{"id":2786,"date":"2010-01-09T18:37:11","date_gmt":"2010-01-09T23:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=2786"},"modified":"2010-01-09T18:37:11","modified_gmt":"2010-01-09T23:37:11","slug":"21-days-of-fasting-day-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=2786","title":{"rendered":"21 Days of fasting: Day 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve ever limited your diet to only fruit, vegetables, whole grains, and nuts, then you’ve probably gone through the experience of your body reacting to the change in diet. I won’t bother you with the details, but let’s just say that your body lets you know, as if you didn’t already know, that something has changed in its normal diet sequence.<\/p>\n

One side effect I will speak about is a bit of heartburn that woke me up last night, somewhere around 3:30 a.m. Now, normally I’d just try and deal with it – maybe some antacid or the standard baking soda routine. However, the main purpose for participating in a group fast is to draw closer to God, through Bible reading and prayer. Could it be that I was wide awake in the middle of the night for a reason? Well, regardless of whether or not the heartburn was providentially motivated, I took the time to enter into prayer.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to pray!<\/p>\n

Psalm 29<\/a> was particularly striking, this week:<\/p>\n

1 <\/span>Ascribe to the Lord<\/span>, O heavenly beings,
\nascribe to the Lord<\/span> glory and strength.
\n2 <\/span>Ascribe to the Lord<\/span> the glory due his name;
\nworship the Lord<\/span> in the splendor of holiness. <\/span><\/p>\n

3 <\/span>The voice of the Lord<\/span> is over the waters;
\nthe God of glory thunders,
\nthe Lord<\/span>, over many waters.
\n4 <\/span>The voice of the Lord<\/span> is powerful;
\nthe voice of the Lord<\/span> is full of majesty.<\/p>\n

5 <\/span>The voice of the Lord<\/span> breaks the cedars;
\nthe Lord<\/span> breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
\n6 <\/span>He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf,
\nand Sirion like a young wild ox.<\/p>\n

7 <\/span>The voice of the Lord<\/span> flashes forth flames of fire.
\n8 <\/span>The voice of the Lord<\/span> shakes the wilderness;
\nthe Lord<\/span> shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.<\/p>\n

9 <\/span>The voice of the Lord<\/span> makes the deer give birth
\nand strips the forests bare,
\nand in his temple all cry, \u201cGlory!\u201d<\/p>\n

10 <\/span>The Lord<\/span> sits enthroned over the flood;
\nthe Lord<\/span> sits enthroned as king forever.
\n11 <\/span>May the Lord<\/span> give strength to his people!
\nMay the Lord<\/span> bless <\/span>his people with peace!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yes, the voice of the Lord is powerful, and His blessing is the only peace we should seek.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\n<\/a>Apples, fresh or dried, are a wonderful treat during our fast!\n<\/p>\n

Image – \u00a9 2008 A.R. Lopez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’ve ever limited your diet to only fruit, vegetables, whole grains, and nuts, then you’ve probably gone through the experience of your body reacting to the change in diet. I won’t bother you with the details, but let’s just say that your body lets you know, as if you didn’t already know, that something […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,59],"tags":[397,399,398],"class_list":["post-2786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-protestantism","category-rusty","tag-daniel-fast","tag-fast","tag-fasting"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t