Excerpts from Joy Haney’s book, “When Ye Fast”:
I love the benefits of fasting. Fasting kills the old man. That is what is hard, but it is worth it! I gives you boldness and confidence to win spiritual battles and to fight the enemy. Fasting reveals things. Sometimes you are even unaware how cluttered your life is until you fast. A fast uncovers clutter, sins, extra baggage, weights and disorder.
Fasting should be done with much prayer and study of the Bible to reap the greatest benefits.
Any time I feel a heaviness in the body, a sluggishness or depression, I know it is time to fast, have special prayer, and to withdraw from certain pleasures. It is time to come alive in the spirit again.
