This is Chuck McDonald typing.  What you have been reading in the past has been blogging from my wife, Tammy.  I am going to be a “guest blogger” maybe once a week…we will see how it goes.  I am not going to give you much of a background on our ministry since Tammy has been handling that well for a few years, but rather I am going to let you know what makes me tick and what I consider the reason for life…giving glory to God!

To rush right in, I am starting a fast today.  There are many reasons to fast, but mine was started because God called me to it.  I have prepared by taking only juice for the last 7 days and now I begin the 40 day water fast (I believe I will also have hot tea).  What is this fast all about?  It is about understanding better that life is all about God.  He made this known to me about 4 years ago when my wife underwent cancer.  I won’t go into details on that either since she is going to do a upteen-part series on how the ministry came into being soon which will include that revelation.  I believe that now He is going to take me into a deeper understanding of what that means, even to the extent of not having food for 40 days and placing my total reliance for my very physical existence on Him.

A songwriter wrote something like this…when I yearn for the Holy Spirit over life itself then Christ will live in me (paraphrasing a lot).  This is what I truly believe and I think that my desire for this has prompted our Lord to tell me to fast so that I can understand this better.  I look for my yearning for Him to increase, to hear Him more clearly so I can humbly follow His direction better and for my love for Him to grow so that everything in my life will flow from that love….tall order I know, but I know that all things are possible with God….and remember, He called me to this fast.

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