The phrase "fasting" resonates through 16 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
fasting
...On Thee for them to cast our care,
By fasting and by lowly prayer.
Lord Jesu, grant us eyes to see...
On Thee for them to cast our care,
By fasting and by lowly prayer.
Lord Jesu, grant us eyes to see
...Himself has fasted and has prayed.
Alone and fasting Moses saw
The loving God who gave the law;...
Himself has fasted and has prayed.
Alone and fasting Moses saw
The loving God who gave the law;
...This healing for the soul for man,
By fasting sought, by fasting found
Through forty days of yearly round;...
This healing for the soul for man,
By fasting sought, by fasting found
Through forty days of yearly round;
...When the angels sang Thy birth;
In Thy fasting and temptation,
In Thy labors on the earth,...
When the angels sang Thy birth;
In Thy fasting and temptation,
In Thy labors on the earth,
...Turn thy darkness into day.
Tho’ thy spirit faints with fasting
Thro’ the hours so slowly wasting,...
Turn thy darkness into day.
Tho’ thy spirit faints with fasting
Thro’ the hours so slowly wasting,
...Humbly at Thy feet we bend,
Hear us, fasting, praying, mourning—
Hear us, spare us, and defend....
Humbly at Thy feet we bend,
Hear us, fasting, praying, mourning—
Hear us, spare us, and defend.
...From discipline of outward things,
That fasting inward secretly
The soul may purely dwell with Thee....
From discipline of outward things,
That fasting inward secretly
The soul may purely dwell with Thee.
...The narrow way that leads to God.
She learned, through fasting, to control
The flesh that weigheth down the soul,...
The narrow way that leads to God.
She learned, through fasting, to control
The flesh that weigheth down the soul,
...Forty days and forty nights
Thou wast fasting in the wild;
Forty days and forty nights...
Forty days and forty nights
Thou wast fasting in the wild;
Forty days and forty nights
...In our so great iniquity.
Therefore with fasting and with prayer,
Our secret sorrow we declare;...
In our so great iniquity.
Therefore with fasting and with prayer,
Our secret sorrow we declare;
...As for a brother dead!
And fasting mortified his soul,
While for their life he prayed....
As for a brother dead!
And fasting mortified his soul,
While for their life he prayed.
...For our sins, of glory emptied,
He was fasting, lone, and tempted,
He was slain on Calvary;...
For our sins, of glory emptied,
He was fasting, lone, and tempted,
He was slain on Calvary;
...We therefore come before Thee now
With fasting, and with prayer,
Beseeching of Thy love that Thou...
We therefore come before Thee now
With fasting, and with prayer,
Beseeching of Thy love that Thou
...Since Thou for forty days wast there,
In fasting, solitude and prayer.
Unworthy though these feet to rest...
Since Thou for forty days wast there,
In fasting, solitude and prayer.
Unworthy though these feet to rest
...Humbly at Thy feet we bend;
Hear us, fasting, praying, mourning;
Hear us, spare us, and defend....
Humbly at Thy feet we bend;
Hear us, fasting, praying, mourning;
Hear us, spare us, and defend.
...I suffer in the strife.
I wept, with fasting bowed my soul,
Yet that was made my shame;...
I suffer in the strife.
I wept, with fasting bowed my soul,
Yet that was made my shame;
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