Re: Fasting Very Encouraging Testimony

Yes, I agree with you. Her testimony was very inspiring and I'm sure it helped many others.  I wonder if she lost any spiritual benefits from the fast due to sharing it on You Tube. She did try to keep the fast secret in other ways from what I gathered.

She also used the videos to help keep her accountable. Her husband as well as making the videos kept her motivated to the end.

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 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 6:5-6 KJV

Yes, Jesus also said the same thing about prayer and giving. Yet, we gather together and pray and God does answer. If we had to pray in secret every time we prayed, a minister could not even lead in prayer at church because others would know about it. We could not even pray for someone in their presence because they would know about it and it would no longer be a secret. I personally think these scriptures refer to someone being a hypocrite and doing these works just to show off before men.

God definitely wants me to fast and pray, but I have a problem with laziness and lack of discipline in the matter.  I joined the water fasting forum on curezone a few years ago thinking the support from the forum would help motivate me. It did not work out because my beliefs are too different from the mainstream beliefs on the forum. I soon realized I cannot look to this forum for the support I need for what I need to accomplish. I still read the forum occasionally as I find time. There are some excellent posts there from which I have learned. Some of the posts there have been very inspiring and motivational. I did find a few Christians posting there with similar beliefs to mine. 

I also tried the curezone blog system when things were really hard. It did help keep me accountable, but I need to make more progress.

I envy all of you who are so well disciplined that you do not need support. This seems to me like almost everyone on curezone accept me. :(   You all can truly fast in secret and the Lord will reward you openly. :)

I am planning to try a new thing. I hope it will not get me banned from this forum. I am 15 hours into a water fast. I plan to update on this thread to help keep me accountable. I will try to keep it in secret in every other way. This may be a test for me to see if I still get spiritual benefits. Then again would I even know what the benefits would be if I could keep it in total secret?  I will see what happens. I hope the Lord will lay it on the heart of some to pray for me that His will be done in the matter. I will not be able to continue on a water fast the whole time because I do have a job. I am setting a goal of forty days to fast.  This will include different types of fasts. I wish it could be all water, but I know that is not realistic for where I am at.  I will try to do as much of it as possible on just water.  I hope to keep the posts limited to this thread so it will not be a possibility to overtake the forum. I feel fasting and prayer is part of the Biblical belief system, but this forum is about more than just that.