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How much of your daily routine do you perform subconsciously? You may be surprised. Sleepy patterns that
barely need your presence to execute. A day of well-rehearsed reflex actions from brushing your teeth to dinner
table talk. I once met someone who said, “My wife and I have been married so long that I know what she is
going to say even before she says it.” Over the years they simply stop talking, tired of repeating the same old
things or simply having nothing left to say.
The behavior of a caged animal is like that. Clearly seen in the worn path around the outside of the cage where
day after day, the poor creature circles in the same course with automated steps. An endless rut of same-o
same-o where the romance of life is gone. Replaced by dull duty, repetitious responsibility and hopeless
escaping. It is difficult to become awakened to how much your life is driven by impulse and instinct. Survival
tactics to push down the clamor, filling our lives with empty ritual and behavior patterns that do not reflect our
true character or will. Instead, we reflect patterns of the insane culture in which we live. And so we have
millions of teenagers trying to find themselves in fashion, music, and subcultures. Growing up without identity.
Introducing Generation X, a community of broken grownup children. Cappuccino or espresso, cherry-red or
turquoise, ranch-style or split-level, liberal or conservative, little empty circles of self-expression that end in a
spiritual vacuum.
Today’s contemporaries are desperately trying to find a new spiritual identity. We have surrounded ourselves
with a plethora of techno-gizmos that furnish an illusion of being in control. The feeling of mobility provided by
computers, TV and internet are able to hide the powerlessness we have over our own inner will and emotions.
This impression of power is a well-contrived veneer, hiding the uncontrollable storms of the soul. Storms, fed by
emptiness, hopelessness and depression that plague a cold super-computer world. Dysfunctional with wounds
inflicted by a prior generation of parents who in their grand pursuit of the All-American Dream, ran roughshod
over the fragile souls whom God had placed in their care. Their crime? They simply got in the way.
It’s time for a change.
Fasting is a knife that cuts away superficiality, getting to the bone. Effective, because it is able to break up daily
patterns upon which you have become so dependent. When those patterns of pleasure are removed, you are
left with your own internal resources. If those resources are bankrupt, then during fasting, you will come face to
face with a vacuum that only God can fill.
Fasting also applies pressure to the body, and, you may be appalled at how much the body will squirm. But it is
high time that the body is removed from the role of God, dethroned and placed under the foot of your will. It is
the creativity of a freed will which lifts us above animal instincts and releases us from the cages of empty
routine.
Fasting accomplishes two purposes. First, it will reveal how much the body has taken control of your emotions.
And secondly, it will serve in breaking the body’s hold upon the will. It will invariably bring to the surface deep
seated fears which affect thinking and decision-making. Fasting forces us to face the chaos of addictions,
compulsive behaviors, depression and internal pain. It’s like pressing the pause button of life, and quietly
observing how crazy and detached we have become to who we are.
Want to get off the conveyor belt of life? Smash those meaningless patterns—the ones you hated in your youth
when you had passion, a sparkle for living, when you really believed in something—promising never to get
trapped in the horrible mundane in which mom and dad lived as you grew up. Do you want to live a life with
meaning, driven by conviction, even willing to take a chance—becoming the best you can before God? Do you
want to be empowered by the Master of your destiny? His desire is for you to be decisive, powerful, self-
controlled and free.
But first we must come to grips with those hidden, subtle demons of our character: fear, hopelessness, worry,
doubt and selfishness. Beat the bushes, flush them out, expose them for what they are and destroy them with
the power of the Holy Names.
They don’t die quietly, because their tentacles can reach into your emotions. They taint everything they touch,
no matter how pure. Their presence will rise up against you with great force when you try to fast before the
Lord.
When you begin to face them, you set yourself up for failure. There is a risk of pain, especially if you are willing
to go deep. It takes courage to go down to the bottom. Who knows what you may find? Faces from the past.
Forgotten horrors in the root cellar of your soul. But God is there too. There is no part of you which He does not
see, no matter how well you hide. And He loves you and longs to see you in His service.
During fasting, patterns of living are broken. Fasting can be an oasis of spiritual refreshment in a life that has
become a desert of uselessness. A spiritual desert that has been left in the wake of selfish materialism.
We have been warned not to conform to the patterns of this world, but if you are honest, very little of your
lifestyle is different from that of your neighbor’s.
True, spiritual fasting smashes religion and draws a distinguishable line in the sand. It is a magnifying glass
that allows us to examine our subconscious patterns of living. The driving force of where our life is going. That is
why Maya has invested so much energy towards controlling the subconscious patterns of mankind. She will be
appalled if you attempt a fast because fasting exposes how much she has been able to infiltrate the destiny of
your life.
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barely need your presence to execute. A day of well-rehearsed reflex actions from brushing your teeth to dinner
table talk. I once met someone who said, “My wife and I have been married so long that I know what she is
going to say even before she says it.” Over the years they simply stop talking, tired of repeating the same old
things or simply having nothing left to say.
The behavior of a caged animal is like that. Clearly seen in the worn path around the outside of the cage where
day after day, the poor creature circles in the same course with automated steps. An endless rut of same-o
same-o where the romance of life is gone. Replaced by dull duty, repetitious responsibility and hopeless
escaping. It is difficult to become awakened to how much your life is driven by impulse and instinct. Survival
tactics to push down the clamor, filling our lives with empty ritual and behavior patterns that do not reflect our
true character or will. Instead, we reflect patterns of the insane culture in which we live. And so we have
millions of teenagers trying to find themselves in fashion, music, and subcultures. Growing up without identity.
Introducing Generation X, a community of broken grownup children. Cappuccino or espresso, cherry-red or
turquoise, ranch-style or split-level, liberal or conservative, little empty circles of self-expression that end in a
spiritual vacuum.
Today’s contemporaries are desperately trying to find a new spiritual identity. We have surrounded ourselves
with a plethora of techno-gizmos that furnish an illusion of being in control. The feeling of mobility provided by
computers, TV and internet are able to hide the powerlessness we have over our own inner will and emotions.
This impression of power is a well-contrived veneer, hiding the uncontrollable storms of the soul. Storms, fed by
emptiness, hopelessness and depression that plague a cold super-computer world. Dysfunctional with wounds
inflicted by a prior generation of parents who in their grand pursuit of the All-American Dream, ran roughshod
over the fragile souls whom God had placed in their care. Their crime? They simply got in the way.
It’s time for a change.
Fasting is a knife that cuts away superficiality, getting to the bone. Effective, because it is able to break up daily
patterns upon which you have become so dependent. When those patterns of pleasure are removed, you are
left with your own internal resources. If those resources are bankrupt, then during fasting, you will come face to
face with a vacuum that only God can fill.
Fasting also applies pressure to the body, and, you may be appalled at how much the body will squirm. But it is
high time that the body is removed from the role of God, dethroned and placed under the foot of your will. It is
the creativity of a freed will which lifts us above animal instincts and releases us from the cages of empty
routine.
Fasting accomplishes two purposes. First, it will reveal how much the body has taken control of your emotions.
And secondly, it will serve in breaking the body’s hold upon the will. It will invariably bring to the surface deep
seated fears which affect thinking and decision-making. Fasting forces us to face the chaos of addictions,
compulsive behaviors, depression and internal pain. It’s like pressing the pause button of life, and quietly
observing how crazy and detached we have become to who we are.
Want to get off the conveyor belt of life? Smash those meaningless patterns—the ones you hated in your youth
when you had passion, a sparkle for living, when you really believed in something—promising never to get
trapped in the horrible mundane in which mom and dad lived as you grew up. Do you want to live a life with
meaning, driven by conviction, even willing to take a chance—becoming the best you can before God? Do you
want to be empowered by the Master of your destiny? His desire is for you to be decisive, powerful, self-
controlled and free.
But first we must come to grips with those hidden, subtle demons of our character: fear, hopelessness, worry,
doubt and selfishness. Beat the bushes, flush them out, expose them for what they are and destroy them with
the power of the Holy Names.
They don’t die quietly, because their tentacles can reach into your emotions. They taint everything they touch,
no matter how pure. Their presence will rise up against you with great force when you try to fast before the
Lord.
When you begin to face them, you set yourself up for failure. There is a risk of pain, especially if you are willing
to go deep. It takes courage to go down to the bottom. Who knows what you may find? Faces from the past.
Forgotten horrors in the root cellar of your soul. But God is there too. There is no part of you which He does not
see, no matter how well you hide. And He loves you and longs to see you in His service.
During fasting, patterns of living are broken. Fasting can be an oasis of spiritual refreshment in a life that has
become a desert of uselessness. A spiritual desert that has been left in the wake of selfish materialism.
We have been warned not to conform to the patterns of this world, but if you are honest, very little of your
lifestyle is different from that of your neighbor’s.
True, spiritual fasting smashes religion and draws a distinguishable line in the sand. It is a magnifying glass
that allows us to examine our subconscious patterns of living. The driving force of where our life is going. That is
why Maya has invested so much energy towards controlling the subconscious patterns of mankind. She will be
appalled if you attempt a fast because fasting exposes how much she has been able to infiltrate the destiny of
your life.
TOP
