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Fasting and Righteousness

October 29, 2023

Pastor Richard Cimino continues our series in the Sermon on the Mount, teaching on the what, when, and why of fasting. Self-denial is certainly not a common practice in our culture, yet we as Christians are called to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow our Savior. According to this passage, fasting is not an if but a "when." This spiritual discipline prompts us to feed on Jesus, the Word of life, and reveals the things that control us. Fasting is the expression of our desperate desire for his sovereign rule to be experienced in our lives and in the world just as it is in heaven.

Study List

Follow Jesus the Master / 26 Nov 2023 The Narrow Gate / 19 Nov 2023 The Ethic of the Kingdom of God / 12 Nov 2023 Seeking First the Kingdom of God / 5 Nov 2023 Fasting and Righteousness / 29 Oct 2023 The Lord’s Prayer: A Vision of a Whole New Life / 22 Oct 2023 Praying with Jesus: How Not to Pray / 15 Oct 2023 Motivations of the Heart and the Way of Jesus / 8 Oct 2023 Love of Neighbor and the Way of Jesus / 1 Oct 2023 Holistic Transformation / 24 Sep 2023 Divorce, Then and Now / 17 Sep 2023 Jesus and the Severity of Sin / 10 Sep 2023 Anger, Unforgiveness, and the Way of Jesus / 3 Sep 2023 The Law and the Prophets Fulfilled / 27 Aug 2023 The Very Salt of the Earth, the Very Light of the World / 20 Aug 2023 Flourishing Are the Persecuted / 13 Aug 2023 Flourishing are the Peacemakers / 6 Aug 2023 Flourishing are the Pure in Heart / 30 Jul 2023 Grace, Mercy, and the Merciful / 23 Jul 2023 Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness / 16 Jul 2023 Down is the New Up / 9 Jul 2023 A Kingdom Invitation / 2 Jul 2023

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