What does the Bible say about fasting?
Fasting means self-denial by going without food for a period of time. Fasting may be total or partial -- avoiding certain foods or eating smaller than normal quantities. The origin of fasting as a religious practice is unclear, but both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible mention a number of instances of fasting for various reasons:
"...I have called you friends, for everything that I have learned from my Father I have made known to you." John 15:15
Jesus Christ said, "I am the vine and you are the branches.". What did He mean by that? A vine, or a living plant like a tree, is alive. The vine or the tree is the source of life to the branches of the vine.
In the same way, Jesus is our source of life. He is the only true source of lasting spiritual life. When you have Jesus Christ in your heart and life as your Savior and Lord, He can give you life, and joy, and peace, and eternal life. In Jesus Christ is true and lasting happiness.
Jesus said He would not leave us or forsake us. He even called His disciples His friends. Jesus loves you and by the power of the Holy Spirit He said He will be with us always, even to the end of the world. Jesus loves you!
Let us pray and ask God to
· Help us trust more and more in Jesus our Lord and Savior
· Protect our fellow Christians in our church and our pastors.
· Help someone you love come to know Jesus
· God please let us always pray for our pastors
· Help us to see Christ not our pastors
· Jesus love’s you and so do i.
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There's nothing you can't do
How many times have you ever said to yourself?
"I wish I knew how The other day will be, when I had the chance to do something for someone,
I received a call from one of my friends, asking me
how he could easily close a real good deal he was working on that
was proving rather difficult for him.
To his surprise, I said, "you are already doing it."
He got it right away, that the secret to any success is "doing it".
So many people want to succeed, wish to succeed, hope to succeed,
pray to succeed, but only a few people are willing to do what ever
it morally and ethically takes to succeed. Instead of people
thinking of the how-to of getting their chief aim achieved, they
spend most of their time thinking of why they can't do or pursue
their dream. There's nothing you can't do. There's nothing you can't
achieve, if you make the decision to do what ever it takes to
achieve it.
No one is smarter than you, and no one is better than you. If anyone
seems better than you in any area, it is as a result of the fact that
this individual has taken the time to get better in that area
through practice and persistence. What is it that you want to be
good at? Better at? At best, be best at? What ever it is, here are
the steps you must take:
a) Identify your desire - The old maxim of, "if you don't know where
you are going, you won't get there", is as true as ever. You must
identify your true desire, goal, definite chief aim, what ever you
may want to call it, then move to the next step.
b) Break your desire in into plans - Your desire may only be a
destination or an ongoing set of accomplishments, you will need to
sit down to draw the map that will take you to your destination.
This map will help you identify the stages and time-line of your
progress as you move toward your desire.
c) Break your plans into specific steps - At this stage, you should
already know what specific actions you need to take to get you on
your way to your desire. Who to call, where to go, what to get,
when to get... etc.
d) "Just do it" - This is the part of the success
formula that separate the day-dreamers and achievers. You may plan
all you want, talk all you want, pray all you want, "faith without
works is dead". You can tell me that you have absolute faith in what
I have told you so far. You can quote back to me all the scientific
details. You may study volumes on swimming, and quote them back to
me word for word, chapter and verse. You may tell me how much you
love swimming. But until you take a dive into the pool, it doesn't
mean a thing. You must schedule your actions of each day and just do
it. Get your feet wet in the pool of life by taking ACTION everyday
until you succeed and look right into the eyes of your desire
Before I let you go I will leave you with these questions:
Who are you? What are you here for? Where are you coming from?
Where are you now? Where are you going? Why are you going?
How will you get there? When will you get there?
If you take time to answer the above questions, your journey to
true success will be much shorter and smoother.
Till next time, don't forget you can do all things through Christ that strengthens. I want you to know that Jesus love’s you so do I
Have you giving your life to Christ? You have not? Why? You don’t want to know HIM? HE came for you so you can have life and more life, is all about you and me not HIM,
The Bible says in John: 3:16:21: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18: He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19: And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John: 3:20: For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21: But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Jesus is the light you need to get to the TOP
Contrary to popular belief that says, "It’s lonely at the top",
it's lonely at the top only when you fail to take Jesus Christ and others along with you To Your Success!
