When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Matthew 6:16-18
Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
Isaiah 58:6
Fasting can a very useful thing when done correctly and with a right heart. Jesus tell us in Matthew that we should be quiet about our fasting and not flaunt it, as fasting isn't about ourselves-- it's about God. Our motives should be that of growing closer to God and allowing Him to become our sustenance.
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