Wonderful idea. Especially the prayer!
Posted on 10/30/2004 9:41:54 AM PDT by Preech1
I would like to invite as many paople as possible to Fast and Pray on Monday, Nov. 1st for the re-election of George Bush on Tuesday. This election is a crucial one in our nations's history and quite possibly may effect the survival of our country and way of life. In the Bible, fasts were proclaimed in order to devote time to prayer and let God know that you were serious about what you were praying for. In Esther's time, a fast was called to save the Jewish people from Haman's treachery.
"Esther 4:13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
Esther 4:14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Esther 4:15 Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
Esther 4:16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Esther 4:17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him. "
And again in Isaiah 58
"5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rearward.
9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:
11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not."
If you could ping any list you have and email everyone you can, let's get God's attention on Monday.
Dennis
Wonderful idea. Especially the prayer!
Thanks. Any other lists you have, ping as well, if you could.
I'll be doing it.
Hadn't even thought of that angle...
LOL! You have a good sense of humor. No, it's just the Gospel according to Bucko. A mixture of homilies and Christ's admonition to the Pharisees' regarding ones duty to earthly emergencies, such as one's donkey in a ditch on the Sabbath. There are earthly duties that some time take precedent ahead of religious activities, lest we begin to fast and pray to Allah. I consider voting to be a form of prayer and a duty we owe not only to our country and to those who sacrificed to protect this right, but to God, from where the right to vote comes.
Regards, Buck.
I'm new here. Could smeone explain what pinging is? Thanks
Here's a thread for newbies such as yourself...I am sure they could explain it better than I can. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/938739/posts
Have already determined to do exactly this.
Like this one :)
Sounds like an idea.
How do I get this into the Activism/Chapters sidebar?
Fast-and-pray BUMP
I'll try. I've never fasted before but it has been on my heart for two weeks now to attempt this. I have, nevertheless, been in prayer about the events to come.
First time I fasted was for a day...thought I was gonna die...most of the battle however is in the mind, considering that your body generally has plenty of body fat stored up to get you through a day. Just be sure to drink plenty of water.
I have been fasting from 6:00 AM until 6:00 PM, praying in corporate prayer at church from 6:00 AM until 7:00 AM and plan on a 24 hour fast from 6:00 AM on Monday until 6:00 AM on Tuesday. We will go as a family to church at 6:00 AM on Tuesday for an hour of prayer, then to the polls and then to Cracker Barrel for a celebratory breakfast.
EXCELLENT! I'm in!
I've been on South Beach for 3 months so I'm adjusted to the hunger factor. I'm ready! Thanks for the water tip.
count me and my house in...and this will go to my personal email distribution list.
Well, at such a time, the body expects to run on carbs and the pancreas fires off insulin, which helps to make people hungry, edgy, perhaps headachey, lethargic, etc.
That's why the Atkins Diet works. It gets the insulin levels down, with its reduced carbs -- that takes over a day to kick in. It brings down one's appetite.
When you email it, please be sure to correct my typo... "Paople" is supposed to be people...
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