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Fasting as Hunger for God

A Hunger for God – John Piper

Piper argues that fasting “is not primarily about self-denial for its own sake. It is a physical expression of a deeper hunger for God.” We fast because we want to say with our bodies what we believe with our hearts: He is better than what we are setting down.

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