Sin is never satisfied. It always wants more. The appetite for sin doesn't subside by feeding it, you have to starve it. Fasting is an essential part of our daily walk. Now of course we should be led by God on how and when we should fast. Yet we should also know that fasting, when done correctly dissipate the hunger for sin.
The same way our bodies adjust to different foods that we like, our flesh will also adjust to you starving and subjecting it to the spirit. So with that, it’s good to change up the things that you normally fast from, so that you don’t get complacent in your fast.
Some may say that fasting isn't necessary. To those that would say so, I would suggest that they examine their own lives. Fasting is very much necessary because your flesh constantly hungers for sin, something that will kill you. So saying that you don’t is the equivalent of someone with high blood pressure saying that they don’t need to monitor there salt intake. Knowing that too much salt could cause serious illness and death.
Grab and go. Matthew 6:16-18
16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
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