Nic_Cali
Well-Known Member
The Holy Spirit is telling me to extend the invitation to the women on this board. Just this week, starting on Monday, October 1st I’ve been fasting. My motivation to fast is not solely for my own edification but for a few people that have impacted me in a not so positive way.
I am fasting for the fools that I believe God has laid on my heart to intercede for. The spirit of foolishness is running rampant for some in our homes, among our families, and communities.
I’m interceding for two of my family members initials A.D and M.L. If you are interested in joining “Fasting for Fools” please respond. List their initials (so that I and others can pray for them) and how long you plan to fast. I will be fasting until the Holy Spirit tells me to stop. Additionally, I will be fasting for 12 hours per day.
The bible warns us of our human tendency to act in foolishness. He advises us to seek wisdom, and instruction. Here are some scriptures regarding this:
Proverbs 1:7 -The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 15:21 -Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, but a man of understanding walks straight ahead.
Proverbs 28:26- Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.
Spirit of folly- retrieved from http://www.biblicaleq.com/8spirit.htm
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[…] Spiritual problems based on folly in the human spirit [is real]. This is an abiding disposition of foolishness rather than just a one-off mistake. People characterized by folly in their human spirit demonstrate a nature lacking in personal insight and basic wisdom. They are unbalanced and unwise and unable to rightly judge themselves or others. A foolish person lacks wisdom in one or more key areas of their life and makes the same mistakes over and over again. They are frequently stubborn and unteachable and education is of little avail until the errant spirit is fixed.
They seem to need discipline combined with a sudden transforming work of God that corrects the spiritual damage at the root of their folly. Once the error in their spirit is corrected and wisdom flows a whole major aspect of their character can instantly change. There is frequently a moment of realization when light dawns and they say "how could I have been so dumb!". Among them are those having an errant spirit, a perverse spirit, a hasty spirit, a sullen spirit, and an inappropriate spirit of jealousy as described in the bible passages above.
Proverbs describes a range of foolish people such as the naïve, the young men seduced by a harlot, the unteachable fool, the lazy sluggard, the scoffer, the person wise in their own eyes and the boorish fool. For these people loving discipline, fervent believing prayer for wisdom (James 1:5), good scriptural teaching and high quality ongoing discipleship may help correct the error in their spirit. Christian approaches that have proved helpful here include: Neil T. Anderson's truth encounters and various discipleship strategies, church discipline and accountability groups. Many men's ministries specialize in this approach.
Indications of when folly has overtaken the human spirit:
· When the person consistently makes unwise choices that are not so much "bad" as "just real dumb". They are characterized by an almost total lack of insight about themselves, their lifestyle and other people.
· Where they are naïve, credulous, gullible or always falling in love.
· A deeply derisive attitude to education, knowledge and learning and wisdom.
· They constantly show off their knowledge but do not listen to others and are quite unteachable.
· Foolish habits, erratic behavior, impulsiveness, wild schemes, dreaming, loud inappropriate and boorish behavior, lack of insight, poor decisions.
· The person does not set out to be immoral but finds themselves being easily caught up in immoral relationships or they seem unable to avoid bad company.
· Where a person is chronically lazy, slack and disorganized and their life drifts from job to job and failure to failure, when there is a great sense of wasted potential.
· Poor and very inappropriate communication such as boastfulness, an inability to listen or be corrected, hasty speech, quick displays of anger and provocation and little idea of how to be socially appropriate.
I am fasting for the fools that I believe God has laid on my heart to intercede for. The spirit of foolishness is running rampant for some in our homes, among our families, and communities.
I’m interceding for two of my family members initials A.D and M.L. If you are interested in joining “Fasting for Fools” please respond. List their initials (so that I and others can pray for them) and how long you plan to fast. I will be fasting until the Holy Spirit tells me to stop. Additionally, I will be fasting for 12 hours per day.
The bible warns us of our human tendency to act in foolishness. He advises us to seek wisdom, and instruction. Here are some scriptures regarding this:
Proverbs 1:7 -The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 15:21 -Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, but a man of understanding walks straight ahead.
Proverbs 28:26- Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.
Spirit of folly- retrieved from http://www.biblicaleq.com/8spirit.htm
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[…] Spiritual problems based on folly in the human spirit [is real]. This is an abiding disposition of foolishness rather than just a one-off mistake. People characterized by folly in their human spirit demonstrate a nature lacking in personal insight and basic wisdom. They are unbalanced and unwise and unable to rightly judge themselves or others. A foolish person lacks wisdom in one or more key areas of their life and makes the same mistakes over and over again. They are frequently stubborn and unteachable and education is of little avail until the errant spirit is fixed.
They seem to need discipline combined with a sudden transforming work of God that corrects the spiritual damage at the root of their folly. Once the error in their spirit is corrected and wisdom flows a whole major aspect of their character can instantly change. There is frequently a moment of realization when light dawns and they say "how could I have been so dumb!". Among them are those having an errant spirit, a perverse spirit, a hasty spirit, a sullen spirit, and an inappropriate spirit of jealousy as described in the bible passages above.
Proverbs describes a range of foolish people such as the naïve, the young men seduced by a harlot, the unteachable fool, the lazy sluggard, the scoffer, the person wise in their own eyes and the boorish fool. For these people loving discipline, fervent believing prayer for wisdom (James 1:5), good scriptural teaching and high quality ongoing discipleship may help correct the error in their spirit. Christian approaches that have proved helpful here include: Neil T. Anderson's truth encounters and various discipleship strategies, church discipline and accountability groups. Many men's ministries specialize in this approach.
Indications of when folly has overtaken the human spirit:
· When the person consistently makes unwise choices that are not so much "bad" as "just real dumb". They are characterized by an almost total lack of insight about themselves, their lifestyle and other people.
· Where they are naïve, credulous, gullible or always falling in love.
· A deeply derisive attitude to education, knowledge and learning and wisdom.
· They constantly show off their knowledge but do not listen to others and are quite unteachable.
· Foolish habits, erratic behavior, impulsiveness, wild schemes, dreaming, loud inappropriate and boorish behavior, lack of insight, poor decisions.
· The person does not set out to be immoral but finds themselves being easily caught up in immoral relationships or they seem unable to avoid bad company.
· Where a person is chronically lazy, slack and disorganized and their life drifts from job to job and failure to failure, when there is a great sense of wasted potential.
· Poor and very inappropriate communication such as boastfulness, an inability to listen or be corrected, hasty speech, quick displays of anger and provocation and little idea of how to be socially appropriate.
Praying for your loved ones, no longer fools but Children of Promise... 
for he's no fool. He was smart / wise when he married you... and chose no other to spend his life with. 
"Healthy Hair"
Yes you can and yes you will. 
Even more... the both of you. 
