PHASE 3 PREPARATIONS - PREPARING FOR SPIRITUAL INTENSITY
If a fast is only about removing foods and various entertainment and media, then it is better to term it a diet or a mental rest time. A true spiritual fast puts the emphasis on the spiritual. While you are decreasing physical things you are simultaneously increasing spiritual things. When you starve a lion and feed a puppy eventually the puppy will have more power than the lion. That is a great metaphor for how we starve our flesh and renew our spirit, eventually giving us a level of spiritual sensitivity that is filled with power. Below are a number of resources to help you decide on your spiritual pursuits during this fast. The worksheet helps you plan. The tools and exercises help you execute spiritual increases. The videos teach and demonstrate how to spend time with God using ancient spiritual practices that supercharge the heart.
TEACHING DOCUMENTS
Spiritual Intensity Baseline
Resources to Maximize Your Spiritual Experience
Create Daily Structures (When, Where, and How Will You Meet with God?)
Motivations for a Daily Devotional Time
Sample Devotions with God
What If I Get Distracted or My Mind Wanders?
WORKSHEET
TOOLS, EXERCISES, AND RESOURCES
Declarations Tools
Thankfulness Exercise
Awakening Devotional Calendar (Bible Reading Plan & Devo Meditation Plan)
ALL FASTING DOCUMENTS
VIDEO TEACHING AND DEMONSTRATION
Have you ever wondered HOW to have a devotional time with God? What do seasoned veterans do in their time with God? I have created a couple of teaching and demonstration videos to help you see how someone who has been doing private devotions for decades plans their time. Check them out and see if you you find a pattern, some principles and an attitude that compels you towards new intimacies with God.