~Kristina~
"Faith is knowing that it will be so, because the Lord says that it is so, even when it doesn't look like it is so, it is believing that it is so, so that it can be so."
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Faith Quote
Adrian Rogers' quote about faith blessed me tremendously and I hope you're able to receiving something out of it as well!
~Kristina~
~Kristina~
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Fasting From to Fast To
Hi Ladies & Gents,
Yesterday was May 1 and I began talking to the Lord about my monthly fast. See, there was a time when fasting was truly a part of my walk, primarily during college. For whatever reason fasting slowly crept out of my of my "personal" walk and became something I did corporately with my local church or when asked to by someone who wanted me to agree with them in prayer. For the past 2 years I began each year with a 21 day fast, sort of a "first fruit" offering to the Lord. During this year's 21 day fast my spirit was prompted to reintroduce fasting as a part of my "personal" walk and worship. Keeping the theme of living life on purpose and giving God the first, me and many of you agreed to fast the 1st of each month.
There was something different about May 1st. I was beginning to feel like this monthly fast was becoming religious duty...routine...non-effective, everything that it was not supposed to be. In my talking to God about this I had a look within and realized suddenly what was missing. I wasn't fasting, I was abstaining. Yep, fasting from something in and of itself is not true fasting. In we aren't fasting from something to fast to something then we're merely abstaining. For example, if we choose (by the prompting of the Holy Spirit of course) to fast from food, then the time we would normally eat particular meals should be used to fast to something of God - such as prayer, reading the Word, meditating, worship, etc. An exchange should take place.
Being careful not to just be a hearer of the Word but to be a doer of the Word, I immediately put my renewed revelation into practice. On yesterday (May 1) I decided to do a partial food fast so while at work, I read the Bible during my lunch hour in lieu of going to lunch with my co-workers (remember the exchange). I began reading in Luke 16 and ended up at Luke 17:19 - where Jesus heals the 10 men with leoprasy. Can I tell you that I saw things in that parable that I'd never seen before. Stay tuned for a future blog on the relevation I received - it's like words just jumped off the page. It was awesome!
Now as we continue on throughout 2007, I'm looking forward to fasting on the first. I'm excited about living a life of purpose and i'm excited about giving God the 1st so that the whole will be blessed (Romans 11:16). I had a wonderful exchange yesterday and now I understand even more what the scripture means when it states that man cannot live off bread alone. I was more satisfied off of the revelation I received yesterday than any lunch meal I could have eaten. God is faithful. Hopefully I've encouraged you as we all continue to make fasting a part of our personal walk;-)
Much Luv!!!!
~BDR
Yesterday was May 1 and I began talking to the Lord about my monthly fast. See, there was a time when fasting was truly a part of my walk, primarily during college. For whatever reason fasting slowly crept out of my of my "personal" walk and became something I did corporately with my local church or when asked to by someone who wanted me to agree with them in prayer. For the past 2 years I began each year with a 21 day fast, sort of a "first fruit" offering to the Lord. During this year's 21 day fast my spirit was prompted to reintroduce fasting as a part of my "personal" walk and worship. Keeping the theme of living life on purpose and giving God the first, me and many of you agreed to fast the 1st of each month.
There was something different about May 1st. I was beginning to feel like this monthly fast was becoming religious duty...routine...non-effective, everything that it was not supposed to be. In my talking to God about this I had a look within and realized suddenly what was missing. I wasn't fasting, I was abstaining. Yep, fasting from something in and of itself is not true fasting. In we aren't fasting from something to fast to something then we're merely abstaining. For example, if we choose (by the prompting of the Holy Spirit of course) to fast from food, then the time we would normally eat particular meals should be used to fast to something of God - such as prayer, reading the Word, meditating, worship, etc. An exchange should take place.
Being careful not to just be a hearer of the Word but to be a doer of the Word, I immediately put my renewed revelation into practice. On yesterday (May 1) I decided to do a partial food fast so while at work, I read the Bible during my lunch hour in lieu of going to lunch with my co-workers (remember the exchange). I began reading in Luke 16 and ended up at Luke 17:19 - where Jesus heals the 10 men with leoprasy. Can I tell you that I saw things in that parable that I'd never seen before. Stay tuned for a future blog on the relevation I received - it's like words just jumped off the page. It was awesome!
Now as we continue on throughout 2007, I'm looking forward to fasting on the first. I'm excited about living a life of purpose and i'm excited about giving God the 1st so that the whole will be blessed (Romans 11:16). I had a wonderful exchange yesterday and now I understand even more what the scripture means when it states that man cannot live off bread alone. I was more satisfied off of the revelation I received yesterday than any lunch meal I could have eaten. God is faithful. Hopefully I've encouraged you as we all continue to make fasting a part of our personal walk;-)
Much Luv!!!!
~BDR
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