Fasting & Prayer

It’s day 4 into my complete water fast and I can hardly wait to eat all the wonderful things I’m so used to! Simple things… coffee, crisps, pork rashers… I can taste it already! A little less than 22 hours and the feast will begin!

On Sunday 13 January 2019 our church started a fasting challenge for the week between Monday to Friday. The idea was to fast something for the whole week in order to pray for breakthroughs for the church, your personal life and anyone else you wanted to stand in for during the period. I chose to go extreme and fast all foods and beverage, allowing only water and the power of Jesus to get me through the week.

Why would we do such a thing? Because when we act in the natural and do a physical act of obedience, things move in the supernatural!

Sunday night 10pm I had my last meal, and believe me I stuffed my face with as much food as I could fit into my body. And thus, the fast started!

I started the week of saying that the ideal would be to fast fully until Friday, but in reality I didn’t even know if it were possible. I wanted to fast fully at the very least for at least 24 hours. 24 Hours came and gone and so I aimed for 48 hours… then 72 hours… and once day 3 was accomplished, I knew for a fact that I could make it until the end.

Granted I did “cheat” a little on Wednesday and Thursday evening, allowing myself about 1g of salt in my water to give me a boost of electrolytes to keep me going as I was quite busy in the evenings.

It’s amazing how if you put your mind to something that you can actually achieve it, no matter if you haven’t done it before.

At the beginning of the week I had slight head-aches and I felt slow… luckily there were very few hunger pains as I just kept drinking water, making sure I would replace every meal time with enough water as my body expected an intake of minerals at certain times. I kept having to remind myself that I couldn’t have that chocolate, or provita or whatever I was feeling for. Its funny how you get used to little habits and catch yourself out.

As time passed it got easier to stay away from food and depend on water and the strength of God to pull you through the week. And as you depend more on the Creator you start feeling lighter, and more enlightened and you move closer to God in the journey. I guess thinking back now, that was the point of the journey.

During this time we prayed together as a church and individually for our breakthroughs and I know that this was a powerful week for myself and everyone around me. Miracles and breakthroughs will occur in abundance! Not to mention the amazing promises that God has shown me during this week, including being spiritually promoted! Something that might not have happened did I not trust fully and wholeheartedly in God for my provision this week.

As the fast is coming to an end, I can barely wait to eat EVERYTHING as the most amount of flavour I’ve had all week was from my toothpaste, very hard for a foodie like me. At the same time though I can’t help but to feel a little sad…

Because of the lack of nutrients my body would feel sluggish at times and force me to rest this week, forcing my thoughts to calm down and just feel the presence of the Lord around me at all times. There really are plentiful blessings naturally and spiritually when we fast and pray.

I thank You for your guidance and strength this week oh Lord, may your children who need this post find it, read it and fast blessings into their own lives. Let Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.

Amen.