31 days of fasting: Day19

 31 DAYS OF PRAYER & FASTING : 

DAY 19, OF 

PRAYER & FASTING: 

SCRIPTURE:  

Proverbs 23:7. King James Version "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee."

PRAYER STARTER: 

Father God, I thank you, for keeping us all year. The New Year can often bring a mixed bag of emotions and memories for many of us. The events of 2021, including an ongoing pandemic, racial tensions, joblessness, and political unrest created an unprecedented time of unrest and anxiety. While some may have just experienced the best year ever and look forward to an even greater one ahead, others may have just trudged through one deep struggle after another. The fresh calendar year brings desperate hope for things to be better, with an ache for the still-fresh wounds to slowly begin their process of healing. Praying at the start of the New Year doesn't always bring immediate change at the stroke of midnight, but it begins the opening of our hearts to God's Words of hope and peace and trusting GOD no matter what. I'm excited about these 31 days of praying and fasting because we can start on a new journey, a new destiny and a new purpose in life.  This is the 19th day of the fast. I’m so grateful and thankful to God for this opportunity to increase my relationship with Him and exploring all the possibilities that we can experience on these 31 days of a journey of prayer and fasting. I thank Him for allowing us to develop a closer and stronger relationship with Him.  I have great expectations to see all that’s going to happen on my journey as I go through these 31 days of prayer and fasting and consecration. I printed out my fasting contract so that I can detail the things that I want to offer up to God and to see him move on my behalf. I don’t know if anyone has been on a spiritual fast before, but this is my 17th year of my journey of fasting and praying with GOD guiding me. In 2022, I’m expecting a higher move of GOD, along with signs and wonders.  I'm asking  him continuously, to build me up to strengthen me to walk with Him and to take me higher in Him. Last year was a very trying time, but I’m embracing this year and this new season with great anticipation that we’re going to see a mighty move of God. I’m very excited about the move of GOD in this season. Let’s see what GOD is going to do in these 31 days of prayer 🙏🏽 and fasting.

WISDOM ON FASTING:

Today we’re fasting from the thought that says: "I can't control my emotions." We all have emotions, but unfortunately sometimes THEY have us! God created us to live with positive and healthy emotions. It's the negative ones that can harm our lives, our relationships, and our future. The idea that we are "victims" of our emotions because of our gender, our culture, our ethnicity, or our personality type, has to be eliminated. LET'S CHANGE IT TODAY!

OUR EMOTIONS ARE THE RESULT OF OUR THOUGHTS. If you think sad thoughts, you will become sad. If you think joyful and faith-filled thoughts, you will become happy. As a man thinks within, so is he. EMOTIONS ARE THE RESULT OF YOUR CULTURE, ETHNICITY, OR GENDER. Your culture may be more or less expressive of emotions, but we are all spiritual beings with the power to rule over our emotions with the Word of God. YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN SELF-CONTROL. It is in you! 2 Timothy 1:7 says, "For God did not give us a spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control." (NET Bible) Galatians 5:23 says, "The fruit of the Spirit includes SELF-CONTROL, and the Spirit is in you! "BELIEVE YOU ARE IN CONTROL. As you control your thoughts, you will control your emotions. THEN, you will not feel the urge to control others!

YOU CAN REMEMBER WHAT HAPPINESS IS. In Lamentations 3:17-24, Jeremiah FORGOT what happiness was, because he talked himself into misery. When he began to think about the goodness of God, JOY WAS RESTORED. Emotions follow thoughts—whether good or bad. EMOTIONS UPWARD, AND YOU WON'T NEED TO ALWAYS EXPRESS THEM OUTWARD. When you pour your heart and feelings out to God (no matter how bad they may be), the temptation to explode at others will be diminished. I am not under the control of my emotions anymore. They are under my control. As I fill my mind with good thoughts, they will become good emotions. I can control my emotions through my thought life, and my thought life is surrendered to God's Word. I have self-control and dominion over my life. And from this day forward, my emotions serve me, rather than control me. I pour my emotions out to God, and I don't need to pour them out to others, in JESUS name I pray, Amen. 

CLOSING PRAYER:

Lord, Thank you for your amazing power and work in our lives. Thank you for your goodness and for your blessings over us. Thank you that you are able to bring hope through even the toughest of times, strengthening us for your purposes. Thank you for your great love and care. Thank you for your mercy and grace. Thank you that you are always with us and will never leave us. Thank you for your incredible sacrifice so that we might have freedom and life. Forgive us for when we don't thank you enough, for who you are, for all that you do, for all that you've given. Help us to set our eyes and our hearts on you afresh. Renew our spirits, fill us with your peace and joy. We love you and we need you, this day and every day. We give you praise and thanks, for You alone are worthy! Amen. Father Thank you for your presence with us, thank you for your Almighty Shadow. Thank you that you go before us, and cover us from behind.  Thank you that you are in our midst and that our future is secure in the place you're preparing for us. Your words bring such hope and comfort. Remind us of your strength today, may we see glimpses of your glory and blessings along the way as we seek after you. For victory and salvation are found in you alone. Father I pray for your spirit to be with us and let us experience you like never before on this fast. It’s In the Mighty Name of JESUS name I pray, 🙏🏽 Amen. 

JESUS is my Everything 

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