Day 16

   The discipline of fasting breaks you out of the worlds routine.  It is a form of worship-offering your body to God as a living sacrafice is holy & pleasing to God.  Romans 12:1

   Thoughts:  Remember to stay the course.  Write out you thoughts on how you can contenue to present your body as a living sacrafice, and see if the Lord doen not open up the windows of heaven to you & shower you with His presence.

   Fasting is a form of worship that will humble you.  Remind yourself of your dependency on God.

  
   I have one verse that  is sitting right in front of me that sums up how I can contenue to present my body as a living sacrafice...Matthew 16:24  Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me."  Every day is a choice.  We get to choose each day, what we are going to do, what we are going to think about, or who we will serve.  I am choosing to serve my Lord who died for us all to be free from anger, burt, bitterness, jelousy, etc...I am not perfect or blemish free, but I am staying faithful to my God because I know He is the way, the truth and the light.  He is working in me, I know it and I can feel it.  I depend on Him daily, because I have tried for years to fix myself and situations in my life and have yet to be able to do it.  I am a broken mess...trusting my maker to put me back together and make me whole again(whole, not perfect).  I am a contenual work in progress.  Not because I diserve it, but because God loves us just as we are and He wants us to come to Him, admit we are broken, seek Him and trust Him for all we need.

   Prayer Focus:  Personal Ministry

   Abraham could "hear" God and believed what he  heard.  He came to a place of denouncing the comfort zone he lived in, in order to follow God's leading.  He had the courage to follow God's direction for his life.  He had a the tenacity to focus on the promises and not the problems that stood in his way.  So, on this day of the fast, I encourage you to pray and seek God about His purpose and plan for your life, your ministry unto Him.  -J. Franklin  Fasting Journal

   Lord I pray that I will be bold.  I want to be like Abraham.  I want your purpose, plan and direction for my life.  I thank you for leading & guiding me to the people and places you have, I know you will contenue directing our footsteps & I thank you for all you have done thus far & what you have planned for the future.  In Jesus name, Amen.