"Proclaim a Holy Fast"

"Is it such a fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to afflict his soul?

Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?

Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?"

(Isaiah 58:5)

Holy Days they are, O Lord, to pray and fast for the souls of men, 

  for beloved Israel, and Your Church

For to starve the flesh and feed the spirit is the height of worship, 

 and the depth of an innermost search

We bow down to rise high in humble contrition, entering the place 

 called Holy, which is next to Your face

It is obeisance of mortal dust, to strengthen the spirit, to awaken 

 the soul, and embrace the truth of grace

We're closest to You during this time, dear Lord, and we hear the 

 clarity and power of Your omnipotent voice

Just to hear You in such power and holiness, is cause to shout with 

 awe, with wonder, and to rejoice

The Holy One of Israel has come, to commune with His creation,    

and it's only when fasting that we're so attuned

It brings Your presence so strongly to heal our hurts, and apply

 the balm of Gilead, to every care and wound

Ah, fasting is the burden of the flesh, but the ecstasy of the spirit,

 a garden of aromas to the spirit's hunger

The body rebels, but the spirit leaps; the dust groans, but the Lord 

 weeps; His creation is so encumbered

But, the Lord's tears turn to smiles as He views the rise; the spirits 

 are growing stronger, in power and might

Each moment the spirit is fed, its muscles of faith reach for the  

 Groom, soaring like Eagles in a night flight

"Fast, children," says the Lord, to weary soldiers in war, for He 

 knows the spirit must exceed the fleshly dust

And the power comes from the Holy Ghost, that consumes the 

 human's being, in ethereal faith and trust

In the nighttime, there shall be light, says the Word of our Holy 

 God, and we are in the midst of darkest night

So, visionaries we must become, reaching beyond the earthly 

 realms, into the mind of God and His sight

"Maranatha" we cry, to our soon coming King; "Come and rescue 

 us," we cry from the end times of trouble

"Not yet," our Lord whispers, as He speaks in His nearness; there's

 yet a world of souls, left floundering in rubble

"Feed your souls," cries the Lord, explaining that prayer will 

 strengthen us, to endure the hour, and last

We see the face of God in our spirits, when we humble ourselves

 in prayer, and we "Proclaim a Holy Fast."

(Visit promiselandchurch.net and theexperience238.com.)

Pastor Kenneth Phillips

(Seeking the face of God for the Nations)

PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas

Services Sunday 10:30 am and Wednesday 7:15 pm

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A new year with a new Awakening!  Won't you join us in our 

40 days of fasting and prayer?  Everyone can do something, one

day a week, 7 days, 21 days, 40 days?  There are many variations,

of juice, one meal for people with health issues; we all can do 

our part.  Please send us your prayer requests, and if you would 

like to sow seed into holy ground, you may give online @ 

promiselandchurch.net.  God Bless you, dear one, 

and I know that He surely will!

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PromiseLand Church!

We're fasting and praying to 

see the Glory of God!

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