Fasting.

So, for some unknown reason I decided to fast in the mornings. Basically for no spiritual reason, just because I don't tend to care for eating in the morning. So I set a time for myself. I wasn't going to eat before noon.
I told Granny I wasn't going to be eating before noon so she would stop telling me to do so. I had used the word "fast" since it means to not eat, or to abstain. It was a logical word to use. She thought I mean spiritual fast, and then wondered why I was on the computer instead of in the Word.
We talked about it a bit, and upon realizing I really knew nothing about fasting, I decided to check it out.
What is spiritual fasting?
Why is it done?
What is the purpose?
I jumped on the best resource I have to find out. Google. "Fasting why" I typed in, and clicked on the first few that came up. One included many bible verses, so I read it through, check each as I went along so I could see how to Word fit into it.
( http://marshill.com/categories/fasting )
The posting titled "Why do we fast" answered most my questions.
( http://marshill.com/2013/12/06/why-do-we-fast )
to quote a bit:

"Throughout the Bible, we see people fast for a variety of reasons:
To be like Jesus (Matt. 4:1–17; Luke 4:1–13)
To obtain spiritual purity (Isa. 58:5–7)
To repent from sins (See Jon. 3:8; Neh. 1:4, 9:1–3; 1 Sam. 14:24)
To influence God (2 Sam. 12:16–23)
To mourn for the dead (1 Sam. 31:13; 2 Sam. 1:12)
To request God’s help in times of crisis and calamity (Ezra 8:21–23; Neh. 1:4–11)
To strengthen prayer (Matt. 17:21; Mark 9:17–29; Acts 10:30; 1 Cor. 7:5)"

I am only just beginning my study on spiritual fasting. The only thing I could recall hearing about fasting before, was from a teaching in Mark 9:29 speaking about a devil that the disciples could not cast out, because "This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting."

I would encourage others to also look into fasting and prayer. If nothing more to you, it would be an interesting study.