I am not sure that we all understand the thoughts and desires behind fasting...and this past weekend I missed the Pastor's sermon because I was in the nursery with the twos and threes. And Pastor Don was talking about fasting...
And I missed it!
But thank you God for Virginia and The Women of the Word, I understand!
One of the things I would love, is to know the direction that God would like me to go, I want to know how to serve our God in the way that He wants me to serve Him. Do you know what our God is asking of you?
Last evening as we spoke, two things came up over and over again, the need for discernment and the need for restoration. One way to get closer to our Lord is to become more intimate with him. Do you know what intimacy is?
Merriam says the following...
1. Intrinsic, also innermost
2. Marked by very close association, contact or familiarity.
3. Marked by a warm friendship.
4. Suggesting informal warmth or privacy.
5. Of a very private or personal nature.
I want this kind of relationship with my God. Remember we are preparing ourselves to be the brides of Christ so just imagine the kind of relationship that you have with your earthly spouse (hopefully it is a good one), now just imagine that relationship being 100's of times better. That is what we are preparing for. I want to have a very intimate relationship with my God.
So...one way to get to a closer relationship with God is by fasting and the fast that I will be doing is fruits, vegetables, brown rice, which I need to pick up, I will also be including beans, which I just looked up, and they are a fruit so I will be good to go. There will be no caffeine and no sweetener and no dairy for 21 days
I can do this! And I will keep you apprised as the days progress, I have an aspiration of writing a children's book and I am really looking for God's guidance on this particular project and in fact is this the direction God wants me to go with my writing? We will see...
I find that as the time for my fasting is drawing closer I am getting more and more excited about this process, I have never done this before so this will be an adventure that I am venturing into with my heavenly Father and my earthly husband.
Well I think I will get to the needs of this day...there is laundry to tend to, a sink to clean up and me to get ready for work. So I am going to bless someone today, how about you?
And I missed it!
But thank you God for Virginia and The Women of the Word, I understand!
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One of the things I would love, is to know the direction that God would like me to go, I want to know how to serve our God in the way that He wants me to serve Him. Do you know what our God is asking of you?
Last evening as we spoke, two things came up over and over again, the need for discernment and the need for restoration. One way to get closer to our Lord is to become more intimate with him. Do you know what intimacy is?
Merriam says the following...
1. Intrinsic, also innermost
2. Marked by very close association, contact or familiarity.
3. Marked by a warm friendship.
4. Suggesting informal warmth or privacy.
5. Of a very private or personal nature.
I want this kind of relationship with my God. Remember we are preparing ourselves to be the brides of Christ so just imagine the kind of relationship that you have with your earthly spouse (hopefully it is a good one), now just imagine that relationship being 100's of times better. That is what we are preparing for. I want to have a very intimate relationship with my God.
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I can do this! And I will keep you apprised as the days progress, I have an aspiration of writing a children's book and I am really looking for God's guidance on this particular project and in fact is this the direction God wants me to go with my writing? We will see...
I find that as the time for my fasting is drawing closer I am getting more and more excited about this process, I have never done this before so this will be an adventure that I am venturing into with my heavenly Father and my earthly husband.
Well I think I will get to the needs of this day...there is laundry to tend to, a sink to clean up and me to get ready for work. So I am going to bless someone today, how about you?
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