Early Church Fasting

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Fasting for guidance and commissioning.

The early church fasts when seeking direction and appointing leaders. Fasting appears as a normal spiritual practice integrated with prayer and decision-making, not as crisis behaviour.

Scripture

Acts 13:2-3

2 As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them."

3 Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

Acts 14:23

23 When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.