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    <body><![CDATA[My only complaint with Piper is that sometimes he takes 200 pages to say what he could have said in 130.  I think this is the case with this book.  It was definitely worthwhile and I highly recommend it but I think it could have been shorter.  Perhaps the issue was that I didn't have to be convinced...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49258318">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was attracted to this book because of the subtitle: Desiring God through Fasting and Prayer.  Like others who have read some of John Piper's work, I appreciate the way he targets our desires as a true reflection of our relationship with God.  I was intrigued to see how he would write about fasting...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41536743">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would highly recommend this book to any and all Christians.  <br/><br/><br/>Fasting is not practiced or taught in most churches today and the Bible speaks very clearly to subject of fasting.  It's so helpful to look at fasting as a privilege and joy, rather than a duty and dread.  Whether we ea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55188350">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book stems from the basic life principle in the author’s earlier book, <em>Desiring God</em>, which states “God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.”  He fleshes this statement out in the context of fasting and prayer.  Piper builds a case for fasting in the church from a bib...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29576559">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Way more than a book on mere fasting from food.  It's about loving God for His person more than his gifts.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hungering and thirsting for God through prayer and fasting. God does prepare us for Himself through reflection and time with Him apart from our business and everyday struggles. When we fast, not if we fast acoodring to Scripture. We fast and pray to be with God because of who He is not to wack him l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13612873">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Classic Piper. Let's you understand just why fasting actually is an important part of your spiritual life. Other books I've read on the topic emphasize an increase in prayer effectiveness. Piper relates it more to delighting in the God who gives and not in His gifts. Reading it again.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fasting is saying...I choose you, God. Over the basest desire of my flesh that makes me feel comfortable and satisfied. I choose God to satisfy me fully...still trying to get through it...you know, one of those JP books]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Single best book on fasting I've ever read. Single best quotation I can remember, and consequently the one I quote most often:<br/>&quot;God is most glorified in us, when we are most satisfied in Him.&quot;]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[a great book on fasting.  i also enjoyed the shout out to koreans.  funny how koreans are stereotyped as being passionate about prayer.  christians can be so prejudicial sometimes.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The best book I've read on fasting.  Not that that's saying much, but I'm glad he took the time to focus on the principle in a manner that few modern Christians do.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first and best I have read on fasting.  I was spurred on to continue to fast out of hunger for God.  Convicting and challenging book.  Well worth it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ultimately, Piper asserts, fasting is a way of expressing to God that he is the supreme hunger of our hearts—that we are starving for him.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[it is hard to find books on fasting and this certainly will inspire you to 'want' more of God through fasting, such grace from Him]]></body>
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