Daniel Fast

Well I did it...I fell behind in my blog just like I knew I would! With so many things to keep updated for the ministry: newsletter, website, conference registrations and planning, weekly devotions, facebook page....sigh....something ends up falling behind and this blog has been it! But I'm back and very excited. Wanna know why? Tomorrow my husband and I are starting our 21 day Daniel fast. I know it's crazy to be excited for a fast, but I have fasted enough now to know that although it is very difficult physically...it is so worth it spiritually.

In fact I'll tell you a story about my last 21 day fast. I started it at the beginning of January of 2006 and I listed in my journal all of the things I wanted to see God do in my life. One of them was to get a husband. I finally felt like I was ready to be married...but no prospects in sight. So I started my fasting and praying and then something happened. On Jan. 16th I was at a friends house. One of our friends said to me that he had a guy friend for me to talk to on the phone. I politely said "no thanks, not interested". Then he showed me a picture of him and I suddenly became interested! So this mutual friend called Kyle up (now my husband) and put him on the phone with me. It was very akward as you could imagine. Something happened and we got disconnected. The next day I received a call from an unkown number. I usually don't answer those calls but decided to this time. It was the cute friend of my friend. Kyle and I ended up talking for over 2 hours. I had to let him go so I could get to church that evening. When I got to church I told my sweet friend Amanda that I planned to marry this guy. And as it turned out we met face to face one month later and got engaged that weekend! 3 months after that I moved to South Dakota, changed jobs and married my dream husband. All this from a 21 day fast!

So needless to say this is why I am so excited for my fast. I know that God responds in a big way to us when we fast and pray. Scripture actually commands us to fast and pray. There should be times we set aside to deny ourselves of food or certain foods and seek God. That's what my husband and many of my ministry friends plan to do over the next 21 days. Please be praying for us! I will do my best to journal on my blog everyday to keep you up to date with what God is doing through our fast!

If you want more information on Daniel fast you can find it at http://daniel-fast.com/ or http://www.jentezenfranklin.org/fasting/danielfast.php. I promise you will be blessed!