How do get nourishment whilst fasting?

Today, I am embarking on a culinary adventure.  Well, that might be slightly misleading - actually today I am fasting.  Food has always been important to me, I usually start my day with a hearty breakfast (my current favourite is Golden Syrup Porridge with fruit), and enjoy lunch and dinner as well as several cups of tea.

So why am I fasting?  Well there's two reasons.  Firstly, the church that JB and I go to is in the midst of a Prayer and Fasting Fortnight.  During these two weeks, church members are being encouraged to seek God in prayer; strengthening the relationship with Him through asking Him for visions of what is to come in 2013; passionately praying for situations, for His wisdom to fill the place and reveal Him to those involved.  Secondly, the church community we are part of in Shoreham is setting up a Foodbank process for this area.  Just knowing that there are people living in our own town that are frequently going without food (often due to poverty, economic pressures, family crisis and so on) leads us to want to go without food once in a while - we are fortunate enough to have plenty, and perhaps take it for granted.

So far, I am not feeling too bad, although preparing breakfast for our daughter provided a bit of temptation.

Throughout the day, I have been amazed at how little hunger I have felt.  At the moments I would usually reach for a cup of tea, or maybe a snack, I have replaced them with a glass of water.  This water has provided all that I needed throughout the day. 

I have been reminded of a line to a song, it goes "This is my prayer in my hunger and need
My God is the God who provides". 

Today has been an opportunity for me to be grateful for what I have, and to lean on Him, and not be tempted to lean on my own worldly desires.