What is it?

COMPLETE FASTS:
Drinking only liquids, establishing the
HOW 3. Don't get discouraged if you went over.
one day. We encourage you to persevere
number of days.
As a church, we are entering a
time devoted to fasting and prayer
that will help us grow in our DANIEL'S FAST:
START? and move forward.

relationship with God. No meat, no sweets, and no bread. First, it is very important to have
Drink liquids. Eat only fruits. the desire to do it, do not do it
It is said that forming a habit takes legumes and vegetables. if you feel obligated, it is a decision
just 21 days. A habit is a pattern of personal. It begins like this:

chosen behavior that occurs almost

PARTIAL FASTING:
automatically, and it is regularly
A partial fast is when
also called addiction. Choose the type of fasting
you choose your fasting schedule.
What will you do.
For example: from 6am to 3pm,
Our prayer is that after
from dawn until dusk,
these 21 days of reading the word of W
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only your breakfast, only lunch,
God, spending time with Him and applying His of fasting that you will do. It's not just about
only dinner, etc.
truths to your life, you develop one not to stop eating but rather to
addiction to Your presence. It is our stop doing something you like to
I wish to spend time with God 3-DAY FAST: dedicate it to God.
daily becomes a It can be a complete fast, partial or
habit in your life. Daniel's (refrain at least from a
food per day). Choose a moment in the day
that suits you to do your

TYPES OF OTHER TYPES OF FASTING:

Itmayalsobethatyou"fast"a
devotional.

Inside the devotional, you will have a

time for an activity that you like

FAST make it so that you dedicate it to prayer

and to the Word such as: see
reading time and some questions for
reflect on the topic of the day. No
you stop having a prayer time and
TV, enter Facebook, Twitter, go to the cinema,
Fasting is not just about stopping the praise that will focus you more on God.
go for a walk, some physical activity or
food rather than that time be of
social.
growth in your relationship with God.
Here we present some of them:
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they provide you with a little more gossip
Have you established healthy relationships in
to worry you and make you think that...
your life?
Does anyone else know about your situation? Remember that God did not design you
to live this life alone, since the
DAY SIXTEEN // DETOX
Let's be honest. You and I know that Christian life is not just about
that kind of friendships don't suit us. deposit emotions and thoughts
Above all things, take care of your
How could they be if they poison? in God in your moments of prayer.
heart, because this determines the
our heart and nourish in us God designed you to experience
the course of your life.
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
negative emotions? an extraordinary impact on your
Keeping our heart is: to seek heart when in contact with another
correct relationships! human being. You will know that person
This verse is curious. Others
he is a good friend if... he looks at you and is the
Versions say: 'guard your heart,
It is true that the church many times is brave enough to tell you:
because from him flows life.
like a hospital. It is full of people Don't continue down here because it can
the heart is to guard the soul: mind,
that arrives with fitting problems, to harm yourself. You were not designed to
will and emotions.
the cuckoos inside. However, this. These here ... are the promises
it's also true that it is full of what God has for you. Let me help you
Now, what does this mean?
people who went through the process of to lift up the mud.
Hasn't there been a day when you are
untangle yourself and they are there to help you!
annoyed about something, you decide
People who, like you, have the same He who walks with the wise becomes wise.
talk to someone with the intention of
hope inside and, it can tell you: returns; he who associates with fools,
to vent or feel better and... it happens
I remember when I arrived and felt the will end up in trouble.” (Proverbs 13:20
quite the opposite!... instead of going out more
same yearnings for everything but... with God NIV)
calm, you end up more furious than
I know you can achieve it too!
never?
It is important that you see it as a The right relationships will get you out.
need to find these people and, go ahead. That's why in the church we say:
A way to detect agents
above all, if you don't find them... Meet someone, take root and
Toxins in your life is to notice those
You decide to be one for others! Stand in the house. Don't live life.
that lead you to chew over the problems and
alone. Don't even try it! Find
imagining alternatives of what could have been,
In healthy relationships, you will be able to friends who can accompany you in
and you can no longer change. 'Oh, it's true,
download your fears and anxieties with the the path, and help you see it more
I should have told you this. 'You are right,
trust in having people who fun, and less complicated.
I should have hit him!' Those are the ones,
they have decided to be temples of the Spirit
if you went with them considering in your
Saint, and they will try to lift you up when
heart forgiving someone, they tell you:
you are down, besides challenging you, some
What?! Forgive him?! Are you crazy? Questions:
sometimes correct you with love, and above all,
Did you forget everything that made you?
always, always, point yourself towards Jesus!
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intentions to make me feel this way, but the difficulties alone, but rather walks but the things we cannot see
the reality of all this is that it always with us in every step we take will remain forever.
I find out how to pull out with pliers its and gives us the strength to continue 2 Corintios 4:16-18
words that affect me in some way advancing despite the circumstances
DAY SEVENTEEN
way. It's as if from one moment to difficult. Cheer up! You are not alone during the
another would believe the lies that Satan difficult times. Jesus himself knows what
Very often in our lives He wants me to believe. He wants me to give up. Deuteronomy 31:8 says: what it means to feel rejected, and know
we experience the pain of feeling and I threw in the towel. He wants me to think that I don't Do not fear or be discouraged, for that feeling better than anyone. He
discouraged or rejected. Very to there is more hope in my life, but the the Lord himself will go before you. He He wants to repair your heart and restore you.
we felt like nothing could the word of God says the opposite. God He/She will be with you; he/she will not fail you or you to be able to use you for something amazing!
go out badly... but it happens. You argue with wants to build character in my life, and will abandon Even if you don't understand right now
a friend, you fail an exam, you so that I can be more mature. why, just wait because God
fired from your job, they take you out of your available and ready to do His work. God tells us to surrender because know what is best for you!
football team, you lose a relationship His plan goes beyond understanding
important in your life... and your dreams Romans 5:3-5 says: from our human mind. If something does not What is he/she telling you now?
and planes are collapsing in front We are also happy about it turns out as we expected Take a sheet and write it down.
yours little by little. face trials and difficulties we must acknowledge the power of God
because we know that they help us knowing that He is never going to close one
It is common to have seasons of pain to develop resistance. And the door without opening another that is much
in our lives where it seemed resistance develops firmness of better according to the plan you have for
that God is distant from us. character, and the character strengthens us!
It feels like we are walking alone. our sure hope of
a long road in the desert, where salvation. And that hope does not This is why we never give ourselves
nobody understands what we are going through. it will end in disappointment. For we know for defeated. Although our body
When disappointment arrives, it is like with how much tenderness God loves us, he is dying, our spirit is going
it would flood our entire life in a because He has given us the Holy Spirit renewing itself every day. For our
instantly, and defeat is dragging us along to fill our heart with his current difficulties are small
slowly until we feel that it is love. and they won't last long. Without
time to give up. embargo, they bring us glory
Even during the most seasons that will last forever and that is of
Personally, I have a lot difficult and discouraging of our much more weight than the difficulties!
problems with discouragement in my life. lives, God is shaping our So we do not look at the difficulties
I always find something because character so that it is like that of that we see now; on the other hand, we fix
to feel rejected, or someone who Christ. Suffering is the plan of our view on things that cannot
he tells me that I am not enough God to make us better people verse. For the things that now
Good. Well, at least... I feel that compassionate and who love their neighbor. we can soon see if they have left,
That's how it is. I know that people do not have However, He does not let us pass through.
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people. Asked: "Who wants this
ticket?” Several hands began to Questions:
to get up. He said, "I will give this bill to
Who or what determines how well you
one of you, but first let me
DAY Eighteen // DETOX How do you feel about yourself?
"to do something". So he proceeded to crumple
the ticket. He asked again: 'Who
Have you gone to God with your problems?
How much do two sparrows cost: a "Do you want the ticket?" Some hands...
Yes? No? Why?
copper coin? However, neither They lifted up again. "What if I do this?"
a single sparrow can fall to the ground He threw the bill on the ground and stepped on it several times.
How can you show your
without the Father knowing. As for times.
Thanksgiving to God for His love
you, every hair on your head
this week?
It's counted. So don't have He raised the bill, and it was all
fear; for God you are more wrinkled and dirty. "Now, who does it
valuable than a whole flock of "What do you want?" Some hands turned.
sparrows. to lift. "Friends, you have learned a
Mateo 10:29-31 very valuable lesson. It doesn't matter what
what I do with money, you still want it
How many times have you felt quite because its value has not changed. The
useless when facing circumstances that the ticket is still worth the same.
do they get out of your control? Although to

sometimes life can go better than Many times in our lives,

we hope, other times it can arrive at we feel that we are on the ground,
seems to be beating us up. dirty and crushed by decisions
what we have taken and the circumstances
Perhaps precisely thanks to this in which we are. We feel that already
week you understand what I mean. we have no value. For Him, dirty, clean
Oh wrinkled one, you are still highly esteemed.
The good thing is that our value is not her eyes!
based on our circumstances or
behaviors, since if that were the case not Psalm 17:8 says that God cares for you.
we would have hope. Let's read this how they would take care of their own eyes. The

history and let's see how it speaks to the value of our lives does not come from the
your heart. what we do or who we are, if not by
WHO WE ARE!
A well-known speaker began his
seminar holding a bill of
twenty dollars. In the living room there were 200
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many times we forget that our Let Him use you while you are
the real dwelling is invisible. here, but remember that it's already
preparing a place for you in heaven.
2 Corinthians 4:18 says: So I encourage you to declare with me:
DAY NINETEEN // DETOX
So we do not look at the difficulties
that we now see; on the contrary, we fix I advance until I reach the end of the
Have you ever wondered about our view on things that cannot race to receive the heavenly prize
What do you exist? It's very easy to get together. Well, the things that now to which God calls us through
trapped in the daily routine. we can soon see if they have left, Christ Jesus.
It's easy to wander aimlessly, without much but the things we cannot see I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

sense, hopes, or dreams. they will remain forever.

We have settled into a life The deep burning desire for
ordinary and to live in the way that This world is full of pain and to experience something beyond the earthly
society tells us how to live. But suffering, but we long for the day when comes from the One who created you. The One who
I am here to tell you something: There is that all this disappears. Our constantly seeks ways to get closer
much more than just that! hope is in a prepared Kingdom to you. Don't deny that desire. Don't look
for us since before the back. Walk every day knowing that
Takeababyasanexample. creation of time. you belong to the sky and that every step you
When it is in the womb, it is Just as the fetus has the longing to will take you there!
happy. Receives food, is at one day to use the empty space in
ideal temperature and everything that his chest for something more, we What is God telling you?
needs to be there. She knows nothing we feel the same. Although in some Write it.
beyond the womb of her mother. At that moment, we lost the true meaning.
Every breath and movement is subject of life, deep within us
the umbilical cord. The fetus is hearts and souls we know that
totally equipped with a good pair we long for more than just this world.
of lungs! However, he doesn't use them. We know that we are destined to
In the same way, we are to live something much greater. Everyone and every

made to live a life greater than this. moment on this earth must be
This land is only temporary and it is heaven. lived with the perspective of the sky!
the eternal. We are mere foreigners in
a strange land that is not ours No eye has seen, no ear
home he has listened, no mind
Have you imagined what God has?
We exist on this planet to serve ready for those who love it.
to Christ with all our heart, not But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.

It doesn't matter what the cost is. However,

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What are you getting from your echo of to please the Spirit, of the Spirit, Verse to memorize:
life these days? Perhaps you have forgotten that they will reap eternal life.
That's how life works. Do not be deceived: God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, thatWell,
he will we
also all
reap.will
For hehave
who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.
to be
before Christ to be judged.
DAY TWENTY // DETOX God wants us to serve Him each
Think about the last time you had a Each one of us will receive what
moment of all our days
very hard day, or on a day that is too much I deserve for the good or the bad that
because when we begin to live
One spring day a father and his son good. I bet the factors had done while I was in this
to please ourselves,
they decided to go for a hike in some determinants behind those days earthly body.
life can shoot us back
majestic mountains. After they had to do with the 'shouting' in the 2 Corinthians 5:10
some things not very pleasant.
having walked a little, the father mountains of the circumstances to you
he began to get tired, so the son around.
The other problem is that often
continued advancing. As it was not
we try to solve our
Looking closely at the trail, he fell and got hurt. For some reason, if you decided to show
problems when trying to change the
and shouted: "owwwwwwwie!". For his dominant negativity in
circumstances that surround us. That is
surprise, the voice was heard repeatedly, your words, attitudes or actions, do not
almost like trying to change an echo to
somewhere in the mountain: you will be surprised when it returns to you
move a mountain. It's not going to happen!
Owwwwwwwie! Thinking that unexpectedly like a boomerang!
someone was mocking him, he shouted:
The next time you try to change yourself
"Who are you?" And he received an answer: No, I am not talking about any idea
yourself first, start each day
Who are you? Furious about the foolish as "biblical Karma".
with positive sentences and adding
he shouted: "Coward!" And received
affirmative actions in your day. It can
The response: "Coward!". What I am trying to point out is
to be pleasantly surprising the echo
about the supreme importance of the
may God allow in your life.
Then he looked at his father and asked him: self-awareness regarding
“What is happening?” The father smiled. how behavior affects your life,
and he said to him: 'My son, pay attention.' And both in the short term and in the long term.
shouted to the mountain: "I admire you!" The voice
Questions:
he responded: "I admire you!" Once again the The Apostle Paul says: In the end, the most important thing is: What

man yelled: "You are a champion!" The Don't be fooled: no one can How has it affected your life?
voice replied: “You are a champion!” The mocking God's justice.
the boy was completely surprised You always reap what you sow. How much of the Scriptures have you
and confused. So the father told him sowing. Those who live only for memorized so you can scream
he explained: 'People call it echo, but in satisfy the desires of your own more positive things?
reality is life; it gives you back everything they will reap sinful nature,
that you say or do... of that nature, destruction and
death; but those who live for
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The Bible says in 1 Peter 2:7 that the relationships and dreams that have now become
The Lord is the main thing for those who turned more valuable to us Questions:
we are believers. Peter does not say that same... God will understand...
Jesus must wait to become "True?" Are you willing to ask God to
DAY TWENTY-ONE // DETOX
in someone valuable to us. He restore the joy of your salvation before
it simply is. But I have a complaint against you. that you lose your first love?
"The stone that the builders" You don't love me nor do you love each other

rejected now has become Like all rivers that ultimately among you as at the beginning! What is taking the main place?
the main stone. in the sea, we will see all our Nevertheless, I have this against you, that you have left your first love.in your life?
1 Peter 2:7 passions flowing in the preciousness of
Salvador. This is my last question: What would you do? How can you focus your
I have three questions for you... without Jesus? Let your thoughts thoughts and feelings towards
When does Jesus lose his place? travel for a moment in the open sea without Christ?
What is the main thing for you? Maybe legitimate as the most loved in your life? Christ. What would it be like?

it's not a word that you use much, Perhapsyourspirituallife,whichatsome

or maybe you use it excessively, so the moment was vibrant, it has become For me, a life without Jesus could not
let me put it this way: in a desert that howls without signs of defined as "LIFE". It would be like
What is the main thing in your life? Christ. a lonely, empty, depressing nightmare
and without hope to live in.
That which occupies the most cherished place in If so, allow me to suggest a I would have perspective on my past, wouldn't I?

your heart and has the highest value in exercise. Close your eyes and try to I would have joy in my life today, and I would not have

your life. remember how you felt when you knew that hope for my future... and all that
you were absolutely forgiven, it would only be in the first hour of not having
Perhaps the answer is not so easy. when did you know that the King of kings to Jesus in my life!
and the Creator of the cosmos loved you

We estimate money due to the power that scandalously. Remember how TakeamomentandimagineJesus
possesses and due to the freedom that we how did you feel when you realized not being the center of your life. If that
yes. We consider that our family that Jesus gave his own life so that it does not generate a mental attack, then
and friends are the main thing due to their we could spend eternity with Him. let me tell you that you are in the boat
love and company. What do we appreciate We are the obsession of your mistaken.
more: our plans, possessions and the thoughts!
personal happiness? How do we measure it?
What else do we value? You might say: "Oh... but all of that
It is for novice Christians. We,
For the believer, this question is the 'mature', we have an approach
it is obviously assumed. more kind and gentle. We have many
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