{"id":572,"date":"2012-03-14T18:50:54","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T23:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/?p=572"},"modified":"2012-03-14T18:50:54","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T23:50:54","slug":"are-you-fasting-for-lent-if-so-are-you-doing-it-like-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/2012\/03\/14\/are-you-fasting-for-lent-if-so-are-you-doing-it-like-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you fasting for Lent? If so, are you doing it like this?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Feast vs. Fast this Lent:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from judging others; feast on the Christ dwelling in them.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from emphasis on differences; feast on the unity of life.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from apparent darkness; feast on the reality of light.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from thoughts of illness; feast on the healing power of God.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from words that pollute; feast on phrases that purify.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from discontent; feast on gratitude.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from anger; feast on patience.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from pessimism; feast on optimism.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from worry; feast on divine order.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from complaining; feast on appreciation.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from negatives; feast on affirmatives.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from unrelenting pressures; feast on unceasing prayer.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from hostility; feast on non-resistance.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from bitterness; feast on forgiveness.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from self-concern; feast on compassion for others.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from personal anxiety; feast on eternal truth.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from discouragements; feast on hope.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from facts that depress; feast on verities that uplift.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from lethargy; feast on enthusiasm.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from thoughts that weaken; feast on promises that inspire.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from shadows of sorrow; feast on the sunlight of serenity.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from idle gossip; feast on purposeful silence.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from problems that overwhelm; feast on prayer that undergirds<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c William Arthur Ward (American author, teacher and pastor, 1921-1994)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feast vs. Fast this Lent: \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from judging others; feast on the Christ dwelling in them. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from emphasis on differences; feast on the unity of life. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from apparent darkness; feast on the reality of light. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast from thoughts of illness; feast on the healing power of God. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Fast &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/2012\/03\/14\/are-you-fasting-for-lent-if-so-are-you-doing-it-like-this\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[44,3],"tags":[34,32],"class_list":["post-572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-act","category-ponderings","tag-discipleship","tag-thankful","item-wrap"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/lent-e1331768826389.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1xumr-9e","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}