"A genuine fast cleanses the body, mind and soul. It crucifies the flesh and to that extent sets the soul free."
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"Fasting lowers your blood pressure and can lower your cholesterol."
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"Fasting is truly a secret source of power."
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"My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray."
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"Fasting (is) for the maintainance and firmness of your sincerity."
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"Fasting breaks the spirit of heaviness."
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"What the eyes are for the outer world, fasts are for the inner."
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"Fasting is a tremendous weapon and a source of power in the life of a believer."
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"Begin a fast, and trust God to work that in your heart."
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"Fasting keeps you sensitive to His (God) Spirit, enabling you to live holy."
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"Fasting gives your body time to heal itself. It relieves nervousness and tension and gives your digestive system a rest."
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"Periodic fasts are necessary to flush out the poisons."
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"Blessing will happen to you and your family throughout the year because you faster in January."
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"It dawned upon me that fasting could be made as powerful a weapon of indulgence as of restraint"
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"More caution and perhaps more restraint are necessary in breaking a fast than in keeping it."
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"There is no virtue in penance and fasting which waste the body; they are only fanatical and monkish."
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"Fast, worship, and seek Him."
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"Many times the rewards of fasting come after the fast, though from time to time answers can come during the fast."
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"Fasting stirs a hunger in your spirit that goes deeper than the temporary you experience in your flesh."
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"Fasting is like spring cleaning for your body."
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