DESTINED4GREATNESS said:
Please pray for me to break the spirit of Gluttony. I believe I have a ED of binge eating. I have decided to do a fast for the next 20 days first just water then just juice. I believe God has been calling me to do this for quite some time but i keep falling to my flesh. I want my flesh to be under submission.. I know the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. but i am determined to break this addiction of food. I will now seek God instead of food for comfort. Please pray that i continue on my fast till Thanksgiving. After that i plan on going a theMakers diet and by then i know my addition to certian food. Mainly bad for me ie: candy and cakes and sweets... will be gone..
Thank you
Ill pray for you.Please be carefull when fasting,you cant hurry up God by fasting,change comes in his time.
You need patience.God will bring to pass his righteousness in your life in his own time.Some things take time .And its not that God isnt able,but rather that we are unable to handle but so much at a time.So God in his great wisdom will work out his will in your life,if you commit the keeping and making of your soul to him,and dont give up.
God is faithfull also,to bring it to pass.
Fasting is good to by the way,I have fasted for 7 days without any water or food,but I was a young man,and it hurt when it came time to eat.My brain said eat,but my stomack started hurting,because I couldnt tell when I was full.
so,eat very lightly when you come off a long fast,and drink water.Dont pig out before and after a fast,you will mess up you system,and harm yourself.
I think that its not the length of time,but rather the day by day devotion to small fasts that will help you.Because you probably are thinking,one big long fast,and everything will be okay.
But it wont,you will still have the same struggles,and temtations,and trials to deal with.So learning to overcome on a day to day basis,is the way to grow daily,because the more you overcome,the easyier it gets.There is no quick fix,so prepare for a life long struggle against your flesh,and learn to subdue it day by day.Die daily,and walk before God daily.Take one day at a time,thats all you can do.
My prayers will be with you.
And then you move on to other things.
