What a tender promise: light after darkness, healing after weariness, and the comforting assurance that when we call upon the Lord, He is near. President Joseph F. Smith taught that proper fasting “would … place the body in subjection to the spirit, and so promote communion with the Holy Ghost” and that “this law would bring […]
The doctrine of fasting is ancient. It has been practiced by biblical heroes from the earliest days. Moses, David, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Isaiah, Daniel, Joel, and many others fasted and preached of fasting.8 Through Isaiah’s writings, the Lord said: “Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy […]
If all we do is abstain from food and drink for 24 hours and pay our fast offering, we have missed a wonderful opportunity for spiritual growth. On the other hand, if we have a special purpose in our fasting, the fast will have much more meaning. Perhaps we can take time as a family […]
Jesus revealed that we pray to a wise Father who knows what things we have need of, before we ask Him.11 Mormon taught his son, Moroni, that we should pray “with all the energy of heart.”12 Nephi exclaimed, “I pray continually for [my people] by day, and mine eyes water my pillow by night, … […]
Isaiah spoke of those who faithfully live the law of the fast and thus become for their own posterity a repairer of the breach. They are the ones who, Isaiah promises, will “build the old waste places.”9 In a similar way, the Savior repaired the breach, or distance, between us and Heavenly Father. He, through His […]