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!

An Unexpected Fast

So, yesterday I started yet another fast for yet another reason. :) I had oral surgery and was not supposed to eat anything but very soft things. So, I decided to just do the 80/10/10 fast that I did when I was fasting for spiritual reasons (I make my morning blender drink and then sip on it all day). It worked very well and did not cause any discomfort where the hole is where my tooth used to be. I will continue it for at least 2 more days to let the surgery site heal.

July Fast-First Day

This is the first of July so I'll be fasting for three days, at least. I'm in prayer for many things so my fast may last longer this month.

Anna Fasted for 60 Years!

From Mike Bickel, on Charisma daily devotional:
Saturday, 26 June 2010 12:00 AM EDT

And this woman was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. —Luke 2:37, NKJV

Anna—what an interesting woman! She served the Lord (ministered to the Lord) with fasting and prayer night and day. The word ministered is often exchanged with the word serve. What an unusual idea for a woman to minister to the Lord in prayer and fasting. Anna was probably about seventeen or eighteen years old when she was married, and after seven years she was widowed. So beginning in her early twenties she began ministering to the Lord night and day. At eighty-four years old, sixty years later, Anna was still faithful in this! She was constantly in prayer in the temple. What a woman! This calling is not reserved only for Catholic monks. The Protestant church must call the Annas forth, find a place for them, honor them, and find ways of releasing them into their calling.

{ PRAYER STARTER }

Father, I may not be remembered for sixty years of faithful intercession, but I pray that I will be remembered as a faithful intercessor—no matter how many years I have left to live for You.

Beloved, in this very hour the Lord is wooing the
Annas of the end-time church, and He personally
is setting them into their place.

Are You an Anna or Mary of Bethany?

From Mike Bickel, from his daily devotional

Friday, 25 June 2010 12:00 AM EDT

There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. —Luke 2:36-37

Anna and Mary of Bethany were two full-time watchmen set upon the Jerusalem wall. Anna speaks of the spiritual warfare, intercession, and fasting. These are people whose main focus is to open the windows of blessing and tear down the spiritual walls of resistance. They are full-blast intercessors and spiritual warriors who are committed to fasting. The Marys of Bethany will enjoy great grace for prayer and worship and will change the atmosphere of the cities and churches that they are a part of by being extravagant lovesick worshipers. God has placed them in the midst of the people as a tender fragrance of the beauty of the Lord.

{ PRAYER STARTER }

Make me a watchman on the wall of Your glory like Anna and Mary of Bethany. I want to give myself to intercession so that I might influence the atmosphere of my city and church to a higher level in You.

Even if the Annas and Marys never speak to anyone,
their very presence creates a type of grace that
preserves the church.



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