just as a spiritual discipline before God, to humble my heart so I could seek to please him more fully. God does not hear my prayers because I fast, but because I am his child who loves him. But I keep my love for him more attentive by spiritual disciplines. Jesus is my atonement and sin offering; fasting serves as more like a freewill offering or thank offering, a way I can voluntarily demonstrate further devotion to him. If God has stirred in your heart a deeper desire for him, there are sacrifices