What Is Fasting?Sample

TIPS WHEN FASTING

1. Drink lots of water. (at least 2L daily at room temperature)

2. Spend your freed-up meal times in prayer and reading God's word

3. Go to work—you'll be even more productive! Exercise regularly. (Though modest)

4. Look nice, dress up, and clean up. Don't go around announcing it to everyone! If anyone asks, why aren't you eating? Then say, Oh, I am not eating today; that’s it! Don’t get into any arguments about it.

5. When breaking your fast, do it gradually; begin by drinking fluids or very light meals as your body adjusts. Never break a long fast with solid protein; it could cause you harm!

6. Have an accountability partner or a prayer partner; after all, the Bible says two are better than one! (Ecclesiastes 4:9)

7. Expect Transformation—Long for and expect change as you fast. Seek to draw closer to God and learn His will.

There’s more of the Spirit and more of God than any of us are experiencing. I want to go there, not just intellectually, but in life, with everything I am (Francis Chan). Can this be our prayer too? As an individual? As a church?