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www.prophecynewswatch.com    December 31, 2012 » Featured Products Fasting To Freedom In 2013 - Ebook Everything you need to know to fast safely Spiritual renewal, self-control, deepened contentment Refreshed relationship with God Developing the whole person - physically and spiritually How to prepare and safely end a fast Overcome addictions, emotional battles familiar with fasting Detoxification, healing, colon cleansing Delicious fresh juice recipes Many encouraging fasting testimonies to help motivate you 266 pgs/Immediate download The start of a new year is always a good time for self-examination. No doubt many will be looking at their eating and lifestyle habits this January. Like many the year before - most will fail to have any meaningful change within the first 30 days. We live in a consumer culture, predisposed to quickly fill the cravings of body and mind. The idea of fasting---the voluntary denial of something for a specific time, for a spiritual purpose---sets us immediately on edge.  Fasting requires self-control and discipline as one denies the natural desires of the flesh. During spiritual fasting, the believer's focus is removed from the physical things of this world and intensely concentrated on God. Put differently, fasting directs our hunger toward God.  It clears the mind and body of earthly attentions and draws us close to God. So, as we gain spiritual clarity of thought while fasting, it allows us to hear God more clearly. Fasting also demonstrates a profound need for God's help and guidance through complete dependence upon him.  Spiritual fasting is not a way to earn God's favor by getting him to do something for us. Rather, the purpose is to produce a transformation in us - a clearer, more focused attention and dependence upon God. Scripture shows us the Biblical principle of fasting is one of the keys to freedom in both our spiritual lives and our physical health. When Jesus spoke of fasting it was in the context of "when you fast" not "if you fast". However few Christians today practice this important principle because either we don't understand it or we don't how to do it in an effective manner (both spiritually and physically). One of the misconceptions people have when trying to change their diet, lose weight, or start to exercise, is disconnecting their emotional and spiritual health from their lifestyle habits.  They try a weight loss program and fail in disillusionment. Getting up off the floor of failure, they assume it must have been the fault of the program, so they try a different one, and fail just as badly.  In a complete opposite way, Churches are often guilty of ignoring the physical needs of people, and only focus on the spiritual. Diet programs ignoring the spiritual, Churches downplaying the physical, both resulting in fat and unhealthy people, and statistics are showing, are getting fatter every year.  Here’s the thing. You are both spiritual and physical, and both must be considered when it comes to health. Jesus understood this. His ministry was to the whole person. In fact Jesus was a holistic health clinic on legs.  "Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people." Matthew 4:23 It’s naive to think that you can lose 50 pounds of body fat, start exercising or make any dramatic lifestyle change by simply signing up to a new program. First of all, why are your 50 pounds overweight in the first place? Why did you eat hundreds of empty, extra calories a day while hating how you looked in the mirror? These are spiritual questions, and if they are not answered, you will never have control over your health.  Ultimately, freedom will be realized when you’re able to find the roots to your unhealthy choices, like overeating because you are trying to fill a spiritual emptiness inside, or feelings of insecurity, or simple boredom from a lack of purpose. Here’s the good news, there are real answers. With the right help, no matter how many times you have failed, you can have victory over your health.  Fasting To Freedom will guide you through both the spiritual and physical principles behind Fasting. Move beyond your appetite and into a more meaningful relationship with your creator as you discover all that He has for you this year. We are offering this in ebook format so you can immediately download the information and begin to explore this lost Christian art. Click here to donate and receive your copy Christian Fasting Testimonies Juice Fasting To Draw Closer to God  by Keith “I lost 5 lb. during the fast . . . but the best part of it though, is that my relationship with God deepened.”  I'm a missionary in the Middle East and all my adult life, I've tried to fast. I would water fast, usually for a day, but once for five days. Honestly, I found the experience too painful to get anything out of it.  Two years ago, a missionary colleague of mine had a deeply fulfilling 10 day fasting experience. I longed for that kind of communion with God. I discovered Fasting to Freedom and decided to do a juice fast. But first I asked God for confirmation that I should do this, and He gave that to me.  I went into the fast with only one purpose, to draw closer to God. Though juice fasting isn't as painful, I did experience hunger which drove me to rely on God. He rewarded me in ways I didn't expect. One of the strangest things that happened is that I quit biting my fingernails.  I had this habit since I was 10 years old and tried to quit many times. Something else that happened is that I lost my desire for unhealthy food. It's like the fast broke my addiction to sweets and processed foods. I came out of it craving a bowl of fruit, in fact after the fast, I became a vegetarian!  The last benefit is that I lost weight. I wasn't heavy, but as I got older (I'm now 46), I had gained some extra weight. I lost 5 lb. during the fast and then continued to lose weight after it since my stomach felt smaller, so I didn't want to eat as much. I also ate better foods. The best part of it though, is that my relationship with God deepened and since that fast, I have had a better relationship with Him.  That fast was a turning point in my spiritual life. I'm writing this now because I'm on day 6 of a juice fast. This time has been like the first. I tried it two other times, but did it with the wrong motivation. It makes all the difference to get spiritually and mentally prepared before you start a fast.  Changed On The Inside by Caralee “Four days after the crisis, I awoke bursting with mental and physical energy. I felt alert, clean, and thin.” I was open to fasting because I was at my wit’s end with a sinus problem as well as a candida infection. I had a rash on my face with redness and burning. My first fast was three days and I felt better, but afterward lost control and ate everything in sight. The good feeling received from fasting disappeared and the mucus effect returned in full force. A week later I started to fast with greater determination, fasting five days and eating sensibly for seven. On the fourth set of five-day fasts something happened. I had an intense pain in my head with hot and cold flashes and fluid in my ears. Mucus was draining from my sinuses. My tongue was white and my skin pale. My reactions slowed and I felt drugged. Luckily, this only lasted for a day, as the feeling subsided on the second day. Four days after the crisis, I awoke bursting with mental and physical energy. I felt alert, clean, and thin. I could breathe clearly through my nose. My facial rash had cleared. At this stage of the fasting, some of my friends became concerned because of how thin I looked, but to me I felt healthy. Besides, fasting had cleared up my agonizing symptoms. Stupidly, I ate some flour products and sinuses clogged within a day; a frightening reminder of how these foods affected me. I had never seen the effect so clearly. Fasting had given me a clear indication of what I shouldn't eat. A week later I was at a party with my friends and watched their life style; all surface, void of meaning, gossipy, and pettiness. I thought, what am I doing with my life? I'm not happy. I was crying, felt angry, hurt and scared. It was all wrong. I thought it was okay just being the same as them, but now I understood that it was toxic to who I really am. Something is pulling me; I can't stop it. I am being pulled whether I like it or not. My body has been transformed on the inside through fasting. I want pure things and am no longer satisfied with what my life once was. Click here to donate and receive your copy Thank you for your support. Our regular headline newsletter edition will be out shortly. Blessings, Kade