Fasting In A Fast-food World
Joel 2:1-11
Sermon
by Barbara Brokhoff

If I told you that I have a sure-fire, effortless plan whereby you can lose 25 pounds, with no exercise, and no money, would I have your attention? I thought so. You can't pick up a Woman's Day magazine, Good Housekeeping, McCalls, Red-book, Ladies' Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, Reader's Digest, or even the National Enquirer without finding at least one article on how to lose weight. It's a multi-million dollar business in America.

And, if you are overweight, you probably need to lose some fat to be more healthy. It's never easy, it takes a powerful lot of willpower and determination, it costs in effort, exercise, and dollars. Constantly we are urged to diet: diet to lose weight, diet to look better, diet to aid digestion, diet to build muscle, diet to control cholesterol, diet to lower blood…

C.S.S. Publishing Co., A, by Barbara Brokhoff