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Fasting 04: To Stand with the Poor

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How Fasting Tie to Justice and Mercy

Yinka: How does fasting tie to justice and mercy? Yeah, I would say in a number of ways. The scripture says of Jesus, we have a great high priest who can empathize with our weaknesses. And so one way that I become like Jesus is I willingly discomfort my body in a way that other people are unwillingly discomforted in their body. If there's not a sacrificial practice by which I'm training myself to love the poor, right? This is practicing the way.

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