Oasis Covenant Fellowship Blog

The enemy would like nothing less than to see you fail your fast. Your body will not act normally when you fast. There are side effects when you fast. Knowledge to some things that can occur can prevent you from fear and thinking you are not supposed to fast.

Some negatives that may happen when you fast

• Headache ( first 10 days)
• Backache/ kidney pain (day 3 to day 7)
• White pasty tongue and bad breath ( first 15 days) Have Mints
• fatigue (first 10 days)
• Lightheadedness or dizziness (on and off the entire time)
• Hunger (on and off the entire time)
• Sleeplessness ( After 5 days)
• Nausea (first 10 days)
• loss of weight

You may have one of these, none, or many of them. Your body is working out toxins, so the first 10 days are the worst. I personally had the backache, Fatigue (first 5 days) pasty tongue,  hunger first 3 days, Day 11, Day 20 and day 30. Mostly it was a desire to eat, not actual hunger. I did have sleeplessness after day 10. I had a burst of energy and did not need as much sleep. I would awake in the night and just use that time to pray. I was lightheaded occasionally.

Other things that may happen.

• Some melancholy and grieving of your sin
• Extra energy
• Heightened senses ( physical as well as spiritual)
• Glowing appearance
• God to reveal himself in ways he never has before.

In our 40 day fast, God met with us in very special ways. Gifts came out that were not normally present. We also went through times of grief over our sin.

Laura