The practice of not eating food for a period of time to focus on prayer and drawing closer to God.
Key References
and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,
in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;
All Scripture References (5)
Luke (1)
and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
Acts (2)
Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,
2 Corinthians (2)
in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;
in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.