My 40 day Fast Commitment to God

[faithrose27]

First, some background:

-A saved Christian since I was a young teen. -Had always fasted for health, previously, which the longest one was 6 days on the Master Cleanse/ Lemonade diet.

I started out fasting for health this time, but the Lord led me to fasting for spiritual reasons, for prayer... and after-all, I had been wanting to pray & fast for my husband & brother for several months. I wound up promising a commitment to God of 40 days of fasting. The commitment is to water fast when I'm at home & don't need to do much, but that I do a fruit & veggie fast when I have to do more, or have to go out, though if able, I do a water day.

I prefer the water days, spiritually, because I feel like it's more effective, more of a sacrifice.

I also promised that if the answers don't show up during the fast, then I shall continue on fruits & veggies only until they do get answered.

Please pray for strength during this fast, much-needed mercy for my husband who is feeling quite over-worked for the last 18 years & is in dire need of God's intervention; which is my main purpose of prayer for him, that & for a revival of his soul & desire for the Lord & His Word. Also, healing prayer needed for my suffering paranoid schizo brother, whom I dearly love. Pray for a revival in our whole family & home, that God may be glorified & use us much more! Thank you!

I'm on my 12th day of the fast. I'd done 3 days of water fasting, then some fr. & veg. days, a water fast here & there, and on the 3rd day of another water fast run.... The last 1st 3 days of the water fast, I couldn't take any more of the intense weakness & boredom I was feeling. I felt like a dying person in bed all day!.. so I broke the fast @ 3 pm. the 3rd day. But now that I KNOW the 3rd day can be the worst, I aim to get through it no matter what; today being my 12th overall fast day.

I'm VERY committed to keeping my promise to God. I think the promise has been KEY to my success. Also, my motivation to seek God's mercy & miracles in my husband, so that he may have much-needed mercy & revival also.

Sure- yes, I've had MANY cravings, but none as strong as they once were in my binge days.. nothing I can't handle... and still... I'm committed to GOD. I've broken too many promises to God, and I dont' want to break this one, PLUS I owe it to my husband.

I'm terribly, terribly weak, physically... yes, still occasional hunger pains. For the most part though, I can care less about food.

For months I've had to remove grains & bread & dairy from my diet for food allergy reasons, and then later had to take out flour & sugar to stop the binging addiction... then I went down to a fruit & veggie diet for health reasons, in which I thought I may as well just fast then!! At which.. God led me to fast for different reasons, instead... ;-)

I am keeping a fasting journal. God did answer 5 more minor prayers, but I am SO anxious for the miracles to happen!!

I read my Bible & pray 1st thing every morning during my fast.. it's making me get a habit of doing just that... that which I SHOULD have been putting FIRST, prior... ;-)

I do find I'm increasingly more sensitive... when my husband shows more frustration w/ being overworked, I cry when I pray.... I really cry out to God... I cry at awesome stories of testimonies of God's grace, miracles, and healing.

My nose & ears are more sensitive. My daughter put on the headphones in the next room, while I was in my room on the bed, with the door CLOSED.... and I could HEAR the song she was listening to!!! Headphones & the door closed!!! Amazing!! Yet... interestingly.... I still can barely hear her when she mumbles quietly as she usually does... ;-)

Some days I feel so excited & committed to this fast... and other days... I feel so discouraged.. as I haven't gotten any BIG answers to prayer yet, or miracles or revelations or such...

I know sometimes these things happen during the fast, and sometimes AFTER the fast.... but man... ;-(
Nonetheless, I'm totally committed... NO quitting... quitting is NOT an option.

I also read fasting & prayer books every day, along w/ the Bible, and now also books about miracles, all which to encourage me along the way.

The 1st thing to get me started was before I actually began, seeing wayfaringman's testimonies here on this site. I'm so thankful for his posts. ;-)

Well, thanks for stopping by. I do covet your prayers & support during this time!! I look forward to sharing good news w/ you as time goes by, and keeping you updated. I look fwd to hearing of more of your testimonies as well!!! May God be glorified in it all!! ;-) AMEN!!

 

[gospeljay]

Very inspirational, thank you for this.

 

[JesuslsMySavior]

Sister I know EXACTLY how you feel! Today is the 5th day of my water-only fast (I don't currently have much to do I'm 19 so not as much responsibilities haha ) But the day I started this I did not set a specific end date. I told the Lord as an act of faith I would stop when HE gave me the clearance or that I would starve to death trying to have my family and friends saved and to be able to do what He has called me to do. I am so on fire for this, I spoke to a minister on youtube and we decided to consecrate a fast to the Lord for America and its people. It is a 3 day fast of whatever the people want to fast 1 meal, 2 meals, water-only, meat, etc. I felt very discouraged doing it solo at first, then the Lord just straight up lead me to Minister Paul's youtube channel to begin the fast that HE has called His people to do.

There is great power in union and agreement in Christ especially during fasting and we would like you and any other that reads, to join us I made a thread here today "Consecrating a fast for america!" If you wanted to read it, I found such great encouragement, out of one fasting now so many will fast and pray together for 3 days! Other fellow subscribers are uploading videos to their subscribers about this fast in a chain reaction as well! It's exactly what I've been praying for. And even though you are on this commitment fast to God the way I am, you can add these 3 days and their purpose along with your current purpose and prayers. It will be so powerful! We invite you to read my post and let us know you'll be with us in spirit those 3 days God bless you!

 

[Pamelav]

Prayers for the OP. How are you doing? If you broke the fast, then jump back on it!

 

[HCHausmann]

Good afternoon to you. I am so excited to be a part of this new Christian Forum and came here specifically to share my own lifelong fasting experiences. I have been doing them (also for health purposes) since age 18. I was raised in a God-fearing home, but came to Christ on my own at a Billy Graham crusade in 1976. I have seen the clarity throughout my Life that comes with fasting and also the revelation that is given us by His Holy Spirit when we deny ourself, and press into Him. I am currently on a Fast for our Nation, (USA), for the members of my prayer groups (two online and one each at the two churches I attend), for my family and friends' requests, and finally for my own personal physical healing from a severe bout of MRSA, two breaks in my ankle, other damage to leg and other ankle which I have been suffering from for a year now after a bad boating fall in the Virgin Islands. Go figure, I swim with sharks and barracuda for 8 hours only to fall off a speed boat and slam against a dock. No fun at all and with the added infection I acquired, it set me back alot. In any case, my longest fast prior to this was 17 days in early 2010 and typically I fast 3-4 days about once every 3 months and one long fast each 6 months. Today I am on Day #19 in my current promise to the Lord of 21 days. I feel so alive and good I am tempted to try 30, but I am quite physically active so I believe I will just stick with my initial promise. I was wondering if anyone here has broken a long fast and if so what did you eat. I plan to stick with juices and soups for awhile. The fasts I do are all Absolute Fasts with Water and Tea only. All the best to you andlet me know. In the interim, I join you in your prayer requests and trust you will join me in mine. In His Service...