How do Christians fast?

Question

Jesus is said to have been fasting in the desert for 40 days. As a Muslim, I fast 30 days every year, but I wonder how christians fast, since there doesn't seem to be a clear opinion on what it means? One said: it's eating only bread and drinking water. Another said: it's staying away from candy and unhealthy food.
So how do you fast and do you think this is how Jesus used to fast? Just curious about the answers… thank you

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Fasting in today's day and age is generally left to Lenten periods and being without what you think is taking you away from God.
Whether that's food, social media etc...
Then whilst fasting ensuring you use the time you would normally use for the item you've fasted for God instead.
The church I go to fasts outside of the Lenten period too as we believe it's a way to bring us closer to God.

Hope this helps 🙂

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I know I'm a little late to the conversation but I'm LDS (aka Mormon and yes we are Christians) and we have what we call Fast Sunday once a month where we don't have any food or drink for 2 meals. Along with our fast we pray for something specific and we believe that Heavenly Father will give us more blessings because of the fast. Fasting helps us to focus more on Christ and also helps us to remember that our mind has more control than our body does over the things we do which in turn helps us to understand that we can overcome any trial or temptation with the help of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

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I'm Catholic and in my experience, we typically fast on Fridays during Lent (the period where Jesus was in the desert). Friday was the day Jesus died for our sins, so that's why we fast. However if you're under 18 or have any health conditions that would make it difficult to fast you can just refrain from eating meat.

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I'm Christian I've done both fasts: the Water only like Jesus And what's called a Daniel fast. Which is 21 days of purely organic from the earth foods & water, no meat, dairy, sweeteners etc. They are both biblically-based. I don't think people can fast 40 days with just water though. When I do water fast I only last about three days. The point is however, that you set clear guidelines and you communicate with God as to what your purpose is, and as you fast you leave alone the worldly things, and for me it's proven to work. God has always seen me through all my endeavors and continues to protect me.

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For my family and i, fasting is stop doing something that is part of a routine and is somehow not only separating us from God but that also will be difficult for us to leave behind all in order to strengthen our spirit. For instance, past years my siblings and i left our electronic devices (we were around 8-14 years old) from consoles to phones. This year we left any type of sodas and social media which has being a very difficult task to do.

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Be not eating any food and only drinking water

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I can't say I've heard of Christians fasting like Muslims do for Ramadan. They have lent which begins this week or next I believe. I think the start is on Shrove Tuesday which in the UK at least its traditional to have pancakes. They tend to give up luxury items such as chocolate for 40 days I think.  I'm not a fully practising Christian however so I may be wrong. I'm actually learning more about Islam at the moment since meeting my OH who's Muslim. What other times should you fast outside of Ramadan? That way I can make sure he's doing as he should! Lol.

Hope this helps a bit x

How do Christians fast?

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