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A Sacrifice That Changes Everything | Marlin D. Harris
Welcome to our 31-Day Corporate Fast.
In 1988, I was 15 years old, sitting on a plane flying from Oklahoma to Seoul, South Korea. I felt that I was leaving more than a country but leaving my entire concept of normalcy and certainty. I was going from the world I knew to a world that I was completely unprepared to face. My father had received military orders to move from Ft. Drum, New York, and for the next 3 years, live in Taegu, South Korea. Now, this is not uncommon. Military families travel across the globe to new duty stations all the time and often make wonderful and amazing memories and experiences while living in a foreign country. But that was precisely the problem – we were certainly not a family, and this was most definitely not promising to be an amazing memory. My stepmother was a non-functioning alcoholic, and my father was a functioning one. I was placed in their home because my home of origin had become too unstable and abusive for me to live in. I was traveling 5,000 miles away from what I had come to know as normal, with people that I had just met less than 9 months ago. I sat on that plane believing that I was leaving one disaster and heading into another one. Nothing could have convinced me that day that this one experience would have so deeply changed my life and so firmly established my faith and confidence in God.
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A Health and Wellness Fast | Marlin D. Harris
Is Fasting Connected to our Physical Health?
This year’s fast is focused on both our spiritual and physical health. We are calling this a Health and Wellness Fast. For many people, a corporate fast centered around health and wellness might seem a bit unusual. The question that you may be asking as you prepare to participate in this year’s fast is: Is there a Biblical connection between fasting and our physical health? Now, of course, we know that there are clear Biblical connections between eating and our physical health (Genesis 1:29; Leviticus 11 ff.), and many would argue that there are even Biblical connections between sleeping and our physical health (Psalm 3:5; Psalm 127:2), but what about fasting? Does the Bible actually connect fasting to our physical health?
DISCLAIMER: Please note that our exercise, diet, and fasting programs are recommendations, and not to be considered as Medical advisements. You should consult your physician, or other health care professional, before starting this or any other fitness or diet program. This Devotional, and other areas of our website that offer health, fitness, and nutritional information is designed for You should not utilize this information as a substitute, nor as a replacement for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
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DISCLAIMER: Please note that our fasting programs are recommendations, and not to be considered as medical advisement. You should consult your physician, or other health care professionals, before starting this or any other fasting program. This devotional, and other areas of our website that offer nutritional information is designed for fasting purposes only and you should not utilize this information as a substitute, nor as a replacement for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
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