We begin each year fasting because we believe that if we will pray and seek God and give Him our first fruits at the beginning of the year, He will honour our sacrifice and bless us throughout that year!  2 Chronicles 7:14 says; “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” Fasting for us at V2V Church is a way of life,it's a time for us to draw closer to God and grow in our spiritual walk, it's also a time to sharpen our discernment, enhance our Passion for God and for His Word like never before.

Matthew 6:16-18 “Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18 so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

Isaiah 58:6 "[Is] not this the fast that I have chosen to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?"

Other scripture references to fasting:
Matthew 6:16-18,
Matthew 9:14-15,
Luke 18:9-14
Ezra 8:21-23,
Nehemiah 9:1-3,
Joel 2:15-16,
Jonah 3:5-10,
Acts 27:33-37