Ahhh that still small voice jumped out and spoke to me again! It's amazing what you hear when you fast! Quiet is what I have been prefering so that I don't miss His still small voice. Jesus got away when He was here on earth. He spent lots of time with His Father.
I can't tell you how refreshing this time is! God is doing such a work in me. He's teaching me 100% reliance and trust in Him! He is the potter and I am the clay. He gave me one mouth and two ears so that I can listen more than I speak.
I read a devotion on CBN.com today called "Spiritually full or Undernourished." It talks about your relationship with Christ. How much time do you spend in prayer, Bible Reading, listening? I can't answer that for you. I can only answer for myself in this matter. He wants for us to spend time with Him. It's up to us to make that happen.
During this time of fasting from facebook I've learned one Big lesson. I was doing lots of stuff, but not spending much or anytime at all with God through prayer, Bible reading, quiet times of listening....Those attributes make a very undernourished, weak, and exhausted Christian. Yep, exhausted to the point where you have very little or no strength. All that I had done was gotten physically exhausted from doing "EVERYTHING ELSE" but spending time with God.
So, I'm learning to read my Bible more, pray more, listen LOTs more and just hanging out with Jesus the One who mattters most. Also I'm reading this book called "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan. If you don't have this book I highly recommend it!
Last but not least, I'd like to add...If you have never fasted, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT! Oh the things you'll learn! Do I miss facebook?!! NO not really, because the experiences I'm having away from it are PRICELESS!
-Alicia
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