Intentional Tips's for Everyday Living: Recent Episodes
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Change your screensaver - Find a picture, a quote, a verse, saying, or something that you want to be the theme of your fast, and make it your phone screen saver.
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Read it - Find a YouVersion Bible reading plan. Personally, I recommend the Fast Like Daniel reading plan as a 21 day companion. No matter the plan, an organized daily reading plan is a huge help in drawing you into God's word.
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Give It - This is a terrific time to practice generosity. There's something about giving that has a way of shaking up things within us. It doesn't have to be money, but give something - your time, your knowledge, your skills, your prayers. Let it "cost" you something.
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Don't hold it! Due to the change in your diet and drinking more water, you will need to go to the bathroom more often. When your body first signals the urge, don't hold it.
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Share it - Take a pic of your meals and share it. I know social media is stereotypically a place where people take pictures of what they are eating in share it.
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Make a menu - Make a menu or follow the recipe guide in the free companion book failing to plan is planning to fail...especially when fasting.
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Shower Time – Whether you take your shower in the morning or evening, get in the shower asking one of these questions: "God what do you want me to show me today?" Or, "God what did you show me today?"
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Keep it real - By now it's real. The first day you can get by because you're pumped. The second, you're hopefully still motivated. But by the third, you're no doubt saying that even a Daniel Fast takes commitment!
Chapter Two - Power Play
Fasting Tip- Stay hungry - Today's fasting tips to fast like Daniel – not all food, but keeping With spiritual hunger rather than physical hunger, we are only going to pass the "choice foods" like Daniel did (Unless you were starting with water only). You're going to give up something good (choice foods) For something better (being filled with God).
This is Chapter One of Fast Like Daniel. It is recommended to water fast first. Scott water fasted until God released him. Let's try it.
Starting the Daniel Fast on Monday, 4 Jan. I will upload a daily devotional from the book for 21 days. 2-24 Jan.