For many of us, Fasting for Adam has already begun. We have finished dinner, and will not be eating again until Thursday evening or Friday morning (depending on which type of fast you are pursuing). As the evening winds down, you may be a bit nervous about the hunger that you will experience tomorrow. I have done this before, and I am still wondering if I can make through the whole day!
Although tomorrow is the official fasting day, we are now joined together in abstinence from food. Before we go to bed, let's prepare ourselves for Thursday. You may already know how to prepare yourself for tomorrow. If not, here are some suggestions:
Meditate — Let's remind ourselves why we have decided to fast. Adam Root has been seriously injured. He has spent the past several days fighting for his life. According to doctors, he has an extremely long road to recovery, but the "recovery" of which they speak is something quite a bit less than the Adam we knew before his accident.
The only way for Adam to truly recover is through a miraculous healing by God. That's where we come in. We cannot heal Adam, but together, we can "loudly" petition God to heal Adam. Corporately (formed into a unified body of individuals), we will lift our voices to God. We have chosen to fast, so that we would have more time for prayer and be more sensitive to the presence of the Holy Spirit.
Worship — Acknowledge God's greatness. Listen to this song, and sing along if you like.
Pray — Tell God how great He is. Acknowledge Him as the Creator of life. Confess your sins to Him. Ask Him for His blessings upon our day of prayer and fasting, and ask Him to hear our prayers. Ask Him to answer our prayers that we bring to Him, tomorrow.
For some of us, we might not know exactly what to pray for, tomorrow. Don't worry about it. If you open your heart to the Holy Spirit, you will be able to converse with God without searching for words to say. And, you can check in for new posts to this blog for some suggestions.
Remember one thing, however. I ask that you engage in "full throttle prayer." As Adam's uncle, and as a brother in Christ, I ask that you stay very focussed on one key point — we are praying for a FULL recovery for Adam. We are asking God to completely retore Adam to his pre-accident health.
Remember that God, through His son, Jesus Christ performed many supernatural healings. In closing, I refer you the The Faith of the Centurion, which is documented in Matthew 8:5-13.
5When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. 6"Lord," he said, "my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering."
7Jesus said to him, "I will go and heal him."
8The centurion replied, "Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and that one, 'Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
10When Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said to those following him, "I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. 11I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
13Then Jesus said to the centurion, "Go! It will be done just as you believed it would." And his servant was healed at that very hour.
Tomorrow is our day to be centurions!
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