Your main focus while on the Daniel Fast is to spend time in daily prayer. Following are Scriptures to guide your intercession, which coincide with the 21 daily devotionals in my book, The Ultimate Guide to the Daniel Fast. Each day contains a verse (or verses) that support the 2023 theme: More of You & Less of Me. The theme is based upon John 3:30 (NLT), which says, “He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.”
DAY 1
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).
DAY 2
“You shall have no other gods before me” (Ex. 20:3).
DAY 3
“Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory” (Ps. 72:19)
DAY 4
“If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Rivers of living water will brim and spill out of the depths of anyone who believes in me this way, just as the Scripture says” (John 7:37-38 MSG).
DAY 5
“The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life” (Job 33:4).
DAY 6
“The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love” (Ps. 145:8).
DAY 7
“He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” (Phil. 1:6).
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DAY 8
“It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees” (Ps. 119:71).
DAY 9
“Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thess. 5:18).
DAY 10
“Since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us” (1 John 4:11-12).
DAY 11
“I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?” (Jer. 32:27).
DAY 12
“Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path” (Ps. 119:105 NLT).
DAY 13
“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand” (Is. 41:10).
DAY 14
“Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us” (Heb. 12:1).
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DAY 15
“At the Lord’s command they encamped, and at the Lord’s command they set out” (Num. 9:23).
DAY 16
“Do not be stubborn. . .but submit yourselves to the LORD” (2 Chron. 30:8 NLT).
DAY 17
“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things” (Col. 3:2).
DAY 18
“I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 3:14).
DAY 19
“Live in love as Christ also loved us. He gave his life for us as an offering and sacrifice, a soothing aroma to God” (Eph. 5:2 GW).
DAY 20
“Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have” (Heb. 13:5).
DAY 21
“Remember the wonders he has done” (Ps. 105:5).
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Thank you for your commitment to the Lord and to prayer. May God bless you abundantly as you seek him in 2023!