I woke up early this morning, feeling the presence of the Lord sensing the presence of something dark around my house. I felt like I needed to act immediately!
Please understand, I am a pretty emotional guy and I can act on my emotions to quickly if I am not careful. I really do try to slow down these days and make sure I am hearing the Lord through my filters and situation, thus the call to fast.
I have done a 40 day fast, I have done the “Daniel Fast” the “Ezekiel Fast” the “this fast” and the “that fast”, and I loved them all. The fast I have done more then any other fast is the “FAILED FAST”!!
I have failed at fasting more times then you can count. Good intentions, feeling the presence of the Lord, ready to rock and roll, kick the devils butt, and then, as I walk past the potato chip bag, (have you ever heard a potato chip talk? They do) well, just one, and there you have it, my failed fast!
Back to this morning, clearly there was something going on in my house. I knew the Lord was prompting me to get up and pray. Feeling that little twinge, in my already growling stomach, He was also prompting me to take some time to fast.
Fasting is a choice, like anything else; you do not have to fast. Here is the really cool thing; you cannot fail at fasting! The Lord loves the “Yes” in our hearts. He is not limited to our performance; He just wants to know that you are willing and obedient, with a heart to please Him.
Psalms 116:15 “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.” Dieing to flesh, pleasing the Lord, thank you God I have a “Yes” in my heart this morning…
I was just wondering, you said you did the Ezekiel fast. What all did you do during that time? In Ezekiel 4, it just says to ration the food, or to condense how much you eat during the day. I feel God wants me to do the Ezekiel fast, you know with the bread and such, I just don’t know what else that entails. Just wondering what you did for that. Thank you :]
-Becky
Thanks.. this was helpful for me, years after you wrote it. LOL @ hearing a potato chip talk to you. I know what you mean Blessings to you, sir.
Thank you, this is really helpful
I embarked on a 30 day water fast following alongside a bible based ’30 day fasting journal’ I found online. I’m on day 11, I’ve had amazing breakthrough and the Lord has certainly pointed out things within me I needed to change. I have felt connected spiritually as I pressed in and am feeling like it is done, but committed in the beginning to 30 days … I’m feeling like a failure for even contemplating stopping, then I think maybe now it’s pride that is making me push on … am I being sinful and have my motivations now changed? Am I being prideful? So difficult to know … Am I breaking a promise? Am I being weak and just giving up? Is it a spiritual test?
You cannot fail! The grace of the fast has simply lifted, and you are released!! If you wake up and feel grace to continue, if you do not, EAT!!! It is not pride, it is not failure it is NOT breaking a promise; He loves you, period. It has nothing to do with what you do.
Oh how this has helped me! Thank you so much! I was feeling like such a failure
I feel like a failure this year.21 day fasting is so difficult for me,after 10th day Daniel 21 day fasting.I got so sick,I keep on vomiting then I stoped for 3day and resume yesterday.Today I’m feeling sick again very nauseous.I never had any problem with fasting before.I’m realy confused.
Rose, fasting is not the point… Jesus is the point. That’s what I mean, you can’t fail; stop trying love God and let him love you.
I decided to fast not from food but from secular music, as fasting from food felt too risky (I’ve had an unhealthy relationship with food in the past and didn’t want to risk triggering anything and falling back into those harmful thoughts) and music is a big part of my life that would be challenging to give up. I figured that I would simply replace the music I’d normally listen to with worship music and thus spend a bigger portion of my days thinking about God, but instead I grew tired of my worship playlist and started choosing not to listen to any music at all. I am now under a lot of stress and really really miss the music I gave up as it’s something I would normally use to cope and distract myself, but I feel like breaking my fast for something as non-essential as music would be weak. So I guess what I’m asking is: would it?
I have tried and tried different fasts but I always fail. I really needed some clarity on a couple things and wanted a closer walk with God, but I usually last 3 days and that’s fasting away from certain things. I feel like I have truly disappointed God. My discipline has not been very good and my church has been on a partial Daniel fast and that did not work either. So discouraged!
I have tried and tried different fasts but I always fail. I really needed some clarity on a couple things and wanted a closer walk with God, but I usually last 3 days and that’s fasting away from certain things. I feel like I have truly disappointed God. My discipline has not been very good and my church has been on a partial Daniel fast and that did not work either. So discouraged!
Thank you so much??