Monday, January 17, 2011
Daniel Fast Day 1
Well, here we are...day 1 of the Daniel Fast. Lord, I need your strength and I rely on it. I'm such a food junkie that I don't see how I'm going to make it 21 days. This diet asks us to refrain from meat, sweeteners, dairy products, leavened bread and yeast, refined and processed food products, deep-fried foods, solid fats, alcohol, caffeine, carbonated drinks, coffee, energy drinks, and any kind of tea. But maybe the mere fact that I'm focusing on the food is the issue. I've been convicted lately about "being comfortable". All throughout the new testament, Jesus continually asked people to give up EVERYTHING and follow Him. At the end of Luke 9, Jesus is confronted by three men who are eager to follow Him. Jesus has three distinct answers: Become homeless, let someone else bury your dead father, and don't even say goodbye to your family. God, use this experience to cause me to dig deeper in my faith with you. If that requires my belly to growl a little bit then so be it.
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