Fasting and Prayer - 02

Types of Fasting

1: Normal - abstaining from food  (Luke 4:2)
2: Absolute (or Supernatural) - abstaining from food AND water - normally no more than 3 days.
     - Acts 9:9 (Saul, becoming Paul)
     - Deut 9:9 (Moses)
     - Ezra 10:6 (Israel)
     - Esther 4:16 (Israel)
3: Partial (or Daniel, No Pleasant Bread) - Dan 1:16, Dan 10:3
4: Regular - fast days to commemorate an event, or standard recurring fasts in your life
     - Day of Atonement (Lev 23:27, Ps 35:13, Is 58:5)
     - A fast day (Jer 36:6)
     - Four moeds (Zech 8:19)
     - Twice a week (Luke 18:11-12)
5: Public - Fasts called for special needs or emergencies
     - 2 Chron 20:1-4; Ezra 8:21-23, Jonah 3:5,10)
6: Involuntary - No desire for food, or no food is available
     - Dan 6:18; Matt 15:32; 2 Cor 6:5, 2 Cor 11:27)