32 lbs, though? LOL!!! That's how much a 3 year old kid weighs. Are you sure about your numbers?
Yeah, I am gonna have to doubt the 32 lbs... our three month old baby weighs over half that.
__________________ "It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
Wasn't there a Hindu guru or something who claimed he never had to eat food? If I recall, he was caught sneaking Twinkies. This would be 10 to 15 years ago, I think. Ring a bell with anyone?
Hindu guru....................Twinkies. For some reason, that combination has me laughing til I have tears!!! I can just see the Dali lama throwing down twinkies while nobody's lookin'.
Wasn't there a Hindu guru or something who claimed he never had to eat food? If I recall, he was caught sneaking Twinkies. This would be 10 to 15 years ago, I think. Ring a bell with anyone?
Yeah, I agree. But what about you....or the others....what were the "rules" of your fasts? We weren't allowed food OR water. Brutal. I went to work once on the second day of a food & water fast and nearly passed out numerous times.
I don't believe in anyone forcing anyone else to fast. It should always be an autonomous decision, just like prayer. So we don't have any "rules" about what you're allowed. I choose what kind of fast I'll go on, and what foods I avoid. Whether I do a full fast or just from certain things is up to me.
My parents always discouraged me from informing anyone about when I'm fasting, except when it was a church wide thing.
Currently our church is doing "March Impact", which is a church event of consecration, fasting and prayer. Everyone is encouraged to participate, but no one is made to feel bad if they don't or can't. In our house, we told our kids the terms of the fast, and then left it up to them whether to participate. My oldest daughter has actually fasted more than I have so far. (from food) My middle daughter isn't interested, really, so no biggie. My son tried to fast from chocolate milk, but forgot and had one his Grandma bought from McDonald's. LOL!!!!
Anyway...our pastor made it clear that people are not expected to fast above what they are able, especially children, elderly people, ill people or those who work physically taxing jobs.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
Evelyn Boyd's husband of 33 years, John Boyd started a Bartow Pentecostal church in 2003. At Higher Praise Full Gospel Ministries, Sunday services last from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. They are loud and boisterous, and a nearby antique store owner said congregation members were known to fast.
Did anyone else catch this?
__________________ "We ask why there so many signs and miracles overseas but not in America. I’ll tell you why. Overseas, they preach to the lost. In America, we preach to the found." -Joel Stockstill
I don't believe in anyone forcing anyone else to fast. It should always be an autonomous decision, just like prayer. So we don't have any "rules" about what you're allowed. I choose what kind of fast I'll go on, and what foods I avoid. Whether I do a full fast or just from certain things is up to me.
My parents always discouraged me from informing anyone about when I'm fasting, except when it was a church wide thing.
Currently our church is doing "March Impact", which is a church event of consecration, fasting and prayer. Everyone is encouraged to participate, but no one is made to feel bad if they don't or can't. In our house, we told our kids the terms of the fast, and then left it up to them whether to participate. My oldest daughter has actually fasted more than I have so far. (from food) My middle daughter isn't interested, really, so no biggie. My son tried to fast from chocolate milk, but forgot and had one his Grandma bought from McDonald's. LOL!!!!
Anyway...our pastor made it clear that people are not expected to fast above what they are able, especially children, elderly people, ill people or those who work physically taxing jobs.
Well, no one is ever forced to fast, are they? We all just get the "you unspiritual little schmuck that doesn't love God" look every time we walk in church.
But that was when I was a teen. The first time I did a total fast for two days and then threw down all the pizza I could find, I suffered severely!!The hunger discomfort was MUCH less than the food pain!
Well, no one is ever forced to fast, are they? We all just get the "you unspiritual little schmuck that doesn't love God" look every time we walk in church.
But that was when I was a teen. The first time I did a total fast for two days and then threw down all the pizza I could find, I suffered severely!!The hunger discomfort was MUCH less than the food pain!
OHHHHHH, so you're the guy CC! was talking about....
No one has ever treated me badly for not fasting (or fasting as much). I think every Christian should be encouraged to fast, just as they are encouraged to pray. It isn't about a guilt trip, or at least, it shouldn't be.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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