The season of Lent is fast approaching. Not all faiths or religions participate with the events of Lent. I take this as a very serious thing for my faith. The Manual tells us that not all answers can come through prayer but that it must be accompanied by prayer.
Just as most people I have ups and downs. I have issues of life that I could use help with solving. Therefore Lent is an important time for me. During this time there are to be 40 days of fasting and prayer. Because as a Christian I am told, by the Word, that I am to pray for others and hold concern for others so the first 30 days of the fast will be a time to pray for others. I am to have an intercessory prayer for other people to help with their breakthrough. It is during the first 30 days that we are having a corporate fast. This is not the time to have a selfish prayer.
The last 10 days of the fast are more rigorous than the first 30. During the first 30 there are only a few things that are to be removed from a person's eating and drinking menu, and this will only occur during the week. The weekends are up to you. The final ten days calls for an almost total fast. Actually, if it can't be grown from the ground it can't go into the mouth, of course with the exception of water. Water is allowed. The full time, including the weekends there is also a personal sacrifice,not just the physical sacrifice offered by limiting the food and beverage intake. I am excited about this time of year.
Because I will pray in my prayer closet for what I need for my breakthrough I won't say what it is I need but I will not hesitate to give my testimony when His will is done.
Just as most people I have ups and downs. I have issues of life that I could use help with solving. Therefore Lent is an important time for me. During this time there are to be 40 days of fasting and prayer. Because as a Christian I am told, by the Word, that I am to pray for others and hold concern for others so the first 30 days of the fast will be a time to pray for others. I am to have an intercessory prayer for other people to help with their breakthrough. It is during the first 30 days that we are having a corporate fast. This is not the time to have a selfish prayer.
The last 10 days of the fast are more rigorous than the first 30. During the first 30 there are only a few things that are to be removed from a person's eating and drinking menu, and this will only occur during the week. The weekends are up to you. The final ten days calls for an almost total fast. Actually, if it can't be grown from the ground it can't go into the mouth, of course with the exception of water. Water is allowed. The full time, including the weekends there is also a personal sacrifice,not just the physical sacrifice offered by limiting the food and beverage intake. I am excited about this time of year.
Because I will pray in my prayer closet for what I need for my breakthrough I won't say what it is I need but I will not hesitate to give my testimony when His will is done.
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