Fasting is where you say no to you in order to hear yes from God.

Dr. Tony Evans reveals how a physical fast can unlock a spiritual breakthrough.

It is renouncing the natural in order to invoke the supernatural.

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

Dr. Evans believes that one of the best ways to satisfy your spiritual appetite is to sometimes say no to your physical one.

Today, we begin a collection of messages that take a look at the subject of fasting through

the lens of scripture. Let's hear from Dr. Evans. The true story is told of two lumberjacks.

One was older. The other one was younger. And the younger one had gotten somewhat proud of the

fact that he could cut down trees at a pretty fast rate.

And even though the older lumberjack was known for his speed,

he now felt that he had the wherewithal to challenge him to a tree-cutting contest.

And so he challenged him who could cut down the most trees in one day.

Well, they began, and the young man with all of his been bigger and vitality went at it.

And he chopped down one tree after another tree, and he wouldn't stop.

He went nonstop all day long.

He knew that it looked pretty good for him when he noticed that the older lumberjack would only trot trees down for one hour and then take a 15-minute rest.

Chop another hour, then another 15 minute break.

But when the end of the day came, the older lumberjack had chopped down one third more trees than the younger lumberjack. Some somewhat muffed and put off.

He went over to the old statesman of forestry and said,

how in the world could you, taking 15-minute breaks after every hour of cutting,

cut down more trees than I could, going nonstop all day long.

The older gentleman looked at him and said, because when I stopped cutting and sat down,

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