FIVE MARKS OF A DISCIPLE: OCTOBER 5 – NOVEMBER 2

Posts every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday: Fasting builds intimacy with God, and encourages you to grow inwardly, upwardly, and outwardly. Explore five marks of a transformed disciple of Jesus and determine five actions that will allow God to change you. An action that applies to each mark is focus. Fasting and prayer is God’s way for us to find the kind of focus that builds intimacy within and actions without. Be with Him. Be like Him. Do what He wants.

COMING NEXT! MAKING SPACE: NOVEMBER 4 – NOVEMBER 27

Reflect on how to use fasting to make more space for God in your life. Make space in the moment and better reflect God to others. Make space in the morning and enjoy intimacy with Him. Make space in your conversations with others and learn how to listen like He does. Make space in your schedule to breathe and be refreshed by Him. Make space in your commitments so that you can say Yes! to the things He wants you to do. God made a space in this world for us. Let’s return the favor!

by Amanda Bew

Hi! I’m Amanda!

I write for people, like me, who are hungry for the Word of God and want to explore what it says about God’s hunger for us and our own spiritual hunger for Him. I hope that my concise reviews will help you find a way to visit false commitments, fake enthusiasms, faltering plans, and inconsistent faith. And that I can help you find the habits that make a difference for feeding the faith in your life. Let’s explore godly fasting. And let’s find a way to feed the physically and spiritually starved people we encounter in the world in which we live and work every day.

Join me on my own journey of personal hunger and how we might ease the hunger of others.

From fasters and readers:

My fast was not about food, it was about returning to a hunger for God. I was in starvation mode. The challenge, which I have accepted, is to slowly let God. Let Him bring me back to a place where I will lose my control and believe I can’t but He can. I have fallen on my knees in pain and in amazement of His Godincidences just for me. I am wearing knee pads daily! Grateful He has never left me. – Lee

I found that fasting, exchanging food and other vices for intimate time with God, has really propelled me forward! I’ve gotten so much done to establish my coaching business for moms. It’s been a transformative year! – Beth

Love your writing style. Your voice is one that is needed in a world of self-reliance. Keep guiding us to be Jesus-reliant. – Jacob

I am waking up to my last day of fasting. It’s been good for my spirit, mind and body. I am adding more reading to my daily routine as a result of this fast. This time really helped me get through some difficult situations. It came at the perfect time. And it gave me the energy to endure. – Jacque

My 30 days was not a food fast but rather a time fast, an opportunity to spend more time with the Lord. I had been very active in studying the Word but had lost intimacy with the Lord through prayer. Thank you for the encouragement to dedicate 30 days to grow closer to our loving Father! – Candy

My 30 Day Fast has been a powerful experience. I chose to fast from negative words and thoughts. The daily emails kept me encouraged and fulfilled. It’s amazing how setting aside time like this can lead to personal growth and spiritual enrichment! I will continue to nurture this positivity and enhanced spiritual growth. – Mary Em