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Ask The Pastor
Thursday, May 02, 2002
> I am presently taking part in the Daniel Fast. My
pastor says we are
> not to indulge in meats, sweets, or treats. Do starches count? I need
> more specifics on what I CAN eat. Please help. Since I attend a large
> church, the pastors have asked that the members not bombard them with
> calls about specific foods.
Dorinda,
I probably can't help you much with this. Seems nowadays that a
Daniel fast is whatever folk want to make it. The Scriptures used for a
Daniel fast have nothing to do with Daniel fasting. Daniel was not
fasting. He simply did not want to eat goods that would be un-kosher to
the Hebrew people. I think you'll have to press your case with your
pastors.
But I will point out, again, that what is being called a Daniel fast today is
more a Christian novelty. A true Biblical fast is eating no food and drinking no
drink. As I said above, what Daniel did was not a fast. It had to do with kosher
eating. The only record we have of Daniel actually fasting is in Daniel 9:2,3,
where Daniel is seeking the Lord concerning the 70 years of captivity. It says,
"So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and
supplication,
with fasting, sackcloth and ashes."
Hope this helps a bit.
Bro. Buddy Martin
[Editor's note: See also these "Ask the Pastor" topics on the Daniel fast:
- "Ask the Pastor" - What is a Daniel fast?
- "Ask the Pastor" - What is a Daniel fast? (#2)
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