Fast and pray

Dear friends,

I have come to a new season where I have feasted hungrily on revelations that God has brought to my attention, and as I serve in ministry, and serve in various prayer, healing and ministry settings, I have come to realise that I am indeed close to God's heart, and through the last few years have drawn close enough to see visions and hear His voice, and manifest healing, and all in all, this experience is wonderful, but it is not nearly enough! I have only just tasted and seen that the Lord is good!

And so, this past week, as I needed to clear my head and make some decisions in life, I had spent it fasting and praying. I had fasted from meat, from people, from entertainment, from electronic communication and social media, and during the time that I fasted, I spent time praying, soaking, pouring over my Bible, and meditating on all of it, and had done nothing else but to draw close to God. Answers and revelations came easily, and I was able to recenter my life on God, as well as discover several wonderful ways of connecting deeper into the Word. Namely, soaking while reading aloud and going over the same scripture over and over again. As well as personalising the Word, by writing my interpretation of it, visualising it happening, and turning some of it into personal prayers to pray over myself. All of which has helped me grow in my intimacy with God and Jesus. Which is amazing! So amazing, in fact, that I have decided to continue this fast, though I will be eating meat again, but I have now lost interest in much of the ways that I spent my idle or resting time, and am going to dive into the Word whenever I can. Especially having received the message in Mark 4. That every Word I take and plant in my heart will manifest thirty, sixty or a hundred times over! I can't wait to be so firmly rooted in the Word that God himself manifests in my life!

And so, I'm going to spend a lot of time pouring over Scripture and it will help me grow, and at the same time, I will continue to seek to grow in practical ways as I continue my work in ministry.

Much love and blessings,

James