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The Reward of Fasting in the Secret Place | Pastor Shane Idleman

Many Christians pray for breakthrough but miss a key biblical practice. Here’s why fasting might be the missing piece in your spiritual life.
Shane Idleman
Jul 22, 2025
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In this powerful Wednesday night message, Pastor Shane Idleman unpacks the desperate need to add fasting to your life. The tragedy is, that so many Christians, just for the pleasure of continually eating, will continue in their powerless spiritual condition. 

“A close survey of the Scriptures indicates that the deeply spiritual men who obtained things in answer to prayer, always came to God on an empty stomach, either completely fasting or else living abstemiously” (Gordon Cove).

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Originally published July 22, 2025.

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Shane Idleman is the founder and lead pastor of Westside Christian Fellowship in Southern California and the WCF Radio Network. More can be found at ShaneIdleman.com. Free downloads of his eBooks can be found at www.WCFAV.org. Visit him on Facebook and Twitter. Subscribe to his new podcast, Idleman Unplugged. You can also follow Pastor Shane on the free speech platform Parler.

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