Have you ever wondered why it is not easy to be a Christian nowadays? One big reason is that we live in an unholy world.

Some of the Old Testament background, spiritual dimensions and a few practical guidelines about the practice of fasting.

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit for forty days in the wilderness, tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he was hungry.