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True Fasting: Inner Devotion Over Outward Display - Illustration on hypocrisy versus authenticity | IllustrateTheWord

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True Fasting: Inner Devotion Over Outward Display

By Joseph S. ExellSource: archive.org188 wordsAI-crafted by ChurchWiseAI

Fasting was not merely abstinence from food for a time, as health and duty allowed, but a spiritual discipline rooted in sorrow for sin and self-denial.

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hypocrisy versus authenticity hidden devotion versus public display inward transformation over external performance the true purpose of spiritual discipline

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Matthew 6:16

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