Fasting tidbits

This is not my original thought. This is a cut and paste from the internet, but it was very interesting and may be of help to us as we continue throughout the year.

Fasting To Overcome The Odds

There are several rules of thumb that must NOT be broken throughout the days of the fast and to get you started .......I want you to prepare your life the way a person prepares their natural body to go on a fast............so here they are...........

Spend the 24 hours before beginning the fast making these adjustments then we will go on to the next step:

FASTING THE PAST COMMANDMENTS

FIRST COMMANDMENT: AVOID ALL FORMS OF CONVERSATION ABOUT ANYBODY ELSES LIFE EXCEPT YOUR OWN...........YOU MUST SHUT OUT THEIR LIVES SO YOU CAN PLACE FOCUS ON YOUR OWN!!!!!!!!!!

SECOND COMMANDMENT: AVOID ALL FORMS OF CONVERSATION ABOUT YOUR PAST HURTS, FEARS AND DISAPPOINTMENTS ETC. WHEN THOSE CONVERSATIONS COME TO A HAULT....FOR A MINUTE YOUR LIFE IS GOING
TO BEGAN TO FEEL LIKE A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER...........AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY LATER........BUT THIS COMMANDMENT IS KEY TO YOUR EMOTIONAL HEALING....THIS ONE MUST NEVER BE BROKEN!!!!!!!!!

NOTE:......WE WILL REVISIT THE ISSUES OF THE PAST BUT WHEN WE DO....IT WILL BE WITH A HEALTHY SCOPE....

THIRD COMMANDMENT: AVOID ALL MEDIA OUTLETS........TV...MAGAZINES......BOOKS.... NEWS PAPERS .....TAPES.....ANYTHING THAT IS NOT TALKING ABOUT YOUR DESTINY IS NOT PERMITTED TO ENTER BEFORE YOUR EYES.... INTO YOUR EARS.......NOR COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH........

YOU ARE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO LISTEN TO MUSIC THAT CONTAIN LYRICS THAT SET YOU BACK IN A DEFEATED STATE OF MIND..........NOT EVEN IF IT IS GOSPEL MUSIC............YOU WILL BE SURPRISED AT HOW MANY SONGS ARE FOR THE CHRISTIANS WHO HAVE EXCEPTED THE SPIRIT OF DEFEAT SO THE MENTALITY IS TO KEEP ME FEELING COMFORTABLE WHILE I SIT IN THIS DEFEATED MINDSET..........

ALL LYRICS TO YOUR MUSIC DURING THIS 21 DAYS MUST BE LYRICS THAT SPEAK LIFE ....JOY...HOPE...AND PEACE INTO YOUR LIFE OR SHUT IT OFF!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERYTHING NOW MUST CONTAIN THE POWER TO MOVE YOU FORWARD!

IT MUST BE DESTINY ORIENTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FOURTH COMMANDMENT: AVOID BEING EXPOSED TO PEOPLE THAT ARE LOUD.....CONTROLLING......AGGRESSIVE.....HYPER......AND NEGATIVE!!!!!!!!!!!


FIFTH COMMANDMENT: AVOID ANY COMMUNICATION WITH ANYONE.....AND I DO MEAN ANYONE....THAT WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO INFLUENCE YOU TO OPERATE IN OLD BEHAVIOR PATTERNS THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO BREAK!!!!!!!!!!

***THEY ARE YOUR SOCIAL INABLERS............THEY GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO REMAIN NOTHING....DOING NOTHING***


SIXTH COMMANDMENT: DO NOT ALLOW ONE DAY TO PASS THAT YOU DON'T JOURNAL YOUR DAY..........IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SEE YOUR THOUGHTS ON PAPER....YOU MUST PURCHASE A NEW JOURNAL ...DURING THIS 21 DAYS YOU CANT WRITE ANYTHING IN THIS JOURNAL, BUT YOUR NEW EXPERIENCES AND TRANSITIONS..... FOR YOU TO SEE HOW MUCH TIME YOU WASTE....DOING NOTHING!!!!!!!!!

*** MOST IMPORTANTLY YOU WILL SEE THAT WHAT YOU ARE DOING ...HAS NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH WHERE YOU ARE TRYING TO GO!!!!***