Why do we Fast??

Why do we Fast??  We are fasting to receive insight and revelation for the things of God and His word in our lives!!  We are fasting to receive a revelation from God!!  Today, pray God reveal to me your plan for 2009!!  Some are going to make decisions that will destroy them and separate them from the call in which they have in God.  Still, others that were not expecting much in God this year have made a commitment and God is going to explode on them with "Unexpected Things!!"  I'm praying for a renewed anointing on all of us!!  A renewed passion for the word, for pray and for fellowship!!  You need intimacy with the Lord and you will only find that when you deny yourself!!  Fasting is denying a need for the food in which we partake of daily. The word says: "Let a man deny himself, take up the cross and follow me..." ARE YOU FOLLOWING?? I was at Olive Garden today and the waitress asked about the food I was eating and why I didn't want the bread.  I told her that I was fasting, No Meat, Sweets or Bread and she was astonished and asked for how many days was I going to do this??  She didn't know what to think of it??  She didn't quite understand.  You need to understand one thing:  If you have been feeling stagnant and unresolved, then I think it is time for you to get really serious about a real hunger for the Lord.  In decision making look to Jesus:  Heb, 12:2 says "Looking unto Jesus!!"  Are you looking to Jesus and asking Him to really bless your decisions and your  FUTURE??  I'm so exciting about the people that are growing and coming to the Lord daily at New Life!!