HOW FASTING CAN HELP YOUR MARRIAGE

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10 WAYS OF FASTING IN YOUR MARRIAGE LIFE

The principle of fasting is to deny yourself for sometime a luxury you are used to inorder to pursue a goal, a growth in you and to make a spiritual, emotional and mental statement.

Fasting can help your marriage. Consider the following fasting

1. FOOD FASTING
This is the most common type of fasting where as a couple you agree to go without food for a specified number of days as you pray concern a matter you have agreed upon. In your denying yourself food even though you can eat, you are communicating to God, to yourselves and to the spiritual realm how important what you are praying for is. Fasting this way will keep you focused as you seek God on the matter. There has to be a joint reason why you are doing this; denying yourself food without an agenda is just going on a diet. For some people, going for days skipping meals is not a big deal, hence why there are other types of fasting

2. SEX FASTING
This is when you deny yourselves sexual activity for an agreed period of time because of an agenda. The agenda could be so that you get to connect deeper in other non sexual areas or so that you grow in God as a couple. This is important because many couples are hiding behind sex so putting sex aside for some days so that you can talk more heart to heart, pray together more, do more Bible study or rediscover each other afresh without being distracted by orgasms can be good for your marriage

3. SOCIAL MEDIA FASTING
This is crucial in this day and age where social media poses a threat to many marriages. This is when as a couple you agree to disappear from all things social media for a specific number of days or weeks in order to focus on connecting the good old fashioned way. After this fasting you will realize that social media should not take up so much of your time

4. TV FASTING
For couples to whom TV has been an issue, they can choose to go for sometime with the TV turned off and dedicate more time to explore each other, play games, find other things to do as a couple. This fast will make your marriage richer. You will realize how much you can enjoy each other when the TV is off

5. FRIEND FASTING
This is important especially when your spouse complains about you spending too much time with your friends. Excuse yourself from your friends for some weeks and spend more quality time with your spouse; this fasting doesn’t mean you kill your friendships. After the fast you can resume your social interactions. Your spouse will feel better because of it and your marriage will improve

6. LUXURY FASTING
Do you spend so much resources enjoying life? Consider occasionally denying yourselves such luxury such as expensive dinner dates, flights and trips and identify a charity you can both support or a less fortunate individual you can be a blessing to. Channel those resources instead to a cause you both agree on. After blessing that life/lives, you two will be more united

7. SLEEP FASTING
Or you can choose to go a night without sleep to do something out of the ordinary. During that night, you can watch a marathon of movies you like, watch your old videos and pictures or talk through the night because sometimes it is difficult to find uninterrupted lengthy hours together. You will have made a memory that night that will push you for years. You can always sleep other nights, but this night make it special

8. WORK FASTING
If your spouse has been complaining that you are a work-a-holic, consider pulling yourself off work for some days to be with your family and block all things work related. Some people don’t take leave or off days failing to realize how much damage they are doing to their family

9. PLEASURE FASTING
If you derive pleasure from porn, masturbation, alcohol, weed, cigarettes or gambling; consider going for a period without engaging in these activities. You will find that this releases you to connect with your spouse and children better and lessens arguments and drama in your marriage

10. FASTING WITH THE CHILDREN
You can also do fasting as a family, involve the children in what you are expecting as a couple. Are you fasting for dad to get a better job, for mom to heal, for the family to move to a better neighbourhood, for the children to do well in school, to be a stronger family? Family unity is powerful