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Luke 5: 30-35
Luke 4: 1-2
“In a more tangible, visceral way than any other spiritual discipline, fasting reveals our obsessive attachments and the assumptions that lie behind them.” –Marjorie Thompson
”Pride and a too-full stomach are old bed-fellows… Fasting, then, is a divine corrective to the pride of the human heart. It is a discipline of the body with a tendency to humble the soul.” –Arthur Wallis, God's Chosen Fast
“Nothing is so inconsistent with the life of any Christian as overindulgence.” — The Rule of Benedict
”When you are fasting and feel hungry, you are to remember that you are really hungry for God.” — Lauren Winner, Mudhouse Sabbath
”Do you wish your prayer to fly towards God? Give it two wings: fasting and almsgiving.” –Augustine, fifth century
“Fasting expands our ideas of ‘feasting’ on Christ.” — Jan Johnson, Fasting and Simplicity