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Wish you had $50 or even $25 a month to donate to your favorite charity? Would you settle for even just $10 extra a month? Here's how:
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Signing UpStep 1The Law of the Fast.
Fast for two meals and donate the money you save to charity.
In the scriptures a day of fasting is limited by sunrise and sunset. For example, an early dinner would be eaten before sunset on Friday and then nothing would be eaten or drunk until after sunset on Saturday, when one would eat a late supper. Though ancient, this method is still a great way to fast. By starting your fast in the evening you avoid strong hunger pangs that usually occur after the first 5-6 hours.
Ideally, the money you save from not eating those two meals you donate to the hungry.
This truly is a painless effort that even children as young as eight years old may safely participate in. However, do not attempt to fast if pregnant or if you have certain parasitic ailments (consult your doctor).
You may also find other benefits to fasting. As you subdue your physical body and pray and meditate you may find it easier to receive spiritual promptings and knowledge. Most studies also show that moderate fasting such as this once-in-a-month method are actually beneficial to the body.
So hold off the grub, donate your saved dough, and benefit in multiple ways through the Law of the Fast.
In the scriptures a day of fasting is limited by sunrise and sunset. For example, an early dinner would be eaten before sunset on Friday and then nothing would be eaten or drunk until after sunset on Saturday, when one would eat a late supper. Though ancient, this method is still a great way to fast. By starting your fast in the evening you avoid strong hunger pangs that usually occur after the first 5-6 hours.
Ideally, the money you save from not eating those two meals you donate to the hungry.
This truly is a painless effort that even children as young as eight years old may safely participate in. However, do not attempt to fast if pregnant or if you have certain parasitic ailments (consult your doctor).
You may also find other benefits to fasting. As you subdue your physical body and pray and meditate you may find it easier to receive spiritual promptings and knowledge. Most studies also show that moderate fasting such as this once-in-a-month method are actually beneficial to the body.
So hold off the grub, donate your saved dough, and benefit in multiple ways through the Law of the Fast.
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Buying in a bulk, and more frugally would save you money at the grocery store; which could go towards charity. Rice and beans day, 20 cents a serving and everyone gets fed!
Kudos on step two, I have a percentage of my paycheck taken off through work, which goes to charities of our designation.
As for healthy, a monthly 24 hours fast actually benefits the body health-wise. I've done this for decades. As long as one isn't sick, nursing, or pregnant, I've never seen anyone have a problem with this (but I wouldn't go digging ditches on the day of fast, either. I usually do this the first Sunday of the month).
Dangerous? Hardly.
I'd like to see this instructable revised with a bit more rigour.
Cheers!
Juveniles should never fast, for exactly the same reason that pregnant women, the sick and the elderly shouldn't - their bodies aren't up to it. This is not only standard medical advice, it is supported by scripture (which I'd never cite, but you did, so it's clearly important to you).
Even a healthy person should expect discomfort when fasting (fun stuff like your blood sugar crashing and your body shifting into ketosis. Expect to feel like you've been kicked in the head by a mule). Claiming otherwise isn't accurate.