Great Expectations

Happy New Year!  I'm so excited about some of the things that I have planned for this year, and specifically for this upcoming month.  I'm setting January aside for a time of prayer, fasting, and worshipping God, and I'm completely looking forward to it!  I'm going to be taking a break from blogging for a few weeks, because I am going to be focusing on 2 other things that I'm excited to tell you about...

My pastors and several others from our church are going to be doing the 21-day Daniel Fast this month (starting tomorrow), and my husband and I will be joining them. I've done the Daniel Fast before, but it was a 10-day fast, not a full 21-days. After looking back at my experience before, I was feeling pretty good after Day #4.  The first 4 days were the most difficult for me, but I felt fine after that.  Besides fasting from certain foods, I'm going to be fasting a few other things:

• The internet (except a few things I must work on during this time) This will be a tough one.
• I'm not going to be posting anything on my blog, writing any future posts or posting on Facebook.
• No movies.

These are the main reasons why I will be fasting:

• To break any strongholds in my life
• To expose any idols in my life
• To clear the "junk" out of my life so I can focus on God more and hear Him better
• Physical and emotional healing
• To prepare my heart for Kairos at the end of January

This brings me to the second opportunity I am so incredibly excited about!  As I mentioned above, I will be attending a Kairos event at the end of January.  My husband and I are very excited about this, and we know that God is leading us to attend this event held through another church's Freedom Ministry.  This event is described as a time set aside for inner healing, breaking strongholds, along with physical, emotional, mental and spiritual healing.  Needless to say (again), I am very excited about this!

I will be back the first full week in February, and I look forward to sharing with you my experiences at Kairos along with anything else that God has stirred up in my heart over this month's time.  I look forward to this next month with hope and great expectation. I'll be back soon!

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