jesusfast

The Journey

Forty days

The wilderness number. Each day gives you a saying of Jesus, a short reflection, one practice, and one word about the fast. The fast climbs slowly, from an early supper to a few full days, and never asks more than thirty-six hours without food. Start any day. Keep the hour.

You haven't begun.Day 1 is ten minutes of silence before breakfast.
Begin Day 1
01

Waking

The kingdom is near. Begin to notice.

  1. 1WithinLuke 17:21
  2. 2Turn aroundMark 1:15
  3. 3While it was still darkMark 1:35
  4. 4FirstMatthew 6:33
  5. 5The single eyeMatthew 6:22
  6. 6They left their netsMatthew 4:19–20
  7. 7Consider the liliesMatthew 6:28–29
02

Emptying

Make room. Let the body and the mind grow light.

  1. 8When you fastMatthew 6:16–17
  2. 9Not by bread aloneMatthew 4:4
  3. 10The fast I have chosenIsaiah 58:6
  4. 11Share your breadIsaiah 58:7
  5. 12Where your treasure isMatthew 6:21
  6. 13Not in abundanceLuke 12:15
  7. 14My yoke is easyMatthew 11:28–30
03

Stillness

Go into your room and shut the door.

  1. 15Be stillPsalm 46:10
  2. 16Shut the doorMatthew 6:6
  3. 17Before you askMatthew 6:7–8
  4. 18The NameLuke 18:13
  5. 19The vineJohn 15:4
  6. 20The good partLuke 10:41–42
  7. 21He was there aloneMatthew 14:23
04

Love

The neighbor is yourself.

  1. 22As yourselfMark 12:30–31
  2. 23Go and do likewiseLuke 10:36–37
  3. 24You did it to meMatthew 25:40
  4. 25Sun on the unjustMatthew 5:44–45
  5. 26Seventy times sevenMatthew 18:21–22
  6. 27The first stoneJohn 8:7
  7. 28Wash one another's feetJohn 13:14–15
05

Surrender

Not my will, but yours.

  1. 29Little flockLuke 12:32
  2. 30One momentMatthew 6:27
  3. 31The grain of wheatJohn 12:24
  4. 32Not my willLuke 22:42
  5. 33Lose it to find itMatthew 16:25
  6. 34Not as the world givesJohn 14:27
  7. 35Into your handsLuke 23:46
06

Rising

I in them, and you in me.

  1. 36You are the lightMatthew 5:14–16
  2. 37Greater worksJohn 14:12
  3. 38No longer IGalatians 2:20
  4. 39The vigilLuke 24:1
  5. 40I in youJohn 14:20