hey welcome to rhoades24eva i'm Terri
and as you can tell from the title of
today's video i'll be talking about
daniel fast bible study
and people have asked me several times
in the comments well is there even such
a thing as the daniel fast is the daniel
fast
biblical where in the bible is the
daniel fast
and even though i covered this in our
free daniel fast pdf which i'll link
down below if you haven't checked it out
yet
i wanted to do a video specific to just
these questions and also show you how i
study
when i'm going through the daniel fast
so the first question
is where in the bible is the daniel fast
and there are actually two instances
recorded by the prophet daniel
in the book of daniel which is located
between ezekiel
and hosea where we hear about the daniel
fast
and so the first place that we come
across the daniel fast is in daniel
chapter
one and in daniel chapter one this is
what it says as it pertains to the
daniel fast and i'm going to make sure i
put this on the screen so that you can
read it along with me
so i'm reading from the nlt version of
the bible but you can use any
translation you'd like
as you guys know one of my favorite
bible is the new
the life application study bible and i
like this bible because of just the way
it breaks things down it has statistics
it has
a portion on the bottom where i'll
explain different
verses to you and also give you like a
back story and some key themes
so this is one of the bibles that i like
but i've also make sure that i read
um different passages and several
translations to make sure that i'm not
missing anything
but for this example let's look at what
it says in the new living translation
and so here is a daniel 1 verses 8
through 13.
and it says but daniel was determined
not to defile himself by eating the food
and wine
given to them by the king he asked the
chief of staff for permission
not to eat these unacceptable foods now
god had given the chief of staff both
respect
and affection for daniel but he
responded
i am afraid of my lord the king who has
ordered that you eat this food and wine
if you become pale and thin compared to
the other you to your age i'm afraid the
king will have me beheaded
daniel spoke with the attendant who had
been appointed by the chief of staff to
look after daniel
hananiah mishael and azariah please
test us for 10 days on a diet of
vegetables
and water daniel said at the end of the
10 days
see how we look compared to the other
young men who are eating the king's food
then make your decision in light of what
you see
so that was the first instance where we
see this idea with we talk about the
daniel fast that it's really
based on a diet of vegetables and water
and
one of the things that i've mentioned in
my other daniel fast video and i have an
entire playlist
dedicated to daniel fast where i make
recipes answer your questions
all of the above one of the things i
talked about was that
when you look at certain translation it
says pulses and so pulses
are anything when we think about like
fruit-bearing seeds so whether it's a
fruit or vegetables
you know uh whole grains so those are
some of the things you'll see
included on the daniel fast so just
wanted to
get to that first verse the second place
where we see
this idea of a daniel fast is in daniel
chapter 10
and in daniel chapter 10 verses 1-3
again reading from the new living
translation it says in the third year of
the reign of king
cyrus of persia daniel also known as
belshazzar had another vision
he understood that the vision concerns
events
certain to happen in the future times of
war and great hardship
when this vision came to me i daniel had
been mourning for three
whole weeks all that time i had eaten no
rich food
no meat or wine crossed my lips and i
used no fragrant lotions
until those three weeks had passed so
here again
you see this idea where daniel chose to
self-sacrifice and what he did was he
put away
the foods that were considered pleasant
food so no wine no meat none of those
things passed his lips
he focused as he did in daniel chapter
one on a diet
with fruits vegetables water whole
grains all of those
different things so this is where this
comes from
and you know one of the things that i
like to point out is that
the result of the daniel fast if you go
back to daniel chapter 1 you look at
verse 15
it tells you what happened at the end of
the 10 days when they had fasted so
let me put that on the screen for you so
daniel chapter 1 verse 15 the result of
the daniel fast
um goes all the way through verse 17
says at the end of the 10 days
they looked healthier and better
nourished than any of the young men
who ate the royal food so the guard took
away their choice food and the wine they
were to drink
and gave them vegetables instead to
these four young men
god gave knowledge and understanding of
all kinds of literature and learning
and daniel could understand visions and
dreams of all kind
so you can see here just by focusing on
that
vegetables and water and spending time
before
god what god gave to them was knowledge
understanding wisdom they were going to
interpret
different things right so you can see
that there are definitely benefits to
the daniel fast
and which is why i always mention when i
do these daniel fast videos that yes
maybe
i'm showing you how to make these
recipes to make your life easier but the
crux of the daniel fast is really to
focus on deepening your relationship
with god
going to god in prayer and you know
making sure that you're connected to him
so
if you have fallen away or you know seem
to have lost your way
this is a perfect opportunity to go and
spend time before god
sacrificing the things that you know you
value or hold dear
in order to develop your relationship
with god so that he can give you
wisdom knowledge and understanding for
the path ahead
now when i'm studying you know for the
daniel fast one of the things i
definitely do is
you know you made this is not
necessarily what you have to do but you
may be
dealing with something in particular
right and so maybe during that time
you're praying about find something
financial maybe you're praying about
your health
maybe you're praying about an emotional
situation
whatever that thing may be for you and
one of the things you can do
is that you can um find scriptures that
are specific
to what you're dealing with as a way
to you know develop your relationship
with god because as you're spending
time in god's word and communicating
with him you're going to develop that
relationship i mean
think about it when you're dating
someone your relationship gets stronger
because you spend time with them
you're calling them on the phone you're
talking to them to find out how they're
doing and when you're praying
that's what you're doing you're
communicating with god right so you're
going to him in prayer and you're
talking to him you're reading his word
you're in his presence so you're
spending time with him and as a result
obviously you're going to deepen your
connection with god
and so um you know depending like i said
what you're going through you can look
for verses specific
to whatever it is you're dealing with uh
for your daniel fast
but one of the things that i've done
before is i actually
you know went through the book of daniel
as i was doing the daniel fast so
whether you decide to do it for 10 days
or 21 days
that's really your prerogative for me
i've generally done it for 21 days
and what i do is i go through sometimes
not all the time i go through the book
of daniel and i read about his
experience as a way
to really connect with god and so i have
my journal here and what i'm going to do
is i'm going to share
how i go through the daniel fast and
what you know are some of the things
that i take away from
reading through the book of daniel and i
know you probably see individuals who
are telling you
how to study your bible and so they have
their bible really highlighted or
they've written in the margins and
that doesn't mean that's how you have to
study your bibles different things work
for different people right so
if your mind likes colors mind mapping
might work for you and
you know writing all over the margins
and highlighting may work for you or
maybe you're someone who do better with
the journaling
or writing it in no section of your
phone it really depends and so
highlighting the bible doesn't work for
me but what i do is i
take notes in a journal and so what i
did was i actually spent
four days going just through daniel 1
alone i read it several times and
each day that i read it i got something
different and so i was waking up at 5
a.m in the morning and i was literally
praying
and then i'd read daniel chapter one for
four days in a row and then i would take
notes and then i'd move on to the next
chapter
so you know always before i start my
bible study i
always pray and ask god for wisdom
knowledge and understanding
and i believe that god will reveal
different things to you so i'm going to
share with you
uh some of the things that were revealed
to me or that i got from reading
daniel chapter one over four days and so
one of the things you'll notice that i
do is first
you know i i'll read through the entire
passage itself and then
there are days where i just read you
know seven through 20 and then i read
seven through 21 and then i made notes
on
those specific days so the first day i
just read daniel chapter one and what i
wrote on my journal was reflections on
daniel chapter one
and so for this day i said although it's
considered the norm
there are things of the world that the
people of god must refuse to partake in
if we claim we serve god then we must
not
defile ourselves by conforming to
what has become culturally acceptable
and so i was reading about
you know daniel saying they wouldn't
defile themselves with this food and so
this is where this idea is coming from
as i'm writing in my journal so as you
read through daniel chapter one
this might make sense to you about what
she talked about about things that are
culturally acceptable and defiling
yourself
and so this is just what i'm getting
from reading daniel chapter one
so continuing on while it might be
easier to go along with what everyone
else is doing
the people of god must be set apart just
because something is popular
does not mean it is right when we take a
stand for god
he will grant us wisdom and give us
vision for the path ahead
just like he did with daniel and the
hebrew boys
we must not compromise our principles we
must not assimilate into the culture
our allegiance and dependence should be
on god
when we are proclaiming to be children
of god then there is an identity that we
should embody
what is in a name our name as christian
signifies that we are not our own and
that we have a destiny
and that we have and therefore must
submit to the authority of our lord and
savior jesus christ
your destiny equals your destination
our life has already been determined
therefore if we say we are in christ
we must keep our focus on eternal on our
eternal home
and not the temporality of this world
which shall
pass away to god be the glory and so
that was what i got the first day just
reading uh daniel chapter one and again
you might really get something totally
different but was that was what spoke to
me
as i did my study at like five a.m in
the morning so this is directly from my
journal
so the next day i went and read this
again the same passage guys believe it
or not when i tell you
i read four days in a row and this time
i looked at just daniel
1 verses 7 through 20 and my reflection
this day was much shorter
and it says even though we have free
will we must choose to follow god
and should not compromise when it
pertains to obedience
for the cause of god we must be
courageous and have
absolute confidence that god will see us
through just like daniel and the hebrew
words right they trusted that god would
see them through this
10 days right when we trust in god to
act on our behalf
we will see his favor rest upon us the
foods we consume
have a direct impact on our mental
capacity
therefore we should consume foods which
are healing such as vegetables and water
when we focus on the natural foods it's
it frees us to focus on god
and in his goodness god provides us with
wisdom
knowledge and understanding obedience
plus trust
equals god's action in our life and that
was what i wrote just you know and
the like i said earlier when we talked
about what the results of the daniel
fass was right they received
you know wisdom knowledge and
understanding and vision um
so this was why i think for me as i went
through this the second day
i really focused on this idea of 
alright we need to make sure that you know
as we're doing the daniel fast we're
focused on simple things with food so
that we can be
mentally able to process what god is
trying to share with us in that
time now uh day three here's what i have
which is another
um day three and four were also just
short entries one page versus two
and on day three again just reading
through daniel chapter 1 and what i had
was
we can be in the world and not of the
world
if we study and understand the word of
god we'll be able to recognize the
negative influences in society
yet remain faithful to what god desires
for his people our current society
mirrors that of daniel which should
inspire us to reflect on how we can be
like daniel
and the hebrew boys what area in our
lives are we conformed to the influences
of society
and how can we remain faithful to god
and the cause of the kingdom
god honors our faith where does our
loyalty lie
choose now whether it be christ or the
world and so i was speaking to myself as
i was
you know going through these passages
because i know that for me
there are times when the things of this
world are enticing
and it seems easier to be in this world
but then you have to remind yourself
that
as you seek the lord and you continue to
remain faithful and you persevere to the
end
there is a reward for your perseverance
and you will receive that crown of life
and be able to reign with your savior so
you know it's
worth sticking it through even when
things around you
seem enticing you have to stay focused
on god and your walk with him so that
was what was i
that was where i was coming from on day
three and finally day four this is what
i had to say
the key to success is knowledge and
wisdom from god
not only must we be knowledgeable of god
but also have an
understanding of other cultures we must
be secure in our identity in christ and
trust that he will guide us when our
faith is put to the test
our lifestyle must serve as a
representation
that god is in us and through challenges
and though challenges may arise
we must remain hopeful for the second
coming of christ
when we will reign with him in eternity
there are entities which
are antithetical to who we're called to
be
as it pertains to our identity in christ
but we must not allow the media
government etc to corrupt us remain
steadfast for the cause of christ and so
that was what i wrote
on day four so you can see that even
though i was reading
the same you know uh scripture daniel 1
for four days each day there was
something different that stood out to me
and that might happen to you too so
you know sometimes you know i think
people believe that you have to have a
different scripture
every single day to meditate on but
that's not necessarily the case
you could meditate on the same scripture
two three four you know an entire week
if you wanted to and as you're doing
that
you know there are different things
which god may reveal to you so i just
want to encourage you
in your bible study that you don't
necessarily have to have you know
you know tons and tons of different
verses to meditate on there may be
one two or three four five a few verses
that you really want to focus in on
as you are working on developing your
relationship with god so that
you know your walk with him you can be
sure of what his will is for your life
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