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7 Days of
Prayer and
Fasting
Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord
will do amazing things among you
Joshua 3:5
Bo Sanchez
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Introduction Chapter 1
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Friends, there are many, many blessings when we fast. But at Blessing #3:
the end of the day, God Himself is the greatest blessing of your fast. Fasting Opens You to Gods Power
Remember: If after you fasted, you experienced miracles and
healing, but you didnt grow closer to Godthen your fasting Years ago, I met an elderly man who was suffering from
would have been a failure. emphysema.
I noticed the symptoms. Even if we walked for just a few
Blessing #2: meters, I saw him catching his breath.
Fasting Unites You with The Poor Because of smoking? I asked him gently.
I stopped 20 years ago, he said, so partly, yes. But also
Every time I fast, I remind myself that this is the daily because of my lazy breathing.
experience of 12 percent of the worlds population. Not because I raised my eyebrow. It was the first time I heard of such a
theyre fasting. But because theyre poor. thing.
Tonight 740 million people will sleep hungry. He knew I didnt understand, so he went on, My doctor isnt
And out of those 740 million hungry people, 30,000 will die of your normal doctor. Hes an expert in alternative medicine. So he
starvation. says that all these years, my breathing has been very shallow.
Half of those 30,000 will be children. After our conversation, I did some research. Obviously, it
Fasting shouldnt just make me more spiritual. NEVER said that shallow breathing causes emphysema. But I
Fasting shouldnt just open me up for more blessings and learned one thing: Its very important to regularly take deep breaths.
miracles. Through regular aerobic exercise. Through breathing exercises.
Fasting should also move me to love the poor in a more Through meditation that uses breathing. And just by your usual
passionate way. morning stretches and inhaling a few times.
When I fast, Im also committing my life to end their hunger Deep breathing removes the toxins from your lungs. It also
and poverty. releases tension which affects your health.
After our 7 days prayer and fasting, we should be more Think about it. Just like you and me, this man had oxygen all
resolved as a people to love the poor of the Lord in whatever way around him 24 hours day. But he smoked, clogging his lungs so
we can. that it cant absorb 20 percent of what he was inhaling. And to top
it off, he breathed in a lazy way, decreasing again his oxygen intake.
Friends, thats what happens with Gods power.
Gods power is all over us, around us, above us, beneath us,
and inside us.
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But we do exactly the same thing: We clog our spiritual lungs These toxins weaken our immune system and makes us more
and were lazy when we breathe in Gods power in our lives. susceptible to disease.
But fasting is like deep breathing. Your body, after three days of fasting, will also burn up and
When you pray and fast, youre inhaling a greater amount of decompose diseased, damaged cells. What a beautiful way to purge
Gods power into your life! the bad!
Fasting isnt a bribe. Lord, Im fasting, so you better give me If you fast, youll do some house cleaning for your own
what Im asking for! Thats not how it works. body, removing the toxins and diseased cells naturallywhile
When you fast, God doesnt change. You do. blessing your soul at the same time.
You become more expectant, more open, more sensitive, more However, let me warn you: fasting isnt a weight reduction
attentive. program.
So when you fast, you can pray for something specific in your If you want to lose weight permanently, you need to change
life. to your unhealthy diet to a healthy diet permanently. A 7-day diet
wisdom for an important decision you need to make; wont work. A lifetime change of diet, yes! So I repeat: Fasting isnt
freedom from a particular bondage; the answer to a permanent weight loss.
physical healing;
family restoration; Blessing #5:
financial blessing; Fasting Empowers Our Ministry
any miracle that you need!
I know many of you have already written down your 7 dreams In the Bible, people fasted before they started their ministry
in your Novena to Gods Love. Pray for them in these our 7 Days of or before a big change in their ministry. Moses did it. Elijah did it.
Prayer & Fasting. Daniel did it. Esther did it. And Jesus did it.
Honestly, I feel our ministry has reached a tipping point.
Blessing #4: Last year, we saw how our work for the Lord has grew by leaps and
Fasting Cleanses Your Body bounds. Well see the same thing happen this year.
So fasting will release Gods power in our ministry.
God wants us to take care of our physical bodies. Pray for the following:
One way of caring for it is by fasting. 1. That we bless the world by building more Feasts in various
By relieving the body from the hard work of digestion, it cities;
focuses its energies on getting rid of the toxins weve piled up in 2. That we bless the youth and establish Feasts in major
our system from all the wrong food weve eaten. All the gunk, the campuses;
chemicals, the stuff that shouldnt be in our bodies in the first place. 3. That God raise up more young leaders and servants for
these Feasts.
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Chapter 2 GET JUICE FROM CARTONS OR CANS. Get real vegetables and
fruits that you put in your juicers and blenders. What kind of
vegetable and fruits should you juice? The best are fresh carrots,
celery, lettuce, beet, grape, etc. (At the back of this booklet are Juice
Choose Your Fast Recipes by Chichi Barba.)
Option # 2:
Other Kinds of Fasts
There are some people who cant fast.
To name a few: Extremely thin individuals; Those suffering I know many people who fast by taking bread and water only
from anorexia or bulimia; Persons with tumors, bleeding ulcers, for 7 days. (Uh, not raisin bread and donuts, Im sure.) In the Bible,
cancer, blood diseases, and heart disease; Pregnant and nursing Daniel fasted this way.
mothers; Individuals taking insulin because of diabetes and those Ive met people who miss breakfast, lunch, and just eat at 5pm
suffering from hyperglycemia. For the rest of you who are unsure, for dinnerand they do that for the 40 days of Lent. (Each year,
I strongly urge you to ask your doctor before you fast. hundreds of millions of Muslims do this during their Ramadan.)
If you can fast, this is how well do it as a spiritual family. You can do this kind of fast for our 7 Days of Prayer and Fasting.
Heres a brief explanation of different kinds of fasts
Option #3:
Option #1: Fasting for Your Freedom
Liquid Fast
If you cant do Option 1 or 2, thats okay.
Jesus fasted for 40 days with a water only fast. Fast from all thats harmful to your life.
Once, I tried a water only fast for 5 daysand its great Fast from unhealthy food.
but can be too exhausting for some people. In a water only fast, Fast from your addictions such as smoking and alcoholism.
toxins are released too abruptly and maybe too hard on the body. Fast from your arrogance and gossip.
Saying all that, I know lots of people who do a water only fast Fast from a critical spirit and negativity.
and did so successfully. The key is to drink lots of water. Fast from too much TV.
But I prefer a Juice Fast. Let this Lenten season be your season of freedom!
This, I believe, is the best kind of fastfrom a physical Friend, the choice is yours.
health perspective. You only drink vegetable and fruit juicesto Pray to God what kind of fast He wants you to take.
aid in flushing out all toxins and regenerate your body. DONT Remember: From a spiritual perspective, your inner attitude is
more important than what kind of fast you choose.
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Chapter 3 From Day Four to Day Seven, youll feel stronger and more
alert.
I cannot emphasize this enough: Each day, drink 8 glasses of
water.
How to Fast Throughout your 7 days of fasting, many people can maintain
their regular schedule of work and household chores. Others
however need a lighter schedule. Listen to your body. You can take
moderate walks as your exercise.
If you decide to take a liquid fast for 7 days, please read the
following five steps to have a great fast. If youre not taking a Step #3
Liquid Fast, then just read Step #3. Grow Closer to God
Step #1 This is the main reason why you fast.
Physical Preparation So instead of eating meals and snacks, pray.
Read spiritual books. Write your journal. Adore before the
If youll do the juice fast, I strongly recommend that you Blessed Sacrament. Go to Mass more often. Go to confession.
prepare for it well. Start eating a softer diet one day before. Stop I recommend that you gather with other members of Light
eating meat and focus more on fruits and vegetables. Reduce of Jesus (who are also fasting) during lunch and dinnertimeand
sugar intakeso you wont crave for it during the fast. Lessen the pray together.
quantity of your meals. Drink at least 8 glasses of water every day. Bring to God also your 7 Dreams written in your Novena to
Gods Love. Read this list each day.
Step #2 And pray also for the intentions of the Light of Jesus.
Begin Your Fast
Step #4
The first two or three days of your fast will be the most Break Your Fast
difficult. Youll feel hungry. Some people have headaches (perhaps
withdrawal effects of not having sugar and caffeine), feel dizzy, If you fasted for 7 days, take 1 day to adjust to real food.
have bad breath and bad odor. Thats the toxins coming out. For example, break your fast by eating salads and fruits on the
On Day Three or Day Four, you begin to feel better as your first day, add toasted bread at the later part of the day. No oils, dairy
body finally shifts to cleansing modeand stops complaining. You products, and meats during the adjustment period. Your stomach
no longer feel hungry as before. is much smaller now, so stop before you feel full.
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Why?
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believe that God has already made available to us all the blessings Day 2:
we needrewards included! Gods blessings are an endless What Is Your Desert?
waterfall flowing towards our direction, 24 hours a day and 7 days
a week. But when we fast, we open ourselves more to that torrent Luke 4:1-2
of blessings (and rewards) that are coming our way. So we receive Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the
more of them! Spirit in the desert, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He
ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.
How? Fasting increases our faith. Fasting increases our expectation.
Fasting increases our focus. All these make us more ready to Where did the Holy Spirit lead Jesus?
receiving Gods blessings.
What do you think are the rewards that Matthew 6 is talking Does it make sense? Why did the Spirit lead Jesus to a place where
about? Hell be tempted by the devil? We realize that just because youre
close to God, temptations wont disappear. The good person isnt
free from temptations, he just has the ability to overcome them.
What is your desert? What is your difficult place?
My Prayers and Reflections Today:
Jesus didnt stay in the desert forever. He used it to seek the Father
by prayer and fasting. You dont stay in your desert forever. Your
difficult place is only a season. God will use it so that youll be a
better person. And then youll move on.
What hidden blessing has your desert or difficult place given you?
Your desertyour trialsempty you so that God can fill you up.
Sometimes, when were full and satisfied, we dont grow anymore.
Trials force us to grow. Fasting does the exact same thing. We empty
ourselves so that God can fill us up.
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My Prayers and Reflections Today: When they sent both men to their mission, they placed their hands
on them. They blessed them. Dont forget to bless and place your
hands on your children, other family members, and friends when
they leave for school or work. They too are on a mission to show
Gods love to others. As you fast this week, bless them! Write here
the names of people you want to especially pray for and bless as
you fast
Day 3:
Who Do You Want to Bless?
Acts 13:1-3 Before Jesus started His public ministry, He also fasted. We fast to
In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, listen to God and receive His power to do His work. Pray to God
Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen and Saul. While they were now for guidance and anointing. He will give both to you as you
worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Set apart for me pray and fast.
Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. So after they
had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off. My Prayers and Reflections Today:
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Day 4: A life of courageous love must be the fruit of all our prayers and
What Is Real Fasting? spiritual practices. What did God promise to those who do this real
fasting?
Isaiah 58:3-4, 6-11
Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you pleaseand exploit all your
workers. Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,and in striking each
other with wicked fists.You cannot fast as you do today and expect your
voice to be heard on high. Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:to Have you experienced these promises in your life? Can you give
loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the examples?
oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with
the hungryand to provide the poor wanderer with shelterwhen you see
the naked, to clothe him,and not to turn away from your own flesh and
blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn,and your healing My Prayers and Reflections Today:
will quickly appear;then your righteousness[a]will go before you,and the
glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the
LORD will answer;you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing
finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hun-
gry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the
darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. The LORD will
guide you always;he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched landand
will strengthen your frame.You will be like a well-watered garden,like a Day 5:
spring whose waters never fail. What Should You Avoid
When You Fast?
While they were fasting, people were exploiting their workers and
quarrelling with others. So God told them what real fasting was. Luke 18:11-14
List down some descriptions here: The Pharisee stood up and prayed abouthimself: God, I thank you that
I am not like other menrobbers, evildoers, adulterersor even like this
tax collector.I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get. But the tax
collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat
Our prayer and fasting must make us more like Jesus. It must make his breast and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner. I tell you that this
us grow in love, especially for those who are suffering around us. man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone
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who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be Day 6:
exalted. What Mountains Do You Want to Move?
How often did the Pharisee fast? Matthew 17:19-21
Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, Why couldnt we
drive it out? He replied, Because you have so little faith. I tell you the
And yet his fasting produced spiritual arrogance instead of humility. truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this
This is what we need to watch out. Sometimes, the best spiritual mountain, Move from here to there and it will move. Nothing will be
activities, rituals, and practices pull us away from God instead of impossible for you. But this kind does not go out except by prayer and
drawing us near Him. For example, we look down at others who fasting.
dont fast.
But Isaiah 64:6 says, all our righteous acts are like filthy rags.
The apostles couldnt drive out the demon from a possessed
The other person in this passage is a tax collector. In the eyes person. So they asked Jesus why. According to Jesus, what was the
of the Jewish society, a tax collector was one of the worst sinners. reason?
He worked for Rome and was thus a national traitor. To make a
living, he was free to collect more than what Rome required. Some
of them became very rich. (Example: Zacheus.) People hated tax
collectors.
Fasting is an expression of faith. Fasting is meaningless without
But awareness of his need for God drew him closer to Gods
faith. When you fast, youre expressing that you need Gods
love. This is spiritual humility.
power for the particular situation youre in. When you fast, youre
So heres the message: More important than fasting is humility.
increasing the size of your faith.
For fasting to be complete, it should make you more keenly
aware of your desperate need for Gods love.
What mountains in your life do you want to move today?
Today, be thirsty and hungry for Gods love!
My Prayers and Reflections Today:
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My Prayers and Reflections Today: Saul met God on the road to Damascus. It was such a powerful
experience, he changed completely. From a Pharisee who persecuted
Christs disciples, he became a disciple himself.
But notice what he did when he was led back into Damascus.
What did he do?
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As you finish your fast today, pray for real changes in your
life.
In these past week, you too have had a Damascus Road
experience. You met God. He spoke to you. He blessed you.
Day 7: Rise out of your 7-day fast a new person, changed by the Holy
What Changes Do You Want to Happen? Spirit.
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1. Carrot and Apple Juice (from the Gerson Therapy) This will make approximately 1 to 2 ounces of wheatgrass juice.
6-8 oz carrots Push wheatgrass into a juicer. Serve (strain first if using a blender).
6-8 oz apples (green)
After making sure the carrots and apples are clean, prepare the 5. Fountain of Youth Green Juice (from Val Archer)
ingredients (based on the kind of juicer or blender you have). Place
these in your juicer or blender. Expect to have at least 8 oz. 1 to 2 inch rounds of fresh wheatgrass or barley grass,
1 large cucumber
2. Carrot Juice 4 to 5 stalks of celery
12 ounces to 1 pound of carrots green apple
1 thumb of ginger
Prepare (wash, slice) then push all ingredients in your juicer or
blender. Serve (strain first if using a blender). This quantity is Prepare (wash, slice) then push all ingredients in your juicer or
enough for an 8 oz. glass of carrot juice. blender. Serve (strain first if using a blender).
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Slice and wash cabbage. Wash fruits, peel. Combine cabbage, fruits
and juices in juicer. Serve (strain if using a blender). This will make 10. Watermelon and Honey Melon Juice
approximately 8 oz.
2 to 3 inch wedge watermelon (medium-size)
honey melon
7. Grape-Apple Juice
Wash fruits and prepare. Combine fruits and push into juicer. Serve
1 medium apple (strain if using a blender). This will make approximately 8 oz.
1 small bunch of grapes
Remove grapes from stem and slice apple. Combine and push all 11. Pineapple-Papaya Juice
ingredients into your juicer or blender. Serve (strain first if using a
blender). This will make approximately 8 oz. 2 inch wedge pineapple
papaya (medium size)
8. Tropical Flavors Juice Combine ingredients and push into juicer or blender. Serve (strain
first if using a blender). This will make approximately 8 oz.
2 inch wedge pineapple
1 medium-sized orange or 2 dalandan
1 tablespoon lemon or kalamansi
Wash fruits, peel, combine fruits and juices in juicer. Serve (strain if
using a blender). This will make approximately 8 oz.
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Thank You So Much for Your
Faith.
Thank you for joining the Light of Jesus Family in our 7 Days
of Prayer and Fasting. Even if you couldnt fast, it was your prayer
that was most important. By adding your faith to the faith of our
spiritual family, we made mountains move. We caused miracles to
happen. We received an avalanche of blessings. We grew closer to
God.
Bo Sanchez
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