Whats the longest you have fasted?

[Sam]

I think 30 hours without food or water.
That was years ago when I was younger and stronger and thought it was wrong to drink water to remain hydrated on a fast.
I was going to college and working at the time.

I fasted chocolate for 21 days once.

Over the years I have eaten breakfast, fasted lunch, then eaten dinner and have drunk water during the day on several occasions. I consider that a fast.

Some times I fast evening snacks --nothing from dinner until a light bedtime snack required with my medication.

Fasting is basically just saying "no" to your flesh. Just as Adam and Eve indulged their flesh by eating and brought sin into the world, we can refuse to indulge our flesh by eating to fight sin in our lives.

When Oral Roberts was a young pastor, the Lord dealt with him about the healing ministry that He had promised to him several years before. Oral Roberts would take the time ordinarily spent eating lunch and instead spend that time on his knees and in prayer. He did that for an extended period of time. I remember reading about that over 50 years ago when I was a teen ager and realized that was a good way to fast/discipline myself.

[Sam]

Muslims fast 40 days for Ramadan.
They do it by eating before sunrise, fasting all day, then eating after sunset.
I wonder if this is how Jesus fasted 40 days?

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Sam

Muslims fast 40 days for Ramadan.
They do it by eating before sunrise, fasting all day, then eating after sunset.
I wonder if this is how Jesus fasted 40 days?

Dunno. Matthew 4:2, along with Luke 4:2 (which states that He ate "nothing"), appear to be intended to follow the experience of Moses in Exodus 34:28, where it is stated that Moses neither ate nor drank for that time period.

This would seem to indicate some sort of supernatural event related to the giving of the Law and Covenants to Israel and the New Covanant that Jesus Christ revealed for us.

After each fast (Moses' and Jesus') both men were then tempted sorely. Moses saw the Ten Temptations (Numbers 14:22) that the children of Israel (and he himself at times) were responsible for. Jesus was tempted of the devil. I wonder, which one faced the worse trial?