Consecrate Prayer Guide — Day 3
Taste & See The Goodness of God
What is Fasting?
Fasting is abstaining from food in order to draw near to God in desperation and delight. This is an invitation — not a requirement — to fast however the Lord invites you.
Many of us will fast each day until after the prayer gathering. Some will fast one meal a day. Others will fast multiple days at a time. The call is not to fit into a structure, but to seek the Lord and listen for the Spirit on what fasting should look like for you.
We believe that God will speak to you — so seek His face.
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Psalm 34:8-10
When David wanted to describe the goodness of God, he didn't reach for the language of sight alone. He could have said, "Look and see that the Lord is good." Instead, he went further — he invited people to taste. Taste and see that the Lord is good.
Food is one of the most immediate, physical, embodied pleasures we have access to. It signals satisfaction. It delivers energy. It is tied to comfort, celebration, and rest. David knew this. And so he used it deliberately — not to describe something lesser, but to describe something greater. He was saying: the goodness of God is more real, more satisfying, and more nourishing than anything you have ever put in your mouth.
We live in a culture with a deep and often unconscious attachment to food. We eat when we're bored. We eat when we're sad. We eat to celebrate, to connect, to cope. Food has become, for many of us, a substitute for the very thing our souls are hungry for — the presence and goodness of God.
Today, push aside the plate. Not to punish yourself, but to feast on Jesus. Let your hunger become a teacher. Let it remind you what your soul is actually craving. And then bring that hunger before God — and taste His glory and see his goodness.
Fasting is abstaining from food in order to draw near to God in desperation and delight. This is an invitation — not a requirement — to fast however the Lord invites you.
Many of us will fast each day until after the prayer gathering. Some will fast one meal a day. Others will fast multiple days at a time. The call is not to fit into a structure, but to seek the Lord and listen for the Spirit on what fasting should look like for you.
We believe that God will speak to you — so seek His face.
______________________________________________________________________
Psalm 34:8-10
When David wanted to describe the goodness of God, he didn't reach for the language of sight alone. He could have said, "Look and see that the Lord is good." Instead, he went further — he invited people to taste. Taste and see that the Lord is good.
Food is one of the most immediate, physical, embodied pleasures we have access to. It signals satisfaction. It delivers energy. It is tied to comfort, celebration, and rest. David knew this. And so he used it deliberately — not to describe something lesser, but to describe something greater. He was saying: the goodness of God is more real, more satisfying, and more nourishing than anything you have ever put in your mouth.
We live in a culture with a deep and often unconscious attachment to food. We eat when we're bored. We eat when we're sad. We eat to celebrate, to connect, to cope. Food has become, for many of us, a substitute for the very thing our souls are hungry for — the presence and goodness of God.
Today, push aside the plate. Not to punish yourself, but to feast on Jesus. Let your hunger become a teacher. Let it remind you what your soul is actually craving. And then bring that hunger before God — and taste His glory and see his goodness.
A Prayer of Feasting on God:
Lord,
You are better than anything this world calls satisfying.
Today I set aside my physical hunger
and bring the deeper hunger of my soul before You.
Feed me. Fill me. Satisfy me with Your presence.
Let me taste and see that You are good —
not as a metaphor, but as a living reality.
You are my portion. You are my feast. Teach me to delight in you. Amen.
Lord,
You are better than anything this world calls satisfying.
Today I set aside my physical hunger
and bring the deeper hunger of my soul before You.
Feed me. Fill me. Satisfy me with Your presence.
Let me taste and see that You are good —
not as a metaphor, but as a living reality.
You are my portion. You are my feast. Teach me to delight in you. Amen.
Breath Prayer for the Day:
Each time hunger speaks today, let it redirect you:
You are better. You are my portion.
Each time hunger speaks today, let it redirect you:
You are better. You are my portion.