God is faithfully honoring the minimal fast I've been on. He has answered a prayer I've had and brought to my heart a deeper understanding of His love for us. I'd never realized that we are Christ's reward. I've never wanted to dwell much on the rewards He will be bringing with Him for us. But I'd never realized that little ol' us are HIS reward! Yes, I know we're His bride, etc. But I'd not realized that we are actually part of that joy that was set before Him to endure the cross.... He's been preparing for Himself a bride as HIS reward from all those the Father has given Him. 

Isaiah 62:5 (GNT)

Like a young man taking a virgin as his bride, He who formed you will marry you. As a groom is delighted with his bride,

So your God will DELIGHT in you.  

Ephesians 5:25b-27 (GNT)

Christ loved the church and gave his life for it. 26 He did this to dedicate the church to God by his word, after making it clean by washing it in water, 27 in order to present the church to HIMSELF in all its beauty—pure and faultless, without spot or wrinkle or any other imperfection.

This realization of such an overwhelming love is decreasing the instances when my fleshly pride and selfcentered-ness try to rear up its ugly head. PTL! A wonderful song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5HlzwBj7GM

I've learned something about fasting. Because I did most of my passionate (long and limited) fasts in my earlier, more carefree years, fasts sometimes now bring a sense of dread that I won't be able to successful complete them. I feel blessed that God lead me into fasting early in my life because I learned that it sensitized me to His Spirit and seems to thin the "veil" into hearing Him speak. I try to fast routinely, but when asked to do a prolonged fast I get that "try not to think about food" syndrome early and it's a struggle. I carefully agreed with the Lord about this particular fast. Soon after, I heard a radio program that spoke about fasting with blood sugar in mind and decided to do one egg and a low glycemic fruit smoothy for breakfast and wait four hours before eating again as my fast. Just a half day committment eating food I enjoyed, but limited and eating normally, (which includes my struggle with rebound- fast gorging) for the rest of the day.

I had begun to suspect some time ago that the amount of time with fasting mattered. It also seemed that the more "severe" or limited the fast, the less time was required for a breakthrough in prayer. I forgot this was a 21 day fast and simply committed to fasting through the month of February, starting on the 2nd. Given the fact that I was not starving myself or doing much limiting at all, I figured I would not get much in the way of any specific results, nor did I have any one specific prayer request in mind, but continued with my normal prayer list and daily requests. I was surprised to have heard the Lord speak with clarity (wish I'd written it down...). When I counted the days I had been fasting, there had been ten. I know ten is a biblical number, but until I searched it, I didn't realize it was used so often. I means "order of completion" according to some. Last night was day 20 and I literally felt a tap on my shoulder in the middle of the night. Thinking it was one of my kids I grunted and looked around to see no one. "The Blood of Jesus and Fire of the Holy Ghost!" I said out loud, just in case... Then I heard "It's time to flee", "interview", and "pray for Seaside". Praise God! Some clear confirmation of things that God had spoken to me in the past. Clear and undeniable! I had a dream of chickens. Some of whom were safely in the chicken coop in the evening, and others that had failed to make it into the coop were torn to bits. I had a knowing that this represented those who failed to make it into the Secret Place of the Most High in the coming trouble ahead.

I now know that God honors fasting done committedly in any small capacity. I have to take myself out of the equation and realize that I serve a Faithful God who keeps His promises. I've decided to press for a 40 day fast to see what a subsequent ten day period or two will bring. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!!!

Half way mark. He is with me stronger in every weak moment. I'm holding onto You Abba. Grant me strength! It's been a bit more challenging with birthday parties and all kinds of goodies all around me daily! It should be no surprise, the temptations coming at me. I take that as a good sign that this is definitely affecting our enemy so keep your chins up daughters and sons of The Most High. Be encouraged in the battle!

HALF WAY MARK!!!

Tomorrow is the half way point to the end of February......and for those who are doing a 21 day Daniel Fast, you are only 8 days away from finishing it!

Let's not grow weary, but continue to the finish line, dear brothers and sisters!

I hope to hear from some of you on how your fasting is going, and what the LORD is doing in your life during this time. For me, I have been getting HUGE revelations about the Book of Revelation! Studying the WORD has become amplified in a greater measure this month!! PRAISE JESUS!!!

A PRAYER :

THAT THE LONGINGS OF THE WICKED IN POWER WILL COME TO NOTHING!

" The wicked will see (the righteous) and be vexed, they will gnash their teeth and waste away; the longings of the wicked will come to nothing. " Psalms 112:10

A very DIFFERENT worship song!!!

BE BLESSED!

I was going back over my journal of the things that the LORD has given me in the last couple of weeks, and I noticed that I had received a word in the middle of the night on the first day of our fasting, February 1st!

The LORD woke me up and then I heard this (I always keep a pen and paper right next to my pillow!):

"I WILL BE THERE AMONG YOU,

I WILL BE YOUR GUIDE,

I WILL BE YOU VERY HELP IN TROUBLE.,

FORGET NOT THIS DAY WHO YOU SHALL SERVE!"

AMEN and AMEN!!

"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." Psalms 46:1

http://podcast.app/kib-prophetic-insights-from-isaiah-for-the-remnant-e50248326/?share=ios

Hi I'm joining in Daniel's fast giving up choice food over February's month. Praying for repentance in our government authorities and all around us. We know God hears and acts on behalf of those that trully seek him. Blessings

I had such a beautiful encounter with The Lord on Monday night! I was listening to a teaching actually it was this one https://youtu.be/sAthZkYLvmQ

And The Lord's Glory and Presence just manifested in such a powerful, magnificent way that I had to share it with you all.

I've held regret over my past. I've grieved and repented over it many times yet am reminded of it and the grief I feel over knowing in those moments I hurt The One I love most, my Heavenly Father.

I wanted to thank you all for your prayers because I received a break through here in a mighty way on Monday.

I'm looking for that completed work here to be released completely but I know from my visitation that He broke things loose that have been with me for over 13 years. His Presence was so tangible in such a beautiful way. He let me know in that moment that I'm loved and that He's only wanting for my good, to pour out on me His goodness, blessings and favor.

Because I didn't have the eyes to see the Truth that I'm forgiven and He's only wanting for my good. I was unknowingly blocking His blessings and His love from breaking through.

My prayer is that our past as Paul said in Philippians 3:13 forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to what's before him and pressing toward the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

That our pasts will not dictate our futures. That as Paul and others in The Word. We are forgiven! Set free by the blood of Yeshua, Jesus Christ.

"Praise be to the Lord, for he has heard my cry for mercy.

7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.

8 The Lord is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.

9 Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever.

Psalm 28:6-9

Thank you sister Elizabeth, that was awesome!

Here is some info on a Daniel Fast:

https://www.allaboutprayer.org/daniel-fast.htm

I have been doing intermittent water fasting for a while now and am continuing in Feb. I am praying for basically the same things you all are. I pray for repentance for family, friends and this country, and it's leadership. Also for protection for all brothers and sisters in Christ and that the unsaved will see the light. I pray for protection from the violence and extreme weather and even for the poor animals that the weather affects. I pray for the Harvest and sing to the Holy Spirit everyday.

Holy Spirit, rain on our fields let the windows of Heaven be opened until, until the Harvest is ripe and your kingdom's fulfilled, Holy Spirit rain on our fields.

Though I will post this as a new post as well, I wanted to share it here too. It relates to Elizabeth's most recent video about the angels and the scroll. Regarding the "Angels", the Greek for angel means messanger, and can also refer to a Pastor...like in the context of the verse in Revelation where it says, "To the angel of the church of.......write". Those things written to the angles of the seven churches, were written to the Pastors, and where to be shared among each of them and with their congregations. Also, just this morning, I was led to make a picture using a partly darkened earth (lower left corner) as seen from space, and a call to America to repent of abortion in red letters over the earth. You mentioned the angles holding hands, and in the picture, I mention that if all the aborted babies in America since Roe vs. Wade had been allowed to live and grew to adulthood, and if they all HELD HANDS (mentioned in your dream), they would cover a distance equal to 2 3/4 times around the earth at the equator! Unless America repents from this dark practice, America will be darkened! Here is a copy of the picture, but I have also included a link below to the facebook post.

Also, something I was asking the Lord to show us, is more glimpses of heaven, so that we could know God's will about what to bring to earth "Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven". This morning, though I could not remember any of the dreams I had last night, as I prayed, the vision I received was of my wife, abortion survivor and pro-life speaker Carrie Fischer, and her arms began to transform into airplane wings. Though you did not see wings on your 5 angels, all this reminds me of a shared vision my wife and I had the same morning at 5 am in our respective time zones (she was in Houston, Texas, and I was in Maryville, Tennessee) about a month before we got married. In my vision, I saw Carrie climbing down an invisible ladder, dressed as she would be for her husband. As I prayed about that vison, the Lord told me, "Receive your angel". In Carrie's vision, she was climbing down a ladder made of pearl, and she saw me at the base of the ladder dressed as her husband, and in the vision, the Lord said, "It's time". On of our long term visions, is named after our first of two miscarried children. The "Zion Benjamin International Memorial for the Unborn", which involves numerous things, but the first, is establishing a world wide chain of what was originally 50 million safety pins on some date in the future. Obviously this would not be an unbroken chain given roads, water, mountains, and so on, but the idea was to document these world wide chains with still pics, video, and so forth, then edit all that down to a reasonable size, and send that edited content to all the legistlatures of the world as a united Jericho type shout to end abortion. From their, the safety pins would be collected, and tastefully placed in artistic fashion in various permanant memorials in various countries around the world, along with other life affirming works of art, poetry, music, etc. So yes...we need to continue to fast and pray as God leads, but I believe we also need to take some kind of positive, tangible action that goes along with what we have prayed. Here is the link to the facebook picture I mentioned above. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2422672054428154&set=a.912641482097893&type=3&theater

For you

https://youtu.be/LJoABwNMzvM

The fast God has laid on our hearts is something even we do not totally yet understand, but that fast is between us and the Lord, so we won't be sharing the specifics. That said, I received a word this morning that I would like to share with all of you. God states in Psalm 91, that for those who make the Most High God their dwelling place, that only with their eyes will the see the reward of the wicked. With the recent wicked law passed in New York that allows abortion up to the time of natural birth, and which allows babies who survive abortions to be left to die hungry, cold, and alone with no medical care, two of my three dreams last night relate to that reward. In the first of those two dreams, I saw a massive compost heap under construction. In the second dream, a three armed mixing paddle had been intalled in the center of the compost heap, and was turning, grinding the trash into very fine soil with a horrible stench to it, like the stench of our modern landfills if you have ever been to one.

The verse that really stood out to me regarding stench, is the following.

Joel 2:20 - “But I will remove far from you the northern army, And will drive him away into a barren and desolate land, With his face toward the eastern sea And his back toward the western sea; His stench will come up, And his foul odor will rise, Because he has done MONSTROUS things.”

The surrounding verses speak about the blessings that come upon the people of God, but the reward of the wicked who do not repent, is certain!!! Please share with all your friends and warn the to turn from their wicked ways and find forgiveness in Jesus!

http://facebook.com/groups/unitedforlife

I have a book of Scriptures that I have put together of important verses that have spoken to me over the last few years. Today I opened it during my time with the LORD, and my eyes fell on Numbers 10:9! WOW! It really spoke to me during this time of fasting and repentance that we are doing!

“When you go to war in your land against the enemy who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God, and you will be saved from your enemies." Numbers 10:9

So, after reading it, I went and got my shofar and blew it 3 times and claimed the verse!!! If you have a shofar, sound a blast for our country, our cities and our homes to be saved from our enemies!

Amen dear sister, standing in agreement with you! Abba hear the cries of our heart this day!

I'm reminded of the blind beggar in Luke 18 - When he heard that JESUS was passing by he cried out, JESUS, Son of David, have MERCY on me and they tried to rebuke him, but he cried even more. That is my prayer today. JESUS, Son of David, please have MERCY on us! We desperately need a supernatural visitation and encounter with the PRINCE of PEACE! God bless you ALL!

I have a prayer request. I won't go into detail, as most say "it's prescribed, it's ok." God said its not, there's something supernatural causing inability to stop. It's hardly life threatening, just to get that out. Thanks for caring, I appreciate it. I'm   blocked from avenues, cried out His name 2yrs, fasted, pleaded... My request? I'm in bondage, desperate to find the way out...been to hands on healing, cant find the right one. A provider or sponsoring type blessing for Gods purposes comes near some type of military action soon, and I need this so I can hear. Anyway, please in Jesus Yahushua's beautiful name, I beg God to free me from this bondage. In the past, no prob. This IS supernatural. Its the only thing I feel in my life that can keep me out. I don't need reassurance that it's OK, as it's far from OK with me, my salvation, my hearing, my communion,I  feel it! I know it'll come, I'm seeking help sooner, I can't stand feeling separated and deaf. Thanks! Hope u had a nice sabbath ;-) my favorite day! Thanks for any prayers. I'll post  testimony once demon is off my back.
May God increase your hearing and bless you, just a bit more than you can handle (causing you to need Him). Yours in Christ,  Rob

For Our Nation

An Original Work / September 11, 2012

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.

Jesus Christ is gently calling

You to follow Him in all ways.

Trust Him with your life today.

Make Him your Lord and your Savior.

Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.

He will forgive you of your sin;

Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.

On our knees to God we’re praying,

Seeking God to give us answers

That are only found in Him.

God is sovereign over all things.

Nothing from His mind escaping.

He has all things under His command,

And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling

You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: we’re believing

In our Lord, and interceding

For our nation and its people

To obey their God today.

He is our hope for our future.

For our wounds He offers suture.

He is all we need for this life.

Trust Him with your life today.

To listen to the song:

https://vimeo.com/112351857

Thank you Elizabeth Marie , these are my prayer requests as well, alot of them. I am praying for my son, and daughter that they will see that the times are at hand and completely surrender to God . That also God's will will be done In my life. Physical healing for me my daughter and mom .

I am doing this fast as well. I am fasting for my children who are prodigals to return to Messiah God, of their youth. I am repenting for our country and this evil that has risen. I am praying for a home/roof over our head. Currently, my husband and I live in our truck. I am praying too for the church to wake up. It is so sad the state of the "church" as I once knew it and loved. I am praying for retribution and restoration of all the enemy has stolen from me. I am praying for a few other close Sisters and their families for breakthrough. Day 1 I fasted all day and then these last two days I only ate one meal. But, I feel I am being led to total fast at this point. Thank you Sister for calling this fast. It is so important!! The only days I will be breaking fast will be on Purim Katan, Feb 19 and 20. I will do Esther fast all day before. There is also a Super Moon on those dates. And another super moon on Purim March. This year is a leap year on the Hebrew calendar. So there is Adar 1 and II which is interesting with Super moons on both. I feel that ABBA is leading me to something I will share when he reveals it.

I felt like the Lord prompted me to participate in this fast. I will basically skip eating lunch every day in February, and I believe Elizabeth is right in that we are supposed to pray at the same time. I know the devil will throw things at me to prevent this, but my goal is to pray during my lunch breaks while I am fasting. During the first couple of days I do feel a difference during that prayer time, as if the Lord is closer and answers more quickly. My main topics are my unsaved loved ones, this country, everybody that has joined this February fast and also to have an open heart because the Lord can insert something new or different each and very day. I think it is a privilege to be teamed up with all these watchmen and women during this last hour.

Only doing a partial fast today. But better than none.

https://youtu.be/Ptgprax-gH4

Watching this fasting video now. It's pretty good.

I feel so much there's just so much that is on my heart, grieving and burdened for how far we've come away from God. How so many seem to be asleep and they cannot see where they are or how far away from God that they are.

I know Father God You use all things to work out for our good and yet I'm grieving. There are so many lost and blind including some of my own family members that have not the eyes to see. I repent for them today. I repent today.

Im thankful to have been set apart but it's been such a very lonely walk. Grant me the tools I need and the strength Jesus to continue to walk this walk and that I not be deceived. Help me to stand. Help us all to stand until Your return.

I lift up to You Father every prayer request, every desire in my heart spoken and unspoken and I lay them down at the foot of the cross knowing that as I seek You and Your righteousness each one will be fulfilled according to Your will.

I love You and I trust You Abba.

Jennifer

My prayer today is to be an open vessel for Jesus. That old layers of my life will be peeled away and that a new me will spring forth.

I'm praying for strength for all of us to keep going. That Lord Jesus will hear the cries and burdens of our hearts. This fast has been tougher than others. More temptation than usual seems to be coming at me this time... But God:) He is my strength and my firm foundation.

I have been feeling a fire from within on this fast that I've not experienced before. It feels like lava on the inside. I trust Him.

I'm praying for bondages to be broken off completely and for refreshment.

I'm also lifting up the youth today. I speak identity to them today. That they will know who they are in You Christ Jesus.

May they be covered and protected. May they be given eyes to see Truth through every tv, movie, book, internet show, video game etc. Let not one be deceived in Yeshua Jesus's name. Let an outpouring of Your Spirit tell them the truth of who they are in You today.

Jennifer

I will also be fasting particular foods especially the ones I desire the most & praying more fervantly for the darkness over our land & salvation for our loved ones and others lost without Him.

"I know that many are disheartened by the New York vote to legalize abortion through birth, but let me be clear," she writes in a Facebook post. "This is already happening in almost a dozen other states. THIS IS NOT NEW. Babies have been aborted through birth for quite some time now. New York has now just been added to the list."

https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2019/january/stunned-by-nys-late-term-abortion-law-well-prepare-to-be-stunned-again

I want to participate in this fast for our nation and personal holiness for His children. Please pray for me that I might not shrink back in standing for Him. I recently suffered a very strong personal attack financially 2 on same day, that literally made me feel weakened and withdrawn into myself. I have always been fairly bold in my witness, but I’m struggling with that now. Lord please help me be fearless for You!

I am doing intermittent water fasting. Praying for unity in the body. (24 hours at a time.) First praying for healing within myself...for Him to remove any areas of the flesh that are pressent. So that I can only show His image to those around me.

Then, and only then, can I show people what we are to unite in. I want to untite in His image. This is the only way to heal the nations. If the body unites in the true image of God, it can then fulfill its purpose to heal the nations.

I cry out to Abba in sackcloth and ashes for forgivness of our lack in reflecting His image. I ask for His healing of our body...take away the blemishes and help us to shine the light. ❤

The lord has called many many many ministries to fast at this time -I f you want biblical strengthening and encouragement for fasting here is a link to shane idelman channel -so encouraging -this pastor is ROCK SOLID on doctrine and is a massive help to encourage regular fasting --https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDvpI1KvlsQ I am so glad to have been called to fast for our nation in weeping and sorrow for our sin and to change the direction of our County -

I've joined you in the Daniel Fast. (The Lord helped me get started by getting sick and not being able to eat much, LOL!) I'm so GRIEVED by what NY did (let alone the darkness in this world). Glad a joint fast has been called. That's very encouraging to me, and also my reading what others have written here.

Thank you, Elizabeth, for listing some of things you are praying for. So many messengers have written God says America is at the point of no return. I believe that is true as a country, but many Americans will yet turn/return to God. That is what I'm praying. I join you in standing strong and courageous for the Innocents.

I've seen when I call on Him with all my heart, He answers (Ps. 91:15). Recently He's been answering more immediately, it seems.

I know He loves me and so I know he loves the little infants being murdered more than I can say or imagine. 💓 This beautiful song has meant a lot to me of late: https://www.google.com/search?q=he+loved+me+forgave+me+lyrics&oq=lyrics+He+loved+me+forgave+me&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0.25705j1j4&client=ms-android-motorola&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

Our help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth! (Ps. 121)

I am participating in fasting. One day before watching the LatterRain333 video regarding fasting, I went shopping and a woman passed by me with a shirt with the sentence "Fasting in groups". I cannot remember If I was fasting on that particular day, but from the next day, after checking out the latest video by E. Marie I felt in my heart I had to carry on fasting (before going to bed to the sunset of the next day). The same confirmation after an specific call happened with another sister in the Lord, Gynda Lomax.

I will participating in fasting of prayers and cleansing. I pray for all humanity and especially our governments.There is a wicked presence of acceptance of evil being good and good being evil. Father forgive us where we fall short of your glory. Help us to be steadfast of your every word and to share your glorious name and love to all those we encounter. In your holy name we pray. Amen

I also was encouraged to see all these many voices calling for a fast this month. I am joining in doing a 21 day Daniel fast. I am fasting and praying for us as the people of God to enter in to new levels of letting go. For our wills to be broken and wholly submitted to the leadership of the Holy Spirit. That we would gladly turn from any and every thing that has tripped us up and interfered with us being totally abandoned to the word and voice of our Master Yeshua. That for myself especially to be rid of any insincerity complacency hard-heartedness indifference fear toward the lost and toward humanity in general. That our mercy and compassion would increase and we would be compelled to speak and to act in a greater measure of boldness and faith. There is so much at stake. I pray any and all hindrances be broken off the people of God and that a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit would flood those crying out ...to enable us to carry out the work set before us with the anointing of heaven. I pray for a move of true godly sorrow and true repentance to bring men women and children to their knees. That any falsehood permeating churches families workplaces political spheres would be exposed quickly and surely. That eyes would be opened to see the truth and ears would be opened to hear Father God whistling to his children to rise up and fight the good fight of faith clothed in the full armor of God and bold humility. and let us not forget the oil of gladness! the JOY of the Lord is our strength! We’ve got the joy Joy Joy Joy down in our hearts! Where? Down in our hearts! Where? Down in our hearts! We’ve got the wonderful love of our blessed redeemer way down in the depths of our hearts! Down in our hearts to stay!

I felt called to prayer and fasting (water fast) because of this deep grief I feel in my heart over this nation/world.

There is an intrusive darkness, a disease that's permeating and spreading across the land that I feel so powerless to stop.

I pray a spirit of conviction will grip the hearts of the people of this nation and over the entire world. That The LORD will give them eyes to see beyond this world, ears to hear Him clearly and the mind and heart of Christ Jesus will replace their own.

Father God may their stoney and hardened hearts be made new, soft and pliable towards You Abba.

I pray that the abortion law will be overturned and innocent life be protected.

I pray that the weeds of darkness will be uprooted, yanked up by their very roots and severed from this nation for good.

May the lights from Our Father of lights incinerate the darkness and that out from it rivers of light and goodness will spring forth across the land bringing life and life abundant.

Spring up a well Oh Father God! Rivers of living light. May we never forget

I was encouraged to see some of God’s people feeling called to fast and pray. I know that God is going to judge this country for our many sins, and I feel called to mourn and fast (no sweets of any kind for the month of February), praying that the church will repent for our lukewarmness, and that we will live lives worthy of Christ, whatever the cost. Also that the Lord will continue to sanctify and prepare His called out ones, and fill us with His Spirit and His love for the lost.

I am fasting with liquids and broth on each Friday and Saturday (preparation day and the Sabbath) for the month of February. I will also be abstaining from my typical inbetween meal snacks during the weekdays I am not fasting.

I am praying for all those seeking truth to find Him and be settled and sealed in their heart and head for Him.

I am praying for the wicked to turn from their ungodly ways before it is too late.

And my greatest plea to our Father in Heaven, in the precious name of Jesus, is to have the outpouring of the Holy Spirit so the character of Christ is perfectly represented in His followers to finish the work of the Gospel. My pleas for this is so that Jesus can return and end the vile evil that is destroying the children in this wicked world.

Rebecca Losh

I am praying for this nation, for salvation for my family, friends and neighbors. I am praying for ears to hear, and eyes to see. I was listening to a teaching video earlier, and the song she was given was "Like A Bridge Over Troubled Waters". It was one of my favorite songs as a child; but this time I had the words. I heard Jesus talking thru that song. It's so beautiful.

Thank you, Sr Elizabeth Marie, these are also some of the same Prayer Requests that we are Praying with Fasting.

I wanted to share that I am doing a Daniel Fast for February. I am sacrificing some 'choice foods' that I eat on a daily basis and giving them up for this month.

The idea of fasting is to show the LORD that you are serious about your petitions to HIM. It shows HIM that we are earnest in what we are praying for.

We have become a people of such comfort and conveniences, that it is hard to even 'imagine' being without. Giving up something for the LORD is almost unheard of! However, JESUS talks about 'WHEN' we fast, NOT 'IF' we fast!

I was thinking about Esther and how she knew that her life was the line. She, and her people, needed immediate help from the LORD before they were about to be killed at the wicked hand of Haman. She called for a FAST and the LORD heard and rescued the Israelites from annihilation!

Today we see this SPIRIT OF HAMAN across our land and the world. It is a 'spirit of hate' that is permeating throughout society. Once again, like in Esther's day, it is mainly against GOD's people GOD's principles.

Here are just a few things that I am praying for:

I pray for repentance and forgiveness for myself, my loved ones and my country

I pray that the light of CHRIST would once again shine in the darkness.

I pray that this 'spirit of hate' would be thwarted, permanently hindered and cut down in JESUS's name.

I pray that the LORD's enemies would repent and be saved.

I pray that the church would wake up from its slumber and would accomplish the LORD's will

I pray for more workers to go out to the harvest

just a few thoughts for today.....

blessings to all my wonderful brothers and sisters!

Elizabeth Marie