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Supernatural Energy During
Water Fasting
By
Kimberly Pettit
“To to this day, I can't
explain how I managed to keep on cleaning, cooking, taking care of the kids,
running a Bible study group, planning for the holidays, and taking care of
business transactions while doing a 40 day fast.”
Two years ago, God called me to do a 40 day fast - 20 days of
juice fasting followed immediately by a 20 day water fast. Prior to this, I
had done several 3-day fasts and one 10 day fast.
When I started, God spoke to me to say that He wanted me to do a 40 day fast
and that it was critically important (both spiritually and physically) that
I do so. However, I felt lead not announce it publicly or parade it. So I
told only those who needed to know, my family and certain friends/prayer
partners, that I was fasting. On the inside, I knew what He was calling me
to 40 days, but it was an enormous help to not broadcast the full extent of
the length of the fast since everyone would have told me I was either
completely crazy or a member of some spiritual elite corps.
For the first 20 days I did a juice fast, the first 5 days
was really pretty easy. I had enough energy and was enjoying my times of
prayer and the feeling of clarity. However, on the 20th day, I felt
directed me to start water fasting. I felt God warn me that I would suffer
for 3 days but afterward it would get better and to keep going. I am so glad
he warned me because days 21 to 23 were physically excruciating. I had
blinding headaches and my body continued to expel impacted matter I had
stored up in my colon. I could barely get out of bed but clung to His
promise that after 3 days it would be better. After 3 days of water, it
lifted. The headaches and body aches stopped and, although still weak, I was
no longer in pain.
I have a husband, 3 young children, and a home business and a
ministry, so I could not put everything on hold to do this 40 day fast. I
Prayed that God would supply the grace and strength to continue to fulfill
my daily responsibilities. A very strong teacher in the Lord told me that if
God was calling you to do an extended fast, then He would supply you with
the abundant grace to complete it. I found this to be completely true. To to
this day, I can't explain in earthly terms how I managed to keep on
cleaning, cooking, taking care of the kids, running a Bible study group,
planning for the holidays, and taking care of business transactions while
doing a 40 day fast. But God was faithful.
I was sad to break the fast on day 40 but I knew it was time
to do so. I still don't fully understand all the reasons why God so
impressed on me the necessity to do this; but I do believe it literally
saved my life. Spiritually, I was in deep need of detoxification and there
are some things that can only be removed through prayer and fasting.
Physically, I used to suffer from fatigue and always needed to take naps to
get through the day and that all changed after this fast.
If God calls you to an extended fast, He is able to
abundantly supply all of your needs. For me, the important thing was to keep
it low key. People tended to have 1 of 2 reactions: to either think I was a
total freak or that I was a super-spiritual giant. I am neither. I was just
trying to be obedient to what I knew He wanted me to do. He’s so good!
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detoxification, healing, colon