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EPISODE · Feb 24, 2026 · 4 MIN

Episode 45 - When You Fast

from Five Minutes in the Garden - A Daily Discussion of God's Word · host Demetrios Niapas

Yesterday, we stepped into the wilderness with Christ.Today, we ask a quieter question: How do we fast?Not how long. Not how strictly. Not how visibly.But how does fasting shape the heart?In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus assumes something important. He doesn’t say “If you fast.” He says, “When you fast.”Lent is not about whether we fast—but about the spirit in which we do it.

Yesterday, we stepped into the wilderness with Christ.Today, we ask a quieter question: How do we fast?Not how long. Not how strictly. Not how visibly.But how does fasting shape the heart?In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus assumes something important. He doesn’t say “If you fast.” He says, “When you fast.”Lent is not about whether we fast—but about the spirit in which we do it.

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