05.January.2026
A Word Before We Begin
The 21-Day Fast is an invitation, not a requirement, and it is never meant to place strain on your body or pressure on your life.
I am not giving medical advice, and each person is responsible for choosing what is right for their own body. Please consult your personal physician before beginning any kind of fast.
There are some people who should not participate in this 21-Day Fast at all, including those over the age of 70, pregnant women, nursing mothers, children under 18, and anyone with significant or ongoing health conditions. For these individuals, participating in a traditional fast is not wise or safe.
If that is you, please know this, you are excluded from this fast, and that exclusion is for your protection and well-being.
There are many beautiful ways to consecrate your heart. You can fast social media, television, unnecessary noise, negative thinking, sugar, caffeine, late nights, distractions, or anything the Holy Spirit gently places on your heart.
And He will honor every sincere step toward Him.
There is something sacred about beginnings.
Not the rushed kind.
Not the checklist kind.
But the kind that invite us to step closer.
This first day of our fast is not about what you are giving up.
It is about Who you are coming to.
Before God ever asked His people to move forward, He always called them to Himself.
Run to Him.
Run to the altar.
Run to the place where love is first, where trust is restored, where His presence becomes central again.
“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” James 4:8 NKJV
Consecration is simply clearing space.
It is moving aside what has crowded Him out.
It is choosing to make room for the One who has never stopped making room for you.
This is not about perfection.
It is about positioning your heart where His presence can dwell, intimately.
“You must worship no other gods, for the Lord, whose very name is Jealous, is a God who is jealous about His relationship with you.” Exodus 34:14 NLT
There is no pressure here.
No religious striving.
Just an invitation to step into closeness.
Today is a day to run to Him.
A remembering day.
A tender day.
Spend time in the place where you sense His nearness.
Spend time in the place where your prayers were simple and your trust is childlike.
Spend time in the place where your heart knows His voice.
“Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. Malachi 3:7 NLT
Let this day be quiet.
Let it be honest.
Let it be sacred.
You are not here by accident.
You are here because He called you closer.
And closeness always begins at the altar.
When you close today, don’t rush back into noise.
Carry this quiet with you.
Let it linger in your thoughts.
Let it settle into your prayers.
Let it soften your responses.
Because when you run to the altar, something shifts inside you.
Tomorrow we will step into what it truly means to be set apart.
Not pressured.
Not performing.
But positioned.
We will talk about holiness as alignment, not striving.
About belonging before behavior.
About living as those who are marked by God, not managed by rules.
Tonight, rest in Him.
Tomorrow, we learn how to live from it.
Knowing Him Daily 
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