Choosing to slow down long enough to give up one visit at a fast food restaurant per week and donating the cost of that meal to ministry could provide outreach events that make an eternal difference in Europe!
Fasting as a spiritual discipline is a temporary setting aside of normal concerns, (like eating and drinking) in order to concentrate on the spiritual concerns that are too often crowded out of our lives.
But why a "fast food fast"? Our fast-paced lives depend on fast food restaurants as our "backup plan" when we're too busy to think about what to eat. And chances are good that eating isn't the only thing we're too busy to think about.Think about the expense. Those of us living in North America understand that buying fast food is like breathing…we hardly notice we're doing it. But we should. The average person in America spends 42% of their food budget eating out and visits a fast food restaurant 4 times each week.*
Donating the cost of a fast food meal may not seem like much. But if even 100 people would skip a fast food meal per week to fast and pray for the spiritual needs of Europe, over the year we'd see $30,000 and thousands of prayers directed toward the advancement of the Gospel in Europe.
Dear reader,
As you browse through this blogsite, I hope you'll get as excited about the Fast Food Fast as I am. "My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work." (John 4:34) May God use it to help us put our
faith into action for the sake of others in need of the Savior.Durand Robinson
Director of CreativeWorks, a ministry of Greater Europe Mission
*Did you know that:
- Americans spend over 42% of their food money eating out.
- The average family eats out four times a week
- The average American household (2.6 people) spends $2,434 a year eating out (nearly $12 per visit.)
- The average family of 4 spends $3,362 a year eating out (nearly $18 per visit.)*
source: Chicago Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/sns-yourmoney-1218spending,1,6314915.story)
