Fasting (3/3)

Practicing the Way of Jesus

By Pastor Dan Williams, April 26, 2026

Do What Jesus Did: How To Fast

What does fasting look like in practice?

Start & simple.

Replace eating with .

Make it .

Break it with .


What Now?

Taste & see.

  • Psalm 34:8 (NLT) Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!

  • John 6:35 (NLT) Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again.

Expect a battle.

“Transformation is possible if we are willing to arrange our lives around the practices, rhythms, and truths that Jesus himself did.” — John Mark Comer, Practicing the Way


Continuing the Conversation

1. Honest inventory:

  1. When was the last time you fasted?
  2. What has your relationship with this discipline looked like — avoidance, ignorance, occasional practice?
  3. What do you think has shaped that?

2. “Fasting reveals the things that control us.” If you fasted one day this week,

  1. what do you think it would reveal about what most comforts and controls you?

  2. What are you afraid that answer might be?

3. The next step: Comer challenges us to build fasting into our “Rule of Life” — the ongoing rhythm of discipleship.

  1. What would one small, concrete step look like for you in the next two weeks?

  2. Could your group fast together and debrief the experience?