2025: Intro: 40 Days of Jubilee Fasting: Embrace Restorative Divine Surprises

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Hello, hello, beautiful people. Welcome to another episode of the Diary of a Black Woman podcast.

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I'm your host, Connie Morris, and today we're diving into a transformative journey

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that promises to unlock divine surprises and overflowing blessings in your life.

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Yes, I'm talking about the 40 days of Jubilee fasting. You know,

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we just covered July 1st.

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I downloaded three different episodes to get you excited about what God has for you in 2025.

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But I also want to prepare you properly so that you can actually make room for

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what God has for you to make space in your heart,

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to make space in your home, to make

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space in your life so that you can get everything that God has for you.

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And so this is like fresh off the press and you got the download for a 2025

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year of jubilee blessings and divine surprises.

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And so this is going to be just a prepping our hearts for a fast.

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It's going to be a 40 day fast. And I'm going to go into the instructions and

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you're going to decide how much fasting you want to do.

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But I'm going to give you the guidelines, the fasting guidelines on the proper

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way to fast, a proper way to prepare your hearts for what God has for you in 2025.

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And the way that I understand it for me is we just had Christmas.

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We just celebrated Thanksgiving.

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And many times we have guests come over our house. and maybe we have a small

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apartment and maybe we have a big castle. We never know, right?

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But we do not usually have a house full of guests all the time,

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but we know how to prepare our homes for guests that's going to stay maybe one,

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two, three, four, five days.

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We know how to clear out corners. We know how to pull out those air mattresses.

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We know how to make room for human guests, right?

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And so when God promises us a 2025 year of divine surprises and jubilee blessings, how can we.

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As human vessels, spirit beings, where the God of the universe resides on the

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inside of us, how can we prepare a space for him?

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How can we make room for him in our lives?

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And we do that by fasting.

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We prepare our hearts by fasting.

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And so in a season of Jubilee where blessings, restoration.

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God's promises will manifest in extraordinary ways,

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Jubilee is a time of release, renewal, and overflowing abundance,

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a divine reset where captives are set free, deaths are forgiven,

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and God's people walk in his favor.

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So as we embark on this 40-day fast,

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let your hearts be filled with the expectation and faith that this journey will

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align with the miraculous blessings that God has prepared for us.

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Understanding that fasting is more than abstaining from food.

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It is a spiritual discipline that deepens our connection with God and prepares us to receive his best.

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Just as a year of jubilee in Leviticus 25 was a time of restoration and freedom,

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this fast is an opportunity to let go of burdens,

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break free from limitations, and position ourselves for God's divine surprises in the coming year.

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This fast is not just about sacrifice. It's about preparing the ground for a

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harvest of blessings through prayer, reflection, and scripture.

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You will experience God's presence in a new and powerful way.

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So each day on this journey, I invite you to seek God's heart,

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to draw closer to him, to release past hurts and embrace the freedom found in his promises.

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And align your life with his divine purposes and plans.

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As you press into this fast, remember the words of Isaiah 61, 7.

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Instead of your shame, you will receive a double portion.

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And instead of disgrace, you will rejoice in your inheritance.

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And so you will inherit a double portion in your land and an everlasting joy will be yours.

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So let this be your declaration as you step into your year of Jubilee blessings.

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Prepare your heart to be surprised for God's goodness, to walk in his favor,

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and to witness his miraculous power in every area of your life.

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This is your time to claim the promises of jubilee, restoration,

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freedom, and overflowing blessings.

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Let's journey together into 40 days of breakthrough and divine surprises,

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trusting that God's plans are exceedingly abundantly above all that we can ask or imagine.

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I'm going to put a copy of the fasting devotional chapter 193 on the website.

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You can follow along there, but I'm going to cover a lot of the guidelines on

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this podcast so that we can prepare our hearts for what God has for us.

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2025 is a year of divine surprises.

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And remember, this is not a fast, this is a spiritual journey.

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And so I want you to understand that I want you to not think of it as a fast,

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but I want you to think of what can you do different this year.

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What can you give God different this year and expect, like challenging yourself

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to do something that you've never done before and expecting God to do what he

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has never done before in your life.

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To expect the miraculous, to expect the surprises, to live, I would say,

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on the edge every day and allowing God to just restore everything in your life that was broken,

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everything in your life that was stolen.

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And so let's just together make a miraculous plan for 2025, a year of jubilee.

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2025 is a year of divine surprises, a year of jubilee blessings for restoration

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and God's promises will manifest in extraordinary ways.

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So we have to have an expected heart so we can't be busy about nothing this year.

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Jubilee is a time of release, renewal and overflowing abundance.

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A divine reset where captives are set free, debts are forgiven,

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and God's people walk in his favor.

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So as we embark on this 40-day fast, let your heart be filled with expectation

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and faith that this journey will align with that. I'm sorry.

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Let your heart be filled with expectation and faith that this journey will align

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you with the miraculous blessings God has prepared. I know 40 days sound like a lot.

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And as I go into explanation, don't you just panic.

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You can do it your way, a way that works for you in your life schedule.

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But I'm going to make it simple and easy. But I want you to remember,

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I want you to challenge yourself in this first part of the year because this

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is where a breakthrough happens in the beginning of the year.

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It sets the tone for what to expect in the middle and towards the end.

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And so 40 days seems like a lot, but just brace for the blessings. Amen.

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And so let your heart just be filled with expectation, not fear,

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not dread, not I can't do this.

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I've never done it like this before. I think that's what the people in the Bible would say.

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I never plundered the Egyptians before. I never had an overflow of blessings before.

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That's what God wants to get us out of that mentality of this poverty mentality

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or this expecting negative to always happen.

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God wants us to begin to walk in his favor and always expect him to show up

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and to show out on our behalf.

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Amen. So I want to just to say this again, that jubilee is a time of release,

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renewal and an overflow of abundance.

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It's a divine reset where captives are set free.

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Deaths are forgiven and God's people walk in his favor.

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Are you God's people? So as you embark on 40-day fast,

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let your hearts be filled with expectation and faith that this journey will

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align you with the miraculous blessings God has prepared.

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This podcast is going to be a little bit longer than my normal ones so that

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you can have something to listen to, to hold on to as you journey through this

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different time. This is a different season, even for me.

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And so I made this one a little bit longer than the average ones so that you

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can have something of substance that you can listen to it.

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For me, I like to listen to things several different times to see,

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like, what did I miss the first time?

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Because when you hear 40 days, sometimes our hearing will go,

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I can't do this. And then we don't hear anything else.

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So maybe you need to listen to it more than once. So let's get going.

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I'm going to walk you through all the steps and guidelines so that you will

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have a successful fast, but you will understand the purpose and the meaning behind it.

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So you're not just going through the actions, but you can actually get the results you desire.

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From God. And you can actually make that space that we spoke about earlier.

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Fasting is more than just abstaining from food. It's a spiritual discipline

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that deepens our connection with God and prepares us to receive his best.

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So when we think of preparation, who gets dressed for a fancy event without

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even taking a shower, without brushing their teeth?

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You know, ladies, we like to get our hair done, our nails done.

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That's a whole preparation period just to even go to an event.

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So why not do that for Jesus and prepare our hearts for his best?

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Because he's going to give us his best.

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So just as a year of Jubilee in Leviticus 25 was a time of restoration and freedom,

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this fast is the opportunity to let go of burdens, to break free from limitations,

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and to position ourselves for God's divine surprises in the coming year.

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So as we're fasting, we're letting go of the things that do not serve us.

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What burdens, don't bring it into the new year.

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This is, I think this is going to probably be on January 2nd.

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So if you let something in on January 1st, get rid of it.

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Do not bring it in. What limitations have you allowed yourself to say,

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you know, I can't do that. I can't do that.

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Cross that off your list, write it afresh, and make it a goal that you can accomplish

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all things through Christ who strengthens you.

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And then position yourself for God's divine surprises in this coming year.

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This fast is not just about sacrifice. It's about preparing the ground for a harvest of blessings.

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Through prayer, reflection, and scripture, you will experience God's presence

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in a new and powerful way.

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Each day of this journey is an invitation to seek God's heart and draw closer to him,

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release past hurts, and embrace the freedom found in his promises,

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and align your life with his divine purposes and plans.

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So as you press into this fast, remember the words of Isaiah 61-7.

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Instead of your shame, you will receive a double portion.

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Instead of disgrace, you will receive in your inheritance.

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And so you will inherit a double portion in your land and everlasting joy will be yours.

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So it's like in your land, you will receive it. You ain't got to go anywhere.

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You will receive a double portion for your shame. Let this be your declaration

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as you step into the year of Jubilee blessings.

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So I want to break down this 40-day journey.

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Most of the details, like I said, I put it on my website, Diary of a Black Woman, LLC.

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But I'm going to do as much as I can to show you what to expect in a 40-day fast.

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And then I'll tell you what type of fast. Anytime you've given up something,

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you're going to expect some different things to happen.

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I'm not expecting you to go extreme. I mean, you know your body,

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but you know when you have already went too far,

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you know, like you've ate too much, you know, you can give up something and

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you know your body is going to resist it. Your body is going like, you don't need that.

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Give that up. Right. So, you know, but I'm going to give you an example of what

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happens to your body when you pretty much start to give up some things in your

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life. This is the extreme cases, so pay attention.

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On days one through three is detox and adjustment.

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So you're just doing water, a water fast. Listen, just only a water fast.

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And you're giving up water.

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You're just drinking water for the first one to three days.

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Just only drinking water. You're physical. You're going to have hunger pains,

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headaches, fatigue, and irritability.

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But your spiritual focus, you want to lean on Matthew 4.4.

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Man should not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out the mouth of God.

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So you can expect the first three days to be, I can say, miserable.

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Because your body is going to want to fight against you.

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Your body is like a timer.

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You're so used to eating at the same time every day. And it's like a spoiled brat.

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You have to get it in line. So the first three days, drink water,

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drink water, drink tea, just drink liquids.

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Try not to have any solid foods that day.

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Sometimes don't go dry because your body needs water, but expect these things to happen.

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Your body is on a timer. If you usually eat at eight o'clock or nine,

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whatever your normal eating time is, expect your body to have that hunger pain.

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Go ahead and drink some water.

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I like to drink it cold because then it kind of takes that energy that is hunger

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and it allows it to just use that energy to warm up the water in your body and move along.

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So when you get hungry, just drink some water. And sometimes water is not enough, then go take a nap.

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But this is not about you. This is about getting your body in line with God.

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Right. So expect hunger, pains, headaches and irritability. But remember,

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man should not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out the mouth of God.

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If you can, begin to pick up your Bible, go back and read the Bible out loud,

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walk around reading your Bible out loud.

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If you have some degrees, listen to the podcast again, some of the podcasts,

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your previous podcast, maybe your favorite one. to just kind of refocus your mind.

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As you begin to learn to refocus your mind off of food.

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Then you'll, that's kind of like training your body. If you've been in any type

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of physical endurance training, you just got to refocus your mind.

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And then pretty soon it becomes a habit. So day one, you can expect challenges.

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Day two, some challenges. Day three, some challenges. Okay.

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Day four through six, the ketosis begin.

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And so your body will begin to, hunger will start to decrease because now your

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body realizes it's not going to get the food.

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And so it'll start to use the fat that's stored for energy.

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And so if you got a lot of fat storage, then you should be good.

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And usually you begin at this part, I always talk to my body and say, you know what?

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You need to start eating some of that fat that you kind of saved for this particular day.

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And so your hunger will decrease and your body using fats stored for energy.

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So begin to notice that.

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The scripture for those next three days would be Psalms 34, 8.

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It says, taste and see that the Lord is good.

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And so tell your body to taste and see that the Lord is good.

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You are set to survive this.

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It's not like your body will make you seem like, oh my gosh,

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if I don't eat something, I'm going to die.

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No, you're not going to die. You're going to die to self and your spirit is

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going to begin to survive.

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Be more bigger than your flesh. And so allow that your hunger will decrease

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and your body will begin to use the stored fat for energy.

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So begin to, I usually say, okay, now is your time to use that fat that you

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have been saving for this particular day.

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And so, and still, like I said, continue to drink your water.

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And now we're at day seven to 10. Things to get a little clearer.

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I think after the sixth day for me, things start to get a little clearer.

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Your energy levels will stabilize slightly. So that first six days,

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it seemed like you have no energy.

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And then after that seven to 10 days, things start to stabilize.

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Your body says, okay, you're not going to feed me. I'm going to survive off

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of the fat that's been stored.

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And all of a sudden, clarity comes. Your eyes, Everything's clear.

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And then this is a time where you really, your spirit begins to be very sensitive too.

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So your energy levels stabilize and then spiritual focus is you can pick your scriptures.

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I'm just using scriptures that I'm using here in my devotional is Isaiah 58, 6.

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It says to lose the bonds of wickedness. And that can be a prayer or decree

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that we're going to focus on loosing the bonds of wickedness,

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things that are going on around you in your life.

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Just begin to focus on that particular scripture or your scripture,

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whatever scriptures you have for your 40 days.

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Days 11 to 15, it says deeper spiritual awareness.

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Physical hunger is minimal, but fatigue or coldness may increase.

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I noticed that during this time, you seem like you're a little bit more colder.

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So you might put on maybe a sweatshirt and some socks.

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So you're not hungry. You're just a little bit cold. And you'll notice that

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even at night, you might need to put on a little thicker pajamas.

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But you're sleeping better too because your body is now at this humming stage.

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And so as hunger is minimal, but fatigue or coldness may increase.

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Focus on Isaiah 40, 31. They will soar like wings like eagle.

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And so this is a chance where you're going to feel this deeper spiritual awareness

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where you're going to start now.

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Maybe your spiritual alertness, you maybe begin to hear in the spirit.

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Maybe you never heard any sounds in the spirit.

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There are sounds in the spirit realm.

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God's voice will become a little bit more clearer, a lot more clearer,

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I would say, because there's no interruptions.

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Your body is now, everything that's working is now silent, and now you can hear everything else.

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Everything is silent. You'll notice a little bit more spiritual awareness.

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Day 16 to 20, this is just a water fast. So this is extreme.

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So even if you cut out, even if you're just drinking maybe just juice or something,

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this is pretty much the same, but not at the same level. It takes a little bit longer.

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Your physical weakness may increase.

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And so avoid strenuous activity. So at a certain point of this water fast or

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any liquid fast, you're going to notice you're going to feel a little bit weaker.

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So don't go out trying to run miles. If you're working out, lifting weights,

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just kind of take this time to use that time to pray or meditate on John 6, 35.

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I'm the bread of life. Scripture, Jesus is the bread of life.

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So weakness may increase.

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Avoid any strenuous activity. And then this is when the breakthrough happened at days 21 to 25.

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Then once again, like you see how this roller coaster happens,

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days 21 to 25, the spiritual breakthrough.

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So what you've been waiting for begins to happen right here.

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Your mental clarity sharpens. So now it's like more.

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So now your brain is now clear.

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Remember, your spirit is clear. Now your brain is clear. So you're able to focus

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more and reflect on 2 Corinthians 12.9. My grace is sufficient for you.

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My power is made perfect in your weakness.

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Most time fast ends at about the 21st day.

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So if you're on a 21 day and you say, I'm good here, this is a good chance where

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you might want to say, I want to try a little bit more.

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If you're on a water fast, I'll say here would be a good chance to maybe add

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some more liquid to your diets, get off the water.

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If you've never done a 40, don't do a 40 without doctor's permission.

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You might need to do something else. Add some juice to it so you can get some more energy.

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Maybe add some shakes to it.

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Begin to kind of come off of this for your 21 day.

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You can go with 40, but you're not going to continue with water because you're not ready.

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So just don't do extreme things on the first day, right? So just take your 40

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and just continue your journey with, you can go into the Daniels,

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do a shake, but do something different.

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You made it to 21, then you never done 21.

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Hey, you did good. Slowly breaking your fast.

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Google how to break it. You want to always start with clear liquids.

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Then you want to go into full liquids, which, and then maybe some soups and

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don't eat anything solid until you pass your first bowel.

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That's how you, that's how you know your body is ready to digest food.

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Okay. Let's go to days 26 to 30. Sustained focus.

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Weakness persists, but spiritual strength increases.

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So now your flesh is now dying on the 26 to 30 on a water fast,

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maybe even on a juice fast.

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Juice is a little bit better because you got a little bit of energy,

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a little sugar to keep you going.

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But on the water, you're going to feel really weak right about now,

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but your spirit is going to be strong.

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So Philippians 4.13 is, I can do all things to Christ who strengthens me.

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Like I said, this is not for everybody.

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This is just instructions, a guideline for those who have done it before and

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they already know this. This is just not new information.

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For those who want to challenge themselves to a 40-day water fast,

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I would say seek your doctor.

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Make sure you're under a doctor's care. Don't do anything extreme because you can really get hurt.

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21 days, maybe 10 or 12 days is probably the limit with just water,

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but you can do juice and you know your body.

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When you feel like it's getting to be too much, then you stop.

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Talk with the Lord. Follow the Holy Spirit guidance in all that you do.

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Days 31 through 35, closer to the glory, I added.

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Weakness intensifies. Focus on hydration, rest, and meditative prayer.

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Meditate on Isaiah 58, 11. The Lord will guide you always. He will satisfy your

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needs in a scorched land.

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And so God's glory, you would just kind of notice things look brighter at 31 and 35.

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Why? Because nothing else is going on but the spirit.

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Your body has now settled to it like a hibernation.

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Unless you're eating some food or anything, if you're just doing water,

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your body is now resting, a final rest.

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Your body has kind of quieted down.

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And so now when your body, flesh is quiet, your spirit is more alive and active

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because now you're aware.

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That's why I said closer to the glory because everything else is quiet.

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And so now you're going to experience just a whole different experience.

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Everything looks brighter.

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I would say everything looks brighter, like brighter, brighter, brighter.

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People look at you like you lost a lot of weight.

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People go into shock and awe, but you are like, this is the best I've felt in a long time.

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People always notice when you're losing weight, but don't make a big deal about

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it. Say, no, I'm fine. I'm good.

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Thank you. but you are experiencing this hyper glory sensation.

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And then we go into days 36 to 39 is the final push.

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Extreme weakness may be present, but spiritual clarity and focus peak.

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So now you're at your best right here. As we get ready to close out the fast,

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you're at your spiritual peak.

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Reflect on Romans 12.1. Offer your body at a living sacrifice,

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holy and pleasing to God.

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This is your true and proper worship.

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And then at day 40, it's the spiritual victory.

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Physical weakness may persist, but joy and satisfaction in completing the fast has dominated.

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Rejoice in 2 Timothy 4, 7. I have fought the good fight. I have finished the

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race. I have kept the faith.

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Remember, anything after 40 days is caused starvation.

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So then your body will shut down and you will go into, you can actually die.

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So your body now is all quiet.

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You need to slowly add strength.

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Some juices, you got water, start to add some broth and then slowly some full liquids,

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some nice warm soups just to warm your body up like some liquids,

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then maybe some full soups until your body starts to get into that first bowel movement.

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And then don't jump into a whole hamburger and meat.

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Save that for maybe about seven days later. You want to just take your time at waking up your body.

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You do not want to destroy your body.

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So just take your time. I just kind of walk you through the extreme case.

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But we're going to go through different types of fasting.

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But I want you to understand what to expect if you did a water fast or just a juice fast.

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But remember, breaking the fast is just essential as the fast itself.

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Gradually reintroduce light foods like broth, fruits, diluted juices to avoid

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overwhelming your digestive system.

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Take time to reflect on God's faithfulness during your fast and journal the

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insights, breakthrough, and blessings he has revealed.

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So you always think that when you finish a 40-day fast, you'll feel like I'm super, super hungry.

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But you really won't be. Your belly has now shrunk, you know,

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to probably, I don't know how big it was before, right? But your appetite is really shrunk.

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So you'd be surprised that a cup of broth would be satisfying.

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A half of banana would be satisfying, right?

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And you'll start to notice that you're not as famished as you thought you would be.

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Because what you used to eat, you probably won't even get back to that meal size for a little while.

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And you will enjoy your new profound sighs, but also your new profound insights

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and relationship with God.

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And so I want to pray for this first section, and then we'll go forth.

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Heavenly Father, we come before you with hearts full of gratitude for sustaining

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us through this 40-day journey of fasting and prayer.

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We thank you for your strength in our weakness, your peace in our struggles,

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and your presence that has drawn us closer to you each day.

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As we complete this fast, we hold fast to the promise of your word,

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especially those found in Isaiah 58.

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We declare that you have loosed to change the wickedness and set us free from every yoke.

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You have illuminated our path and your light now shines like the dawn.

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Our healing has come swiftly and your righteousness goes before us as our shield.

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We trust you to provide for us abundantly, to restore what has been lost and

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to open doors that no one can shut.

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Rejoice in your freedom, healing, and joy that you have given us.

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In Jesus' mighty name, amen.

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So I thank you for joining me on this episode of Diary of Black Women podcast.

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Remember, this is your time to claim the promises of the jubilee,

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restoration, and freedom, overflowing blessings and let journey,

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let's journey together for this 40 days of breakthrough and divine surprises.

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Trusting God's plan are exceedingly abundantly above all that we can ask or imagine.

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The next time we get together, we're going to talk about what true fasting and

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transformative living looks like according to Isaiah 58.

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So until next time, God bless you. Thank you.