What about people who cannot fast for health reasons? I think they can join by fasting from social media, radio, and even the phone. How long are we fasting for...?
Hi New Life Sisters... Yes .......... each of you are bringing forth new life. Watch and see how God flows and uses each and every one of you....
For those who feel 'challenged' or if this is your first time fasting, please be encouraged. God is going to do wonders with you. A Daniel fast is a wonderful way of cleansing your Blood of toxins. You will more than likely discover that you will feel better physically and this will strengthen your spirit.
Be prepared for your body to give you some challenges, but that's the healing process of your body and the your life's Blood ridding its self of allergens, heavy metals, pollutants, and even negative influences which may have been challenging your spirit and your prayer time.
You are also 'relaxing' your digestive system, giving it a rest from processing all of the chemicals, preservatives and Heaven only knows what which has been working your liver and kidneys overtime.
This is a time for healing the Body (yours ) and the Body of Christ (The Church)
Ease into the fast with fresh fruits and veggies; if you are able purchase a citrus fruit wash to remove the toxins from the fresh produce that you will be eating.
Drink distilled water if you are able and add a little fresh lemon juice to it for your first drink of water in the morning. This alkalizes your body's ph and it will help your digestive processes as your eat foods with fiber.
Please take your vitamins. Especially C's, B's and E. Your Blood needs all three of these. Vitamine D3 is a crucial hormone (it's safe) which will help balance your mood (especially for those who will have their monthy cycle during this fast) ... you especially need the B vitamins to keep your Blood strong.
Season your veggies with non-salted herbs and seasonings. Please eat greens as much as possible.
Eat beets... the enzymes in beets kills tumors and protects the Blood.
Eat celery... another veggie with antioxidant properties.
In place of breads... use lettuce leaves and make a bed of fresh spinache, shredded carrots, thinly sliced cucumbers, and spread avocado spread over the leaves as this is a necessary fat that your body needs.
Eat Kale... yes... your Blood will love you for it. Eat it plain for the Daniel fast; it may seem a challenge, but the benefits both physically and spiritually are abundant.
These will help you feel better during the fast and as you heal, your heart heals and as your heart heals, your ear unto God opens wider and what He says, you will do, without hesitation....because you know it's coming from Him, your Father who art in Heaven....Hallowed be His Holy Name. Amen.
'Thine ear shall hear a voice behind it saying...this is the way, walk ye in it'
Except for the beets (don’t like them), as a vegetarian - this is basically what I eat. I'll be praying for all those who're participating in this online spiritual convocation.
What about people who cannot fast for health reasons? I think they can join by fasting from social media, radio, and even the phone. How long are we fasting for...?
Dearest Shimmie, Thanks for your list. Being in the health field, I know about the benefits of beets, and once in a blue moon; I'll eat them... esp. if they come straight from the garden. Luckily the Creator has put therapeutic components in all the food that He's made, so we have options.
By the way, you’ve such a beautiful Christian spirit and it permeates through cyber space.
And the Native Americans used it for dying their textile… In some areas abroad, it's probably still being used.
Ok, I didn't mean to high-jack this thread.
While the Lord certainly gives us the freedom to choose to act against His word, He never grants us freedom from it. Ultimately, the only choice we receive from the Lord is the choice to either live or die...which goes right to His original caution to Adam and Eve in the garden. As you said, His word has not changed, and from it we know that governmental authorities have God-given authority to institute laws according to what is right and what is wrong. While the government cannot root out every sin, it does have an obligation before God to not endorse what is against Him. Legal marriage, in the U.S., is an endorsement/sanction because of the variety of benefits that come with it, which have been given because of society's recognition of the value of men and women joining together and raising a family.
Restriction of choice would be the government actively going after anyone in a homosexual relationship to punish them and keep them apart. Declining to confer benefits/general recognition to certain unions is very much the prerogative of the government. And if there is disagreement, people are able to voice their opinion and attempt to sway others and their leaders. This is what Chick-Fil-A, along with many others on all sides of the issue are doing with their corporate profits.
I was telling my sister this recently. We focus so much on marriage as a personal desire that it is overlooked as a fundamental part of God's created order. Marriage is not mainly about getting what we want, but about conforming our lives to the pattern the Lord laid out for us, which is really for our good.
"Thus says the Lord: 'Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’" Jeremiah 6:16
It's interesting that the Lord says, "ask for the ancient paths," meaning that we've lost them, don't know where they are. We have to ask to be guided into His pattern and order for our lives. @momi has a blog that I often think of when reading this verse.
I wish some of you could really see and open your mind to what divya is saying in her posts. Put aside your anger and bitterness for gay people and see what's really going on.
Being in support of a ban on gay marriage isn't going to save you from the lake of fire or the wrath of God. It's not going to make you any more right with God nor closer to God. If you have sin in your heart, what makes you any better than a gay person? Unmarried couples are allowed to shack up, how come gays can't get married? (this is a rhetorical question to ponder upon, not one to literally answer).
How can you be so so SO strongly against gays getting married when you are not free of sin yourself? Most of you support the sinning Christian concept that "nobody's perfect" and "everyone will sin til they die" but yet, you act like homosexuality is the only sin in the world. How can you possibly feel that way and feel okay about it?
And let's take a look at the sovereignty of God... are you all trying to overrule his power and authority over the occurrences on this Earth? Are you trying to take control desiring to be "mini-gods" in order to support something that's really a distraction to what's really going on in the world? Satan wants you to be mad and angry at the desires of the homosexual. He wants you to pick on others while ignoring your own actions. And look... gay marriage isn't even institutionalized like abortion and divorce. You cannot control the affairs of this world. Only God can. He ordained everything that happens.
Also, if gay marriage does go into effect (which I HIGHLY doubt), would you lose faith in your God? What will you do? Oh, start rallys and riots. That's not the Christian way either. Some of you are so SO focused on this gay agenda that you're forgetting God's agenda.
And as far as Chik-Fil-A is concerned, I like their chicken sandwich and fries, but I'm not just gonna eat there just because they do not support gay marriage. I myself do not support gay marriage, but that doesn't mean I'm going to go out here and go along with these anti-gay events. You can't pick and choose what sins are wrong and somewhat okay. All sin is wrong.
I just wonder how many fornicators, adulterers, liars, cheaters, drunkards, and revilers were in that line at Chik-Fil-A...
Thank you! It is as though many Christians would like to usurp the authority of God to handle these matters. It is not our place to restrict the actions of homosexuals when our right to marry according to our beliefs is not being infringed upon. You said it very frankly but it is true. It is almost like some see the Christian role as that of a mini-god when it is far from it. We are to live our faith and by our witness, hearts will be changed!
Why are we trying to force non-believers to live the faith that we profess? Jesus gave us an example of how we should live.
Actually I see it the other way around. They're trying to force their view of marriage on the rest of the world, which since the dawn of civilization has understood that marriage is a covenant between a man and woman.
These things are signs of the times...the Lord is coming soon!
we must all pray and hold to the Faith.
But anyway, I really like the way this thread has shifted towards prayer, which is for marriage and family on the whole, and I would hope that there's no offense or hypocrisy in that. So please, join in the fast.
I really am enjoying this thread, and would also like to participate in the fasting and prayer though I'm late...
I really am enjoying this thread, and would also like to participate in the fasting and prayer though I'm late...