Fasting

I am asking you to fast regularly for the end of history as we know it because you want the King to come. (John Piper in Hunger for God, session 3)

In my experience, fasting is not common practice among professing Christians, although it should be. Among those who do fast, I have not found this kind of Kingdom expectancy.

If children grow up seeing their parents fasting regularly "for the end of history as we know it because they want the King to come," are they likely to think that their parents really care about what car they buy next, or where they're going on vacation this year? They're going to see that their parents long for Christ and His Kingdom because it is more to be desired than life.