This week, Pastor Col dives into a powerful new series exploring the balance between faith and works and the spiritual practice of fasting or as Jesus called it in Greek, “Nestis” (νήστις), meaning to abstain from food for spiritual reasons. 🕊️
In “It’s Time to Nestis,” Pastor Col challenges us to rethink fasting, not as an act to earn God’s attention, but as a process of preparation and surrender that positions us to see breakthrough for others. ✨
Through stories, scripture, and humour (yes, there’s a “fast” joke in there! 😄), this message reminds us that fasting isn’t about deprivation, it’s about becoming the vessel for God’s miracles to flow in and through our lives. 🙏
📖 Scripture References:
Matthew 9 : 14 – 17 – Jesus questioned about fasting; the bridegroom, new cloth, and new wineskins.
Mark 2 : 18 – 22 – Parallel passage on fasting and the parables that follow.
Luke 5 : 33 – 39 – Another account of Jesus explaining new wine in new wineskins.
Mark 9 : 29 – “This kind can come out only by prayer and fasting.”
James 2 : 17 – 18 – “Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”
Matthew 6 : 16 – 18 – Jesus’ teaching on fasting in secret, not for show.