Fasting

When fasting is thought about food is brought up, because that is what is normally fasted from. Just to let you in on a little secret, that is NOT the only thing that you have to fast from. You should fast from things that consumes your life more than it should and/or is a part of your life more than God. You could even be idolizing it. For example: things like video games, television, music, a website that you use a lot(YouTube?), social media sites and so on. You get the drift right? Things that you do the most of and consumes a lot of your time. During that you could be reading God's Word and/or communicating with Him through prayer. So, whenever you find out what you can fast from; you set how long you're going to fast. From two weeks, to a month, to three week, to how ever long you feel the fast is needed. If you feel like you're going to be tempted by having the app on your phone delete it. If you feel as though having the music on your phone is going to tempt you or in your car take it off. If you feel as though having the video game plugged in is going to temp you as well unplug everything. There are no excuses, stick to the fast and do whatever you have to, to continue on your fast. When you fast you replace God with what you're fasting from and it brings you closer to God and shows Him how committed you are to bettering the relationship. It should be exciting to please God, walking with Christ is not about you, but Him.

So do you have anything you're fasting from? Do you know what is majorly consuming your life? What steps are you going to take to lessen it's grip on your life?

Grace,Love&Blessings!