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# Giving, Prayer, and Fasting
- URL: https://thebiblehour.com/giving-prayer-fasting/
- Published: 2026-10-22T19:09:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T19:16:07.000Z
- Description: Do not practice righteousness in order to be seen. Giving, prayer, and fasting are for the Father who sees in secret. The reward that lasts is the one he gives, not the praise that is already spent.
- Author: Christian Whitmer
- Tags: Transformed: Sermon on the Mount

**Rick Raber, Elder · Matthew 6:1–18**

Do not practice righteousness in order to be seen. Giving, prayer, and fasting are for the Father who sees in secret. The reward that lasts is the one he gives, not the praise that is already spent.