Gooooood morniiiiiing!!! And happy Septemberrrrrr! May this month signify divine completeness for you and yours in Jesus name, Amen. I can’t believe how I slept last night, I was SO TIRED. Okay, I promised to fill you guys in and I’ll try to do that as much as I can.
If you follow me on any of my social media platforms, I’m pretty sure you already know about the Daniel Fast I started in August which lasted for 21 days and boy, was it awesome? I mean, it was hard – REALLY hard – because I absolutely love food and I had to cut off a whole lot of stuff (no sugars no processed foods, no animals or animal products) but it was well worth it. I also got to meet a couple of awesome ladies and by the end of the fast, there were dozens of testimonies and I knew it could only have been God. Now for those who don’t know what the Daniel Fast is, I’ll just break it down here.
The Holy Bible records in the book of Daniel, Chapter 1 precisely, that
“1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God. These he carried off to the temple of his god in Babylonia[a] and put in the treasure house of his god.
3 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring into the king’s service some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility— 4 young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians.[b] 5 The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine from the king’s table.They were to be trained for three years, and after that they were to enter the king’s service.
6 Among those who were chosen were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 7 The chief official gave them new names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
8 But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. 9 Now God had caused the official to show favor and compassion to Daniel, 10 but the official told Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has assigned your[c] food and drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men your age? The king would then have my head because of you.”
11 Daniel then said to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, 12 “Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13 Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see.” 14 So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days.
15 At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food. 16 So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead.
17 To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.”
In Chapter 1, Daniel fasted for 10 days but in Chapter 10 it was accounted that he fasted for 21 days. Why did I decide to go on this fast? I needed to reconnect with God on a deeper level. I had done this a couple of times in the past but never 21 days so this was quite challenging but the Holy Spirit was on my side by God’s Grace. I posted it on social media and I was mind blown by the number of interested persons. So, the fast involves eating only plant-based foods and water as beverage. No meat, fish, eggs, dairy product, sugar, sweetener honey… I couldn’t even cook with Knorr or Maggi *insert crying smiley here* Lol! But the interesting part is, the fast only limits what you eat. So, you can eat at any time of the day but only certain foods. I created a BBM group for the fast and it was an amazing experience as we all not only got to share our stories, fears and trials but we also got to pray together and for each other. Bonds were formed friendships were built, great testimonies were shared – it was indeed beautiful. The next Daniel Fast will be in December, staring on the 1st.
Sadly, I can’t be on the group at the moment because my phone was stolen over the weekend at my friend’s wedding while I was performing Chief Bride’s Maid duties (Happy Married Life Ehi & Bobodus! This hurts because I don’t even get to post pictures 😦 😦 :() but since the last challenge was a success, I have created a Facebook page called The Potter’s Clay dedicated to posting God’s Holy Spirit inspired content that would help mould us (clay) into who and what God (The Potter) has called us to be. A new challenge called The Psalms Challenge starts today and I would be talking about that in another post as my boss just dropped some work for me that I need to attend to.
Have a superhcharged blessed day child of God! Mwah
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