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Fasting

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We have a new diet created each day With many saying you need to hear what I say If we could cut out these foods It might put all in better moods A diet to conform to your body type Why not jump on this train of hype Are we more focused on the outside Then what's being drawn in by the tide We learn of foods that are good and bad Without one are the other makes one sad Get rid of the toxins unto fasting To help the body evermore lasting Many know in this poem for fun I care more about how you look under the sun How do we see and recognize foods that harm And seek fresh food off the farm But ,yet do not see what is out to destroy the soul For the truth is in the scroll Learning to fast from this world of destruction While the inside is under construction In quietness and standing still With unblemished water to fill Unto, God is given all glory For , this is truth placed within not a story To recognize the evil around us That keeps many in division and fuss We have been given access to defeat With a new light unto thy feet That in a world of chaos and sin A newfound peace love and joy is there to win ?Isaiah 58:6 NIV? [6] “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4:16 NIV

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Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 9/8/2023 2:32:00 PM

Indeed we humans tend to be more concerned with body toxins, fasting and cleansing our bodies of them. I agree, we are better served in eliminating the toxins from our souls, the toxins of evil that seem to want to engulf us very day. I sincerely liked this poem and am faving it. Sara

Stephan McBride
Date: 9/9/2023 7:24:00 AM

Love your comment,this is the gospel : ) spirit flowing from within you Jesus came to give us access back to God : )indeed we want healthy bodies but most importantly we need to see the church of God's dwelling spirit to reign within, cleansed and then shown the evil in the world that is out to destroy ones soul, May God bless, comfort, guide and fill you with His peace, love, spirit and joy in abundance: ).

Valsa George

Date: 9/4/2023 11:12:00 PM

"Get rid of the toxins unto fasting To help the body evermore lasting" ! Fasting helps us to get rid of toxins ! It also helps us build from inside ! I have enjoyed your poem, Stephan with a pinch of humour !

Stephan McBride
Date: 9/5/2023 12:02:00 PM

Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. Hebrews 5:13?-?14 NIV Amen, valsa , you would know there is . meaning in more than what we put in the body but what comes out that shows which fruit within is produced: )

Beryl Edmonds

Date: 9/2/2023 4:20:00 PM

An enjoyable interesting read Stephan. If we live on the bread of heaven till we want no more, we’re sure to arrive one day at God’s door. As for the diets created every day, be like me and turn away… Belle

Stephan McBride
Date: 9/5/2023 12:04:00 PM

Amen, all glory to God, love your truthful comment: ). May God bless, comfort, guide and fill you with His peace, love, spirit and joy in abundance: )

Stephan McBride

Date: 8/31/2023 3:55:00 AM

And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well. Luke 12:29?-?31 NIV

Stephan McBride

Date: 8/31/2023 3:55:00 AM

and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. Matthew 16:3 NIV

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/30/2023 1:27:00 PM

Yes, I used to belong to a church in which fasting is practiced every first Sunday of the month and of course, in times of trial. I never liked it, but actually it should be done a lot to keep up good health. I suppose I just love food too much, but it's not difficult for me actually to go a day without eating. Nice one.

Stephan McBride
Date: 8/31/2023 4:03:00 AM

Its not or will to be good in own works, but through the promised spirit to manifest within that we fast from old ways that kept us from knowing God that His promised spirit might reign within, we need the bread that came from heaven with the living water to feast upon : ). May God bless, comfort, guide and fill you with His peace, love, spirit and joy in abundance: )

Sam Kauffman

Date: 8/30/2023 11:40:00 AM

Stephan, there is so much depth in this poem. It is like a diet of fresh foods that nourish us from the inside out and reminds us to rid our "soul diet" of sugar, fats, engineered foods and preservatives! Well done! Thank you for these words of grace. Reading this is like a moment of fellowship. That I treasure. Blessings and joy to you!

Stephan McBride
Date: 8/30/2023 12:52:00 PM

All glory to God my friend, for pouring His spirit unto us, to cleanse us within that His promised spirit shall dwell within and cast out darkness, fasting from old ways learned from man, while seeking new life unto what Jesus came for, May God bless, comfort guide and fill you with His peace, love, spirit and joy in abundance