How can you tell if you’re hungry for food or for God? 

This week, Beth invites you to “dine in with Jesus”—a powerful way to transform your relationship with hunger and fasting. Instead of seeing fasting as deprivation, she reframes it as an opportunity to grow closer to God through self-mastery, prayer, and awareness of the body-soul connection.

At the heart of this episode is the Delay and Pray Hunger Scale, a simple yet profound tool to help you discern the difference between physical hunger and emotional hunger. By using this scale, fasters learn how to pause, reflect, and pray before they eat—turning every moment of hunger into an encounter with grace.

The Delay and Pray Hunger Scale
Beth explains that the hunger scale ranges from -5 to 5, with the middle numbers representing gentle, healthy hunger and the extremes showing imbalance. Learning to identify where you are on this scale allows you to fast with purpose, not punishment.

When hunger rises, instead of reaching for food automatically, Beth encourages you to pray, breathe, and ask God what kind of hunger you’re really experiencing. Is it physical? Emotional? Spiritual? This awareness is where transformation begins.

Aligning Body and Soul
Fasting isn’t just about food—it’s about forming the will, training the heart, and integrating the body and soul. Beth reminds us that our physical hunger often reveals a deeper spiritual longing. When we “dine in with Jesus,” we invite Him into that space of emptiness, letting Him satisfy our deepest needs with His love, not the temporary comfort of food.

This process creates what Beth calls “metabolic peace”—a balance where the body serves the soul, and both are united in glorifying God.

Offering Hunger as Prayer
One of the most beautiful insights from this episode is learning to offer your hunger as a prayer for others. Every time you delay eating, you can lift up a person or an intention to God. What was once a moment of discomfort becomes an act of intercession, turning the ordinary into the sacred.

The Spiritual Feast Awaits
Fasting isn’t about restriction—it’s about freedom. It’s learning to trust God more than our appetites and to feast on His grace rather than constant consumption. When we fast with intention, guided by prayer and awareness, we discover that true satisfaction comes not from the table, but from the One who invites us to it.

Fasting isn’t about punishment—it’s about presence. When we learn to pause, pray, and invite Jesus into our hunger, our discomfort becomes holy, our will grows stronger, and our souls are nourished in ways food never could.

If you’re ready to understand your hunger in a new way—and find peace between your body, mind, and soul—listen to this episode. You’ll walk away with practical tools, spiritual encouragement, and a renewed sense of how fasting can bring you closer to the heart of Christ.

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