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!

3rd Day of August Fast

Yesterday was the easiest day of fasting that I've had. I had just one time when the food in the fridge was calling to me and I managed to resist the call. Yea! It is now nearly 11AM and I'm doing OK today too. I'm so glad!

2nd Day of August Fast

Well, this is the second day of my August Fast and I'm feeling great with no problems with the 80/10/10 fast. I have been able to work my Real Estate business both yesterday and today and am now doing paperwork that I've put off for some time because I was so busy during the Spring quarter. Yea! One more day to go!

First Day of the August Fast

Today is the first of August and IHOP Kansas has encouraged us to fast on the first 3 days of every month so I'm begining a fast. Again, because of my diabetes, I'm doing an 80/10/10 fast (all raw and organic fruits and veggies). It's now 8:30PM and I've been doing the 80/10/10 all day and I've done great. A little hunger around 5PM but I ate an organic banana and it went away. Yea!