Repentance and fasting. Are these somehow linked? And if so, how? Many have wondered if fasting is a practice we Christians ought to be doing in our time as well. To be abundantly clear, we are going to be considering this practice in light of Scripture, as religious orthopraxy, not as a diet plan to drop some lbs you might have picked up over the holidays. Fasting means something. It is intentional or purposeful. The purposes are many and varied. And yet the practice is linked quite often with prayer. There is an appeal, there is a desired connection, spiritual connection to God. It is a demonstration of commitment, a demonstration of the heart, a demonstration of change. In our text this morning we will see that this practice was an appeal and gave evidence of change in the hearts of the people of Nineveh. And we may find the impetus, the encouragement for incorporating this practice into our lives as well.