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Welcome to the Vineyard Men's Renewal Fast Blog! Please feel free to share any words of encouragement, helpful hints, challenges or interesting experiences, etc. This space is intended to be used as a free flow exchange of information. All are encouraged to contribute. We look forward to seeing God move in our lives as we open ourselves to him through fasting.
posted by OP-lo @ 5:03 AM
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Well, the first day of a liquid fast, always one of the toughest. For me, it takes a couple days before I have the fast totally on my brain. I am definitely hungry today and feel a little tired, but that is quite normal. The thing Ilike most about fasting is that it slows me down. The number of variables in my life decreases and I am able to see things more clearly. God does not always speak right away or even directly, but my experience tells me that if I am faithful, I will learn and grow. Guys, hang in there, you are doing important work!!!!
I had a challenging first day as well. In addition to my music and media fast, I'm also fasting from discouraging words - and it is proving to be difficult. On more than one occasion I have made a witty quip at someone else’s expense without even realizing what I am doing until it's already out of my mouth. In addition, I've shared my fasting goals with my wife of course and I have found that there are things I say that can be interpreted as "discouraging words" by my wife that I might not have fully realized. I have a feeling God wants to show me (and my wife) something about how we communicate and I am hopeful.
As verse I ran across today:
Romans 14:19 (from The Message) So let's agree to use all our energy in getting along with each other. Help others with encouraging words;
So far my fast is going well. I am fasting some meals and taking a couple of days of no meals. My goal during this fast is reading the Bible everyday and praying and hopefully through this hearing from the Lord. I am reading Romans, which is a great book and always reminds me of God's great mercy and love He has for us. I am praying that every man in our church will have a fresh revalation of the Father's Heart for them. Look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday.
We are right in the middle of the fast and now I feel better physcally, but it is a battle of the mind. When I see others eat or see food billboards, I feel a little temptation rise up inside of me. I think God honors our commitment to keep our promises. Too many times, I will stop doing something because, I "don't want to get too intense" or "A little of this won't hurt". Actually, breaking promises does hurt. Keeping promises, builds strength against future temptation. I think God honors us subduing our flesh and builds strength for future trials.
We are over halfway home!!!! Keep going and let God speak.
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