{"id":4511,"date":"2011-01-24T08:54:22","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T15:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=4511"},"modified":"2011-01-24T09:25:58","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T16:25:58","slug":"fast-fasting-facts-3rdfinal-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/fast-fasting-facts-3rdfinal-post\/","title":{"rendered":"FAST Fasting Facts. 3rd\/Final Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>There’s only so much you can write about fasting. The topic is starved from the start, but with this concluding post, I’ll tie together the rest of my summary on FASTING.<\/p>\n

I should point out that I hate being hungry. Being hungry sometimes makes me get, not just grouchy, but angry. Part of why I encountered this topic publicly was to encourage myself to take on this valuable spiritual practice with more devotion. But because I enjoy the process? ….WHOA. OH NO; it’s because I see unquestionable spiritual benefits from undergoing the practice which cannot so thoroughly occur by another method.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dangers of Fasting<\/strong><\/p>\n

It may become False Religion<\/em> (fast verse link: Col. 2:23)<\/a><\/p>\n

It may produce the idea that God is obligated to do what we\u2019d like.<\/p>\n

May feed our control issues (Do you have starving-yourself powers or issues? Then, be careful. Gandhi (an heroic and virtuous man) didn’t<\/span> do fasts, he had hunger strikes. Notice the difference.)<\/p>\n

May intensify health ailments (Be extra cautious when fasting if you have health issues.)<\/p>\n

What are some you can think of?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Benefits of Fasting<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Prayer and worship producing<\/p>\n

Calls our cravings into question<\/p>\n

Useful for thwarting (great or small) neurotic thoughts or activities, vices, obsessions, and addictions.<\/p>\n

\u2022 We learn that our cravings need not control us<\/p>\n

\u2022 It nurtures a dependence on God.<\/p>\n

Kinds of FASTS<\/p>\n

1. From 1 meal<\/p>\n

2. From Sundown to Sunrise, or Sunrise to sundown<\/p>\n

3. From certain foods (sweets, coffee, meat, etc.)<\/p>\n

4. From enjoyed or frequent activities (tv, internet, sports, shopping, snacking, etc.)<\/p>\n

What fasts have you tried, or would recommend?<\/strong><\/p>\n

You may like this fasting resource: the book and guide for individual, and group fasts, called Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough<\/a><\/em> by Elmer L. Towns.<\/p>\n

Please leave any of your guide books or fasting recommendations in the comment section, if you have them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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useful guide for fasting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What will you do?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Will you commit to fast at least once per month?<\/p>\n

Which type of fast (or fasts) makes sense for you?<\/p>\n

What would you like to pray about during your fast?<\/p>\n

Thanks for your participation!<\/p>\n

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Things you should know about FASTING… (part 3)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5626],"tags":[4159,4157,4049,1242,4151,27,4153,1472,4154,41,45,2047,4152,4155,4158,60,3193,75,4156,85,3710,91],"class_list":["post-4511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spark-my-muse","tag-40-day-fast","tag-anorexic","tag-bellegrove-church","tag-fast","tag-fasting-danger","tag-food","tag-gandhi","tag-god","tag-hunger-strike","tag-jesus","tag-life-as-prayer","tag-lisa-colon-delay","tag-lose-weight","tag-no-food","tag-pastor-dave-alderson","tag-prayer","tag-spiritual-disciplines","tag-spiritual-practices","tag-starving","tag-theology","tag-wilderness","tag-worship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4511"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4522,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4511\/revisions\/4522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}