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EPISODE · Feb 19, 2026 · 42 MIN

The Five Spiritual Attacks to Expect While Fasting... with Denise Jelinek

from My Delight with Sarah Bartel · host Nathan Bartel

When we fast, we can expect a pattern of five spiritual attacks--whether the fast is from food, behaviors like scrolling, people-pleasing, or other comforts.The enemy works in our false attachments: to things, to false gods, and to false comforts. He likes to get us to put something above God in our life, and that creates disorder.Fasting restores order.It puts God back as the center of our life.Of course the enemy will pursue our soul when we do this. Learn his tactics, learn that this is normal (you are not failing), and then learn how to gently and lovingly restore proper order after an attack. Denise Jelinek joins Sarah to break down the play book for each of these five attacks... and shares what to do about them.They touch on authentic self-care and tie it all in to Join Denise in fasting from the scale and finding peace with food this Lent in her beautiful and deeply transformative 63 Surrendered Program! Ash Wednesday Sale: Get it for $1 a day (coupon code: Lent63)Join here: https://weightlosswiththeholyspirit.com/ 🔥 Free Guide to 9 Skills for Body, Mind, and Spirit for Improving Intimacy for Catholic Wives https://canafeast.com/MyDelight-9-Skills🤔 What is Allowed for Catholics in the Bedroom? Find out in the 19-page "What's Allowed List" ($10)https://canafeast.com/mydelight-whatsallowed Support the show"Is This Perimenopause?" Aug 24-18, join 5 Catholic women's health experts to learn about intimacy, nutrition, hormone health care (inc. HRT questions), and exercise as your body changes according to God's good design.🔥 Find out more here: https://healthandhormones.org/perimenopause-toolkitWant to learn 10 Truths for Good Sex for Catholic Wives? Free "10 Truths" download.https://canafeast.com/10truthsFree Enhancing Marital Intimacy Guide for Catholic Women: 9 Skills for Body, Mind, and Spirit (for married and engaged women)Do you want to know what is allowed for Catholics in the bedroom? The "What's Allowed List" answers 20+ questions about what is licit and illicit. ($10)Model-free lingerie! Get 10% off with my affiliate link for Mentionables.

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When we fast, we can expect a pattern of five spiritual attacks--whether the fast is from food, behaviors like scrolling, people-pleasing, or other comforts. The enemy works in our false attachments: to things, to false gods, and to false comforts. He likes to get us to put something above God in our life, and that creates disorder. Fasting restores order. It puts God back as the center of our life. Of course the enemy will pursue our soul when we do this. Learn his tactics, learn that ...

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