Whatever you want God to do for you in private, you must be willing to do for others in public.

Dr. Tony Evans says that while each of us can't help everybody, each of us can help somebody.

That means God can not only work to you, but he can work through you.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

Most people think of fasting in terms of what we don't do, which is eat.

But the Bible reveals a more active side to fasting.

Outlining behaviors that demonstrate our sacrifice goes beyond simply giving up a meal.

Let's join Dr. Evans, as he explains. A number of students at the University of Texas staged a sit-in

because of concern about unfair treatment of minorities on the University of Texas campus.

They refrained from eating as part of their protest.

The president of the university is seeing the seriousness of their concerns through the sit-in and the fasting associated with it gave them a hearing.

When he gave them a hearing, he determined that their cause was indeed just.

Their complaints were in fact righteous.

And so a number of changes were instituted at the university in response

to their sit-in accompanied with fasting. If you have been an observer of the American social scene,

you will notice that it is not unusual

when people are crying out for righteousness,

justice, or liberation,

that that is often accompanied by fasting.

There is a call that wrong treatment be made right.

And there is a desire to give attention and a call to that by the sacrifice of fasting.

As I thought about our message today, I was drawn to an aspect of it that may not be readily thought about,

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