19. January 2010 by admin.

OK, I know I havent writen a post lately.  I have a confession to make.  I became SO BUISY that I was away from anything except work for a few days.  I also had to do some traveling and so… I went off of my fast after day 10.

Today would have been day 18 of the 21 day fast.  As of today, it is day one of my “New” fast!  I am not yet satisfied that I am finished with my fast.   So, with God’s help, I will begin again today with the intent of doing another 11 days, minimum.  I do want to fast for 21 days this month so with the next 11 days I will be able to complete 21 days of fasting in January… although not 21 in a row.

Please continue to pray for  my as I complete the 21 days.   God Bless.

I’ll keep you posted!

Ron

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7. January 2010 by admin.

Day four and five has gone very well. 

On day five which began the evening of the fifth, I went to bed about 11:00 pm.   It was the most interesting night I have had in a long time.  As I lay there in bed, there was the most comfortable feeling that came over me. 

I was beyond relaxed!  It is hard to describe.  Complete serenity and peace is the only way I can describe it.I lay awake until 5:00 am just experiencing this awesome peace and also the feeling of a flow of the spirit of the Lord over me. WOW!  What an awesome night. 

I got up at five to take a neighbor to work.  They usually walk or ride a bike but the bitter cold is too much right now for that.  So, I got up, took them to work and lay back down a about 6:00 am and went into a kind of light, still aware of my surroundings sleep.  I sprang up about two and a half hours later, wide awake and completely refreshed.I felt fresh all day long on the 6th.  

God is Good!

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4. January 2010 by admin.

Day three was a very productive day for me in the office.  No stopping for an hour lunch could be part of the reason.  My prayer, Bible study and meditation times are becoming very enjoyable.

I am convinced that the joy of the spiritual disciplines is all but lost for most Christians.  Our prayer times should be bathed is joyful peace.  Meditation has been hijacked by mid-eastern religions and new age philosophers.  Christian Meditation is a wonderful spiritual discipline that very little is written or spoken of nowadays.

Television is not a bad word but apart from  disciplined prayer, bible study and meditative Christian discipline can actually infiltrate and drive a persons thinking.

We are learning machines built by God to absorb our and learn from our surroundings.  Any input mechanism whether a parent as we are learning to talk, or a Television Set makes an indelible mark on the mental miracle that God placed within our heads. 

What we watch, hear, feel, taste  and even smell forever influences us from the time that we contact them.  To think that one can spend countless hours with something and not have that instrument make a contribution to who we are is a little simple minded.

As Christians, we MUST spend time in the Word of God and in Prayer and in quiet places of thought and spiritual Christian meditation.

My Prayer Today

Dear Father God;  Help me to find your places of prayer and Spiritual Christian times of Meditation with you more and more enjoyable and beneficial to my thoughts and my life with you.  Help me to spend such awesome times with you that I greatly dislike the times that I am unable to spend with you.  In Jesus Name I pray.  I believe: AMEN

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3. January 2010 by admin.

Well, Day two of the 21 day fast is in the books.  I am already experiencing a dramatic peace.  It is hard to explain this calm.  It is, for lack of a better term, spiritual.  On day two I ate the two apples.  There has not really been a significant temptation as of yet to eat more than determined.  God is good. 

Thanks to the holidays, I gained 10 pounds.  My regular weight is about 205 and before the fast it rose to 215.  This morning my weight was 213.2  There has been no weekness probably because of the two apples.  After the end of day three, I will move to the juce part of my fast for the remainder of the fast.

My Prayer today:

Dear Father, I want to yeild my will to yours.  Please take the reins of my life and teach me to hear clearly what your will is.  Give me peace in believing and passion for the ministry that you have called me to.  Help me to bring honor and Glory to your name.  In Jesus Name I Pray.  I Believe, Amen

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2. January 2010 by admin.

January 1st. 2010 is the first day of my 21 day fast for this year.  my fast begins as the sun goes down on the first.  There is something that helps me by starting at sundown.  So Jan. 1st. at sundown to Jan 2nd. at Sundown is my first full day of the fast.

When I wake up in the morning I will be looking forward to starting my second day at sundown tomorrow.  I do not know why it helps me to do it that way but it really does.  When I am tempted to break my fast, i am usually almost finished with the fasting day or just beginning and it helps my resolve. 

Many of my friends are doing the Daniel Fast.  On this fast, they can eat vegitables including beans and fruits and also nuts, berries etc.

I am starting my fast with very light fruit, one apple twice a day, after three days I am switching to a complete juice fast.  For me that means four or five ounces of Grape Juice mixed with a few ounces of Bottled water.

I will be following the same routine that I did in 2007 on my first 21 day fast.  I will come home from work, go strait to my “Man Room” in the back and ignore TV.  I will read good christian books, Study the Word of God and spend time in prayer and prayerful meditation.

The prayerful meditation, is what I call prayer and listening for the Holy Spirit to speak to my heart.

My hope for this fast is to learn to hear more of the Lord’s voice, follow more closely to his leading and spend time in His presence.  I want to do as one writer on prayer put it… “Practice the presence” of God in my everyday moments.

My prayer today.  Dear God, help me to hear your voice and learn your presence.  Lord, I want to practice your presence.  Lead me, guide me, let me hear your voice in my life.  In Jesus Name, Amen.

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