The new fasting is not a desperate, craving, hopeless, oh, mighty help us, but rather is rooted in the absolute deep confidence and assurance that he is there.

Finished at Calvary, risen from the dead, there by the Holy Spirit in my life, and when I cry to

him, it is a cry for more. Hi, I'm your host, Dan Kruver. What does it mean to hunger for Christ

after his ascension? In this episode of Light and Truth, John Piper opens Matthew 9

verses 14 to 17 to show how fasting expresses not despair, but spirit-given desire for the glory

we've only begun to taste.

This message was originally delivered at Bethlehem Baptist Church on January 8, 1995.

Remember last week I put my fingers like this and said there's a three-legged stool perhaps for revival in Acts 13, one to three.

And one leg is prayer.

And there's been great revival in the prayer movement in our day.

And another leg is worship.

They were praying and worshiping when God moved. And there's been great reawakening in revival, in worship in our day.

And the third leg, they were fasting, and that leg doesn't exist in most churches today.

It's a two-legged stool. And I just raised the possibility. I have no claims on God whatsoever to dictate his

timing or to twist his arm, but I raise the possibility that biblically whether or not there

might be a waiting and a watching and a moving on God's part until the church not only praise and not only worships but fasts that expresses its longing with

fasting this much oh god this much i want you to come and empower your word and awaken your people

and spread your gospel.

That's what fasting means to me.

To me, fasting is an exclamation point at the end of the sentence.

I want your power to be displayed.

I am hungry for your power.

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