There's a unique aspect of fasting and that it reminds us of the relationship between physical

and the spiritual, because we know that we are both flesh and blood, but I think often we

tend to assume that there's this barrier between the spirit and the flesh. When really it is

interwoven, you can't separate those two and fasting does something. I've got this quote,

and unfortunately, I don't remember who said this, but here's what it says,

food is necessary for life. When we go without it, we deplete ourselves of energy,

the energy of life. And choosing to go without food, we're choosing the way of the cross.

Counter-emptutively, in choosing physical death, we experience spiritual life. We learn to depend

not on our own strength, but gods. Like the prophet Ezekiel, we make a meal out of the very word

of God. As we repent of trusting in the flesh, we better learn to experience the power of the spirit.

I'm happy, happy, happy, happy, man. Just made that song up on the spot, guys. I feel like singing

and whistling, because I'm taking my wife away for the weekend for her birthday. Your daughter,

yeah. Well, when you say your daughter, you're talking to me and not people listening to the program.

What? It's taking my daughter away. Yeah, it's Ray Comfort's daughter, my wife.

You married her. I did. You know what we do? A lot of times when we can't get away out of town,

because there's just so much going on, we like to go somewhere local and just go to a hotel like

near a place like the Irvine Spectrum. That's where we're going this time. And we've done it before

down by fashion island or by the block in Orange. And it's just great. The beautiful areas.

Yes, three, four days, sometimes two, three, four days. And we just get a hotel and we'll go,

we'll walk, we'll eat, you know, we'll go have coffee, dessert, we'll, um,

Compton. I have some great coffee spots for you near the Spectrum. Oh no, don't even mention

coffee. Now I lost my appetite for coffee. Well, I said Compton, but Compton. Don't even remind me

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