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3 Fasts for Election Day

10/31/2020

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I hope you fast for our nation on Election Day - Tuesday November 3. Fasting is abstaining from food. Here are three ways you can fast for spiritual renewal:

1). Eating no food. On Tuesday, you do not eat, only drink. You replace the time you would have eaten with prayer and hunger for God. Instead of talking about the election, you talk about the Lord. You can also use the time you would have eaten to go vote.

2). Fasting one meal. You might skip lunch or dinner. You replace the hour (preparation and clean-up including) with a longing for God. Write a note of encouragement or call someone battling cancer.

3). Forfeiting dessert. This is a good way to introduce children to fasting. They've been eating Halloween candy and they can do without on Tuesday - spending dessert time with reading the Bible, praying for our nation to turn to God. The king of Nineveh called for a fast, it included even the animals too (Jonah 3:6).

God relented from destroying Nineveh - He responded to their fast. We're asking God to respond to believer's throughout America, fasting for revival in our land.

Just like you make plans to vote on Tuesday, make plans to fast as well.

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Call to Fast on November 3

10/20/2020

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Jehoshaphat was the king of Judah. Three vast armies from beyond the Dead Sea came to fight against him. He was afraid. They were only 50 miles away from Jerusalem. King Jehoshaphat resolved to seek the Lord. How did he do this? He proclaimed a national fast - all of Judah gathered to seek the Lord. Rural areas of Judah participated too - it wasn't a local fast. (2 Chronicles 20:1-4)

Fasting is abstaining from food. It's not the end in itself - rather we replace the time we would have spent eating with seeking God. We fast because we're hungry for the Lord. We fast because God offers us something better than politics. Appetite dictates the direction of our lives. Shift your appetite towards the Lord.

Christians don't fast because they're full of worldly food. God is looking for believers hungry for Him. God offers more than what our world offers.

Our nation needs believers to fast on Election Day. Will you fast Tuesday, November 3? Practice the discipline of self-denial for the sake of our nation. Replace the food you'll eat with prayer for our nation.

We're looking to the wrong people to solve our problems. I'm inviting you to practice the spiritual discipline of fasting for our nation on November 3.

If you're going to participate, invite others to join you by using the hashtag: #LexFast

God answered Jehoshaphat's fast - the Lord said, "For the battle is not yours, but God's." (2 Chronicles 20:15)

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