Can Christians Fast From Things Other Than Food?
Core Christianity
Aaron Simon
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🗓️ 21 February 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Episode 1168 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.
Questions in this Episode
1. As a pastor, have you ever changed your mind on a belief you've held?
2. What did Jesus mean when he said that his followers must "eat of his flesh"?
3. When Christians fast, do they have to fast from food or can they fast from other things?
4. How can I keep my faith strong when God doesn't answer my prayers?
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| 0:00.0 | Can Christians fast from things other than food? |
| 0:09.3 | That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity. |
| 0:14.2 | Well, hi, this is Bill Meyer along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, and this is the radio program |
| 0:18.4 | where we answer your questions about the Bible and the |
| 0:21.3 | Christian life every day. You can call us right now with your question at 8333-3-3-2-6-73. You can also |
| 0:31.9 | post your question on one of our social media sites, and of course you can always email us your |
| 0:36.2 | question at questions at core Christianity.com. Bill, you can always email us your question at questions at |
| 0:38.0 | corechristianity.com. Bill, I want to open up the broadcast today by reading a very sweet letter |
| 0:44.9 | that we received from Cheryl in New York. And she writes, dear friends at core Christianity, |
| 0:50.1 | God bless you and thank you for the wonderful ministry you provide. I listen every day. |
| 0:55.4 | Pastor Adriel and Bill are such a great team. Thank you very much, Cheryl. |
| 1:00.1 | And she says, I always pray along with you for the listeners. It is a privilege to support this Christ-centered ministry. |
| 1:07.9 | What a blessing it is to have listeners like you, Charlene. I just wanted to say, |
| 1:12.1 | you know, reading that and thinking about how often, I mean, every single day it seems that we |
| 1:17.6 | have an opportunity to pray for one of the callers. And oftentimes, I mean, just, you know, |
| 1:23.4 | from where I'm sitting, I mean, there are many challenges that so many of you face face and we need to call upon the name of the Lord clinging to him. And so it's a privilege to get to pray for you. But also what a wonderful thing, Bill, that our listeners are able to pray for each other. And so who knows how many people are praying, you know, as people are listening to the broadcasts and we have an opportunity to lift them up before the Lord. |
| 1:48.6 | I just think it's such a wonderful thing that we get to do. |
| 1:51.7 | And I'm so thankful that when we pray, Cheryl, is praying with us. |
| 1:55.1 | Oh, Cheryl, thanks so much for that beautiful letter. |
| 1:57.3 | And, you know, really, I would encourage every one of our listeners when we have someone on the air who is struggling in some area of their life, whether it's a personal situation |
| 2:05.3 | or assurance of salvation, whatever it might be. And Adriel prays for them. Pray along with them. |
| 2:11.2 | Pray for that person that God will meet their needs, meet them where they're at. That would just |
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