Therefore, Run

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Hebrews 12:1-3 NIV

Day 16!

Hello, I just wanted to update you on how this fast is going, both corporately and personally down here! :)
Corporately the fast has been very good, I can feel us going deeper and deeper and pressing in more and more during this time of intercession and crying out for revival in America. The more people I talk to, the more I have realized that as a corporate body we are being purified and our hearts are being purged of anything that is not holy in the sight of Jesus. He continues to massage our hearts, His bride must be whole and untainted by worldly lusts and pleasures. He is returning us to that place from which we have fallen and even though at times it is hard, there is extended grace right now for His bride so that He can do the work that must be done in us.
Personally I have felt Him so near to me. He is drawing me away and enticing me with the pleasure that only can come from knowing Him and His heart. It feels so wonderful to know that He is really real :) and that He really looks at me and loves me even though I am so unworthy of His love. I am definitely feeling the purification process as He so tenderly scrapes the gunk out of my heart... and even though it should be so painful, I am finding joy amidst the pain because I know that everything He is doing is for love. And as this process goes on, I can actually feel my heart's capacity to love Him more expand. My biggest temptation during the fast is to eat chocolate or candy :) I have not caved and I know that even if I do it isn't like my life is going to end because I will put the chocolate right back in it's secret cabinet... lol. But for real, that has been the biggest temptation for me and every 'no' to that temptation I feel in my heart because I am putting my flesh under the Lordship of Jesus Christ and letting Him fill me with eternal pleasures that come from knowing Him instead of filling myself with worldly pleasures that satisfy me for 5 minutes and leave me wanting more.

If you are participating in this fast as well, I pray that you would have an increase of grace on your life during this period and that God would reveal Himself to you in new ways every single day!
I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
Ephesians 1:16-21 ESV