Stand in the Gap
The Fasting Warning
Season 9
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Faith, Religion, Spiritual, Talk Show, TV-PG, 08-Nov-2026
What if your fasting is actually about you and not God at all? Jesus had some of His sharpest words for people who were doing all the right religious things with completely wrong hearts. Fasting is one of the most powerful spiritual disciplines in Scripture, but it can quietly become a performance, even when no one else is watching. The question worth sitting with today: when you practice spiritual disciplines, who is your real audience?
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