About to do a 14-day fast....?

Question

I am embarking on a 14 day fast starting tommorrow. Does anyone have some words of encouragement and wisdom for me to keep me motivated and strong willed?

Its going to be an alternation fast with 2 days lots of water and 1 day all the fruit and veggie juice I want.

Answer 1

You can do it with HIS help. It will be worth it! My son did a 40 day fast but he worked up to it. Did you know that a 40 day fast adds 10 years to your life? A person's body is finally able to pass the sludge that becomes adhered to the lining of the intestines and such.
Try reading " THE POWER OF PRAYER AND FASTING" by Mahesh Shavada ( not sure about the sp. on that name) The book is powerful though. Have you considered a Daniel Fast? Our Church is doing a corprate Daniel Fast now. BLESS YOU!

Answer 2

Don't do any strenuous work. If you start breaking a sweat, you are probably doing too much. If you do too much physically, you will get dehydrated quicker. Read scripture several times a day if not all day long. Pray, pray, and pray some more. Keep away from any thing that will remind you of food or water. Also, make sure you drink a bunch of water before you start. Be careful and shalom aleichem

Answer 3

I don't think this is a good idea. I hope you are at least going to drink, because the average person can not live for 14 days without water. I wouldn't reccomend going through with this, but then I wouldn't really be helping you now would I. So I guess I will say this: Do as little activity as possible, stay cool; If you do drink, drink small amounts frequently, Don't talk as much as you usually do, and try to occupy yourself as much as possible. Still don't think this is very useful though.

Answer 4

First, the Bible explains that fasting means to go without food or water. In Esther 4:15-16,

"Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai, "Go gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for 3 days, night or day..." "

Generally, fasting is from sunset to sunset (Lev. 23:32). Secondly, Christ instructed his disciples not to boast when they fasted:

" More over, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father, who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly " (Matt. 6:16-18).Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer. You shall cry, and He will say, Here I am..." (Isa. 58:9)
This is the most important principle of fasting, to draw closer to God and to seek His righteousness and His will in our lives.

Answer 5

I trust that you have trained yourself and worked up to this fast (starting with one day, then three days, etc.). Find a copy of Richard J. Foster's book "Celebration of Discipline" if you haven't already. He has a lot of good advice for those who fast as spiritual exercise.

God Bless.

Answer 6

The desert fathers said that fasting gives prayer wings.

Answer 7

I admire your dedication and cause. I will put you on our prayer list at church.
Mar 9:29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
You will remain in my prayers.

Answer 8

Title
THEY HAD BEEN WITH JESUS
by Derek Joseph Levendusky

Content

A few years ago, I was praying for revival, and the Holy Spirit spoke to me, “If you’re going to see a revival of souls, first you need to see a revival of laborers.”

So my prayer changed. “Lord,” I cried, “send a revival of laborers who will fulfill the Great Commission!”

The Holy Spirit spoke to me again. “If you’re going to see a revival of laborers, first you need to see a revival of worshippers. If my children will love Me with all their heart, they’ll love the lost with all their heart.”

So my prayer changed again. Now I’m trusting God to fan the flames of a worship movement that will become a missions movement in this generation. Daniel 11:32 says, “They that know their God shall be strong and do great exploits.” Knowing God is the prerequisite for doing anything great for Him. Acts 4:13 says, “Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.”

It is a great tragedy when men and women seek to fulfill the Great Commission to “go into all the world” (Matthew 28:19) without first fulfilling the Great Commandment to “love the Lord with all your heart” (Matthew 22:37). Paul said that even if we surrender our body to be burned, but have not love , we gain nothing! Oh, may we be moved by the love of God to reach the nations!

I believe God is raising up a generation that will be moved by His heart, and like Paul the Apostle, cry out before a lost world, “The love of Christ compels me!” (2 Corinthians 5:14) John Piper dedicated a whole book to this topic, which he titled Let the Nations Be Glad . He wrote, “Where passion for God is weak, zeal for missions will be weak. Churches that are not centered on the exaltation of the majesty and beauty of God will scarcely kindle a fervent desire to ‘declare his glory among the nations’ (Psalm 96:3).”

He also wrote, “Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t.”

I have traveled all over the world ministering to youth, and have seen God birthing a worship movement among the nations. I believe the worship movement sweeping across the earth today will transform into a great missions movement. This is what God is doing in our day! As this young generation draws close to God, it is impossible for them not to be moved by what moves God. This movement will affect our own schools, our own campuses, our own cities, our own country, and will affect the foreign fields of the world.

For years my band Isaiah 6 and I would be invited to two different kinds of events: 1) worship events for youth, and 2) missions events. I would notice several things at these events. At worship events, I noticed that the average age is very young. The worship movement is very young, hip, and cool. It is full of life, but also potentially ingrown. At missions events, I would notice that the average age is very old, and I would find myself asking, “Where are the young people that are answering the call to go?”

Our prayer is that the worship movement and missions movement will collide at Beyond the Song. Imagine with me thousands of young men and women getting away from the world for three days, gathering together to worship God and listen to His heart. Imagine those young men and women crying out, like Isaiah, “Here am I. Send me!” Imagine them actually going to the nations of the world, full of the love, the Word, and the power of God. What would happen?

I believe that God is raising up this generation that has been with Jesus to reach this world for Christ. Prophet-musician Keith Green once said, “This generation of Christians is responsible for this generation of souls on the earth.”

By the grace of God and love of God, we will go and finish the job.


Derek Joseph Levendusky is the founder and director of Isaiah 6 Ministries and Beyond the Song.

Answer 9

Keep in mind why you are doing the fast.

I admire your willpower. I'll pray for you.

Answer 10

Is it a true fast (no food or drink)? If it is, then I say to you: Have fun dying!