Josh Hatcher's Blog

Well, something is DEFINITELY wrong with our pastor. I think it's time someone had a talk with him.

I mean, come on, a week without TV, and now a week without food?


I much better like being a Christian on Sunday morning... This is just too hard.



Allright, that's not my thoughts here at all. I'm all about this. Not that I'm a fasting expert, mind you, the longest I've ever gone is three days, just several weeks ago.

Then I kept saying, I want to do a fast for five days, and then eventually seven days (my next step)... but I kept finding reasons not to do it.

Well, now I can't find a good excuse.


What is the deal with it? you might ask?

1. It gets me out of the norm. We're creatures of habit. And we find comfort in that habit... not that comfort or habit are bad, but they can and often do take your faith and crumple it up. God is often unexpected, and a life that follows Him should be as well.

Which brings me to Number TWO

2. It gets me closer to God. When I want to eat, I replace that hunger with a prayer. If i just get hungrier, I'm going to pray more. And not much gets you closer to God than prayer.

3. When we do it together, it draws us closer together. When we do an acto fo worship like singing, or praying, or fasting together, it gives us someting in common, which helps us relate, which makes us better friends.... man, i love you guys...

4. It's good for me. Face it. I'm fat. And my diet has been so bad recently.. I lost twenty pounds earlier this year with excercise and portion control, and i haven't gained much back, but i have ceased eating healthy, and i have no energy, and no self control. or at least very little... fasting forces my body to cleanse itself, and it helps me learn self control...

I hope you all are fasting with us, and it's not too late to start if you missed the first two days.

Even if you don't think you can do a whole week (I think you can do it..) you can at least do a partial fast, or a shorter fast. Skip one meal a day, give up sweets. Start somewhere....

So as i'm doing this fast, I'm crying out to God, and asking Him to show Himself. Might sound kind of bold... but God says if we seek Him we'll find Him... and even though many of us could say we've "found God" .. could any of us say that we've got all of Him we really need? that we know Him so well that we're content? that we know all there is to know about Him?

i'm satisfied by Him, but I know He's bigger than what I've imagined him to be.... so why not seek more?