As I thought that brief intermission from the series has allowed me to feel refreshed addressing this important issue of fasting. So where we’ve been is the ignorant start that led to an awareness of why fasting is so important. Nothing happens out of context so relationships have played a key role in growing in […]
Read More Fast and the Curious: Desperately Seeking GodI am enjoying sharing the journey into fasting. More than anything it is a testament to God’s incredible grace and patience as well as mercy in allowing me to make this journey at all and bumbling around stumble on what are priceless treasures in knowing Christ. The story has gone from that ignorant start to […]
Read More Faster Through The CuriousYou might have picked up on a theme in the titles in this series. I have to acknowledge the movie series starting Paul Walker and Vin Deisel for the inspiration for the titles. It just seemed to fit at the time. You’ll not though that in terms of titles from here on in I’ll have […]
Read More Faster Than The CuriousThe best stories don’t rush to the end but enjoy the journey keeping things interesting as we tick along. So thus far in this journey we’ve established the ignorant beginnings, discovered some fundamental reasons for the issue and the importance of relationships in getting anywhere with God. It’s not just about relationships the environment can […]
Read More The Fast For The CuriousRight so we’ve established my ignorant beginnings and the reason why this series is being written now as well as how I gained a level of consciousness about its importance. To re-state for personal context purposes I’ve got baptised in February 1994 after taking a relationship with Jesus a bit more intentionally in the later […]
Read More Fast For The Curious: Stokeyo DriftSo in yesterday’s introduction to this brief series on fasting we discovered that although I was born in a Christian background, with believers who knew about fasting, and although the denomination to which I belong had fasting as a regular practice it took me the best part of 20 years before I even managed to […]
Read More 2 Fast 2 CuriousI’m aware … I don’t know if you know … but I am aware that even on this very blog I don’t always come quick to fulfil my word. It’s not to say I don’t fulfil my word, it’s just that my original timescale for fulfilling it and the actual timing are somewhat skewed. Now […]
Read More Fast and the CuriousThe days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days. (Luke 5:35) What’s going on? Why just this verse? As ever with Jesus, people are complaining that Jesus isn’t doing it the old-fashioned way especially when it comes to fasting. Considering fasting is an intriguing […]
Read More Waiting For The BridegroomYeah, I feel bad that I’ve neglected this here blog for the best part of a month – it’s just not good enough following my desire to blog properly more often. Yet I know I am forgiven and the Lord truly does not want me to live in condemnation I’ll apply the godly sorrow principle […]
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