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21 Day Fast Guidelines
Day 1: Getting Started
Fasting brings one into a deeper, more intimate, and powerful relationship with the Lord. When you eliminate food from your diet for a number of days, your spirit becomes uncluttered by the things of this world and amazingly sensitive to things of God and HIS kingdom.
‘As the deer pants for the water brooks
So my soul pants for you, O God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?
My tears have been my food day and night,
While they continually say to me,
“Where is your God?”
-King David [Psalm 42:1-3 NKJV]
On your first day of fasting, remember:
- Drink lots of water
- Keep your focus and avoid temptation
- Remember your fast and its purpose
- Get with an accountability partner or group
Physical Effects:
- Hunger pangs
- Cravings
Keep a journal as you go through this experience. Every day you will be provided with a few questions to guide you with your thought process. Here are a few questions to help get you started: 1) What are your own personal reasons for fasting? 2) Do you desire sensitivity to the things of God?
Day 2: Hungering for Living Bread
Day 1 is that first step down the path to your breakthrough. The first step is many times the hardest step.
On your second day of fasting, remember:
- Drink lots of water
- Rest to conserve your energy
- Prayer: The second and third days are the hardest
Physical Effects:
- Tongue begins to coat
- Hunger pangs increase
- Cravings are intense at times
- Headaches can begin
- Your body starts burning fat for energy, this is called ketosis
Thoughts for your journal:
- Do you need a deeper, more intimate and powerful relationship with the Lord?
- Do you need a fresh encounter with God?
Day 3: Getting Past Your Quitting Point
As you ready for a breakthrough unlike anything you have ever experienced before? Remember to continually pray because only God can provide you with the strength, both physically and emotionally, that you will need during these 21 days.
On your third day, remember:
- Drink lots of water
- Chew on some sugar free breath mints or gum
- Pray for encouragement
- Avoid smells and other temptations
- This will be the toughest day of the fast
Physical Effects:
- Tongue is coated over fully
- Hunger pangs increase
- Cravings are intense at times
- Ketosis is in full process
- Noticeable weight loss begins
- Headaches might still be apparent
Thoughts for your journal:
- What is the dream inside you that only He can make possible?
- What are other people’s goals in your accountability group?
- How can you obtain these goals with God’s help?
Day 4: Target Your Prayers
The disciples cannot cast the demon out of the boy, and Jesus has to do it. Some only come out through prayer and fasting (Matthew 17:21).
On your fourth day of fasting, remember:
- Drink lots of water
- Get support from your accountability partner or group
- Listen as you pray
- Record His response to your prayers
Physical Effects:
- You begin to settle into the fast
- Cravings begin to subside
- Headaches sometimes occur at this stage
- Your body begins ridding itself of toxins
Thoughts for your journal:
- Do you have a friend or loved one that is in need of salvation?
- Is there any healing that you are in need of physically?
- What are the needs in your family right now?
Day 5: Fasting AND Praying
Solomon speaks about the three-fold cord and how it cannot be broken [Ecclesiastes 4:12]
On your fifth day of fasting, remember:
- Utilize your prayer journal
- Concentrate on your own personal prayer time and prayer place
- Keep sugar free mints on hand
Physical Effects:
- Headaches begin to subside
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