The longest fast I have ever been on is 3 days.I've been thinking about going on a ten day or maybe longer. Anyone know anything about longer fasts?
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Sorry, my fasts have usually been for a single day, but I wish you luck with yours. 
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I've never personally done a fast that long, but I found some links that you might find helpful:
http://content.health.msn.com/content/article/1671.52826
http://www.spirithome.com/fasting.html
http://www.wellbeingjournal.com/fast.htm
http://www.healthlibrary.com/reading/health/fast.htm
http://www.dietandbody.com/article1081.html
Out of curiosity, why are you considering such a long fast?
~~Cheryl
http://content.health.msn.com/content/article/1671.52826
http://www.spirithome.com/fasting.html
http://www.wellbeingjournal.com/fast.htm
http://www.healthlibrary.com/reading/health/fast.htm
http://www.dietandbody.com/article1081.html
Out of curiosity, why are you considering such a long fast?
~~Cheryl
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1.Transition time - I'm getting married, moving , starting a new job, new church,etc. Big decisions and lots of changes.
2. I need some specific miracles with child custody, visitation issues, emotional healing from my divorce.Financial concerns.
3. My wife/fiance and I have a call to full time ministry.I am desperate for real revival in our lives and ministry.
4. My ministry now is as an intercessor.
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i recently went on a 21 day no food fast.
nothing but liquids.
i only made it about 12 becuase i was dumb and ate something i didnt even feel hungry for.
youve done the 3 day? well, thats about as hard as it gets man. after your 3rd day your body will shut down kinda and you will not even feel hungry anymore, just make sure you drink about 1 gallon of something like V8 or SOMETHING HEALTHY like juice to keep your energy everyday.
NOT ORANGE JUICE! YOULL BURN A WHOLE IN YOUR STOMACH! i found out the hardway, its too acidic.
it was very easy actually, for me it was anyway.
i drank a gallon or so of something everyday and i was totally fine, even though i have a very quick paced, stressfull full time job. plus i prayed for god to give me strength everyday! and that is alot of it.
but, longer fasts arent really a big deal, drink plenty of liquids and pray, after about the 3rd day you will stop feeling hungry. the only hard part for me was simply that my mind wanted food. it looked good, i work in a restaurant, and my mind wanted to it. but i wasnt hungry, so i didnt need it, the battle was all MENTAL.
thats why fasting will help you stop sinning. you dont need sin, but that carnal mind wants it, and fasting trains you to refuse what your MIND WANTS, to win that MENTAL BATTLE.
longer "no food fasts" are mental battles, not really physical hunger battles.
it would be much harder to do a one meal a day for 21 days, then to go 21 days no food.
becuase continually feeding will keep your stomach working, and it will keep asking for food becuase it will need it, but go about 3 days without food(the hardest days of it all), and it will shut down and no longer bother you. and then youve only got your mind to deal with.
and ****warning*****,
of you choose to go on a longer, like 21 days, no food fast. be EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN YOU DO START TO EAT AGAIN.
becuase your stomach needs a couple of days to start working again. if you simply start eating again with a STEAK OR SOMETHING WHOLE, yu will get DOG SICK, AND YOULL THIINK YOUR ABOUT TO DIE AND GO TO HEAVON! some have even killed themselves like that. you wouldnt want to do that.
thats one reason satan tempted jesus with creating bread, he had eaten no food for 40 days, his body had totally shut down, if he had eaten that bread, he most likely would have died. IT CAN KILL YOU! ASK YOUR DOCTOR, THAT IS THE TRUTH!
youll need to drink soup, broth, something NON-SOLID for a couple of days untill your body is back to normal, work back up to solid food.
nothing but liquids.
i only made it about 12 becuase i was dumb and ate something i didnt even feel hungry for.
youve done the 3 day? well, thats about as hard as it gets man. after your 3rd day your body will shut down kinda and you will not even feel hungry anymore, just make sure you drink about 1 gallon of something like V8 or SOMETHING HEALTHY like juice to keep your energy everyday.
NOT ORANGE JUICE! YOULL BURN A WHOLE IN YOUR STOMACH! i found out the hardway, its too acidic.
it was very easy actually, for me it was anyway.
i drank a gallon or so of something everyday and i was totally fine, even though i have a very quick paced, stressfull full time job. plus i prayed for god to give me strength everyday! and that is alot of it.
but, longer fasts arent really a big deal, drink plenty of liquids and pray, after about the 3rd day you will stop feeling hungry. the only hard part for me was simply that my mind wanted food. it looked good, i work in a restaurant, and my mind wanted to it. but i wasnt hungry, so i didnt need it, the battle was all MENTAL.
thats why fasting will help you stop sinning. you dont need sin, but that carnal mind wants it, and fasting trains you to refuse what your MIND WANTS, to win that MENTAL BATTLE.
longer "no food fasts" are mental battles, not really physical hunger battles.
it would be much harder to do a one meal a day for 21 days, then to go 21 days no food.
becuase continually feeding will keep your stomach working, and it will keep asking for food becuase it will need it, but go about 3 days without food(the hardest days of it all), and it will shut down and no longer bother you. and then youve only got your mind to deal with.
and ****warning*****,
of you choose to go on a longer, like 21 days, no food fast. be EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN YOU DO START TO EAT AGAIN.
becuase your stomach needs a couple of days to start working again. if you simply start eating again with a STEAK OR SOMETHING WHOLE, yu will get DOG SICK, AND YOULL THIINK YOUR ABOUT TO DIE AND GO TO HEAVON! some have even killed themselves like that. you wouldnt want to do that.
thats one reason satan tempted jesus with creating bread, he had eaten no food for 40 days, his body had totally shut down, if he had eaten that bread, he most likely would have died. IT CAN KILL YOU! ASK YOUR DOCTOR, THAT IS THE TRUTH!
youll need to drink soup, broth, something NON-SOLID for a couple of days untill your body is back to normal, work back up to solid food.
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ohhh,
and you not believe me on the NOT BEING HUNGRY ANYMORE thing. cus it says JESUS HUNGERED. well, after about 40 days your body needs food seriously, so you dont die of starvation. but that takes about 40 days to happen.
between 3 and 40, there really is little hunger if any.
and you not believe me on the NOT BEING HUNGRY ANYMORE thing. cus it says JESUS HUNGERED. well, after about 40 days your body needs food seriously, so you dont die of starvation. but that takes about 40 days to happen.
between 3 and 40, there really is little hunger if any.
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Thank you psalm 22;3. It would be a really "dumb" way to die if I ate too much at the end of a long fast.
I really liked getting personal testimony from your experience. It helps.
I really liked getting personal testimony from your experience. It helps.
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