Part 3: To Stand in Solidarity With the Poor

Bridgetown Audio Podcast

Bridgetown Church

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 28 January 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

From the series, "Fasting" as part of Practicing the Way. Fasting isn’t just about us; it’s about standing in solidarity with the poor, who regularly go without food. Fasting trains our hearts in compassion, and opens up money and time to serve those in need. Regular fasting tied to generosity is a small, but surprisingly effective way to see justice come to our city.

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0:00.0	Today I got to talk about the third part of fasting in the food capital of the world,
0:05.0	which is super awesome.
0:06.0	That was a joke.
0:07.0	You don't have to laugh.
0:08.0	I'm going to get to eventually.
0:11.0	And I'm so excited to talk about it.
0:14.0	So if you have a Bible, go to Isaiah 58.
0:16.0	We're going to look at Isaiah 58.
0:18.0	And we're going to talk about what John Mark just said.
0:20.0	Fasting, standing in solidarity with the poor.
0:23.0	And one of the things that you have to recognize is that John Mark has already said that when we begin to fast,
0:29.0	we begin to like not eat basically.
0:34.0	And if that's what we're learning, how many of you fasted last week?
0:37.0	Raise your hands.
0:38.0	You guys did this.
0:39.0	Yeah, look at this.
0:40.0	Amazing.
0:41.0	So the things that were teaching me, I listen to some of the podcasts that John Mark did.
0:43.0	And I was like, oh, this is amazing.
0:45.0	Prayer and starving the flesh to feed the spirit.
0:49.0	Some scholars say when we fast, we feast on the spirit of God.
0:55.0	Most of the time I just get hangry.
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