What we are hearing from participants

¬When I decided to be a part of this Fast, I knew that it was going to be about so much more than just food.  I have felt God already working in my life and I knew that as soon as I stepped out in obedience, He would take that opportunity to speak to me and start revealing Himself.

¬The message on "Praying Through" was mind-blowing for me.  We can't "pray through" until we are willing to accept His answer.  And you know what? That's it!  It was a light bulb moment for me…..of course we can't pray and get any answer at all until we give it to Him with an open heart and mind, willing to accept any and all answers He has for us.

¬Today was a breakthrough day for me……I have spent a better part of the day praying and crying and searching for Him and have come to a conclusion that I am at a place where I kinda feel like I have gotten myself through the first 11 days and now I am having to pump up into God's arms and have Him carry me the rest of the way. And I know He wants that too….He is just waiting for me to say it out loud to Him and ask for His help.

¬I want to thank you for being obedient to God's leading in your life.  And for being an amazing shepherd…..I love OBC and love being a part of what God is doing…..I am praying for revival in my life, in my home, in our church and further out into our country.

¬I really wanted to give up something that was controlling me.  God has really shown me I was a Facebook addict.  I had no clue that I had allowed something like that to have so much control in my daily life.  When I am driving and at a red light, I would log on to see if there was anything new and at work I was constantly pulling it up to see if there were any new updates.  Wow, I have come to the conclusion I do not want to be popular with the Facebook crowd, I want to be popular with God.

¬I can't tell you what a blessing this time of fasting has been.  We're spending more time praying together than we ever have.  Every day the Lord is filling me with more of Himself, which seems to be flowing out of my eyes.   I seem to cry all day long because I feel His love for me and I love Him so in return.

¬Yesterday in your message, you said some people have expressed to you that this fast couldn't have come at a worse time.  For us, I believe it came at the perfect time.  I really believe the things that we have been dealing with lately, made us desperate enough to say we need to do this.  Day 6 the theme was, I will persevere until I see a victory.  This has been my motivator and this morning my son walked into the kitchen and said, mom, I need to start going back to church with you and dad.

¬I wanted to say, I really enjoyed your sermon on Sunday.  It was my first time attending OBC.  I am speaking of your message about listening to the Lord and doing His will to glorify Him.

¬"I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you". Man, that's where I want to be. I want to be able to know the word inside out and live it and walk it.  If we believe that out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks, then I want my heart to be full of his word so that one day when I'm on that stage, I speak life and lead someone to Christ.  There can't be any better feeling than that.

¬Am so glad to hear the way God is working thru the fasting and prayer time.  I really want to learn how to study the Bible deeper and know Jesus better than ever before.  I am already experiencing the devil doing things to hinder my study time.  Always problems, but I know whom I believe in and trust in, so I'm trying to give all these things to the Lord and concentrate on HIM and have a sweet time of fellowship with Him.

What do you think?  Send me your comments to pastordave@orlandobaptist.com.