Thank God for the call to fast.

Thank God that He provides for us in significant ways, even when we go without food.

Ask God to help you examine your motivation for fasting.

Thank God that He meets us in our mourning.

Thank God for the call to fast from food in order that we might meet with God.

Ask God to grow your desire to say no to things in order to say yes to Him.

Thank God for the hunger that He gives His people to drink and eat on His Word.

Thank God that He satisfies our deepest longings.

Ask God to make your soul cling to Him.