Daniel Fast Tip #1

Fast with a Purpose:

Before you begin your fast, decide on the purpose of your fast. Otherwise, without a purpose, you will be merely dieting. So prayerfully consider the focus of your fast.

For example:

What is your greatest need at this time in your life?

Do you want to learn to trust God in a deeper and more consistent manner?

Could your marriage be stronger?

Do you have financial pressures?

Do you have family members who don't yet know the Lord or have walked away from the Christian life?

Daniel Fast Tip #2

Be sure that you have your copy of the WHWC Daniel Fast Guidelines! It includes tons of information on the Daniel Fast, Journal pages, Bible reading guide, and recipes!! Get it Here

Start thinking ahead to buy items you CAN eat... finish up all those "meaty" and "sweet" leftovers... and HIDE food you shouldn't be tempted by! :o)

Another great recipe resource is www.cleaneatingmag.com. Last Spring, Jaquelyn and I cooked MANY recipes from this site ... sad we hadn't found the site DURING the Daniel Fast! Most recipes are already "DF-friendly"... you may need to tweak others. Enjoy!

DANIEL FAST Tip #3

Knowing that caffeine is a "no no" on the Daniel Fast, don't quit COLD TURKEY or you'll regret it!

Start now, tapering off... If you use 4 scoops normally, then make 1 of those scoops "decaf"... in a couple of days, do 2 scoops of decaf + 2 scoops regular... and so on.

You'll avoid the caffeine-withdrawal headache completely!

DANIEL FAST Tip #4

Download our Daniel Fast booklet...

http://whwcnc.org/index.php/resources/downloads.html
OR it can be found by going to whwcnc.org and clicking on "Downloads" on the "Resources" Tab

DANIEL FAST TIP #5

Fasting is Always About Food

You've probably heard people make a statement like this, "I'm not going to fast food, I'm going to fast television instead."

The truth is that fasting is always about restricting food for a spiritual purpose. The Hebrew word for fast means "to cover the mouth." And the Greek word for fast means "to abstain from food." So fasting is always about restricting food and you cannot realize the supernatural benefits of fasting without restricting food.

Think about going to golf club and walking all 18 holes of the course, but you never hit a ball. Did you golf? No, you had a nice walk, but you were not golfing. Similarly, you can abstain from television, computer games or some other activity, but you were not fasting.

If you want to fulfill the ways of our faith by prayer and fasting, then you will need to restrict food from your body. Abstaining from other habits may be a good thing to do, but fasting is always about food.