Living Waters Christian Fellowship :: January 3rd


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EMBRACING PEOPLE* EXPANDING VISION* PURSUING DESTINY

During this Twenty-One Day opportunity, we will seek God individually as well as collectively through prayer and fasting. Our time of consecration before the Lord will include the following:

From Jan 3rd – Jan 23rd we will engage a partial fast from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. During this time it is important that you intentionally set aside time to pray. Fasting and prayer is the power-packed combination that moves heaven. Be reminded that fasting without prayer is a powerless combination. We will hold Corporate Prayer on the following Wednesday’s, Jan 5th, 12th and 19th at 7:30p.m and Saturday, Jan 8th at 11:00am at The Destiny Center.
A partial fast is lifted in The Book of Daniel Chapter 10. In this Old Testament account we discover that Daniel refrained from meats and sweets, constituting a partial fast. A partial fast means that you may permit yourself to eat a bowl of soup, crackers or a small salad as a means of sustaining strength during this time. However it is important to maintain the attitude of consecration. This means that your normal routine an activity is abandoned for the presence of God.
To fast means that you refrain from feeding from a common source. You now are feeding on a higher level. Refrain from excessive television, internet use, secular media and carve out time to listen to spiritually nourishing cd’s, watch inspirational dvd’s or media that will feed your spirit. It is important during a time of consecration that you hear the preached Word of God.
Spend quality time alone with God. Take some time each day whether early in the morning or late at night and/or for some during the day to read and meditate on Scripture and seek God’s face through prayer. Consecration is about focused intention.

Daniel Fast Instructions

During Daniel's fast, you are crucifying the flesh, forbidding what your body craves naturally. This will prevent your flesh from dominating your spirit. Instead, your spirit dominates your flesh.

Daniel 1:11-15

Daniel then said to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, "Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13 Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see." So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days. At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food. 16 So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead.

Daniel 10:2-3

At that time I, Daniel, mourned for three weeks. I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.

It was recorded in the Bible that Daniel fasted for 21 days, and this is where the term Daniel fast came about. Daniel ate no "pleasant bread."

The Daniel fast involves a spiritual commitment to God. “Daniel proposed in his heart that he would not defile himself” (Dan. 1:8).

Faith and Prayer is foundational to the Daniel Fast.

Daniel Fast Guidelines

We will be fasting from the hours of 6am to 6pm. The Destiny Center will be open nightly for a time of corporate prayer from 6:30 to 7:30pm.

The Daniel fast is a partial fast. It is not absolute meaning you can eat and drink certain things but we are asking that you refrain from meats, grease and sweets during the fast.

We are asking that you use moderation in your eating and take authority over your flesh by denying it of the things that it craves.

Eat some fruits, vegetables, salad, 100% fruit juices, plenty of water, crackers, baked or broiled fish or chicken. Refrain from the fast food places.

Those of you with health challenges or taking medicines that require you eat or drink with the meds, please follow the advice of your doctor. We are not asking you to stop taking your meds.

If you have to have food for health reasons you can refrain from television or other activities that will take you away from the presence of the Lord and engage in deeper level of prayer.

Maybe there is something you like to do, but it is always stealing the time and energy you have to seek God. Giving up those things may be more effective than giving up on meat in a "normal" Daniel's fast.