2009
40-Day Fast & Prayer

Mark the dates on your calendar:
22 July ~ 30 August 2009

Every year in my country Malaysia, our National Evangelical Christian Fellowship (NECF) organizes a 40-day Fast and Prayer to pray for the nation, ending just in time to celebrate our Independence Day on 31 August.

You don't have to be a Christian to fast for 40 days. Prolonged fasting has its benefits for health reasons(http://www.juicing-for-health.com/benefits-of-juice-fast.html). Or, whatever is your faith, you may want to join the CF in a fast and pray in your own special way. But my approach will be from the Christianity perspective.

How you can fast?

You can opt to fast in any of the following ways:

• A partial food fast: Fast from a meal a day (either breakfast, lunch or dinner); or omitting a certain type of food during the fast (example, meat).

• A full food fast: Fast from all foods and drinking only fluids¾water, health drinks, juices and broths. (For prolonged fast, vegetable juices are preferred over fruit juices.)

• Absolute fast: Refraining from both food and fluids. Not to be attempted for more than three days, unless you know what you are doing.

• Non-food fast: Giving up something you love that may have been interfering with your spiritual life (example, TV or the computer). But I personally find this the most difficult to do!!