If I can fast you can too-Day 16

So my fast is winding down. The last day is Sunday. I am just so excited about what God has in store for me!! I had a wonderful experince with my best friend today. I heard a song today called "While I Wait". It's all about praising God while you wait for his promises!!! I needed to hear that song and I called my bestie and left her a voice mail about how I knew that I was suppose to hear that song. She called me back five minutes later and told me she was listening to the same song and started thinking how that is what she and needed to be doing. Once again God confirming that I am on the right track!! Praise be to God in highest! He is always listening even when we don't think he is!

If I can fast you can too-Day 15

I have converted to the Daniel fast. I have since last Wednesday. I have also had some wonderful and some scary messages from God this week. First I had a message from him through Perry Stone( a visiting pastor) about my personal life. The kicker is I didn't go to church that night, I was in a really bad mood and didn't want to leave. Even though I was acting crappy God still was thinking of me. My best friend went to that night and she told me about the next day. As soon as I read her text message about what God said, I broke down crying, at work, in the middle aisle. I knew that was meant for me because it was a confirmation about what I was praying for!!!! Secondly I have had two dreams, in which God told me what he expects of me. I am both scared and elated. One last story to show an example that fasting is working. A friend of mine has been having marital problems and her and her husband decided to fast for their marriage and other things. Yesterday I dropped my friend off at her husband job to pick up their car and before she could pull out a car blocked her path. In this car was a woman who has been trying to convince my friend's husband to leave her. The other woman thought my friend's husband was in the van and surprised to find that it was not. Normally my friend would have went off, but she prayed to God to give her strength and to respond how HE would want her too, and she did. She was polite and respectful to the woman trying to steal her husband!!! Later that night she and her husband spoke and he told her how he noticed her change and how her reaction that day was not her normality and he asked why. She responded that she knew what he was all about and it wasn't breaking up their family. Something she had been struggling to accept for a long time. Yet one fast and a some faith in God and the answer was clear as day to her. The have a wonderful family oriented evening, instead of a fighting match. Praise God for he truly is good!!

If I can fast you can too: Day Eight

There is no greater battle than one you fight internally. One part of you wants you to do something that another part of you doesn't. There are several internal battles going on when you fast. One of course being the need for food and your head telling you it's for purpose keep trying. Then there is the battle the devil tries to win. He will tell you it's not worth it, that you can't do it, and if you have messed up he will play on that. He will lay on the guilt that you have already broken your fast, so you might as well not even restart. Dealing with your own self doubt is even harder than dealing with lack of food. The shining light with the devil's attacks though, it's a sign that the fast is working!!! So tell the devil "Bring it on! Give it your best shot!" How can you possibly loose when you are getting conformation that your sacrifice is working!
I too am being attacked. I was written up at work on the second day of this fast. I have also had some trouble praying,I just can't seem to stay focused when I start. I am very discouraged at work and do wonder what it's all for. I am not some perky cheerleader all the time. I seem to have a look on my face that causes people to ask if I'm ok. So, to those who are wondering, no I don't have all the answers and yes I do struggle with things, same as you. I just have to remember that I am doing GOD's will and everything WILL be okay in the end.
IF I CAN FAST YOU CAN TOO!!

If I can fast you can too: Day Seven

My name is Makala Ervin and I am member of Free Chapel in Gainesville, GA. Every year the church participates in a 21 day fast. There are three different kinds of fasts that each member chooses from; the first one is the Daniel fast. The Daniel fast is no food for three days just water or juice and then just fruits and veggies for the remainder of the 21 days. There is the partial fast which in no food from 6am to 3pm just water and juice. Lastly there is the full fast which is no food just water and juice for the full 21 days. This is the fast I have chosen to do this year. Today is day seven for me. I am sure you are wondering why someone would put themselves through such extremes, the answer is GOD. A relationship with GOD is better and more fulfilling than any other. GOD can give you so much that no one else can. He can give you strength, and comfort, better than a husband, more love and forgiveness than a parent. He sent his only son to Earth to DIE for our sins, NOT his own, but ours. How many people would do that for you? How many people would you do that for? Fasting gets you closer to GOD than just worship and prayer alone, because you are choosing to give up something for GOD and he acknowledges that and rewards that. How does he reward that? Well in my case I am asking for his guidance with several things in my life. I want to know if I should up and move my family to the place where I have longed to live ever since I can remember. I also want to know if I should change careers. I am also fasting for my children. My son has been getting into trouble and dealing with stress in a very dangerous way, I am searching for the answers to what I can do to help him. Lastly I am fasting for the promise GOD gave me. His rewards or answers may not be what we expected and they not be what we wanted to hear, but if you seek GOD first and do his will they will be what is best for us.

I am not going to lie. Fasting is hard!!! Especially someone like me. I LOVE food. I am about a hundred pounds overweight and I don't exercise hardly at all and am a constant snacker. I am the fat girl. However my love for GOD and my desire to unlock all he has in store for me and my family has made me stronger than I thought I could be. Have I eaten anything over the past seven days? I don't lie, so yes I have. I have eaten a grapefruit when I felt weird, you know that "somethings not right" feeling. I also had steamed veggies another time. I did fall the other night and ate what I feed my children. Pizza rolls and tator tots. That was night five of no food. Yes, I felt guilty, but I repented and started over again. GOD doesn't discount you if you have a moment of weakness and eat. Thank goodness too, because you WILL have moments of weakness....SEVERAL. Should you try you hardest not to eat? Of course, try till to you can't try no more. Fasting is about your relationship with GOD, not with the person who sits in the pew next to you. So remember this when you fast, it doesn't matter what fast you chose to do, it doesn't matter if you cheat, it doesn't matter what you fast for, and it definitely does NOT matter that you are doing what someone else is or isn't as long as you are seeking GOD first! No matter how your fast is going never give up and never give in! When the devil attacks you during your fast, that's when you know it's working!

I am going to continue to post once a day till the end of the fast. If anyone has any questions feel free to ask. IF I CAN FAST YOU CAN TOO!!