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Fast Night 17: Yield
With passion I pursue and cling to You. I yield. Ps 63: 8 “Spiritual passion is a strong internal emotion that inspires devotion and dedication. It’s what makes it easier to stick to it, to follow through, and to enjoy, not just endure.” These words from my own morning blog speak to me this evening,…
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Fast Night 16: Home
In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went away to a secluded place and prayed there. Mark 1: 35 Christ will make His home in your hearts as you trust in Him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. Ephesians 3:…
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Fast Night 9: Thinking
If anything is worthy of praise — think about these things and put them into practice. Then the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4: 8-9 Nighttime during our fast is an excellent time to think about what is worthy of praise. Since we are tired and in a more relaxed frame of…
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Fast Night 7: Review
Delight in the Lord and He will satisfy the desires of your heart. Spiritual rest at night might start before you lie down in bed or before you close your eyes. Ignatius suggests a review of the day, noting when you were vitally aware of the presence of God during your fast. He suggests recording…
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Fast Night 6: Feast
Come to Me, all who are weary and overburdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28 The Sabbath is a whole day of rest that God arranged for us from the very beginning of time! We read in Genesis that He rested on the seventh day and I am so grateful for the freedom…
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Fast Night 5: Rewarding
“Fast so that your fasting will not be noticed by others but only by your Father who is unseen. Your Father, who sees you in private, will reward you.” Matthew 6: 16-17 When I started this blog, this was an area of great concern for me. I have needed God’s encouragement and wisdom to present…
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Fast Night 4: Lying Down
Jesus said to him, “Do you want to get well? Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.” Immediately the man became well and picked up his pallet and began to walk. John 5: 6, 8 God has transformed me and He transforms my whole day when I fast. When I say No! to the…
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Fast Night 3: Drenched
Whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never be thirsty, it will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life.” The woman said, “Give me this water so that I will not be thirsty.” (from John 4: 14-15) Today was a day to fast food from sunup…
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Fast Night 2: Evening Hunger
Jesus said, “It is written: Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God.” Matthew 4: 4 I am always hungry in the morning, but after I have had my coffee (which isn’t food, ha!), I can usually delay eating according to the fasting plan…
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Fast Night 1: Evening Prayer
I humbled my soul with fasting, and prayer was constantly on my mind. Psalms 35: 13 Dearest Father, For this first day of fasting, I come to you with humility and confession. I thought about food more than You. Even though I have fasted many times, I know it is hard to convert my hunger…
happy hunger
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!
