Remember how Daniel fasted 21 days? He ate no "pleasant bread." We need to realize there is more than one way to fast. Daniel didn't eat anything he wanted, but he did eat a little something.
Different Kinds of Fasts
Remember how Daniel fasted 21 days? He ate no "pleasant bread." We need to realize there is more than one way to fast. Daniel didn't eat anything he wanted, but he did eat a little something.That is harder to do sometimes. You see, it's a matter of keeping the flesh under; keeping the body under and not letting it dominate you. You dominate it instead. If you wanted to go a step further, you could fast things other than food. You might say, "Now, Lord, I'm going to leave off watching television and spend that time praying." (Daniel said he gave up eating pleasant bread. So why wouldn't it be all right to leave off other things that might be pleasant to us?) A well-known evangelist when he was pastoring decided to give God 10 percent of his time in prayer. He began to pray at night after his family was in bed. He prayed two hours and 40 minutes each night. To do that he had to sacrifice his television time. God has given him an internationally known ministry. You might say, "I couldn't pray two hours and 40 minutes a day." But perhaps you could sacrifice television time, too, or some other time that you're wasting in order to devote more time to prayer.
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