Bornagain,
Grace and peace to you.
You're welcome, and all thanks and praise to GOD for all things.
Glad to hear that GOD gave you the strength to do your first fast; it's very revealing!!! AMEN!!
Announcing your fast after you are done is fine; it can edify others.
PRAISING is what you just did; not boasting.
You just gave HIM glory because HE is WORTHY OF ALL THANKS AND PRAISE!!
You just had a revealation and are sharing it with the world in honor of your FATHER who confirmed something in you in order to bring you closer to HIM!! :clap:
You are just shouting HIS holy name from a mountain top!!!!!!! ALLELUIA!
Nothing wrong with that!! NEVER ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT!! AMEN!
Sometimes I run in my room , cry in joy ( like now because some are understanding) , and shout HIS HOLY NAME because the revealtion is too much for my body, mind, soul, and spirit to contain!! AMEN!! ALLEULIA!
Because if we don't praise HIM, then nature will!!
EPHESIANS 5:19-20
Instead, be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit.
Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
LUKE 19:40
“I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”
NOW!!!! During your fast is when we shouldn't announce; that's what you are worried about.
MATTHEW 6:16-18
When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting.
Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
As far as fasting?
There are many ways/reasons to fasting and praying, and ISAIAH 58 definitely is a breakdown of them all ( as GOD used brother gdemoss to type)
For examples of forms of them, let's look at:
A FAST TO ASK A QUESTION
EZRA 821-23
There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.
I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, “The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him.”
So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.
A FAST FOR THE SAFETY OF DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN:
(P.S. many have been taught this story wrong, as the king was a believer that was just afraid of losing his position ( as many believers are afraid of losing their jobs. So secretly he prayed and fasted for Daniel's safety).
DANIEL 6:16-21
So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den.
The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!”
A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that Daniel’s situation might not be changed.
Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep.
At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den.
When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?”
Daniel answered, “May the king live forever!
My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions.
They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.”
The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den.
And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
Two great examples and there are many more( tell me if you need more)........but, just for ideas in life when things are not clear, always know fasting and prayer opens another door; because GOD's word never comes back void!!
AGAPE