The third day is usually quite difficult, but it is a breakthrough day. I have to say I am glad to be on day four because the hunger pangs are subsiding. It is not unusual to be discouraged at times during a fast because we are disciplining our bodies and our souls (mind, will and emotions). Several people have asked me what to expect from the fast. The answer to that is in our prayer time. Spending time praising and talking to God and reading the Word is the most important part of fasting. As we make our bodies and our minds be quiet, our spirits have an opportunity to be sensitive to Him.
Remember you are not fasting alone. You have a Church Family who is praying and seeking God for all of us in 2008!
Isaiah 58:6-9 (New International Version)
6 "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness [a] will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
9 Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
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Thanks for posting these Brother Dave! They are very encouraging. It's weird to do a fast like this on a campus--it's definitely challenging to avoid food! I'm so excited about what God's going to do through this fast.
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