Delighted Motherhood
The Delighted Motherhood Podcast is devoted to applying biblical principles to everyday motherhood as we delight ourselves in the Lord and in the calling that He has given to us.
Kira is a homeschool mom to five young children, wife to James, a placemaker, neighbor, friend, Bible teacher, and SBTS grad. But more than anything else, she’s a Christian who is loved by her Savior and it is her conviction that we can, and should, enjoy our children to the glory of God.
Delighted Motherhood
Of Spiritual Good: The Gift of Fasting
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Some Christian authors describe fasting as the most feared and misunderstood discipline, and perhaps the least practiced in the Christian church. Why? What stops Christians from fasting?
Listen in as James walks us through a definition of Christian fasting as well as why and how to engage in fasting as parents.
Like all spiritual disciplines or ordinary means of God’s grace, through fasting, Christians engage Scriptural patterns with the aim to become more like Jesus.
1 Tim. 4:7-10. “[Discipline] yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come . . . because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.”
“There is no virtue in fallen man by which he can make himself more godly; there
is, however, virtue in the divinely appointed means of grace. If we, by the power
of the Holy Spirit, mortify the deeds of the body (through fasting), we shall grow
in grace, but the glory of such change will be God’s alone.” David Smith.
John Calvin: “since fasting is a holy exercise both for the humbling of
men and for their confession of humility why should we use it less than
the ancients did in similar need?”