15 Spiritual and Health Benefits of Fasting
Fasting has amazing benefits. It draws you closer to God, gives perspective, and boosts your health.
Fasting has amazing benefits. It draws you closer to God, gives perspective, and boosts your health. If you
can’t fast food for a day, give up coffee or sweets. Here are several reasons to fast.
1. Give Up Bad Habits
A spiritual fast can help you overcome negative habits.
2. Worship
Worship is another aspect during fasting that will become more intimate. Giving glory to God in worship will
re-energize your spirit man.
3. Peace of Mind
Fasting gives emotional strength during trials and times of anxiety.
4. Healing Relationships
Try fasting about a relationship that has been turbulent. The Holy Spirit can minister where there are wounds
and bring healing.
5. Look to Jesus
All of us get too busy with life and miss important time with Jesus. Fasting will help you refocus on Him.
6. Physical Health
Fasting is good for physical health and helps remove toxins, especially if you replace meals by drinking fresh
water or juice.
7. Devotion
Sacrificing meals or behaviors will create a fresh devotion to God.
8. Unplug
Getting quiet during this time of fasting helps you pause. This might take some practice as we are so connected
to our electronic devices, but unplugging will help you unwind and be still.
9. Thinking of Others
A period fasting for others creates unity. It gets you mind off your own worries and allows you to intercede
on the behalf of others
10. Adds Years to Your Life
Fasting can add years to your life researchers at the University of Chicago found in a 2010 study. It can lower
blood pressure and also keep bad cholesterol at bay.
11. Lower Risks of Diabetes
Intermittent fasting could lower risks of diabetes said Scientists at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart
Institute
12. The Word
Fasting reintroduces God’s word. Find a scripture that really speaks to you.
Reflecting on scripture during a fast is powerful and can help your prayer life.
13. Self-Control
Fasting leads to better self-control. Over a period time, a fast, will teach self-control and better will-power.
14. Lose Weight
With fasting, you can lose weight by cutting calories and losing body fat.
15. Lower Risk of Diseases
If you skipped just one meal a month, you could reduce risks of clogged arteries, one report suggests. Also
fasting could help lower risks of heart disease and Alzheimer's.