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It was such a help to not be fasting alone. I can’t tell you the encouragement and accountability there was to start this fast with my best friend. Eric and I were at a youth conference in California during our preparation period. Here are some things you can do to prepare for your fast. We did not do all these things, there was a Crispy Creme right down the street

Preparing your Body for your fast

•  Educate yourself on fasting and what side effects, and struggle you may come across.
• See a Dr and make sure that you are healthy and able to fast. 
• Cut down or stop caffeine and alcohol consumption, less salt and sugar is a help as well.
• Cut down on the size of the meals you are eating.
• Make sure you have a good, in working condition Juicer. We have the older version of this Champion Juicer and on sale HERE.
• Sock up on Fruits and Vegetables. Many of Sam’s fruits and veggies are cheaper, in bulk, and organic. (More on this later)
• Buy Psyllium Colon Cleanse (No Flavor) GNC carries this.
• If you have children, plan meals for them. Freeze some if you can (We did not figure this out til later fasts, the grocery store and cooking is especially hard, and we did not want the children’s nutritional value to change just because we were fasting)
• Have a celebration dinner before you start. This has always been a joyous beneficial event for Eric and me.

Prepare yourself Spiritually.

• Read Scripture that talks about fasting (some verses below)

  Judges 20:26–Israel fasted for victory in war.
  1 Sam. 1:6-7–Hannah fasted for a son
  1 Sam. 7:6–Israel fasted in repentance
  1 Sam. 31:13–Men of Jabesh fasted in mourning for Saul
  2 Sam. 1:12–David and his men fasted in mourning for Saul, Jonathan, and the fallen of Israel
  2 Sam. 12–David fasted for mercy upon his child
  1 Kings 21:27–Ahab fasted for mercy
  2 Chron. 20:3–Jehoshaphat and Israel fasted for help and protection
  Ezra 8:21-23–Ezra and the people fasted for help and protection
  Nehemiah 1:4–Nehemiah fasted in mourning and for help upon Jerusalem
  Nehemiah 9:1,2–Israel fasting in mourning and repentance
  Esther 4:16–Esther and friends fasted for victory
  Esther 9:3–Fasting is mentioned as having had a role in the victory
  Psalm 35:13,14–Fasting in prayer and mourning
  Psalm 69: 10,11–Fasting in prayer and mourning
  Isaiah 58:6-8–The fast which pleases God
  Jeremiah 36:9–Israel fasted for mercy
  Joel 1:14; 2:12,15–God commanded fasting and repentance
  Jonah 3:5–The Ninevites fasted in repentance for mercy
  Daniel 9:3–Daniel fasted for wisdom
  Matthew 4:2–Jesus fasted when tempted in the wilderness
  Matthew 6:17-18–Jesus promised that the Father would bless fasting
  Matthew 9:14-15–Jesus said his disciples would fast
  Matthew 17:21–Fasting is necessary for overcoming some demonic strongholds
  Mark 9:29–Fasting is necessary for overcoming some demonic powers
  Luke 2:37–Fasting was part of Anna’s service to God
  Acts 13:2–Fasting was part of the ministry of the workers at Antioch
  Acts 13:3–Ordination was accompanied by fasting                                                                                                         Acts 14:23–Ordination was accompanied by fasting
  1 Cor. 7:5–Fasting and prayer is the only proper reason for abstinence from the marital relationship
  2 Cor. 6:5–Fasting was one way Paul approved himself as a minister of Jesus Christ
  2 Cor. 11:27

• Pray for God to break down sin barriers in your life and give you mourning over your sin during your fast
• Pray for God to reveal Himself to you in ways He has yet to have done.
• Pray for God to give you self control in your fast and that God will show you great and mighty things you do not know
• Pray that your fast  would remain pure and that God would not allow your fast to become ritualistic

 Tomorrow Juicing for your Fast.

Laura