So I wanted to give everyone an update on my fast and what I did in particular. The lord put on my heart in March to do a daniel fast. I did it for 5 days the first time. During that time I had only a few things on a list that was the purpose of the fast. During my 5 day fast I had a different scripture everyday for each purpose of my fast, I ate vegan spaghetti and vegetable soup. I watched a sermon each day, read my bible, and prayed continuously. I fell off my fast and ate regular food and just stopped. I felt defeated. So many negative thoughts were going through my mind concerning situations I was going through and I didnt dream as much.
Fast forward I decided to start over and do 21 days straight and the only exception date was Easter. I didnt want to lie to myself and say I gonna eat plant based only on the holiday. This time I did complete the 21 days. My purpose list for the fast went from about 6 things to 13. I still had a scripture each day for each subject, I had specific prayers for some of the subjects depending on the nature of it. I ate vegan spaghetti, baked potatoe with corn, I made vegan ranch (it was so good), sweet pototato fries, and regular french fries. There were times I had a salad. For breakfast I had oatmeal some days but most days I ate leftovers. I lost a lot of weight about 15lbs. Of course I read my bible everyday, prayed throughout the day, and I watched christian movies and listened to gospel to have praise and worship. So with me doing all of this the spiritual warfare was on 10!!!! The dreams were very vivid, but I could not remember most of them. I had a few dreams where it would show me a situation and the next day it would happen. I had one dream where I saw the word "Gear" plain as day and that has never happened before. I kept having issues with the children in school and getting phone calls; that seemed to increase. My anxiety was high in the beginning and I had a panic attack, but God talked me through it and I havent had one since and my anxiety is gone. The enemy kept using different areas in my life to try to attack me to the point it went from one area to another. Mentally there were so many negative thoughts that tried to convince me to stop the fast because nothing was going to change in my life, I would also have negative thoughts when I would get bored with the food; the whole time God told me to keep pushing and I did. I was so depressed at one point where I was thinking about admitting myself into a pysch ward, but I ended up calling the crisis hotline. I prayed and rebuked any and everything that wasnt of GOD. I didnt do any social media or any secular music or tv. During the fast I did join the church I had been attending off and on for years. I also have been prophesied to over and over more than I have ever been at church. God confirmed alot for me during the fast. Another thing that happened was when I got upset and started back cursing GOd convicted me real quick. He gave me a scripture , James 3, about taming the tongue. God would also wake me up in the middle of the night to tell me to pray and I would.
After the fast I did feel refreshed but I felt like I shouldve kept going so Im going to do another one Monday, but this time it will be for 3 days. The thoughts have decreased, the dreams are still vivid and on-going. I have been making up for what I didnt eat. If I do try to listen or watch anything secular it doesnt feel right so I turn it off. Im still in constant prayer and reading my word. I attend church every Sunday and I am still attending new members class. I feel very confident and not depressed or anything. I am so grateful to God because my soul is definitely at peace. This was my first time doing this fast and I completed it. I did it for God and Im so happy I did something he asked me to do and I finished. Im still clinging to him and I thank him for everything. I also learned how to pray better and study the word better. There is still spiritual warfare lingering but I know how to handle it better because of God.