Ep 023 Insights on Fasting as a Family with Morgan Campey
How do you talk to your kids about fasting? What does it look like to fast as a married couple or with friends and community? We dive into these questions in episode 023 of the Wholly Well Journey podcast with our special guest Morgan Campey.
Morgan discusses the spiritual practice of Christian fasting for a breakthrough and the unique experience of fasting as a family. She also shares invaluable fasting advice from her years of experience. This episode illuminates how fasting is not just a personal discipline but a powerful communal experience that can bring families closer to God and each other.
Through Morgan's personal stories, discover how fasting has led to miraculous healing, restored relationships, and deeper faith. Learn how to introduce your children to the concept of fasting in an age-appropriate, spiritually enriching way, and hear Morgan's candid advice for those considering or new to fasting.
Whether you're seeking a breakthrough, longing for a closer relationship with God, or curious about fasting's role in a believer's life, this episode offers wisdom, encouragement, and practical tips to guide you on your fasting journey.
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About Morgan
Morgan is a mom and wife of two kids living just outside of Nashville, Tennessee. She is active in freedom ministry at her church, initiatives in Malwai and works with a nonprofit in Nashville that supports education and college readiness.
Connect with her on Instagram @morgancampey
Key Takeaways
Fasting as a Spiritual Discipline: Fasting is not just a practice but a rhythm of life that Jesus assumed his followers would adopt. It's a call to intimacy and reliance on God, shifting focus from worldly sustenance to spiritual nourishment.
Personal Testimonies of Fasting: Morgan shares compelling personal experiences where fasting led to significant spiritual breakthroughs, including healing and miraculous encounters. These stories highlight the unpredictable yet faithful nature of God's work through fasting.
Involving Family in Fasting: The podcast delves into the practical aspects of fasting as a family. It's about talking to your children about fasting and replacing worldly distractions with spiritual focus.
Fasting Is Not a One-Size-Fits-All: The conversation underscores that fasting doesn't look the same for everyone. It's about obedience to God's specific call, whether it's fasting from food, social media, or anything else that may take precedence over our relationship with God.
Encouragement for First-Time Fasters: For those new to fasting or considering it, the message is clear: seek God's guidance on when to fast, what to fast from, and for how long. Community and accountability are highlighted as essential components to support the journey.
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023 Fasting as a Family with Morgan Campey
[00:00:00] Morgan Campey: And Jesus says when you do this, and there could be a breakthrough on the other side of this like the Lord is doing something. We don't even know what it is, but I trust him, and I believe him.
And I just feel like that catapults their faith because we are their first teachers when it comes to scripture.
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[00:00:38] Stephanie Hodges: Welcome, everybody. Today, we have my friend Morgan Campy. She lives with her husband and two kids just outside of Nashville. She works with a nonprofit in Nashville that supports education and college readiness. She's also very involved in ministry at her church on the freedom team and with initiatives in Malawi.
But Morgan and I connected actually on a freedom retreat and through a mutual friend. Since then, she's also been involved with our online Daniel Fast community. We fast together once a month and for longer throughout the year. And Morgan has been a key part of our prayer team and our leadership team team in that experience. And I just want to kick off this conversation about fasting with something that was funny that happened in January. We were doing our intro call for our 21-day fast. And I said I am not really that zealous for fasting, to be honest. And you said, I AM, and to explain myself a little bit. I just want to say that I think fasting needs to be right-sized in a believer's life among different spiritual disciplines. And also that fasting doesn't become seen as this be all end all of how we get things done with God, or that we're, you know, pursuing it for the emotional high it gives us, or sometimes that false sense of power, because we're doing something that's so intense that sometimes that can become the focus versus receiving from the Lord, and continuing to acknowledge that All of our spiritual disciplines are important.
Our entire walk of faith, there's a big picture there. But I would say that fasting has been a really significant part of my life. And it has been for you as well. And so in your own words, how would you describe the importance of fasting in a Christian's life? That some of our listeners may fast regularly, and there are going to be listeners out there who have never fasted before.
Why is it important?
[00:02:38] Morgan Campey: Well, what comes to mind for me is that Jesus said, when you fast, so he was assuming that believers or people that are walking alongside him are going to do that now. Yes. Part of that was because of the Jewish faith, that that was just a regular occurrence that they did. But I believe that he said that because he chose disciples, and we, as disciples that are pursuing the way of Jesus that we are still wanting to be formed and live in the way that Jesus calls us to.
And one of those ways is fasting. I believe there are all types of fasting that he calls us to or invites us into but I just think that it's important because when we, as believers, whether we're new to the faith or seasoned believers Really, we're invited into a relationship with the father and, and that relationship happens by abiding, whether that is through prayer, whether that's through worship fasting and it's just a rhythm.
I believe that it's important because it's meant to be a rhythm of our lives. Does that mean that we're doing a water fast for three days every month? No, maybe for some, sure. But yeah, I just think that it was something that Jesus, when he said that it was because it was just this assumption that that's what we would be doing, that that it would be a regular part of, of the rhythm of our lives.
[00:04:03] Stephanie Hodges: Yeah, it is key. What you said that that rhythm doesn't look the same necessarily for everyone. And so we do see in the Bible some general reasons for fasting both individually and corporately. And can you tell us about some personal reasons why you fasted at different times in your life?
[00:04:23] Morgan Campey: So I'll back up first and say when I first really learned about fasting, I'll never forget. It was like a Tuesday night. Like church thing that I went to in 2010, 2010 was a huge, pivotal year for me in my faith journey. And that was when I like really learned about when you fast and the pastor was talking about it and really gave some like caveats about fasting.
It's not a diet; it's not for like image. If you feel yourself, you know, getting excited about fasting because of X, Y, and Z, having to do with like image or body, then he was like, then it's in the flesh, and like, don't do it. But I stepped into my very first fast, okay, that was in 2010, so I was in my mid-late 20s. And I fasted from Facebook and alcohol, and my daughter so eloquently put this year, when our kids fasted with us at the beginning of the year, that fasting is when you take a break from something you've made more important than God. And that is exactly why I fasted Facebook and alcohol that particular year because those were things that I had made more important than God.
And that I had, in a way, idolized for, numbing out or feeling excited or the dopamine hit or whatever. We didn't really know what all that was, you know, 12 years ago. But anyway, and so at that time, I had fasted strictly for fasting, and he had talked about that when you start thinking about or are tempted by the thing that you're fasting from.
Stop, lay it at the foot of the cross, and just go through the crucifixion and like, you know, picturing Jesus's sacrifice when Jesus gave up himself, i.e., fasting, sacrificing. And so that's what I did for, like, the first probably 10, 15 days of that fast. Every time I think about Facebook, really, you'd pick up your phone or go down your computer.
You're about to go to Facebook and it's like, Oh, I'm fasting that. Let me stop and think about, you know. Jesus. Cause at that time I didn't, that was my first fast ever. I hadn't thought of fasting for something, you know, for breakthrough or for a word from the Lord, it was just, Like I was learning how to fast.
And then, throughout that fast, my mind, started lingering towards my ex at the time.
We were in a relationship for about five or six years. We broke up, and I mean, I had completely moved on, but my thoughts started kind of swirling towards him, and I would stop and be like, okay, I don't think this is really from the Lord, but I'm going to fast for my future husband. I'm going to start asking the Lord, what does that look like?
How do I need to be shifted and changed to be the woman that for the wife that you have. For the husband you have for me. And then, throughout the rest of my fast, I did 40 days from alcohol and Facebook. Again, my thoughts would just kind of linger.
And I just, you know, kept pursuing, kept like laying it out at the foot of the cross and like asking the Lord, you know, what is this?
And then, towards the end of my fast, I felt like I got a word from the Lord that he was going to be my future husband. And I'm like, well, how does that make any sense? Because we were broken up. This was like a year into our breakup. I mean, it was just very odd. Anyway, now here we are, however many years later, and he and I are married, and we have two kids.
And so that really is just a testament that, and that was just my first fast. There have been other fasts that I've fasted for specific breakthroughs. When I lived in Malawi in 2011, I fasted again. I lived in Malawi in 2011, and the Lord called me to fast from sunrise to sunset for 30 days.
I didn't know why. At first, I was like, well, that's ridiculous. I'm on the mission field. You know, I'm walking in a hundred-plus-degree heat every day, and again, we, as humans in our flesh, try to logic things away right. Sometimes, it feels ridiculous.
I mean, look at Gideon and his army. But after a couple of months, I surrendered and said okay, and on the first day of my fast, I took my malaria medicine. You're supposed to take it with food and I felt really nauseous, like really, really nauseous and years prior I had navigated an eating disorder and disordered eating bulimia.
And when I took my malaria medicine, I had, you know, that like same kind of like nauseous feeling. And two of the girls that I was on the mission field with one said, Morgan, it's okay. You got this like power through; I find it very interesting that the Lord is calling you into fast from fast and day one; you're like feeling tempted to throw up because I didn't like I had the medicine in my stomach. So I powered through, and I really do believe that in that. Interestingly enough, I was, at the time, mentally healed. I didn't have any of those thoughts. I feel like in those 30 days, I really had a breakthrough from, like, ever having thoughts about bulimia again.
I hadn't done that or engaged in that in years, but it was just interesting that the Lord had brought me back to that place and those feelings. So I thought that was, that was a really interesting time in my life cause I was on the mission field. It was the closest to him I'd ever felt. And yeah, I mean, we saw like miracles during that, that 30 days.
There was a woman that we were spending time within the slum area of Malawi, and she had partial paralysis on her face. we had all prayed together, and the next day, she came to gather with us, and she had healed. That wasn't anything that we did, right? But entering into that space with Holy Spirit and trusting in His healing power there was one day we had gone grocery shopping, the girls and I, and we didn't have a lot of food when you don't have a vehicle and You're in a third world nation.
There's just limited, you know, and you can't eat like produce because we couldn't, we couldn't ingest that. Right. Because we were only there for a short time, like seven months. So adjusting and acclimating to that was difficult. But anyway, we got some avocados, but they were green. And if you know anything about avocados when they're green, They're going to be green for four days, and they're going to be brown for one, and then they're bad.
Right? So we were like, what are we going to eat tomorrow? Like we just, okay. And kind of tongue in cheek, but sometimes the Lord's like, okay. We laid our hands on an avocado and prayed over it. And the next morning, it was brown. That one, not the, not the other two, but that one. And so those are two instances.
I mean, Oh, last year, Stephanie, when we did the once-a-month fasting, I was specifically praying one month, I was specifically praying and fasting for my husband's health. And it's gonna make me emotional. Diligently once a month, you know, we would abstain as a community.
And I probably did it. I don't know if it was a year. I don't remember how long we did that. And then maybe like nine months into it my husband found this men's health doctor, like who knew that those existed? Why don't they have women's health doctors? But anyway, and They did some blood work, you know, et cetera, found out he was like prediabetic.
He had very low testosterone, and the doctor like got him on this plan, you know, and like talked to him about his life habits and eating and whatever since then, like it was kind of a wake-up call for my husband, but he's lost over 50 pounds. He's no longer prediabetic. His testosterone levels are within normal range.
My husband is navigated stomach issues. I mean for 20 years and we've like seen healing in that. So that was a huge recent thing that, again, I was invited into prayer and fasting. And it's just like, we don't know the Lord's timing and we don't know what he's going to do. And what you said at the very beginning, like fasting is not to get God to do something.
It's to enter into abiding with him, to just seek him in whatever that thing is, you know? So yeah, those are just a couple of examples from my life.
[00:12:54] Stephanie Hodges: You touched on so many great things. And just for this last point, you're right. It is about abiding with God and understanding who he is. And that helps us to understand his love, his goodness. What he really wants for us because sometimes we get in that works based mentality like, Oh, because I'm fasting, he's going to do it for me, but it's actually not because we're fasting.
It's because God is so good, but even in, he can work in so many different ways. Like for your husband, it wasn't just, Oh, well, Instantly heal your body, but he led him to the right resources, the right revelation, the right tools for that. And we see that even in the Bible, when people fasted like Esther, for example, when she fasted, the result wasn't that God said, Oh, I'm just going to wipe out your enemy.
For you and just immediately take care of it. She seemed to come away with some strategy that, okay, I'm going to have this banquet, and I'm going to invite these, And then I'm going to invite them back to another bank. You know, there was a strategy to it. We also see that with King Jehoshaphat in the army.
Sometimes, God moves in different ways and different timelines. My husband and I experienced something similar. It was really our first time of fasting that wasn't. Because the church called a fast, it was like, we really have this prayer request about his job. And so we're going to fast as a couple.
And it was our first time to kind of take the initiative to do that. And this was years ago. And we fasted. We felt good, but we didn't see anything happen right away. But then, about a month later, one of his old coworkers called him and said, Hey, I have this job for you. Would you be interested? And it was, it was so close together.
But sometimes people go into fasting. Like you said, in the beginning, you don't really know why you're fasting, and that's okay. Sometimes, you might just feel that you need to be obedient to fast. And then, along the way, God is going to uncover it for you, or you might fast. And you might feel like man; my prayer didn't get answered that I was fasting.
Well, we still build up our faith. We still build our trust. And that's such a huge part of it. And I love what you said too, about sometimes we want to logic away the fasting and that can go for or against, we want a logic for like, well, I should, You know, do a 40-day water fast because that's what I see in the Bible and I'm going to force myself to do it.
But if God's not calling you to do that, there's not a grace on for you. And so I love what you said about where you started. It was what you felt called to do and you were being obedient to the Lord. And I'm okay. I want to say before we go on to the next question your daughter
just turned eight, but seven years old. She said fasting is when you take a break from something that's more important than God.
[00:15:44] Morgan Campey: That you've made more important Yeah.
[00:15:46] Stephanie Hodges: that you've made more important than God. That is so, so well put I just wanted to reiterate that again,
[00:15:52] stephanie-hodges_1_03-28-2024_084703: she gets it
[00:15:53] Morgan Campey: She does. And last year they were voluntold that their fast would be candy. This year cause I fast the first 40 days of every year from social media. And last year we had the kids do it with us and they did candy. And then this year they got to choose What was it screens or candy
They did candy again this year, and my son, who's five, ate candy one morning, and I'm like, Graham, you're supposed to be, we're supposed to be taking a break from candy. And he was like, why? I'm like, oh, come on. We talked about this yesterday. It's fasting. He's like, what's fasting? I mean, he was so being so silly, right?
And then my daughter said that, and I was like, Oh my gosh, that, yes, like we as adults have such a hard time explaining it or really guiding people through it. And she just like spit that out, and I said, that is exactly what it is, Laren.
[00:16:41] Stephanie Hodges: So I think this is an important topic to pause on here about how do you talk to your kids about fasting? How do you guide them through as you're fasting? And especially, I think a concern a lot of people would have me, even myself, is that I don't want them to see this as some kind of a disordered eating pattern.
So I feel like it's really important to explain to them a biblical definition of fasting, especially because We just did a recent podcast on the differences between intermittent fasting and Christian and intermittent fasting is so big for health and weight loss.
And it could be good.
. It's like, once dinner is done, the kitchen is closed, and we take a break from eating. Cause that's the meaning of breakfast. You're breaking your fast.
You're not eating every minute that you're awake. And that's something that we've kind of lost in our culture, even just like for 50 to 60 years ago, where you would eat three meals a day and maybe a snack here or there
but from a biblical perspective, Leading our kids through that and helping them understand, what advice would you give to a mom that has young kids and is starting to fast?
[00:17:53] Morgan Campey: Yeah, so we definitely take age into consideration. I mean, that's why we did candy with our kids—we noticed they were fixated on it.
So look at us as adults. We're convicted about something that we are idolizing or fixating on. It could be soda. Chocolate, you know, wine or alcohol. sometimes when people say, Oh, I could never give up, fill in the blank, boom, that's your fast, right? Like that is something that it's like. you've now fixated on this thing.
And when we remove something that becomes our joy or fulfills our need in whatever way it, that we need to remove it, right. And replace that with abiding with the father. So taking age into consideration and noticing as the parent, what is something that you can tell they're, they're fixating on making sure you're also fasting alongside them.
So that way. It becomes a conversation. I mean, what is it? Deuteronomy? I can't remember where it's like, talk about these as you're, as you're going, walking along the path, on your way to bed or however it's worded, but like, That's what that also means is like the ways of abiding with the Lord.
We're talking about them continuously doing something together as a family, you know, so if it right now, our family's doing in our church, a digital fast, so fasting from screens for Lent. Kyle and I did. I did the Daniel fast last year, and then when we did the liquid and partial fast at the beginning of this year, the kids didn't do that.
Right? They did candy. But right now we're all doing screens together. Eventually. Oh, we had some friends at church that the kids got to choose between like junk and snack food and candy. And so then again, it's reiterating to them because you're building that muscle when they're really little.
And I think the the primary focus of teaching fasting when they're really young is obedience. Right? Because it's It's getting them to really focus on the Lord calling us into something or asking slash telling us to do something because of his word and us being obedient followers, followers to follow through with that.
And then as they build that muscle, when they get older and really start to learn to discern Holy Spirit's voice and what the Lord's calling them into, they're going to be able to tell, like this year when we asked them. I mean, Graham, of course, was being silly about it. But Laren was like, I think it should be candy.
She just knew we had come off the Christmas season, right? There's no holds bar in our house when it comes to Christmas candy. And she had an inkling. She had a feeling, you know? So then having those conversations, saying the Lord stirred something in you or put that thought in your mind that maybe this was something I've made more important than him.
So that would be my biggest piece of advice: Very much take age into consideration, do something alongside them, and then have those continuous conversations throughout the fast. Because I mean, even we, as adults, like you get towards the end of a fast and you're like, then you start like, oh, I can't wait to have, and it's like, whoop.
We gotta, we gotta reel that back in and keep focusing on the cross.
[00:21:04] Stephanie Hodges: Yeah. And it's exactly what you're saying. You're not dictating to them what to do, but you're having that conversation with them. They're having a Choice in the matter. And of course, just to reiterate, we're not talking about having your kids fast from food or putting your kids on a liquid fast or anything of that kind.
That's not appropriate for them at that age, and their body's growing. And even just mentally and psychologically, that's not healthy for them. So one thing that comes along with that when I fast is, in addition to planning, what I'm going to do. Is planning for my kids. What are they going to do? What are they going to eat for dinner?
And I just offer that as another tip. If you're a mom, I know you're busy. I know it's hard. It's super hard to be giving them cheeseburgers when you're not allowed to have that or whatever it may be, but it is part of the sacrifice. And as long as you can be intentional and be looking ahead at that, it's absolutely doable.
[00:22:01] Morgan Campey: was just going to say, and it cultivates conversation. I mean, my kids, the first three weeks of this year, we're asking, why aren't you eating dinner with us? And then it just continued conversations about fasting and giving examples from the Bible and talking about Esther, you know, and, you know. And also like it talks about in Matthew, where it's like, don't have a solemn face and like, Oh, I'm fasting.
Like, because then you're, you're giving the wrong message to your kids, like telling them that God calls us into this. And Jesus says when you do this, there could be a breakthrough on the other side of this like the Lord is doing something. We don't even know what it is, but I trust him, and I believe him.
And I mean, that, like, I don't know. I just feel like that catapults their faith because we are their first teachers when it comes to scripture. So yeah, I just wanted to say that, too.
[00:22:51] Stephanie Hodges: No, I love that. And I'm a huge proponent of you're not getting extra brownie points by being extra or suffering as you fast. So, to segue into the next question, when it comes to the adults who might be fasting for the first time, Most people I talk to are nervous about it. They are trying to talk themselves out of it when it comes time to fast, or they have some apprehension about it.
What would you say to that person who's new to fasting or they're even fasting for the very first time?
[00:23:22] Morgan Campey: Okay, so not to get all odd for God, but the enemy does not want you to do this. Like Jesus Christ was tempted by the devil himself during his fast, right? So the enemy knows that us removing, especially if you're doing full food, the enemy knows that by removing the one sustenance that we as humans totally latch onto, we are going.
And if you're really diving into and leaning into the Father's presence, he knows we are going to have an encounter with the Lord. He doesn't want that to happen. So my really big encouragement when you are entering into a fast is really stopping to ask the Lord, Father, God, am I supposed to do this right now?
He's faithful to answer. And. His timing is so perfect. There are so many times that I've heard people say, Oh, but I'm going to be going on vacation in four weeks or, Oh, my company is having a picnic next Saturday or, I mean, and all that I can say is, you know, trust Holy spirit. Like a human being is not your Holy Spirit.
So trust Holy Spirit. But if you really feel like he's telling you, yes, I promise there is a reason for that. And there is going to be revelation and an encounter during or on the other side of your fast. So often, I hear stories of people saying that the Lord called them into a six-day, like whatever, a random number, three days, 40 days.
And sometimes that breakthrough, that revelation, or that word comes either the last day or like the day after. I mean, look, yours was a month after, right? But like, we just have no, I mean, there have even been People that have said, mid fast, I feel like the Lord said, and I'm like, Ooh, are you sure? Are you sure?
Because throughout scripture, he does not change the strategy he's given you, my first thing is to really ask the Lord. The second thing is to ask him what you're supposed to be fasting from. Often, the first thing that pops into your head is your answer.
It's not always food. It's not always. A liquid fast, you know, like it, but there is something I think the times that when you're called to fasting, especially if you're seasoned, you kind of just know, okay, I think that this is, this is going to be like a liquid or a water fast for the next three days.
But ask him what it is that you should be fasting from, and he will often reveal to you that thing that you've made more important than him. And then lastly, asking him how long he had been a God of strategy. Like he's not going to call us into something, and they'd be like, figure it out. Like that's just not in his character.
So he. Yeah. Okay. Will give you that strategy. He'll give you, and he already knows what's on the other side of it. He's inviting you to be part of it. He's inviting you to enter into like how amazing that we serve a God that actually wants us to be a part of the, of like what it is that he's laying out in our lives.
So those are my biggest things. And what's threaded in all of this is the relationship with the father. He is not expecting you to figure it out. We can read books, listen to podcasts, and read articles, but he, like the father, is going to reveal all of this to you through time spent with him.
And. Get, you know, reading through scripture and then sitting with it and saying, Lord, what do you want me to know about this? What is it that you want to reveal to me about this? I mean, there's been fasts that I've done. That's 40 days, 30 days, 21 days. The once a month that we do, but yeah.
So that would just be my, my biggest thing for someone, especially who's new, is really spending time intentionally praying and asking the Lord about, about the fast, what to fast from and then for how long, cause he is so good that he's going to reveal it. And then when you start to feel that logic creep in or the thoughts or the nerves, I mean, fear is not from the Lord, right?
Worry is not from the Lord. Like that's so things that the enemy tries and us in our flesh that we've learned to logic away what Holy Spirit is inviting us into and calling us to, but yeah, and then when you're in your fast, make sure you've told somebody or people, or you have a community or something that yeah, can hold you accountable, but also that are going to check in with you or that you can say, oh man, I am struggling.
Can you say a prayer right now? Do you have a word of truth that you can just send me a quick text? And I don't, you know, I'm, I can't, I'm not, I don't have a direct line to the Lord about your life, but I doubt he's going to tell you midway through your fast, all right, you're good. Or you can stop on Saturday.
I haven't found anywhere in scripture that his strategy changes midway because it's gotten hard. That's just, I mean, that's just not. All right. He just wants us to finish, right? So it builds and refines our obedience muscle because we're leaning into exactly what it is that he's called us into or, or the strategy he's given us, and we're faithfully saying, okay, until the end.
[00:28:43] Stephanie Hodges: Absolutely, that is so, so good I just want to wrap up with two questions that may not be so related to fasting. But about your life in general, what book or podcast would you recommend?
[00:28:54] Morgan Campey: So right now, our church is doing the digital fast. And I have it sitting right here because it has a devotion, a 40-day devotion, too. But our senior pastor wrote it, and it's specifically about a digital fast. Chapter 4 specifically talks about Fasting principles, and I just really loved that because, as you shared earlier, I love fasting and talking about it.
But it just talks about having a hunger for God and it has different, like, check marks of, like, things to look at. Things that you, you might discover like the idols that you have or like how the spirit works. So this I'm reading right now because it's a, it's setting up the digital fast, and then there's a 40-day devotion.
The next one I would recommend is the Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer. Oh, I read that last year during our church's media fast and it, oh my gosh, it was just so, so good. Because I think, Like you were saying, we as humans, especially in the West have cultivated this like lifestyle of just like more at, you know excess continuous, you know, reaching for a snack or whatever.
But also with that digital consumption and that very quickly is becoming something that has overtaken or like replaced the Lord's presence. So yeah, those are two books that I would recommend.
[00:30:26] Stephanie Hodges: Yeah. And we're just so used to constant stimulation. I love that book, Ruthless Elimination of Hurry. It's so good. And it's the message we need, which is the permission to slow down. And it's countercultural. In so many ways, culture is pulling us to be busy, to do more again for that constant stimulation.
You can constantly be multitasking, but a lot of us feel the pressure of that. It's killing our soul
[00:30:51] Morgan Campey: Yeah.
[00:30:52] Stephanie Hodges: Yeah. One last question would be, if you could go back in time, what advice would you give to your 25-year-old self?
[00:31:00] Morgan Campey: Oh my gosh, 25-year-old self. Well being skinny is not everything. And You know, for me, because that has been in or what I sang for years. And so, unfortunately, that industry is obsessed with image. So that's kind of threaded into my life probably since middle school. But specifically 25, yeah, just telling, telling myself that because skinny is not everything, but also there's so much more that you have inside of you than what.
The outside looks like, like focusing on cultivating a life that mirrors and models the way of Jesus is going to bring so much more life and freedom than any diet or exercise or whatever. I mean, so that's 25 that's, that's what I would tell my 25 year old self. That was trying to remember that was, yeah, that was a couple of years before my surrender.
2010 was my Surrender, like when my life just, I was wrecked in all the best ways by God. So that's what I would say.
[00:32:03] Stephanie Hodges: I love that. That's an encouragement. I think we need it at every age. Well, thank you so much for sharing with us, Morgan. We really appreciate it.
[00:32:11] Morgan Campey: Thank you. I'm so happy, it's a joy to talk about this. It's not an easy thing to enter into or to be part of your life, you know, the irregular rhythm, but. Man, it's worth it when, yeah, when you just get to see his goodness and his, and how, yeah, he invites us into a breakthrough. So yeah. Thank you for asking.
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