SHEPHERDS AS USUAL WE BEGAN OUR 40 DAYS FAST & PRAYERS YESTERDAY AND IT IS A DANIEL FAST FOR THOSE WHO MUST HAVE BREAKFAST , AND DRY FOR THOSE WHO CAN WITHSTAND IT. IT IS FROM 6AM TO TWELVE MIDDAY DURING THIS PERIOD ; WHICH MEANS ONLY SKIPPING BREAKFAST. PRAY THREE TIMES WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDING OUR UTTERANCE. LET'S REMEMBER THAT GOD IS NOT INTERESTED IN EMPTY WORDS; THE SCRIPTURES WE CAN QUOTE OR STARVING OURSELVES; BUT IN THE REAL YOU. THAT PART OF US THAT IS WITHIN HIM; DEDICATED TO HIM AND HIS REASON FOR OUR LIVES. IT IS A PERIOD OF REVIEWING OURSELVES AND REDEDICATING OUR LIFE TO GOD. GOD IS INTERESTED IN REVIEWING OUR PLANS FOR 2012 SO LET'S ALLOW HIM TO EDIT THEM BY HIS WILL AND NOT OURS. REMEMBER TO DO AWAY WITH THAT 'HOLY THAN THOU ATTITUDE' AND PUT ON A SMILE AS YOUR MAJOR OUTWARD TASK DURING THIS PERIOD IS TO (IF YOU CAN) REACH OUT IN LOVE TO THE SICK, NAKED,HUNGRY,CAPTIVES BOTH PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY, AND THE PRISONERS. IT IS A PERIOD OF FORGIVENESS & PUTTING PAST HURTS BEHIND US AND REBUILDING A LIFE OF LOVE FOR GOD AND MAN, FOCUSING ON THE EYES OF GOD ALONE, OUR GUIDEBOOK AS A COMPASS , AS WE MARCH IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF CHRIST. DON'T LET THIS FAST BE A BURDEN ; LET IT BE SOMETHING YOU WILL ENJOY DOING AND NOT A MUST WITH US BUT WHERE EVER YOU DO IT WE ARE TOGETHER AS A TEAM!
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