What the Bible says about Intercessory Fasting
(From Forerunner Commentary)
The members of Isaiah's audience were fasting for all the wrong reasons! They fasted to get things from God and hypocritically appear righteous. God says, though, that we should fast to free others from their sins, to intercede with God for their healing, to help provide for their needs and to understand His will. Fasting is a tool of godly love we are to use for the good of others, and any benefits we derive from it are wonderful blessings! On the Day of Atonement, we fast to implore God to bring to pass the greatest blessing of all upon ourselves and the world: unity, oneness, with Him!
Richard T. Ritenbaugh
Holy Days: AtonementRelated Topics: Day of Atonement | Fasting | Fasting as a Spiritual Tool | Hypocrisy | Intercessory Prayer | Reconciliation with God