Beginning by taking a comfortable seat,
Coming fully into this moment,
Allowing your body to assume a regal,
Dignified posture that reflects awake awareness.
Closing your eyes,
Fully arriving within,
Letting go of any other cares or worries,
Knowing that you're right here.
Noticing if there are any places in the body that need a gentle invitation to release,
Relax and let go.
Knowing that you're right here,
Bringing your whole heart and mind to this monumental moment.
Uniting your faith,
Intention and sincere desire with all other beings across the world to call upon Almighty God for His love,
His protection and peace.
Pleading with our whole hearts that the pandemic may be controlled,
That medical and home caregivers be protected,
The economy strengthened and life to be normalized.
As the following scriptures on the power of the fast are heard,
Focusing your mind on a word or phrase or an image that any of these scriptures may invoke to further strengthen your awareness and your faith.
The Lord said,
Is not this the fast that I've chosen?
To lose the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the heavy burdens and to let the oppressed go free?
The Lord said,
Is not this the fast that I have chosen?
To lose the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the heavy burdens and to let the oppressed go free?
The Lord said,
Is not this the fast that I have chosen?
To lose the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the heavy burdens and to let the oppressed go free?
Isaiah 58 6 The hand of our God is upon all those for good that seek Him.
So we fasted and besought our God for this,
And He answered our prayer.
The hand of our God is upon all those for good that seek Him.
So we fasted and besought our God for this,
And He answered our prayer.
The hand of our God is upon all those for good that seek Him.
So we fasted and besought our God for this,
And He answered our prayer.
Ezra 8 22 and 23 If at any time your mind wanders away from scriptural word or phrase or image,
This is not a problem.
Just bringing your mind gently and kindly back to your focus on the scripture or the image in your mind.
Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousness,
For they shall be filled with the Spirit of the Lord.
Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousness,
For they shall be filled with the Spirit of the Lord.
Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousness,
For they shall be filled with the Spirit of the Lord.
Matthew 5 verse 6 Therefore,
Said the Lord,
Turn ye even to me with all your heart and with fasting and weeping.
So rend your heart and turn unto the Lord your God,
For He is gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger and of great kindness.
Therefore says the Lord,
Turn ye even to me with all your heart and with fasting and weeping.
So rend your heart and turn unto the Lord your God,
For He is gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger and of great kindness.
Therefore said the Lord,
Turn ye even to me with all your heart and with fasting and with weeping.
So rend your heart and turn unto the Lord your God,
For He is gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger and of great kindness.
Joel 2 verse 12 and 13 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness,
And when He had fasted 40 days and 40 nights,
Afterward He was hungry.
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness,
And when He had fasted 40 days and 40 nights,
Afterward He was hungry.
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness,
And when He had fasted 40 days and 40 nights,
Afterward He was hungry.
Strengthening the souls of the disciples,
Exhorting them to continue in faith and saying,
We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.
So when they had appointed elders in every church and prayed with fasting,
They commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Strengthening the souls of the disciples,
Exhorting them to continue in faith and saying,
We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.
So when they had appointed elders in every church and prayed with fasting,
They commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Strengthening the souls of the disciples,
Exhorting them to continue in faith and saying,
We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.
So when they had appointed elders in every church and prayed with fasting,
They commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Verse 26,
14,
Verses 22 and 23.
These things I have spoken unto you that in me you might have peace.
In the world you shall have tribulation,
But be of good cheer.
I have overcome the world.
These things I have spoken unto you that in me you might have peace.
In the world you will have tribulation,
But be of good cheer.
I have overcome the world.
These things I have spoken unto you that in me you might have peace.
In the world you shall have tribulation,
But be of good cheer.
I have overcome the world.
John 16 33.
And bringing your attention now to the breath,
Flowing in and out of the body.
Breathing sensations as air comes in,
Pauses for a moment and flows out.
Breathing in compassion for the suffering caused by this plague,
Breathing out an offering to God and to all beings.
In this time of deep distress,
Feeling it in a natural thing to call upon our Heavenly Father and His Son,
The Master Healer,
To show forth their marvelous power to bless all the people of the earth.
May the effects of this pandemic be controlled.
May all caregivers be protected.
May the economy be strengthened.
And may life be normalized for all people across the world.
May we all be held in His loving presence.
May we be protected from harm and free from fear.
May we all be held in His loving presence.
May we be protected from harm and free from fear.
May we rest in His peace,
Which passes all understanding.
And in conclusion,
Acknowledging that your participation in this fast and focused prayer will bring strength,
Faith,
And comfort to all those who suffer at this time.
