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Wayne said:
The senior pastor told us that when we fasted, that really got God's attention. Therefore, we would be more successful at bringing people to Christ and then to membership at our church. This helped to achieve the numerical church growth that the pastor believed was a characteristic of a healthy church.

This Charismatic legalism never ceases to amaze me. Does this pastor really believe that we can force a sovereign and omnipresent God's attention, and treat Him like He was a "shoemakers apprentice" (Luther)?

IMO, any OT obligation to fast has been fulfilled as shadows with Jesus' words in the beatitudes:

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Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied. (Matt 5:6, NASB)

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Then the disciples of John came to Him saying. "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" (Matt 9:14)

There is a banquet set before us of God's all sufficient words in Scripture and our appetites should be insatiable.

Denny

Romans 3:22-24

Denny

Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." [John 6:68]