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New Habits 5: Walk it Out
It’s not hard to know what we should do differently. Identifying a few goals, listening to God’s whisper and examining our heart can be the easy part! It’s when we try to include these new habits into our life in a way that becomes second nature that it is hard. Sometimes it seems easy and…
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New Habits 4: The Squish
However God directed you to plan your 30 Day Fast, He wanted it to be sincere, humble and private. As you emerge from your time of fasting, He is interested to see new habits and changes in your life that you will begin to implement from your special time with Him. He wants you to…
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New Habits 3: Strong Bones
Because of your 30 Day Fast and extra attention to your relationship with the Lord, you may be experiencing a comforting renewal, a needed revival, or a total resurrection in your spiritual life! Before I moved to Florida, I had also come to the end of my infertility journey with only multiple miscarriages as the…
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New Habits 2: Scorched
We know God has spoken to us about a new spiritual habit, but our life post-fast may feel scorched! We might get pulled back into what had been the norm! But now is the time to recognize the truth about what is going on around us, without apology and without emotion, and ask God to…
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New Habits 1: Christ’s Character
New habits are about identifying the action you need to take and how you will incorporate it into your life. But just as important, identifying an overwhelmingly strong understanding of why this habit will make a difference will fuel the motivation you need to keep following through. For a Christian, that means that most new…
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Fast Day 30: God’s Response
There are many ways we can call out to God: we can pray as Jesus taught us, be persistent in our prayer, pray out loud and keep our hearts prepared to pray through fasting. We know what we want and now we know how to approach Him! Let’s take our relationship with our gracious Lord…
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Fast Day 29: Feeding Guests
Home is more than a house or a physical shelter, but a symbol of a person’s health and happiness. It is a place where we are fed, physically and emotionally. It may not be a permanent place, but there is a permanent relationship to wherever we call home in our heart. The roots that ground…
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Fast Day 28: Feeding the Hungry
As we fast, the more hunger we feel for something physical and for something spiritual, the more we relate to those who are truly hungry. Sometimes we might think that God’s mandate to feed the hungry means to feed only those who are extraordinarily hungry because of extraordinary circumstances. In all the accounts of Jesus…
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Fast Day 27: Satisfied
Jesus taught what is known as the Beatitudes or the Blessings to start off His Sermon on the Mount. I love that He began this teaching by defining what it means to follow Him in such a positive way, not in a condemning way! The follower He describes is someone who is humble spiritually, who…
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Fast Day 26: Hungry and Needy
What is the difference between hunger and greed and gluttony? Your fast may help you to explore these three aspects: Hunger, first and foremost, is a compelling need or desire for food, but we may characterize any strong and compelling desire or craving as a hunger. For example, a hunger for more in life, a…
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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!
