@Teriann Davis Fasting separates you from sin (external & worldly desires). You gain perspective, awareness, experience and clarity. It strengthens your will, mind and body, and bring you closer to the Living God, as a master of yourself and your entrusted vessel. You find God in balance and self mastery, which lead to self assurance & self knowing and a sovereign identity forged through discipline. Mind (Mental , Body (Physical) and Soul (Spiritual) are EQUALLY important in alignment of God's Divine Principles. Death is separation from the Living God, who declared that only you decide if YOU live of die.