The Ultimate Guide to the Daniel Fast: Feed Your Soul, Strengthen Your Spirit, and Renew Your Body - Softcover

Feola, Kristen

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ISBN 10: 031033117X ISBN 13: 9780310331179

Verlag: Zondervan, 2010

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Over 100 Recipes Plus 21 Daily Devotionals

This book is your ultimate plan of action and toolbox as you commit to the Daniel Fast. You'll not only embrace healthier eating habits, you'll also discover a greater awareness of God's presence.

Divided into three parts--fast, focus, and food--this book is your inspirational resource for pursuing a more intimate relationship with God as you eliminate certain foods such as sugars, processed ingredients, and solid fats from your diet for 21 days. Author Kristen Feola explains the Daniel Fast in easy-to-understand language, provides thought-provoking devotions for each day of the fast, and shares more than 100 tasty, easy-to-make recipes that follow fasting guidelines.

In a conversational style, Feola helps you structure the fast so you can spend less time thinking about what to eat and more time focusing on God.

As Feola writes, "When you want ideas on what to cook for dinner, you can quickly and easily find a recipe. When you feel weary, you can be refreshed through Bible verses and devotions. When you are struggling with staying committed, you can refer to the information and tools in this book to motivate you."

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Kristen Feola is the author of the best-selling book, The Ultimate Guide to the Daniel Fast, an encouraging and engaging resource for individuals, small groups, and churches participating in the Daniel Fast. Her blog, http://www.ultimatedanielfast.com, inspires thousands of people around the world. Kristen is a frequent contributor to Pentecostal Evangel magazine, and her writing has appeared in a variety of Christian and health-related publications. She has worked as a personal trainer, fitness instructor, and nutritional consultant. Kristen lives in Springfield, Missouri, with her husband and two daughters.

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The Ultimate Guide to the Daniel Fast is an inspiring resource for Christians who want to pursue a more intimate relationship with God through the 21-day commitment to prayer and fasting known as the Daniel Fast. As you deny yourself certain foods---such as sugars, processed ingredients, and solid fats---you will not only embrace healthier eating habits, you'll also discover a greater awareness of God's presence. Author Kristen Feola explains the Daniel Fast in easy-to-understand language, provides 21 thought-provoking devotionals for each day of the fast, and shares more than 100 tasty, easy-to-make recipes that follow fasting guidelines.In a conversational style, Feola helps you structure the fast so you can spend less time thinking about what to eat and more time focusing on God. You will also discover that 'to fast' means 'to feast' on the only thing that truly nourishes?God's powerful Word.

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The Ultimate Guide to the Daniel Fast

By Kristen Feola

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Contents

Introduction: Feast While You Fast.............................7Why Fast?......................................................7My First Daniel Fast...........................................8How This Book Will Help You....................................9Types of Fasts.................................................13The Daniel Fast................................................13A Biblical Perspective on Fasting..............................16What Fasting Is and What It Is Not.............................19Creating Your Fasting Plan.....................................23Focus on God by Feasting on His Word...........................33DAY 1 Fasting Begins with Confession...........................34DAY 2 Go to Mount Moriah.......................................35DAY 3 His Glorious Name........................................36DAY 4 Drink Up!................................................37DAY 5 The Breath of Life.......................................38DAY 6 Cries in the Night.......................................39DAY 7 A Good Work..............................................40DAY 8 When Affliction Is Good..................................42DAY 9 Be Patient, and Don't Grumble!...........................43DAY 10 Tunnel Vision...........................................44DAY 11 Dry Bones...............................................46DAY 12 The Right Tool..........................................47DAY 13 Fear....................................................48DAY 14 Run!....................................................50DAY 15 Follow the Cloud........................................51DAY 16 Stop Being So Stubborn!.................................52DAY 17 Above, Not Below........................................53DAY 18 Desire the Prize........................................54DAY 19 The Aroma of Christ.....................................56DAY 20 Content.................................................57DAY 21 Remember................................................58Foods to Eat...................................................63Foods to Avoid.................................................63Creating Your Daniel Fast Meal Plan............................64Week 1 Suggested Meal Plan.....................................65Week 2 Suggested Meal Plan.....................................66Week 3 Suggested Meal Plan.....................................67Breakfast Dishes...............................................69Appetizers and Snacks..........................................81Salads and Salad Dressings.....................................102Soups..........................................................117Vegetables.....................................................136Main Dishes....................................................159Juices.........................................................188Acknowledgments................................................195Appendix 1: Fasting FAQs.......................................197Appendix 2: Verses to Feed On..................................201Appendix 3: Daniel Fast Menu Planning Tool.....................203Index of Recipes...............................................219

Chapter One

Types of Fasts

When most people think of fasting, the first image that usually comes to mind is of a person going without food for several days and drinking only water, broth, and juice. Although fasting comes in a variety of forms, there are basically four types:

1. Absolute

2. Supernatural absolute

3. Liquid

4. Partial

An absolute fast is a fast from all food and liquids for a few days, which is what the apostle Paul experienced after the Lord appeared to him on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:9). Another example is when Queen Esther sent a message through Mordecai, asking the Jews to fast with her before she went to see the king. She said, "Do not eat or drink for three days" (Est. 4:16).

A supernatural absolute fast requires refraining from eating and drinking for a greater period of time than the absolute fast. It is referred to as supernatural because the length of time involved is medically impossible to survive without the divine empowerment of the Holy Spirit, such as when Moses went without food or water for forty days on Mount Sinai when he received the Ten Commandments from the Lord (Exod. 34:28).

A liquid fast involves eliminating food for a period of time and consuming only water, fruit juices, and vegetable juices. The Bible does not mention a liquid fast specifically, but it's an option that many people choose, especially when fasting for more than two or three days. This type of fast is not quite as taxing on the body as an absolute fast, and there is typically no danger of dehydration if adequate liquid is consumed.

On a partial fast, certain foods are removed from the diet for a specific length of time. The prophet Daniel chose to undergo a partial fast when he sought the Lord. His fasting experiences form the basis of the Daniel Fast.

The Daniel Fast

Participating in a Daniel Fast requires eliminating commonly enjoyed foods for twenty-one days as an act of worship and of consecrating oneself to God. Foods that are allowed are fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, and oils. Restricted foods include dairy, meat, sugar, all forms of sweeteners, yeast, refined and processed foods, deep-fried foods, and solid fats. (For complete lists of foods to eat and foods to avoid, see p. 63.)

You don't have to be a spiritual giant to do a Daniel Fast. It's for anyone who is hungry for a deeper connection with the Lord and who is also willing to make a three-week commitment to the spiritual discipline of fasting as a means of pursuing that connection. Because it is a partial fast, as opposed to an absolute or liquid fast, participants are able to eat a wide variety of foods. For this reason, the Daniel Fast is a good entry-level fast. However, if you have a medical condition or any health concerns, you should consult with your physician before beginning any type of fast, including the Daniel Fast.

The guidelines of the modern-day Daniel Fast are based on the fasting experiences of the prophet Daniel. We follow his example not so much because his diet is worth emulating as because his heart is worth emulating. In the book of Daniel, chapters 1 and 10, we discover how Daniel's passion for God caused him to long for spiritual food more than physical food, which is the ultimate desire of anyone choosing to participate in a fast. As we take a closer look at what he did, it's important to remember that we're not trying to duplicate Daniel's menu, but we do want to imitate the spirit in which he fasted.

Daniel 1: The Ten-Day Test

The book of Daniel begins with a conquest. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has besieged Jerusalem, the capital city of Judah, taken King Jehoiakim captive, and ransacked God's temple. As part of incorporating this new acquisition into his kingdom, Nebuchadnezzar brings a group of young Israelite men from their homeland to serve in his palace in Babylon — but not as prisoners or slaves. Nebuchadnezzar wants talent. He chooses the best — young men from wealthy, influential families, who are handsome, intelligent, and strong, with great potential for leadership and success. Nebuchadnezzar puts his chief official in charge of these men and commands that they be trained for three...

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• Verlag: Zondervan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 031033117X
• ISBN 13: 9780310331179
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
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