"Fast Club"

I can't wait to hear the results of a summertime "fasting project" that one of our fellowship groups has begun. It was in response to last Sunday's message about the spiritual discipline of fasting (see the summary here or listen to the sermon online or at iTunes). Here's the e-mail I received from one of the group leaders, informing me about their project:

I just wanted to share something that our Common Ground group will be doing throughout the month of July.

We had a really good conversation on the subject of fasting and questioned why this has not been commonly taught in the church as something we should still be doing. Most of us have never fasted on a personal level although some had participated in a church sponsored fasting of some sort. At first some of our group thought that this was an Old Testament practice that was not necessary anymore but as we dug deeper we realized that there was a real and continued need for fasting in the different areas that you addressed.

We talked about some different reasons that we might fast and decided that it would be a good idea to put it into practice. We came up with a plan that each one of us would begin some type of fast throughout the month of July and then come together in August (in a social with lots of food) to talk about what God had revealed to us during that time.

Our group is pretty excited to see what God will be doing in our lives over the next month. We'll keep you posted!

I've asked them to give me a write-up of their experience when they complete their collective fast in August. Stay tuned!