How To Do A Fast And Succeed - Q&A 66: Daniel Fast Vs Intermittent Fast

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The questions today are all about how to do a fast. Fasting is just one of those disciplines that has been ignored in our churches. I've never been taught fasting before. Yet today, I'm going to answer your questions about it. So this is fantastic.

1. There's so much hype today about intermittent fasting. Is it similar to the Daniel fast?

The Daniel fast is about the food such as eating seed bearing foods for a specific amount of time, typically 21 days, intermittent fasting is about the clock. It's about time. So it's delaying eating until a predetermined time has passed. So an intermittent fast can actually be 12 hours overnight, which I highly recommend for everyone just a standard. Another intermittent fast would be to increase the 12 hours to more such as 14 hours, 16 hours or even more. Now Jesus fasted completely for 40 days. And this was about time with God while he was preparing for his very short three year ministry. Both can be done at the same time for an even better result. So you can do intermittent fasting combined with the Daniel fast and spiritually and physically it works.

Or you can choose one over the other for specific reasons that are important to you. Fasting is biblical when we make it about our relationship with the Lord. Fasting is dieting when we exclude the relationship aspect.

2. I'm a bit confused about the plan. In some of your videos, you talk about the Daniel fast. But then I see another video where you're making pizza with meat and cheese. I need to lose weight and I am a Christian, and just desiring some help.

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