To be continued...

To be continued...

Ok, I am continuing this thread. I am not really looking for supporters. The thread is several pages down from where we are now so it will probably only be seen by those reading previous pages. I plan to post a song or something immediately after posting so it does not come up as a last message. I really don't think I need people to cheer me on, but I do think journaling about the fast will keep me focused. I feel that I have made some progress with fasting without human support. I recently did seven days of water which technically was not all water-only because I had some grapefruit in the middle of it. I know I would not have had that except I really felt I needed something in order to work. I am confident that if it would not have been for work I would have made it with just the Lord supporting me. I used to do seven days no problem no support often when I was an agnostic. I feel I am close to that again only this time I will have the Lord to support me. I want to commit to another forty days liquid with water only days as part of it, like I did last year. That fast did me a lot of good spiritually and physically. I am still reaping the benefits. While I do believe that I can make it for seven days, I do not have the faith that I will stay on it for forty days without some kind of accountability.

Last year my forty day fast was successful in that I kept it, but then I failed on my commitments after that. For a long time I was disappointed with the spiritual benefits. The Lord has recently sent me some excellent teaching that has been a great encouragement to me. Also, early this morning the Lord gave me (I am 99 percent plus sure it was from Him) a spiritual dream, speaking to me in a very personal way through the dream, something that I really needed to hear. He is calling me to fasting and prayer as never before and I want to obey Him. It is not popular to seek accountability, but when that is where one is at it needs to be done. Father, I am so thankful to You for not giving up on me.

I was encouraged to hear Dave's testimony when he was trying to do long fasts. He said he started a forty day fast thirty times. He started it and broke it continually. When he finally made it for the first time it was due to an agreement that he had with his wife. Even this great man of God needed accountability at one time. This made me feel like maybe I am normal after all. I was also encouraged to hear him say how disappointed he was after his first and second longer fasts. This again made me feel normal. He said all God did for him was pick on him showing him all his faults. I can relate. He said we are waiting for heaven to open when we finally make it and angels to come. We are waiting for something to mark some kind of difference. The fast does a lot of good, but if we do not die enough in it, we will come out of the fast saying, "Where is the lightning?" This happened to me. I pray that in this fast Jesus will truly increase in my life as I decrease.

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