Breaking Idols & Emotional Attachments: Fasting Beyond Food

Welcome to Episode 3 of The Boundless Woman Podcast with your host, Jennifer Hill — a sacred space for women navigating spiritual transformation, transition, and identity with bold faith.

In this profound episode, Jennifer tackles a sensitive but crucial topic: Breaking Idols & Emotional Attachments. 

Going beyond the conventional understanding of fasting, she reveals how this spiritual discipline became a pivotal moment in her "Messy Middle" journey, exposing subtle dependencies that had crept into her life. This conversation is about true deliverance and re-establishing God as your sole source of sustenance.

Jennifer transparently shares her own experience of unknowingly idolizing business success, social media, money, and validation. She guides listeners to identify their own subtle idols and understand the transformative power of a true, soul-cleansing fast.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

• How things like social media, business success, money, relationships, and validation can subtly become idols.
• The profound purpose of true fasting beyond mere food restriction.
• How fasting exposes your real dependencies and silences the noise of the world.
• The biblical power of fasting to break chains and prepare your heart for deep transformation.
• Why true surrender means breaking agreements with anything you've depended on outside of God.

Scripture Anchor:

• Isaiah 58 (paraphrased from Isaiah 58:6-9): Focuses on "True Fasting & Breaking Oppression," emphasizing freedom for the wrongly imprisoned, lightening burdens, and letting the oppressed go free, leading to salvation and healing.

Key Takeaway/Declaration from This Episode:

"Fasting doesn’t manipulate God into moving. It positions your heart to hear what He’s already saying. It’s not about what you’re withholding from your body. It’s about what you’re surrendering from your soul."

Reflection Prompts:

• What in my life has started to take priority over God?
• What is He asking me to release through fasting?
• Am I willing to be uncomfortable in the flesh so I can be aligned in the Spirit?

Guided Prayer:

Join Jennifer in a powerful prayer of surrender and release, inviting God to be the only source of dependence, stripping away idols, and building you up in truth.

🎧 This episode is your guide to a deeper, more intentional walk with God through the power of true fasting. 

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