Prayer and Fasting

Muslims around the world are in the midst of the holy month Ramadan, so seemed appropriate to think about some ideas on prayer and fasting, which are at the heart of these special days. I read the first three Bible citations from the New International Version, especially because of Isaiah 58, and this is what these verses are linked to below. Check it out in that version and maybe some others, but it is really clear and interesting in the NIV.

The Bible:
Ps 35:9,13 I,18,24 (to ;),28
Ps 109:22,24,26
Isa 58:1-11,14
Luke 4:1-15
Luke 6:6-10
Matt 4:25
Matt 5:1-3,6
Matt 6:5 when,6,9-13,16-22
Matt 17:14-21
Joel 2:12,13 (to 5th ,)


Science and Health:
1:6
260:24
261:31-7
296:6
7:17
15:23
201:9-14,17-5
241:5,19-27
220:22
53:3-5
242:9
107:1
109:11-24
254:16
21:9
490:8
41:6
20:27
60:29
99:23

Christian Science Hymnal:
Hymn 64
Hymn 410
Hymn 237