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