Sentences with phrase «fasting as a form of discipline»
The objections to fasting — the resistance of the flesh and «evangelical liberty» — must not deter one from fasting as a form of discipline.31 When the Christian has failed in obedience, is guilty of sin against others, has lost the joy of Christian grace, and has come to little or no prayer, he needs to fast and pray.
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Prayer in the New Testament church was, in part, a form of spiritual self - discipline, associated at times with ascetic usages such as fasting.