Fasting is the discipline of abstaining from food with the purpose of increasing our hunger for God.  Consecration is the act of separating ourselves from worldly activities to give ourselves to scripture study and prayer.

 

We are inviting you to select a fasting plan that works for you and to join us for prayer.

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IMPORTANT:  Please consult your doctor if you are sick or have a medical condition or are taking certain medications (such as diabetes or high blood pressure).  If you are sick with the flu or similar condition, you may consider broth and soup and jello or fruit the first 3 days instead of just water.  Eating and drinking when you're sick is important because nutrition helps your immune system fight infection.  If you are pregnant, do not fast -- you are welcome to abstain from activities such as shopping, video games, social media, and TV.

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First 3 Days

(Normal Fast -- Only Water (and 100% Juice or broth if needed for medical/health reasons).

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Day 4-21 

Daniel Fast (Fruits & Vegetables, & Whole Grains, Water & 100% Juice - if needed)

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You can do a Regular/Normal Fast but eat only one light/healthy meal a day (Meat is allowed, but it is suggested to avoid red meat or a lot of beef -- try fish, chicken, turkey; avoid foods such as pizza, potatoes, pasta, sweets, sodas...).

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AFTER the first 3 days, if you choose the Daniel Fast, you can choose the following OPTIONS:

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(1) You can eat fruit and vegetables throughout the day.

(2) You can fast until 6PM and then have a meal of vegetables and fruit. If you are not quite ready to fast until 6PM or have medical concerns, you can fast until 3PM.

(3) If you are NEW to fasting or have serious medical issues or are a teenager, you can fast until12 NOON and then continue regular healthy meals.

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On the Daniel Fast, AVOID meat, dairy, coffee, caffiene, sugar, sweets, soda, junk food, fast food, bread, pasta, fried foods, high fat foods, etc. 

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AFTER the first 3 days, if you choose the Regular/Normal Fast, you can choose the following OPTIONS:

 

(1) You can fast until 6PM (OR 3 PM) and then have a regular meal (try to avoid red meat as it might be too hard on your system while fasting.  (Limit red meat, sugar, sweets, soda, junk food, fast food, bread, pasta, fried foods, high fat foods, etc.)

(2) If you are a youth or NEW to fasting or have serious medical issues, you can fast until 12:00 NOON and continue your normal meals.

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ADVANCED OPTION:  After Day 3, If you are experienced with fasting or feel led to go deeper, you can fast with NO food (water only/maybe broth or juice at mealtimes) for an extended time -- you can try a week at first and go from there.  Be led of the Lord because fasting done improperly can be dangerous.

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On a normal fast, you typically go without food of any kind for a certain number of days. You do drink water, and plenty of it! Depending on the length of the normal fast, you may also choose to take clear broth and juices in order to maintain your strength.

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NOTE TO PARENTS:  If you have young children, but you would like to train them: you may have them fast desserts and sodas and certain items for a certain time.  You may also choose to restrict TV, video games, and social media for a certain time.  Teenagers (who understand what fasting is) can fast one meal and abstain from the above mentioned activities.

 

Important Tips: 

(1) Pray at least 3 times a day.  (If you feel weak, pray!)

(2) Read your Bible and meditate as much as you can. (Try to seek the Lord through the word in the morning, on your lunch, and in the evening.)

(3) Limit TV, social media, video games, unnecessary shopping, excessive talking, etc. during this time also.

(4) DRINK PLENTY OF WATER (6-8 glasses each day) Toxins are being released from your body, and the water will help with that process.

(5) If you choose an absolute fast, please remember that fasting without prayer and without being led of God can be dangerous -- because fasting without prayer and without being led of God is just going without eating, please pray and ask God what type of fasting you should be doing. 

(6) The Daniel Fast is a healthy way of eating; however, please consult your physician about the Daniel Fast (plant-based eating) if you still have concerns.​

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Benefits of Fasting

1: Fasting can bring clarity to the voice of God. (Acts 13:2)

2: Fasting can help to properly establish a new ministry. (Acts 14:23)

3: Fasting can bring favor. (Esther 4:16)

4: Fasting can bring healing. (Psalm 35:13-14)

5: Fasting can prepare you for the call of God. (Matthew 4:1-4)

6: Fasting can prepare you for temptation. (Matthew 4:1-4)

7: Fasting can bring about freedom. (Isaiah 58:6)

8: Fasting can bring protection. (Ezra 8:21)

9: Fasting can increase Spiritual Authority. (Matthew 17:19-21)

10: Fasting can teach you dependence on God. (Matthew 4:3-4)

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​​​​​​​​​SCRIPTURES ON FASTING

 

As a Spiritual Discipline

Matthew 9:14-15 - Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?  And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

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For More Power/Strength in the Holy Spirit

Luke 4:14 - And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.

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For Intercession on behalf of Others

Daniel 9:3-4 - And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:  And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandment.  

 

Daniel 10:2-3 - In those days I Daniel, was mourning three full weeks.

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.  

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For Forgiveness, Repentance, Restoration

Joel 2:12 - Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.

 

For Guidance and Protection​

Ezra 8:21;23 - Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance [...] Ezra 8:23 - So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.  

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In a Spirit of Humility and Sincerity

​Matthew 6:16-18 - Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 

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To Seek Guidance and Blessing/Approval

Acts 14:23 - And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

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In Consent with Your Spouse

1 Corinthians 7:5 - Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

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Pursuing the Heart of God by Seeking Justice and Freedom for Others

Isaiah 58:6 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

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In Consent with Your Spouse

​Nehemiah 1:4 - And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven...

 

For Favor/Divine Intervention

Esther 4:16 - Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.​

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2 Chronicles 20:3 - “And Jehoshaphat feared and set himself to seek the Lord and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.”

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SCRIPTURES ON PRAYER

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And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us.  1 John 5:14

 

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving.  Colossians 4:2

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Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

Jeremiah 29:12

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Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.  Mark 11:24 

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Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.  Romans 12:12

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And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.  Acts 16:25

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Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.  Jeremiah 33:3

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But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.  Matthew 6:7

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Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.  Hebrews 4:16

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For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Matthew 18:20

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In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.  Psalm 18:6

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But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Matthew 6:6

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And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.  1 John 5:15

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Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.  James 5:16

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But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.  James 1:6

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But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

1 Peter 4:7

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Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.  John 15:16

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And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.  Matthew 21:22

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And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.  John 14:13

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But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.  Luke 6:27-28