How to Fast: Rediscover the Ancient Practice for Unlocking Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Renewal

Discover the holistic and revelatory experience of fasting in this seminal guide on the practice, science, and ancient context of the biblical tradition.

Fasting has been an age-old, biblical discipline embraced by Christians worldwide. But the connection between fasting and prayer is far more vibrant, life-giving, and transformative than we commonly experience.

Pastor Reward Sibanda draws from his own profound 21-day fast experiences and unique insights from his Zimbabwean heritage in this enlightening resource. Fasting isn't just a spiritual journey; it's a holistic experience encompassing your body, mind, and soul. Combining engaging stories with practical tips for starting a fasting practice, this go-to guide will show you how prayerful fasting can:

• Enrich your spirit and faith by shifting your mindset from a transactional relationship with God to genuine, sacred communion.
• Guide you into a truer integration of your whole being (body, mind, and soul) and reveal your intrinsic reliance on Christ.
• Increase your physical well-being—even to the cellular level with captivating medical details and stories on fasting's effect on your body.

How To Fast is your comprehensive, modern guide to a deeper, more dynamic spiritual life. Whether you're new to fasting or a seasoned practitioner, this book gives valuable insights that will transform your relationship with God and yourself.

Outreach 2022 Resource of the Year (Spiritual Growth) Is there a way to walk faithfully through doubt and come out the other side with a deeper love for Jesus, the church, and its tradition? Can we question our faith without losing it? Award-winning author, pastor, and professor A. J. Swoboda has witnessed many young people wrestle with their core Christian beliefs. Too often, what begins as a set of critical and important questions turns to resentment and faith abandonment. Unfortunately, the church has largely ignored its task of serving people along their journey of questioning. The local church must walk alongside those who are deconstructing their faith and show them how to reconstruct it. Drawing on his own experience of deconstruction, Swoboda offers tools to help emerging adults navigate their faith in a hostile landscape. Doubt is a part of our natural spiritual journey, says Swoboda, and deconstruction is a legitimate space to encounter the living God. After Doubt offers a hopeful, practical vision of spiritual formation for those in the process of faith deconstruction and those who serve them. Foreword by pastor and author John Mark Comer.

There was a time when life seemed simple and not so complicated. In Life through the Seasons, author John Comer reflects on those times. In this personal memoir, he describes life through the eyes of a farm boy growing up in rural Missouri during the 1940s and 1950s.

His family of eight-two parents and six children-lived from season to season, always preparing for the next. Comer tells of life before electricity, running water, and television, while describing his family's relationships, traditions, and values. Most importantly, he recounts how his modest upbringing contained all of the essential experiences for life, health, and happiness, which included Christian spirituality, honesty, respect, and hard work.

In this evocative narrative, Comer has captured the flavor of the time and has brought it to life. Sometimes tried and tested, his family learned to value the troubling times as well as the good. Faith and determination formed the foundation of his being; Life through the Seasons illustrates those simpler times.