“Fasting and Your Hunger for God” (Matthew 6:16-18)

Through the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus shows us how to live a grace-filled life built upon his finished work on the cross. While Jesus speaks of fasting as a normal course of life, it is not so normal for many of us. While Jesus addresses the problems in his day with the way the religious hypocrites fasted, we need to consider our lack of fasting and ask if there is something for us to learn here. So, today we ask, why should we fast?