12 Month Fast Starts Tomorrow – 11/1/09-11/1/10 – Will you help?

On my elliptical machine the other day God hit me with a thought that almost knocked me off.

A life without prayer is a life with pride.

I confess…I have pride.

The last few weeks I’ve been wrapping up the final edits for my new Zondervan book out next September. Since I began this project I’ve had a strange feeling that this book is going to be different. That God wants to use it in a special way to heal people and free them from the chains that hold them captive.

This new book, Your Secret Name, is the first book I’ve written for everyone,  not necessarily Christians. It’s for people who are angry with God, people that don’t believe in God, people that love God, and people that hate God.

Writing and editing a book takes a whole bunch of time, hundreds and hundreds of hours. With my past books I didn’t spend much time praying for the book or the people who would read it.

I feel like God wants all that to change.

As a result, I am going to spend the next 12 months fasting and praying. November 1, 2009 to November 1, 2010.

Seriously?

Yep.

I want to ask you to join me that way I don’t have to do all 365 days myself.

Will you take one day?

If someone fasts for that particular day I don’t. If no one does I do.

Committing to do so means fasting (no food…liquids only) for 24 hours (12:00 am – 11:59 pm) and praying for 1/2 hour that day. 

I can’t do it on my own. Well I can…but I will die.

If you feel led to do this please email me right away (info “at” karyoberbrunner.com [replace “at” with @ symbol}). Please use the subject line FAST in the email and I will give you your date and some more information. We have a secret group on facebook where people who fast can share with the rest of the community anything they believe God impresses on their hearts during this time.

This isn’t a gimmick or a passing whim I’ve conjured up.

This is serious spiritual warfare on behalf of those who will read Your Secret Name, people who are currently held captive. I leave you with these words of Jesus. Words he chose to define his ministry:

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed.