Wendy Speake | Why Fast?, 154

Wendy Speake joins Amber to talk about fasting and how it can drive us feast upon the Lord.  Questions Wendy and Amber discuss about fasting: (7:16) Fasting can be intimidating and like many spiritual disciplines I think Christians are unsure how to go about fasting with a focus on the Lord vs. focusing on self.  Will you take us back and share when you began fasting regularly and what it looks like to rely on the Lord vs self? (12:07) What are some of the temptations people have shared when you’re in the middle of the fast? (19:49) What are some ways you encourage people to really push through the hard parts of fasting? (29:42) You have written the 40 day Sugar fast and the 40 day social media fast.  What led you to write those books? (36:07) As we close, how has fasting changed your life with God? Why Fast Quotes to Remember: “[To] really be undistracted so that we might be devoted to feasting on his presence, feasting on his word, feasting on this dialogue through prayer with him and and that’s really what fasting is.” “It can be a private thing. In Matthew, we’re told fasting is done in private. But in the Old Testament we’re shown fasting is done as a corporate opportunity to trust God for deliverance together.” SHOW NOTES cont Resources Mentioned: Book: The 40 Day Sugar Fast by Wendy Speake Book: The 40 Day Social Media Fast by Wendy Speake The 40 Day Sugar Fast Related Episodes: 152: Sharon Garlough Brown | Spiritual Practices & Formation 153: Sarah Geringer | Christian Meditation 154: Ashley Hales | Embracing Limits ------------------------------------------------------ Follow Grace Enough Podcast on IG and FB and www.graceenoughpodcast.com ---------------------------------------------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices