
yandthe
Bibl
eshowust hatmenandwomenwhof astedthemostlivedthe
l
ongest.StudythelivesofMoses, Eli
j
ah,andAnnat heprophetess.
Theseindi
v i
dualswer eli
kewisethemostspirit
ual.
68.Fast
inghel
psust
oov
ercomemanybadhabi
ts.

69.Fast
ingdevelopspati
ence,ai
dst
emperanceandenabl
esone
tohaveproperspir
it
ualgrowthaswel
lasphysi
calpr
osper
it
y.

70.Fast
ingov
ercomesandai
dsi
nthepr
event
ionofdi
sease.

71.Fast
ingdrawst
hei
ntest
inal
tractupandint
oit
snor
mal
size
andovercomesandpr
event
scolit
isandpil
es.

72.Fast
ingrestor
esanat
ural
,nor
mal
appet
it
e(af
tert
hef
asti
s
brokenproper
ly.)

73.Thinpersonsmi ghtnotr eali

zethattheyneedt ofast,i
nsome
casesev enmor ethanaheav yperson.Ther easoni sverysimple.
Thet hi
nindividualhassomanyt imesov erworkedhi sorgansby
overeati
ng,thathei sincapableofput ti
ngonwei ght.Ihaveseen
manyanunder weightpersonf astfr
om t wotot hreeweeksand
weighmor eaf terbreakingthef astproperl
ythanhewei ghed
beforefasti
ng.Aheav ypersonusual l
yi singoodenoughheal th
sothathisor gansshoul dnotputonwei ght.Howev er,
oneshoul d
notinanycasebeagl utton.
74.Fasti
ngi
sanormali
zi
ngagent:
Itwi
llhel
ptorest
oreweightt
o
underwei
ghtfol
kandai
dinpr
eventi
ngexcessi
veweighton
overwei
ghtfol
k.

75.Fastingwill
aidincasesofinsomnia.Atfi
rstanaut omati
c
bloodtransfusi
onissetupwi t
hinthebodybyt hebloodremaini
ng
from t
hewei ghtthati
slost
.Thisexcessbloodgoest hroughthe
bodytobat hetheorgansanditenterstheheadcausing
sleepl
essnessf orati
me.Lateron,andaftert
hef ast,
onef i
nds
restandsleepeasierandmor eref
reshi
ng.

76.Excessst ar
chesandsweet scausethebodyt obeconv er
ted
i
ntoanal coholfactory.Thi
sintur
ncauseshabithunger(lust
hunger)whi chisent i
rel
ydif
fer
entfr
om tr
uehunger.Thereare
perhapsmor epeopl eboundtothishabi
tthanther
earet othe
dri
nkinghabit.Thef ormeri
saboutasdiff
icul
ttobreak.Jesus
cl
assifi
esitasj ustasmuchofasi nasthedrinkhabit
.(Luke
21:
34)

77.Fastingwillundot
hehungerhabitofl
ustandwi l
lpreventfol
k
from bei
ngdr unkonfood.Actual
l
y,whenf olkhav
egreatdiffi
cul
ty
i
nf asti
ng,theyareunderbondagetothefoodaddict
ionhabitin
thesamemannerast hosewhoar eunderalcohol
,dr
ug, t
obacco
orothertypesofbondages.Fasti
ngonlyaf ewdayscanbr eakthe
bondageoff oodaddicti
on.
78.Fast
ingaidsandimprov
esoursi
ght
,hear
ing,
tast
e,t
ouch,
and
smell
.Allsensefacul
ti
esar
ebenef
it
ed.

79.Fasti
ngshouldbefrequent
,tocleanandkeepcl
eanthe
templeandhomeoft heHolySpiri
tandtokeepfrom f
ood
addi
ctionhabi
ts.

80.Fasti
ngseemst otakeonei nt
oadiff
erentworld.Iti
s
wonderfultotasteandexper i
ence.I
tmakesforbet t
erharmony
fort
heper son,hi
sf amil
y,fr
iendsandcommuni ty
.Coupl eshaving
famil
ydiff
icult
iesanddiscordof t
ent
imescomet ogetherinanew
underst
anding,withnewl oveandsuccessafteramaj orfast
.(See
1Cor.7.)

WARNI
NG:

Pleasedonotat temptal ongfastwi t

houtfi
rsthavi
ngcompl ete
i
nf ormationast ot heproperprocedureofbreaki
ngintoeati
ng
agai n.ConsecratedBiblefasti
ngisnotharmf ul
,butthewayand
mannerofst arti
ngi ntoeatagaincanpr ov
edet r
imentalandthe
phy sicalbenefi
tsreceivedmaybeundonei ftoomuchi seaten,
toosoon.Sat antempt edtheLordtoeataf t
erHisfast.Wealso
maybet empt edt oovereatri
ghtafteramajorfast.