Nugget For Today : Nowhere in the New Testament did Jesus institute any kind of fast.In His commands to His disciples, Jesus never enjoined any fast to be kept.Paul said he fasted , but in all his letters to the church, starting with Romans, there is not a single reference telling the church to fast.We are encouraged to pray, but in connection with demon activity,healing or anything else, we are not told to fast.Fasting, then, must not be as important as some people would lead you to believe.There would have to be some kind of instruction for the church if it were.There are instructions on the gifts of the spirit, praying and giving, but none on fasting.-Kenneth E Hagin