By Gavin Boyle
Major stars like Chris Pratt and Patricia Heaton shared why they are giving up things in their lives that distract them from the Lord in order to grow in their relationship with God to start the year.
“The new year is here, and I know that after the holidays, I need a little reset, in my mind, my body, and my prayer life. Things get a little chaotic so it’s time to reel it back in,” Pratt wrote on Instagram. “Starting today, I’m going to be reading excerpts from the Book of Daniel as part of the @hallowapp Daniel Fast Prayer Challenge. I love the book of Daniel, between the fires and the lions, it gives me the motivation I need to give up a few comforts in my life for God.”
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The challenge, which the Hallow app runs, is modeled after two fasts that Daniel underwent to grow closer to God when he faced trials in his life. In Daniel 1, he chose to eat nothing but vegetables for 10 days, rather than partaking in the excessive eating and drinking of his peers. In Daniel 10, he chooses to follow the same fasting pattern after God revealed a great war to him through a vision.
“[The Daniel fast is] an incredible 21 day journey to help us remove the things from our lives that are holding us back from a deeper relationship with God. This could be food, but it could also be the time we spend on our phones, the money we spend unnecessarily purchasing things, the unkind words we speak to others. Whatever it is that keeps us from living fully as God desires us in our lives,” Heaton said, further explaining the challenge.
While Pratt and Heaton are both part of the team currently running the challenge through Hallow, they are not the only stars participating. THE CHOSEN’s Jonathan Roumie shared that he would also be partaking in the Daniel fast in order to grow even closer with the Lord.
“What does that look like for you? Is it fasting from certain foods? Perhaps giving up alcohol? Or committing to get your body — that temple of the Holy Spirit — into the best shape of your life; the kind of shape God designed for you!? As for me, I will be doing a combination of those things in order to draw closer to Him this year,” Roumie wrote on Instagram, per CBN.
It is so encouraging to see these major stars turn their platform into a place where they promote the Lord and encourage others to participate in practices that help them grow closer to God. Hallow’s Daniel fast challenge is going on now, but anyone can do it on their own when they want to remove the obstacles keeping them from Christ.
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