Week 5 – Preparing for the Daniel Plan (Starting 1-28-2018)

Many of you are well into your January fast and are doubtless reaping the benefits of this time to cleanse both the body and the spirit. Now enthusiasm may be the great vehicle that carried you through this first week. A word of advice: It will take more than enthusiasm to finish and finish well. A good thing as we approach the end of this week is to restate your purpose for fasting. Is it worth the sacrifice? And are you okay with God not answering in the way you expected or if he doesn’t seem to answer at all?

Now where food is concerned. All the caffeine is probably gone by now and your body is ready to receive health giving liquids — lots of water, herbal teas, and fruit juices (preferably that you make so there will be no hidden sugar). Leaving out the sugar as you have been doing is slowly but surely changing your taste buds. In a shorter time than you think, sugar is going to taste incredibly sweet; the craving will lessen considerably.

This week, try coming up with new food combinations. Try a new fruit or vegetable. Combine four fruits that you like, add some spinach or kale and see how it suits your palate as a smoothie. Taste food again. I mean really taste the natural goodness without the clutter of heavy fats and sauces. What you discover may delight you. Game on!