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[quote][blue]Thanks for your query about fasting in other traditions. I found this page on our Methodist website. Christians do fast, but they tend to be quite flexible in understanding what a fast may involve. John Newton john@jcn.me.uk[/blue] The Methodist Church of Great Britain | Living a holy life You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. Mark 12.30-31 Home / Open to God / About the Methodist Church / What is distinctive about Methodism? | Text size: +/- Site Map What is distinctive about Methodism? All can be saved Assurance of God's love Living a holy life A grassroots movement A covenant with God Born in song Small groups Reading the Bible The Methodist quadrilateral The Connexion Living the Christian life Living a holy life The longing for holiness is not about wanting to be 'holier than thou'. It is about wanting the love of God to permeate all of our life, and for that love to be shown through our lives to other people. God gives us the Holy Spirit, and when we respond, there is no limit to what the grace of God is able to do in a human life. John Wesley taught about 'Christian perfection.' He believed that a mature Christian can reach a state where the love of God reigns supreme in our heart. We can't be perfect in an absolute way, as God is. But we can be made perfect in love. However we do not become holy all on our own. Methodists believe in what John Wesley called 'social holiness'. It is vital to meet and worship with other Christians in order to grow in the Christian life and to understand what is God's will for us and for our community. The Methodist movement began in the eighteenth century when John and Charles Wesley got together with like-minded friends in Oxford to meet regularly for prayer, Bible study and Holy Communion, and to visit prisons and workhouses. It was called the Holy Club. Holiness is not just about personal spirituality and prayer. It will also be expressed through a commitment to social justice and to enabling other people to become followers of Jesus. A different way of observing Lent Christians traditionally spend the 40 days before Easter fasting or observing some other discipline to prepare our minds and hearts. This year some of us are making a special effort to counteract the 'I shop therefore I am' culture and give up buying anything except essentials. See our blog No new shoes Home · Open to God · Open to Life · Open to the World · Open to You · Contact[/quote]
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