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Day 6: Soul Rest
Come to Me, all who are weary and overburdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. Matthew 11: 28-30 Who doesn’t…
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Day 5: God’s Fast
You say, “Why have we fasted and You have not been impressed? Why have we been hard on ourselves and You have not even noticed?” I, the LORD, say, “Because you are fasting to please yourselves and even while you are fasting, you oppress your workers. What good is your fasting if it ends in…
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Day 4: Pick it Up
A man was by the Bethesda pool who had been ill for thirty-eight years. Jesus, seeing this man lying there and knowing that he had already been in that condition for a long time, said to him, “Do you want to get well?” The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no one to put…
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Day 3: True Thirst
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” She said, “How is it that You are asking a Samaritan woman for a drink?” Jesus replied, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is asking for a drink, you would have asked Him and He…
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Day 2: True Hunger
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after He had fasted for forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry. And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” But He…
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What am I fasting for?
My post-COVID-19 journey led me to meditate on Isaiah 58 often and initiated an intimate dialogue with God about fasting and justice! I share my journey here and hope you leave inspired and motivated for a specific vision and a plan for action for your life. God will do the rest! One of the hardest…
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Isaiah 58:6-9
Is this not the fast that I choose?To release the bonds of wickedness.To undo the ropes of the yoke.To let the oppressed go free and break every yoke.Is it not to break your bread with the hungryand bring the homeless poor into the house?And when you see the naked, to cover himand not to hide…
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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!
