Day 7 to 9 of 40 Day Fast

Day 7, April 27th. I got to spend an hour in RHOP studying and praying. I have been learning that prayer works, more each day. I went to Business Math class and attempted to learn, its difficult when everyone is frustrated to no end because it is a difficult subject. I could nor would I ever teach math, please dont ask me to Lord. Was not that eventful of a day, which is usually a good thing but also means be ready for the next day.

Day 8, April 28th. Spent an hour in RHOP studying the book of James chapter 1 verses 9 through 11. It talks about being lowly, humble, not prideful or haughty. Today I was frustrated so I sent my boss an email asking permission to make changes to what I am doing at work. I have not been just doing sales because I was put in this company by God to serve my bosses. After talking to him about it in person I discovered that I was not really being much help by doing the things I did. His statement to me telling him I would be focusing on more sales was, we never asked you to do anything other than sales. To be honest I got very upset and angry because there were things that needed to be done and were not getting done so I jumped in to do them. I got mad because I served and helped but it went unnoticed. As I was cooking at home God told me, your burden is light and your yoke is easy. I said, WOW! Lord is that all you have to say. Then I felt peace because it is true, my burden got lighter because I dont have to worry about anything other than sales which is pretty simple compared to everything I was doing. The difficult part will be changing things, like all our Northern California employees calling dispatch instead of me. I then went to school with Chrissy, Biblical Literatur: Hebrews. We had a sub, Pastor T, and it was a great class. Went through chapter 2 and half of chapter 3.

Day 9, April 29th. Had a meeting with a client in an attempt to obtain all the other properties in the company, 9 more in Sacramento and 6 in the Bay Area. Meeting went well and I am hoping for a move by God in this. Went to RHOP after work and realize God has given me a great teacher for my 40 Day Fast, James. Read the rest of James 1, with no journal and without my Bible so it was not really studying it. It is deep stuff, James is a teacher for sure. God really moves in his writing, I hope to write a book one day and the authors that inspire me the most to do this is God, Matthew, James and Max Lucado. I hope to write a book that touches the heart of people and provokes change by the Holy Spirit. Later Chrissy got her eyebrows waxed and Haley came over. So glad I am not in High School any more, its a tough time to be in High School, nothing bad happened but just things she has said before. Chrissy and I made a change from Verizon Wireless to AT&T tonight which is a huge change. She has been with Verizon for 5 plus years and we have had them since we met. We can save about $25 a month and that will help, it is scary though. Hope our service stays good, please God let us always have full signal (just kidding, but really please...LOL). Yeah I pretty much crak myself up.

PS> Jen, my sister, has been a huge blessing! I follow her on Twitter, really awesome to see the change in her heart. God will bless her and use her to bless others, already started. LOVE YOU JEN! Dane, Scott, Hunter and Brandon, Love and miss you so much! You have been a blessing in many ways to us. Mom and Dad, miss you so much. I saw our pics from Florida, the one that Chrissy took of me crying while saying good bye, it is pretty funny. I started to laugh just because she took a pic of me crying, who does that. Thank you for being who you are! Enjoy North Carolina! Don't work so stinking hard.

Day 3 to 6 of 40 Day Fast

(Haley Jr. Prom Pic, I barely got this pic)

Day 3 was last Thursday, April 23rd. I missed half of the day of work because of a migraine but I accomplished a lot. I visited 9 properties that are managed by the same company and we already service 2 of the properties. I have a meeting on the 29th to see if I can close all the companies properties. We also had to drop off our Scion to get the 60,000 mile service.


Day 4 was last Friday, April 24th. We both got off work early to attend the Joseph Company Conference which is a ministry for Marketplace Christians. We arrived a little late because I turned the wrong way and had to back track. It was a very good conference. We also picked up the Scion and it was about $160 less than what we were quoted which helped pay for some materials, dinner and part of our Lake Tahoe Trip. God always provides.


Day 5 was last Saturday, April 25th. I had a Homeowners Association Board Members Seminar for a property management company we provide services for so I missed the Joseph Company Conference. The first speaker at the seminar was a lawyer that apparently did not like security officers or security companies. It was so acquired because everyone kept looking back at me while she talked about "security" which she kept doing the quotation fingers for. I tried to maintain my attitude and feel I did well. Overall I had fun. Chrissy went to the Joseph Company Conference and said it was great. They had a panel of people who had some outstanding credentials, she made me wish I went. Chrissy did her sisters make up for her Junior Prom. I barely made it to see Haley leave for the dance but she looked like a princess. We then left for Lake Tahoe to help at Family Life's Weekend To Remember Conference. We got in around 8pm to the hotel and met up with everyone in the lobby as we checked in. We got to talk with George and Debbie, our team leaders. We also played some UNO and discovered I have 3 wins and 1 loss.


Day 6 was Sunday, April 26th. We had to get up early to meet up with everyone to go over the day. We were both exhausted because we did not sleep well at all, tossing and turning all night waking up every hour. Chrissy had to go out in the cold to direct the women to their location, the men and women split up on Sunday morning. We met up in the prayer room and got to see George and Debbie there. We prayed for the sessions and a few requests. It was an awesome time in prayer. The request I prayed for was from a mother about her son, the cool part is that after I went to the restroom and actually talked with the father. God has a wonderful sense of humor. It was a really neat thing to experience, although I did not talk about his wife's request I did get to see his face light up when we talked about hunting, which I have never done but got to share hope with him. We then went to a meeting for others who want to participate in the Family Life Ministry and I met Micky and Sharon. When I saw Micky God sparked a desire to speak with him and share part of God's heart for him. I walked up to him and after speaking to him and his wife for a minute I got to pray with them and for them, was awesome. We then finished up the conference and heard great testimony of hope and restoration. After we all met up to go over the responses for the weekend. We are our lunch, read some out loud and picked our top 10 and our number 1. It was a very wonderful experience. We were blessed with the atmosphere, the beautiful scenery and to be with wonderful people. We had a great weekend over all.

Day 2 of 40 Day Fast

"With a Sword in my hand I wage War with my enemy."

Well this day will start with the end of my work day yesterday.

At the end of my work day I got informed that something was wrong with an employees overtime, which I felt bad for because I oked it. It was a problem and was told to fix it. Before school my wife and I got into a bit of an argument. We went to school although neither of us want to. After school my wife washed my feet! It was difficult for me to allow and was very humbling but I was greatly honored and amazed. Then my wife read a prayer over me about God's Joy because of what I am fasting. I can say Day 1 ended well.

Today it was difficult to not drink soda or an energy drink and to limit my coffee intake because I am so exhausted and my head has been aching. The good news is that I have had no soda, energy drink and kept my coffee intake to a low (2 cups).

I did struggle a bit with my attitude after a client called with an issue. I did maintain it from that point on. Overall it has been a great day so far.

A really cool note I wanted to add is that my sister asked me about fasting and washing feet.

Which you can find here under Fasting Documents, http://www.rockofroseville.com/items-of-interest/. I am looking forward to going to RHOP, the Rock House Of Prayer, tonight for an hour to pray.

40 Day Fast April 21 - May 30

Our home church, The Rock of Roseville, is having a church wide 40 Day Fast. My first thought was, oh boy God is going to challenge me. It is going to stretch me and I know it. To be honest though, I am so excited about it though. I seriously am excited and have been counting down to start the 40 Day Fast for almost two weeks. This is not the normal thing for me to do or the normal way I would act about a fast.

God has called me to fast profanity, anger and negativity. I will be fasting negative attitude, thoughts and language. I will be fasting soda as well. The most challenging part is the focusing on Joy and the Positive which will be in my attitude, thoughts and language. I will also be doing a 40 day study on the book of James. It is really neat for me to see it laid out like this. God is taking care of my emotional, mental and physical parts of my life. God is basically cleansing me through these next 40 days.

Our church also has a House of Prayer, the Rock House of Prayer (RHOP), so they are going to be open 24/7 for the next 40 days for the fast. I have signed up to be there 3 hours a week but Christina and I will be signing up for some to do together. This morning was my first hour and it has shown me there is much in store for me. Looking forward to the next 40 days!

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