A-list actors Chris Pratt and Patricia Heaton are calling their followers to participate in a 21-day “Daniel Fast” prayer challenge, based on the Bible.
The fast kicked off last week through Hallow, a Catholic prayer and meditation app, and includes sessions from Pratt, Heaton, and author Jeff Cavins, reading from the Book of Daniel, as well as reflecting on aspects of fasting.
The three-week prayer challenge calls participants to abstain from things that are distracting them from their relationship with God.
Pratt took a moment to explain the significance of participating in a Daniel Fast. It includes fasting from foods like meat and sweets and replacing them with vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, seeds, legumes or beans, and water.
The blockbuster movie star highlighted that the Book of Daniel is a “story of radical faith, courage, and learning to give up the things in our lives that are holding us back.”
“That is what this 21-day challenge is about,” he added. “I know you have something in your life that you need to give up, and I want you to join me on this 21-day challenge on Hallow…it’s going to be great.”
Heaton, meanwhile, pointed out that if people want to participate, they could give up the time they spend on their phones, money spent on “unnecessarily purchasing things,” fasting the “unkind words we speak to others, or “whatever it is that keeps us from living fully as God desires us in our lives.”
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