Helpful information about fasting

1 – This year we are fasting for the next 21 days and spending that time worshiping and praying to God Starting on January 5th.

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2 – You have the freedom in this Fast to modify it according to your personal, physical, and spiritual needs. You can modify these instructions as you feel led by the Lord. If you feel that it would be more productive for you spiritually or physically to avoid certain foods or spices, then modify your fast as the Lord leads you. If you feel led by the Lord to eat only vegetables and drink only water, then do so.

3 – The main thing is to decide ahead of time how you are going to apply the Fast, then stick to your commitment for the length of time you have decided to fast.

4 – Some people feel that it is good to make a permanent lifestyle change to a Daniel Fast. Daniel did not do his “fast” for a limited amount of time, it was his lifestyle. Daniel asked for permission to avoid the king’s delicacies over a ten-day period. Then, if he was still healthy looking, he could continue his “diet.”

Daniel’s reason for his “diet” is given in Daniel 1:8.

“But Daniel determined that he would not defile himself by eating the king’s food or drinking his wine, so he asked the head of the palace staff to exempt him from the royal diet.” [The Message Bible]