Fasting

This past month I focused on fasting...to be honest fasting is something I never really do. I sort of push it to the back of my mind and ignore it. My family came from a very rigid and religious background where fasting was extremely important for us to do - the focus was more on "works" than grace through faith. When we as a family broke free from this and I accepted Christ into my heart I also broke free from everything I associated to be "religious" and binding.
Nearing the end of February my pastor was doing a series on prayer, and he spoke on fasting. He said somethings that really convicted me! The sermon was a reminder that in order to increase my spiritual hunger I must increase my physical hunger. Later that week in my quiet time I read in Isaiah how God called his people but they were too busy satisfying themselves with worldly pleasures that they did feel a desire to know God more (I'm obviously paraphrasing lol). This really hit home, as I realized that the more satisfied I feel in this world (even with food) the more I will lack in fervency for the Lord. Since then I have made Tuesday mornings - my mornings to fast, pray and commit myself completely to the Lord. It is a time where I have uninterrupted quiet times and I am pleased and thankful to say that they have been my most sweetest times of prayer and worship. I am still growing and learning through this journey but I am so thankful for my sweet times with the Lord - where I have been able to acknowledge my weakness and cry out for HIS strength.

Stewardship

I spent February focusing on stewardship. I found it ended up being a month of really thinking and praying about how I can be a good steward of my time. Surprisingly, it lead me to stepping down from a ministry. When I initially thought about simplicity and stewardship, my mind went to material things. But God has opened my eyes this month to the concept of simplifying my time so that I can really press in and focus and devote energy and prayer and intention to an area that I know God has called me to be faithful and persevere in.