Hunger tells you that you stopped eating.
Surrender reveals that you started fasting.
Are You Fasting or Just Not Eating? calls believers beyond appetite and into biblical purpose, spiritual alignment, consecration, and obedience to God.
By Dr. Gary L. Cordon, Sr. with Dr. Chris B. Cordon
Paperback $24.99 · Kindle $9.99 · Special church campaign available
You may be hungry—but are you truly fasting?
Giving up food is not the same as giving yourself to God. This message is for the believer who has asked:
Move from willpower to spiritual alignment.
Recover Biblical Purpose
Understand the fast God has chosen and why fasting must remain joined to prayer, Scripture, repentance, consecration, and obedience.
Bring Spirit, Soul, and Body into Order
Recognize how appetite, intention, and obedience work together so the body serves the assignment rather than ruling it.
Practice a Fasted Life
Carry the lessons of fasting beyond a temporary sacrifice into sustained spiritual focus, holiness, discipline, and peace.
“The peace of God is the reward of the surrender to God.”
True fasting is not an attempt to manipulate God. It is a willing surrender to God. The book provides biblical clarity for believers who want their fasting to produce more than an empty stomach—to produce a more attentive heart.
The Word must govern the appetite.
“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”
Bread can feed the body, but only the Word can sustain the life. Appetite must never overrule assignment.
Give your congregation shared language, biblical order, and practical direction.
Many churches begin the year with a corporate fast. This book helps pastors and leaders prepare members before the fast begins—so the church does more than stop eating together; it seeks God together with understanding.
- 20-book minimum at $17.50 per book
- $1 per book shipping and handling
- Ideal for January fasts, leadership teams, Bible studies, and small groups
- Orders of 30 or more may request a 90-minute seminar for $200 during the limited-time campaign
per paperback with a 20-book minimum
Thirty-book ministry benefit
Eligible churches may add a 90-minute biblical fasting seminar for $200. The seminar is ordinarily $750 without the qualifying campaign purchase.
Availability, scheduling, and final order details are confirmed directly with the ministry.
Biblical truth shaped by pastoral care and lived faith.
Dr. Gary L. Cordon, Sr. and Dr. Chris B. Cordon invite believers to pursue fasting with spiritual integrity, biblical understanding, and practical wisdom. Their message is rooted in prayer, holiness, ministry experience, and a desire to help the Church seek God—not merely endure hunger.
“God is God and I believe God.”
Read Their StoryBuild a life that remains attentive to God.
Fasting With Purpose
Learn why biblical fasting must be connected to spiritual intention.
Read the teaching →Prayer and Fasting
Create space to hear God through prayer, Scripture, and consecration.
Read the teaching →Learning to Live the Fasted Life
Prepare for the forthcoming companion workbook and continuing resources.
Explore the workbook →Don’t merely leave the table.
Draw nearer to God.
Let this book help you understand the difference between hunger and surrender—and prepare your heart for fasting that is biblical, purposeful, and transformative.