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When fasting, are you supposed to just abstain from food or from drinks as well? Also if drinks are allowed, is that limited to just water or to juices and milk as well? Thanks!

 

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hmm, good question

i don't really think its a matter of technicality, but more of a heart issue. which will be a sacrifice for you? remember why you're doing it.

God bless in your effort!

 

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Orthodox Christians normally fast from certain foods (meat, dairy, eggs, wine, & olive oil) while also trying to limit their intake. It should be stressed that fasting is a means to exercise ones spiritual muscles in abstaining from worldly passions. It is not in and of itself a means of gaining favor with our Lord.

A brief overview of fasting in the Church may be found here

 

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I'm not fasting just from certain foods, I'm fasting from food altogether...It will end around dinner time tonight.

 

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I would advise one to fast from all food and all drink but water just because thats harder to do and that means your making the ultimate sacrifice (as far as fasting is concerned). Besides, Jesus in the wilderness probably didn't have anything but water.

 

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I think Isaiah 58 has so much to say about this subject and yet I never see it used as a reference for it. I have come to the conclusion that if we follow tha mandate set forth there that we will find that true fasting is way more than we imagined it was and yet I believe it also shows us that the results of that kind of fasting are far greater than anything we could ever have imagined, as well.

I know that it works for me everytime I am able to get that sold out for God, which isn't nearly as much as I want to be. But, He's working on me.

 

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Fasting can mean abstaining from anything you do for personal gratification. For example, if you love chocolate so much that you have some just about every day, to show God that He means more to you than chocolate, you could fast by not having ANY for a certain length of time. Fasting could include food, drinks, TV, video games, sports, cigarettes, alcohol, gambling, shopping, etc.

Remember, the point of fasting is to show God and yourself that you trust Him and that you are willing to give up for Him the most important things in your life, whatever those might be.

 

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