Wesleyan fast

[FergusonTO35]

Anybody here do the Wesleyan Fast from Thursday evening to Friday afternoon? I think this would be a very good discipline for me and so I'm going to give it a try.

 

[Maid Marie]

Anybody here do the Wesleyan Fast from Thursday evening to Friday afternoon? I think this would be a very good discipline for me and so I'm going to give it a try.

Hadn't heard of that particular kind of fast before. I am fasting right now and while I don't enjoy it, I do enjoy the closer times with God and get to see how he is moving.

 

[Dave-W]

Why is that called a "Wesleyan" fast? Did John and Charles follow that pattern?

 

[RomansFiveEight]

I'm unfamiliar with the pattern myself. I'm following a pattern of daily prayer (often using 'Daily Office' meditations) early in the morning, restricting myself to two meals a day with nothing lavish or extravagant, and not eating before 5PM on Friday. That's my lenten practice for this year, anyway. And I'm following a pattern of many of my colleagues in this area and taking money I would've spent at more expensive restaurants, desserts, more groceries, etc., and giving it to organizations that provide food for impoverished individuals around the world.

 

[Dave-W]

Sounds good. In the Nazarene church we did not observe Lent. But I get it.

On a previous board I was on (now lost in that black hole called facebook) some of the guys would post devotional thoughts or scriptures every day during lent.

One year I did the same for counting the Omer. Since the 2 observances dovetail (at least time wise) we had 90 straight days of devotionals.

 

[FergusonTO35]

JW fasted frequently, I don't know if he prescribed the specific one I'm talking about or if that came later. Anyhow I did this fast last week and will do it again this week. Nothing magical or amazing happened but it was a good experience.