Friday, January 16, 2009

For Spirit, Mind and Body

Ok Y’all! We all know our spirits, minds and bodies need this, so let’s get ready. The Daniel Fast begins on Ash Wednesday February 25, 2009 and continues through Resurrection Sunday April 12, 2009. 

Here's the plan: 

We pray 3 times a day, like Daniel. 6 a.m. 12 noon and 6 p.m. (for all who want to pray at the same time no matter where we are, let’s say this is CST (Central Time)

We read a devotional based on Scripture written by FUBU (for us by us, more on this in a sec.)

We put the brakes on anything we personally know is distracting from our purposes in the fast (e.g. tv, internet, hanging out, smack talking etc.)

We eat these:
  • Fruits
  • Vegetables
  • Whole Grains
  • Nuts and Seeds
  • Legumes (I call ‘em beans)
  • Healthy Oils
  • Water (some folk drink herbal teas without stimulants)
  • Herbs, Spices, vinegar (some folk avoid this and use citrus juices with oils on their salads)
We don’t eat these:
  • All refined and processed foods!
  • Dairy
  • Meat
  • Sugar, honey etc.
  • Bread
  • Fried Foods
  • Unhealthy Fats (the ones that turn solid)
  • Anything beverage that ain’t water!
Now to the devotional: we need to compose 47 writings that I’ll post for us. We got a little over a month to get it done, but we have to commit to writing soon so that we know that we will have all days covered. 

Scriptures are posted below.

Format:
Title
Reference Scripture
250 words or so
Close with a thought or prayer

Guidelines for writing: 
pray, study and let the love flow 

Errbody who wants to participate is eligible to write!

Let’s get ‘er going!

Post links to other resources and share any books/readings that have been good for you.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Scriptures for the Lenten Devotional

Here are the readings.  Pick a Gospel Reading and hit me up with the one u have chosen so I can mark it (rbelin@mac.com) or you can leave your choice in the comments section to this post.  We’re hoping to get enough writers to have  two devotionals a day: one for the Epistle and one for the Gospel.  Howbesonever, start with the Gospels and then we’ll be sure to have at least one reading per day. Scriptures in RED are TAKEN!

Date

Epistle

Gospel

Wed
Feb 25

Heb 12:1-14

Luke 18:9-14

Thur

Feb 26

Titus 1:1-16

John 1:29-34

Fri

Feb 27

Titus 2:1-15

John 1:35-42

Sat

Feb 28

Titus 3:1-15

John 1:43-51

Sun 1
Mar 1

1 Cor 1:17-31

Mark 2:18-22

Mon

Mar 2

Heb 2:11-18

John 2:1-12

Tues

Mar 3

Heb 3:1-11

John 2:13-22

Wed

Mar 4

Heb 3:12-19

John 2:23-3:15

Thur

Mar 5

Heb 4:1-10

John 3:16-21

Fri

Mar 6

Heb 4:11-16

John 3:22-36

Sat

Mar 7

Heb 5:1-10

John 4:1-26

Sun 2
Mar 8

1 Cor 3:11-23

Mark 3:31-4:9

Mon

Mar 9

Rom 1:1-15

John 4:27-42

Tues

Mar 10

Rom 1:16-25

John 4:43-54

Wed

Mar 11

Rom 1:28-2:11

John 5:1-18

Thur

Mar 12

Rom 2:12-24

John 5:19-29

Fri

Mar 13

Rom 2:25-3:18

John 5:30-47

Sat

Mar 14

Rom 3:19-31

John 7:1-13

Sun 3
Mar 15

1 Cor 6:12-20

Mark 5:1-20

Mon

Mar 16

Rom 4:1-12

John 7:14-36

Tue

Mar 17

Rom 4:13-25

John 7:37-52

Wed

Mar 18

Rom 5:1-11

John 8:12-20

Thur

Mar 19

Rom 5:12-21

John 8:21-32

Fri

Mar 20

Rom 6:1-11

John 8:33-47

Sat

Mar 21

Rom 6:12-23

John 8:47-59

Sun 4
Mar 22

Gal 4:21-5:1

Mark 8:11-21

Mon

Mar 23

Rom 7:1-12

John 6:1-15

Tue

Mar 24

Rom 7:13-25

John 6:16-27

Wed

Mar 25

Rom 8:1-11

John 6:27-40

Thur

Mar 26

Rom 8:12-27

John 6:41-51

Fri

Mar 27

Rom 8:28-39

John 6:52-59

Sat

Mar 28

Rom 9:1-18

John 6:60-71

Sun 5
Mar 29

1 Cor 9:19-27

Mark 8:31-9:1

Mon

Mar 30

Rom 9:19-33

John 9:1-17

Tues

Mar 31

Rom 10:1-13

John 9:18-41

Wed

Apr 1

Rom 10:14-21

John 10:1-18

Thur

Apr 2

Rom 11:1-12

John 10:19-42

Fri

Apr 3

Rom 11:13-24

John 12:1-10

Sat

Apr 4

Rom 11:25-36

John 11:28-44 or 12:37-50

 

 

 

 

Sun

Apr 5

1 Tim 6:12-16

Matt 21:12-17

Mon

Apr 6

Phil 3:1-14

John 12:9-19

Tues

Apr 7

Phil 3:15-21

John 12:20-26

Wed

Apr 8

Phil 4:1-13

John 12:27-36

Thur

Apr 9

1 Cor 10:14-17, 11:27-32

John 17

Fri

Apr 10

1 Pet 1:10-20

am: Jn 13:36-38

pm: Jn 19:38-42

Sat

Apr 11

am: Heb 4:1-16

pm: Rom 8:1-11

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Sun 1

Apr 12

 

am: John 1:1-18

         pm: John 20:19-23

 

See: http://www.crivoice.org/lent1.html

Remember, choose Gospels first.  When they are all selected, we'll go to the Epistles.