Fasting Questions

1.  Is it too late to start? No, it’s never too late to start. 

2. Why should we be lead to fast and not just go on our own without GOD’s ok, HIS anointing, HIS covering, or even HIS blessing? You want God’s leading because He knows much better what you need than you do, and you will need His grace which comes when you do His will. 

3. Why is fasting important as a church? It humbles us and demonstrates our dependence on the Lord. The church is the hope of the world and a lifeless, listless church will not 

4. I’m separated.  Should I fast for God to change my wife’s heart?No, not really.  What you want is for God to change you. God already wants your marriage to work, often we can’t see what He’s doing because we are so connected by the world. Ultimately, your spouse has a free will like you and the Jesus she sees in you will enable God to work in her life. 

5. How does fasting fit in with other spiritual practices?It should compliment and enhance every other spiritual discipline because you are saying ‘no’ to the flesh in order to say ‘yes’ to the Lord. Prayer should be sweeter and devotions more meaningful and the Bible more alive.  

6. How does God generally speak to you while you are fasting?In as many varied ways as He normally will: His Word, revelation, dreams, visions, others, prayer, etc. Be open to God and to hear.  You may find Him in ways heretofore missed. 

7. Should fasting be limited to January?No, it’s generally a good practice to schedule fast times periodically during your year. A good 1 day or 3 day fast can really reorder our lives. Most don’t have the discipline to go it alone though. 

8. How do I fast and look as good as Kent? Work as hard as Kent. 

9. When fasting, are you suppose to keep it a secret or can you openly speak about it to people? Always talk about spiritual things with those who can relate. Worldly people won’t grasp spiritual concepts like fasting because their tHeir hearts haven’t been renewed. 

10. Is it ok to do a 7 day fast?

11. Can you fast different things each day?Anything is fair game, though I’ve never heard of this being done by anyone. Usually it’s good to focus on denying yourself that thing in life that you run to for comfort instead of Jesus. It’s definitely a fringe idea. 

12. Should you be praying for one specific thing during a fast?  Or can it be for several things? Both, the 1 thing being your relationship to Jesus being alive and effective and for those areas of needs you are believing Him for. 

13. Is the basic idea of fasting giving something up that would show God how bad you want his answer to prayers?  So to what end do you keep the fast? It begins with reading His word and realizing the He wants to bless you more than you want to be blessed.  Fasting doesn’t change Him, it changes us. God is not withholding anything, our current faith is not appropriating His promises into our lives. We change, we see differently, He never changes. 

14. What do you do if you fail in the middle of a fast?You do what you would do if you fall in any other area. You get back up. Grace provides another chance. 

15. Fasting at work with a free cafeteria. After missing several days, I was asked by several lost people why I wasn’t eating. How should I respond? Since they asked then I would tell them what you are doing. I’d do it in a way that used language they could understand. Obviously they are watching you, they see something, that’s good. This is the open door you’ve been waiting for God to open so you can share your story of faith. 

16. How difficult should a fast be for someone? How difficult is fasting for you in general?  If its tough, then it’s just tough. Fasting is one of those things that you get better at for a variety of reasons. You learn what works, a rhythm of living that works while you fast. You learn how to replace what you are fasting with something that will feed your spirit man so you get strengthened in spirit while the body suffers. Remember, God is looking at your heart not your performance. Make a start, you’ll get better. 

17.  What’s the best fast? Juice, water, or smoothies? Obviously that depends on you and your lifestyle.  If you have to keep doing really physical work then you’ll need to adjust your fast to that. I find a combo of all those work: juice in the morning, water thru the day, and smoothies in the evening. Mix it up, don’t get legalistic, you can’t fail a fast. You can either fast in faith or not. Success is not determined by whether you keep to the fast but is your faith being awakened. 

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