9th Day of Sept 2010 Fast

I made it through yesterday's meeting without breaking my 80/10/10 fast! Yea! I turned down Subway and even turned down the chocolate chip cookies later, double yea!
After the meeting and before going to IHOP NW for the Intercession set, I thought I would have some down time but my son called and needed to talk so I didn't get that down time. But, I did get a few minutes listening and praying to the set before us and that was definitely a blessing and helped me change my thoughts to the Lord. When I went to IHOP NW last night, I felt as if the Lord was so very close. During our meeting before the worship set, the Lord impressed me that I needed to change my focus to Him and away from the myriads of distractions of my life (like my financial situation, my many jobs which cause me to be working so many hours a day and switching hats constantly, my family's financial worries and my mother's Alzheimer's). All during the set, I felt the Lord's closeness; it was such a blessing!
After the set (at 10PM) I had to drive down to my American Lake listing to put a key out for the seller's daughter. I didn't get home until midnight so my prayer time was shortened at that point.
Today is an easier day so I'll have more time to pray.

7th & 8th Days of Sept 2010 fast

Sunday, I went to church at IHOP NW and then to my Open House at my listing on American Lake. I was craving that one piece of toast all day and remembered that the last time I did the 80/10/10 fast, it took 3 weeks before I stopped craving. That helped me to resist. I had a lot of prayer time at the Open House because only 2 people came. It's such a peaceful house with the lake view from every window that it's easy to spend time praying. What a blessing it is to fast and pray!
Yesterday, I showed the water distiller in the morning and then did real estate lookups for my fair leads. I prayed towards the end of the day and was impressed to pray for the family of a toddler who was killed and her aunt critically injured when the child ran out into a busy street. The family is one of my real estate company's property management renters. I'm praying for peace for the family and for the aunt's full recovery.
Today will be a big test keeping on the 80/10/10 because I'll be in meetings all day and I'm sure everyone will go out to lunch.

6th Day of Sept 2010 Fast

Yesterday I was at the Fair in the real estate booth from 10 to 4:30. I had, again, planned ahead and had my carrots, cucumbers and blender drink with me so I just stepped out of the booth (we're not allowed to eat or drink in the booth) and munched or sipped. It worked really well and I was able to again avoid the fair food. I did go to the VitaMix booth a couple of times and had a small cup of soup (which was raw, of course) and so I remained on the 80/10/10 diet even then. Yea!

At 4:30 I left to go to Pierce County Christian Singles and they had a bunch of non 80/10/10 foods but God gave me the strength to not eat anything that wasn't raw. I'm pretty sure, though, that it wasn't organic but at least I didn't eat anything cooked. The veggies had a dip with them but I knew it had been cooked so I only ate a teeny bit when my tomato fell into it (well, I couldn't just leave it there!)

Today will be easy because I am going to International House of Prayer and then to my Open House at American Lake so I've already put my foods and survival liquids into my car. Afterwards, I have to go to the Real Estate office to fax my weekly report to my American Lake seller and I'll have plenty of food left over for dinner at the office.

5th Day of Sept 2010 Fast

Yesterday, I was at the Fair from 1:30 to 11PM. From 1:30 until 4:30 I was doing the FAir with a friend and from 4:30 to 11:00 I was in my real estate booth trying to get leads. I'm doing the 80/10/10 fast and, guess what? There is hardly anything healthy and 80/10/10 at the Fair! However, I had planned ahead and I took my raw, organic carrots and my raw, organic cucumbers and my blender drink and I just stepped out of the booth every now and then and munched or sipped.
I can't believe I was at the Fair and didn't eat ANY Fair food! Yea. God provided many opportunities for me to pray too! I prayed for people passing by, I prayed for my ex, I prayed for my sons and their families and much more. What a blessing it is to be an intercessor and pray for people!

3rd and 4th day of Sept 2010 Fast

Yesterday was a good day. I had time to pray and get closer to the Lord and I was able to stay on the 80/10/10 fast (raw fruits and veggies, no bread) except for having cooked green beans. I was given green beans and tried to eat them raw but they were awful that way so I had to cook them (can't afford to waste).

Today was also very good, lots of time to pray and read about God. Today, I began to really crave bread (as in my daily piece of toast) but I was able to resist. Yea! I am looking forward to the miraculous things that will happen as we all fast and pray for the nation, for the northwest and for our churches!

2nd Day of Sept Fast

Yesterday was the second day of my 40 day fast. I prayed while I worked, I prayed while I drove (no worries, I didn't close my eyes), I prayed before the intercessor's prayer meeting at International House of Prayer, I prayed during the prayer meeting and I prayed on the way home.

I was determined to not let the enemy distract me from praying! The time at the prayer meeting was especially blessed for me. I was able to focus on the prayers we were praying for the NW churches and I was able to pray along with the prayer leader (quite a feat for an ADHD person).

1st Day of Sept fast

Today was the first day of the first fast (there are so many going on at nearly the same time that I've figured out that I will be fasting from now until the elections!) The day went well physically. I stayed on the fast and didn't experience tremendous hunger, although I did get a bit of a headache.

The good news is that I wouldn't have had time to eat today anyway. The bad news is that I worked at my various jobs all day and didn't have time to pray. I raced from one job to the next all day long and into the night. Tomorrow should be better. Let me rephrase that: tomorrow WILL be better!

New 40 Day Fast Starts Monday, Sept 20th, Wednesday Sept 23rd and Monday Sept 27th!

PrayandAct.org has called for a fast to pray for the nation starting Monday Sept 20th, a Bellingham church and IHOP NW has called for a fast to pray for the Northwest starting Wednesday Sept 23rd and The Call has called for a fast leading up to the elections in November, starting Sept 27th.

Wow! Do you think maybe the Lord is wanting us to fast? Yeah, I think so too. I'm excited to see what results we'll get from these multiple fasts.

As usual, I will be doing an 80/10/10 fast. If you are unfamiliar with that type of fast, look to the oldest of these blogs and you'll see a full explanation of the various types of fasts.

I have been fasting the first 3 days of the month for quite some time, ever since IHOP KC called for us to do it. In the course of these many fasts, my focus has shifted from the mechanics of the fast to what the Lord is doing in my spiritual life during the fasts. I will be blogging this shift as we go through this 40 (?) day fasting time.

I pray the Lord comes in great power--to the nation, to the Northwest, to the political climate!

Sept 3rd 2010

I'm off for a full day of demonstrations of my water distiller. I'm feeling really good physically this morning and know I can do another day of fasting. Yea! I've been doing a LOT of praying and feel as if I might fast for a couple of extra days this month. We'll see.

Sept 2nd 2010 Fast

Today was interesting. I had no trouble staying on the fast all day long. However, I was supposed to meet someone at the Taco Time to go down to the lab tour at Univera. She didn't show up and I waited 1 1/2 hours.....smelling those beans the whole time. That was hard. But, I wasn't really hungry and I just kept praying about being strong enough to not go inside for some beans. The other interesting thing that happened is that several people called for prayer. Not too unusual, actually. But, one of them was a friend who has a son who is a missionary in Nigeria. She called for a protective covering over the village where his wife's mother and brother live. It seems that they live where people come in and demand money and, if it isn't given, they kill the villagers. The people came and demanded money and the villagers did not have it. The villagers were hiding and asking for prayer for their protection. I prayed for quite a while on that one! My friend has a cute little granddaughter and it would be very sad if her grandparents on the other side were killed or kidnapped. It's amazing to me that something like this happens during a fast! I pray more when I'm fasting (of course, that's the idea) and I felt all prayed up when my friend called.

Sept 1st 2010 Fast

Well, it's the first of the month again! Yea! And, I am fasting again! This time, I'm praying for the school children of the nation as they return to school. I pray that they will see the Lord for who He really is and not be blinded by the attitudes of others either their peers or their teachers. I pray that He breaks through in a powerful way with signs and wonders!