"When you pray, pray first for the Holy Spirit because when you have the Holy Spirit, you have everything."        - Medjugorje April 4, 1985

"You have forgotten that through prayer and fasting you can avert wars and suspend the laws of nature."       - Medjugorje Dec. 2, 1982

It seems as though we are in a time reminiscent of the first Easter – When the Spirit simply could not be contained. Since Easter, two clients have brought to our attention the stories of miraculous and unexplainable phenomena happening right here in the United States. And like the first Easter, it is interesting to consider that the miracles are taking place away from the “high priests”, springing up where there is simply faith. We hope to share these details with you in the weeks ahead.  First however as we return to fasting today, here is a reflection Dr. Greta wrote about a modern-day experience when a minister of the church died. It is the story of someone who had given up everything for the Lord but it wasn’t enough to merit Heaven, the story of the power of holy intercession, and the story of how life changes completely when we catch just one glimpse of heaven. We hope you enjoy it.  Thank you for fasting with us today – You will be glad you made the small sacrifice for all of eternity …

Happy Easter! We hope that your Easter celebrations are continuing. Our post-Christian culture treats Easter as one hallmark day that is over and done with, but the secular world is missing so much. It is incumbent on us to regenerate culture in our own homes. Nobody is going to do it for us, so let us ask ourselves how we can spread the Easter joy.  Have guests for a Sunday barbecue? Continue to buy Easter lilies? Look at great works of art on the resurrection? Here is one young woman’s pencil drawing of Mary Magdalene as she gazes into the empty tomb. Look how the artist has wrestled to display so many emotions all in this one expression!! Musicians, children or adult, could be encouraged to prepare Easter songs for a small house concert. There are myriad ways to celebrate the pivotal event of history!

Yes, Jesus’ perfect life, allowing Him to be the perfect lamb of God, along with His willingness to lay down His life for His sheep opened the gates of heaven for those who believe in His name. First though, they must repent and be baptized. Even those who had murderously clamored for His torture and death were later cut to the heart when they realized what they had done. When they asked what they could possibly do, Peter gave them the answer that is the answer for all of us: repent and be baptized. So Jesus opens for us the possibility of entering paradise for eternity, but what happens when we die with unrepentant sins on our soul? Do we just flash our “blood of Jesus” ID card and walk right in? Or do those sins need to be dealt with before we may enter heaven where “no impure thing may enter”?

The testimony of Fr Scheier is an incredible one that reminds us that God is aware of every good or bad deed or thought that we have ever done or had. Fr. Scheier nearly lost his life in a horrific car accident and had a near death experience in which he met the Just Judge. God knew his heart and knew that he had been a mediocre priest, a priest who cared only about his favor in the eyes of his brother priests and his parishioners. His prayer life was feeble and the Eucharist meant little to him. When he was told by God that his sentence was hell, he didn’t argue or make excuses to get out of it because, as he said, “When you are standing in front of Truth itself, everything is known. Nothing is hidden.” Fortunately for Fr Scheier, he heard the voice of a woman who he says was Mary, the Mother of God, asking for one more chance for him. Just like in Jesus’ parable of a fig tree, although he had born no fruit, God was going to give him another chance. After this encounter with Truth, Fr Scheier was a completely different kind of priest. He has now passed from this life, and we pray that this time, Our Lord was able to say, “Well done good and faithful servant.”

We encourage you to watch his story here, to be reminded that only what we do on this earth that lasts - is what is done for the kingdom of heaven. Jesus paid the ultimate price for us. 

We praise you Jesus, and we thank you for conquering death for us so that we might have life forever with you!

Why We Fast – Our Core Fasting Intentions

1) For the Holy Spirit to reign down upon America renewing our land as the Christian, capitalist meritocracy we were founded to be.

2) For the protection of our police, firefighters, military and their families from harm and that the Lord bless their courageous generosity on our behalf one hundredfold.

3) For the protection of the families who fast with us, and for God’s blessings of abundance upon them and that true to His word, we will be able to witness that He prospered us in famine.

Would you like to learn more about fasting?

We maintain a repository of ideas and information we have learned over the last decade while fasting weekly for America. From scientific studies on the benefits of fasting, to the differences between intermittent dieting vs intermittent fasting, to scriptural references regarding the power of fasting to the history of first century Christians who stated believers are obligated to fast weekly, we hope you will find numerous insights with our free resource located here.

Together let us also implore Heaven while fasting for intentions you have highlighted:

4) For Mike Lindell who is putting himself on the front lines suing over the election fraud that has taken place and for all of the warriors who are stepping up around the nation to fight for the gospel – May The Father cover them in the blood of our savior,  protect them and their families from evil and bring victory to their endeavors.

5) For priests, ministers and all who aspire to lead others to the Lord, that the Holy Spirit will reign down upon them as at Pentecost filling them to overflowing with an understanding of what the Lord wants, courage and the desire to preach what He would have them preach and protection and strength from all evil that comes against them. 

6) For the Americans jailed after January 6th who were admitted to the Capitol building by the police, and who were not found to have destroyed any property at the capitol yet who have been held captive ever since on our own soil - That God's Spirit will move quickly to bring justice back to this land by freeing them while enlightening Americans how to bring God's justice back to our nation.

7) For young Megan who has an incurable liver condition @ Duke Hospital - Asking the Divine Physician for a complete healing.

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