30 DAY FAST, SEPTEMBER 1 – SEPTEMBER 30 (Join any time, see how to prepare below.)

Early morning posts every day: 30 days of fasting does not mean you do not eat for 30 days! A fast can be many things. Normally it is a plan to deny yourself some kind of food or something that is habitual. You want the lack of it to be noticed regularly by your body and your mind. And you want to experience a sort of hunger for it. It can be a good thing or a bad thing. A fast, by design, will turn your thoughts toward God when the moment comes that you say No. These posts will help you prepare and focus on how He will spiritually provide what you need, in the moment and beyond.

Evening posts every day: Personal posts from me that share my own daily experience of fasting, encourage tasting the sweetness of our Lord before sleep, and prepare us for an ever deeper renewal in the morning.

INFORMATION ABOUT PREPARING FOR YOUR FAST

Check out this preparation post to help you identify which meals or what things God may be asking you to abstain from for your fast: Fast Prep Day 2: What Could My Fast Look Like?

by Amanda Bew

Tag: isaiah

  • Fast Day 15: Watered

    Fast Day 15: Watered

    We are uniquely designed by God. He created us! Our Meyers & Briggs personality type, our DISC personality description, and our Enneagram personality framework all reflect the loving way that He put together our spirit and our soul. And whether we are shaped like a pear, an apple, a triangle, or a rectangle, we are…

  • Fast Day 5: Don’t Fast Like This

    Fast Day 5: Don’t Fast Like This

    Isaiah 58 outlines the kind of fast or response that God wants from us. He doesn’t want what the Israelites had been giving Him: a stolid, pious, self-righteous, cold, calculating, look-at-me, tit-for-tat, complaining, religious attitude. You say, “Why have we fasted and You have not been impressed? Why have we been hard on ourselves and…

  • Fast Prep Day 6: How Not to Fast

    Fast Prep Day 6: How Not to 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 fasting if it ends in quarreling…

  • Fast Prep Day 1: God’s Fast

    Fast Prep Day 1: God’s Fast

    Isaiah 58: 1-9 My post-COVID-19 journey led me to stop, as it did so many others, and God led me to meditate on Isaiah 58. It initiated an intimate dialogue with God about fasting and how this spiritual habit adds to His kingdom and His harvest (Matthew 9:37-38)! Let’s dig into this passage together and…

  • Hunger for the Harvest Day 22: Send Me

    Hunger for the Harvest Day 22: Send Me

    Isaiah the prophet was called to plant seeds for the people of Israel to clearly follow their God, but his awareness of their sin blocked his own sense of confidence in this role. God had a special vision for Isaiah that made all the difference! We know that we are sent to plant seeds for…

  • Hunger for the Harvest Day 15: Recovery

    Hunger for the Harvest Day 15: Recovery

    When you spend intimate time with Him fasting and praying, you jump-start whatever recovery might be needed during this season of your life. As you continue to identify your focus, it may involve rebuilding, repairing and restoring habits that were your strength. Don’t be afraid to go back there! He is with you and He…

  • Hunger for the Harvest Day 7: Full

    Hunger for the Harvest Day 7: Full

    We are fasting so that we recognize how God longs to feed us from His heritage, the land of milk and honey (Isaiah 58:14)! He has created a promised land of true Life for us. It is full of things that are good to feast on, that give us strength and that will fully satisfy…

  • Hunger for the Harvest Day 4: How Not to Fast

    Hunger for the Harvest Day 4: How Not to 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 fasting if it ends in quarreling…

  • Hunger for the Harvest Day 1: A Spiritual Habit of Fasting

    Hunger for the Harvest Day 1: A Spiritual Habit of Fasting

    My post-COVID-19 journey led me to stop, as it did so many others, and God led me to meditate on Isaiah 58. It initiated an intimate dialogue with God about fasting and how this spiritual habit adds to His kingdom and His harvest (Matthew 9:37-38)! Let’s dig into this passage together and my hope is…

  • Fasting in the Bible Day 8: Isaiah Part 2

    Fasting in the Bible Day 8: Isaiah Part 2

    Choose God’s way of fasting and see what He will do: Then your light will break out like the dawn. Your recovery will happen quickly. Your right living will be known by others. The glory of the LORD will protect your back. You will call and the LORD will answer. You will cry for help…