Fasting
The spiritual discipline of going without food and drink, joined with prayer to seek God's blessings.
Also known as: Fasting Fast · Fasts
64 documents · 6 libraries · 1971–2026
Gospel Topics overview
Emphasis over time
Peak: 6 documents in 2022
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- General Conference40 documents
- Liahona Articles16 documents
- Hymns3 documents
- Gospel Topics and Questions2 documents
- Scripture Central2 documents
- BYU Speeches1 document
Latest
General Conference
A Higher and Holier Fast (opens in a new tab)
Ulisses Soares · Oct 2026
Liahona Articles
Discipleship and the Law of the Fast (opens in a new tab)
Steven D. Shumway · Aug 2026
Liahona Articles
Dopamine and Discipleship: How Your Habits Shape Your Brain and Your Spirit (opens in a new tab)
Chakell Herbert · Jun 2026
Liahona Articles
Relief Through Jesus Christ: The Power of the Fast (opens in a new tab)
Kristin M. Yee · Feb 2026
General Conference
Building a Life Resistant to the Adversary (opens in a new tab)
Jorge F. Zeballos · Oct 2022
General Conference
A Mighty Change of Heart: “I Have Nothing More to Give You” (opens in a new tab)
Eduardo Gavarret · Apr 2022
Scripture Central
Why Does the Lord Require People to Live the Laws of Tithing and Fasting? (opens in a new tab)
Scripture Central · Sep 2020
Scripture Central
Why Did Fasting and Prayer Accompany Nephite Mourning? (opens in a new tab)
Scripture Central · Nov 2019
BYU Speeches
The Talent of Spirituality (opens in a new tab)
Hartman Rector, Jr. · Dec 1979
Hymns
Bless Our Fast, We Pray (opens in a new tab)
John Sears Tanner.
Earliest
General Conference
Ignorance Is Expensive (opens in a new tab)
Hartman Rector, Jr. · Apr 1971
Most frequent voices
- Russell M. Nelson5 documents
- Henry B. Eyring3 documents
- Gordon B. Hinckley2 documents
- Hartman Rector, Jr.2 documents
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