(1Co 7:5) “Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.” Fasting is the denial of self as a show of sincerity before God. He comes first rather than self. In reality it is to be an extension of the way we seek to live every day before Him.