The Lord's Table II Testimony: Jennifer

To all those who are afraid of fasting, don't be. Your fear is just one more lie of the enemy to keep you in bondage. Your body is not going to digest it's own tissue, you are not going to lose muscle, and you are certainly not going to die in only 20 days! People who say these things about fasting have probably never fasted more than 24 hours, if ever. For me, fasting was the key that unlocked my mindset on doing this (or any diet) in my own strength. Being hungry forced me to my knees and looking to Him for nourishment and strength. I am 100% convinced that if it had not been for the fasting (along with the Bible studies) I would still be out there struggling in my own strength marking this whole experience down as yet another failed diet. We don't give God near enough credit. The truth is we don't really believe that He CAN heal us. When fasting is done right it brings you back into a proper perspective of God. Even if I had not lost 1 single pound it was so worth it because of the things I have learned and the closer relationship I have gained. There is not a person alive who wouldn't benefit from the physical cleansing of a fast, but like so many others before me have shared... it was the spiritual part that we needed so desperately! The primary benefit is a whole new level of dependence on Christ and an ability to call on Him in times of temptation.

The benefits far out-weigh the challenges but here they are:
*The initial headaches of withdrawal and stomach growls as one goes into a fast.
*Cooking for my husband.
*Temptations to want to quit the fast and run back to food even when I wasn't hungry.