THE FASTED LIFESTYLE IS DIFFERENT FROM A FASTING EXERCISE

16999. THE FASTED LIFESTYLE IS DIFFERENT FROM A FASTING EXERCISE

DAY 2 OF ESTHER FAST IS MOMENTUM BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN PRESSING THE TURTLE PEDAL (ACCELERATION) SINCE DAY 1. BY THAT TIME, YOU HAVE SHED MANY CARNAL WEIGHTS OF DAY 1, BUT THE TEMPTATIONS TO BREAK WILL ALSO BE PERVASIVELY KNOCKING AT YOUR MIND’S DOOR, PARTICULARLY THOSE AMONG US WHO DON’T FEAST AND VORACIOUSLY EAT THE HOLY WORD OF GOD.

HEBREWS 12:1-2 (NLT):
1. Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, LET US STRIP OFF EVERY WEIGHT THAT SLOWS US DOWN, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And LET US RUN WITH ENDURANCE the race God has set before us.

2. WE DO THIS BY KEEPING OUR EYES ON JESUS, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, HE ENDURED THE CROSS, DISREGARDING ITS SHAME. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.

FASTING IS AN ENDURANCE TEST. IF YOU LIVE ALL YOUR LIFE IN ENDURANCE, PATIENCE, AND CONTENTMENT, YOU WON’T NEED ANY SPECIAL ENDURANCE TEST CALLED FASTING BECAUSE YOUR NICKNAME IS ALMOST BECOMING MR. OR MS. OR MRS. ABSTINENCE! 🤣🤣🤣.

FASTING IS A SELF-CONTROLLED EXERCISE THAT CAN BE DONE WITH ANY PART OR ALL PARTS OF YOUR BODY, SOUL AND SPIRIT.

ONE OF THE GREATEST PERSONALITIES IN THE BIBLE WHO LIVE A SELF-CONTROLLED AND FASTED LIFESTYLE IS JOB. YOU CAN FAST WITH YOUR EYES, WITH YOUR NOSE, YOU CAN FAST FROM LAZINESS, YOU CAN FAST FROM TOO MUCH SLEEP, YOU CAN FAST WITH YOUR FINGERS (IF YOU’RE A KLEPTOMANIAC), WITH YOUR LEGS AND FEET, YOU CAN FAST FROM NUDITY (IF YOU’RE A NYMPHOMANIAC), OH, AND YES, YOU CAN FAST FROM SEX TOO, IF YOUR SEXUAL HYPERACTIVITY IS BLUNTING YOUR SPIRITUALITY, YOU CAN DO RELATIONSHIP FAST, IN FACT, THERE ARE A BILLION AND ONE FAST YOU CAN DO OUTSIDE OF FASTING WITHOUT FOOD AND DRINKS.

JOB 31:1:

(New International Version)
“I MADE A COVENANT WITH MY EYES not to look lustfully at a young woman.”

(New Living Translation)
“I MADE A COVENANT WITH MY EYES not to look with lust at a young woman.”

OUR FASTING DOES NOT MOVE GOD, IT’S HIS WORD AND COVENANT THAT MOVES HIM. INSTEAD OF ATTEMPTING TO BLACKMAIL GOD WITH OUR FASTS, WE SHOULD BE MAKING COVENANTS WITH DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR BODIES TO ABSTAIN FROM CERTAIN INDULGENCES THAT GET OUR LIVES TRAPPED IN CARNALITY AND WORLDLINESS WHICH ARE ENMITY AGAINST GOD.

THE REASON WHY I PERSONALLY DON’T HAVE PROBLEMS WITH 3-DAY DRY FAST OR 7-DAY ABSOLUTE FAST IS BECAUSE I LIVE A FASTED LIFESTYLE PERPETUALLY.

THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FASTED LIFESTYLE AND GENERAL FASTING.

A FASTED LIFESTYLE DOES NOT NEED A SPECIAL FAST TO CONSECRATE ITSELF IN PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS.

A FASTED LIFE STYLE IS A LIFE OF ABSTENTION FROM ANYTHING OR ANY PLACE OR ANY RELATIONSHIP OR ANY PRACTICE THAT DISPLEASES GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT. 😭😭😭

YOU DON’T NEED A PHYSICAL FAST FROM FOOD AND DRINKS BEFORE YOU ENTER THAT REALM, YOU ONLY NEED A SENSITIVE AND CONTRITE HEART❤️ TO LIVE A PERMANENT FASTED LIFESTYLE. IT’S NOT ABOUT FOOD AND DRINKS. I’M TELLING YOU THESE SO THAT AFTER THIS ESTHER FAST, YOU WON’T GO BACK TO YOUR OLD INDULGENCES, BUT YOU WILL REMAIN PERMANENTLY PLUGGED 🔌 INTO THE SOCKET OF A CONSECRATED LIFESTYLE WHICH PLEASE AND THRILLS GOD PERPETUALLY.

FASTING IS MORE THAN ABSTINENCE FROM FOOD AND FLUID. THERE ARE A MILLION AND ONE THINGS YOU CAN ABSTAIN FROM, IF YOU WANT TO CARRY THE MEASURELESS AND BOUNDLESS POWER OF THE ALMIGHTY.

THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD NOT TURN THIS OR ANY OTHER FAST INTO A RITUAL. WHEN YOU LIVE A FASTED LIFESTYLE, IT MEANS YOU ABSTAIN FROM EVERY WEAKNESS OF THE FLESH. FOOD 🍲 AND DRINKS 🍷ARE JUST FEW OUT OF THE MILLION AND ONE WEAKNESSES OUR FLESH CRAVES FOR.

WHEN YOU LIVE A FASTED LIFESTYLE, YOU LIVE ACCORDING TO THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD. YOU DON’T NEED THE RITUAL OF ONCE A MONTH ESTHER FAST OR A 7-DAY FAST.

FASTING MEANS WITHDRAWAL, UNPLUGGING, OR ABSTENTION. IF YOU ABSTAIN FROM CARNALITY AND WORLDLINESS EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE, AND YOU’RE CONSECRATED TO GOD, YOU WON’T FEEL MUCH DISCOMFORTS DURING ANY SPECIAL FASTS LIKE A 3-DAY DRY FAST OR 7-DAY ABSOLUTE FAST.

80% OF ALL HUMAN AFFLICTIONS ARE SELF-INFLICTED AFFLICTIONS, CONTRACTED UNCONSCIOUSLY AND UNKNOWINGLY AT CARELESS AND INDULGENT MOMENTS OF OUR LIVES. IF THEREFORE WE LIVE A PERMANENT CONSECRATED AND FASTED LIFESTYLE, YOU WON’T NEED A “SPECIAL FAST” TO TACKLE DESTINY AFFLICTIONS!

EVERY IMPULSIVENESS DIES ON THE CONSECRATED ALTAR OF A FASTED LIFESTYLE. NO INDULGENCE IN ANYTHING OR IN ANY PLEASURES ARE PERMITTED TO THRIVE WITHOUT FIRST BEING PROCESSED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, WITH DISCERNMENTS, AND DISCRETION, BEFORE APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL.

AT TIMES, THE HOLY SPIRIT WON’T EVEN GIVE YOU ANY REASON WHY HE DISAPPROVES CERTAIN INDULGENCES, BECAUSE GOD IS SOVEREIGN AND NOT INDEBTED TO MAN. HE DOESN’T OWE US ANY OBLIGATION OF EXPLANATION FOR HIS DECISIONS! GOD IS ABSOLUTE MONARCH 👑 OVER OUR LIVES. HE USES OUR PATIENCE AND OBEDIENCE TO HIS INSTRUCTIONS AND COMMANDMENTS AS MEASURE OF OUR FAITHFULNESS AND DEVOTION.

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