Daily Devotion for October 10, 2026

Jesus Questioned About Fasting

18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?”

19 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them. 20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.

21 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. 22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.”

Over the last decade or so, I have been fasting from time to time. Usually after I have a bad stretch of poor eating habits, whether it be over-consumption &/or poor quality.

At first fasting was hard. Fasting made me think of food more than not fasting. After practice, fasting has become easier.

I thought fasting was a religious practice to show obedience. But now I understand how fasting helps our digestive system. It gives our digestive system a break and it cleans itself out.

In addition, we move into a ketosis state, where our body eats fat as it’s primary source for energy.

Dear Lord, help us to develop habits that help our body function more efficiently and effectively.

Thomas J Frase

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