I’M EXCITED
I have attended church all of my life. I was saved at age 10 (a long time ago) but I have never fasted even once. So I’m excited to fast so I can learn more about the Lord and how I can serve Him better.
The Lord goes ahead of us and gets us ready to do His will. I have been reading several books lately and they all seem to point to sins that we don’t think we are doing or some that we know for certain we are doing. Now I realize what the Lord was doing. He was preparing me for the fast by showing me my sins and putting them under the blood. We cannot expect much from our fast if we are bogged down with unconfessed sin. We need to be clean vessels. Jesus said, "If you love me you will keep my commandments"
(John 14:15).
As you pray to the Lord remind Him of the verse in I John 1:9. His word says, “If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteous”.
I am going to give this fast everything I have. I so want to please the Lord and have Him draw near to me. That takes obedience on my part.
We need to pray scripture concerning our needs and to trust scripture that if God said it, and it is true. For instance, I John 1:9 tells how to be cleansed but we have to believe it and accept forgiveness and get on with our life and live the life God has planned for us. God cannot use us if we are dragging our guilt around with us for the rest of our lives. We need to break free from Satan’s influence
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