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A PERSONAL WORD FROM DR. CINDY TRIMM
If you are reading this, you are taking part in the 40 Day Soul Fast.1 Please remember the
purpose of the Soul Fast is to eliminate the toxins in your soul, not your body. However,
because the body and soul are interconnected, what is good for one is good for the other!
I encourage you to take this opportunity to cleanse and detox your body even as you
dedicate yourself to cleansing and detoxifying your soul.

The Body of Christ is longing for detoxification on so many levels. That is demonstrated
by the large number of people who have asked me for information about detoxifying their
entire system as they pursue this 40 Day Soul Fast. That is why I am making this
informational booklet available. I pray it will be a useful tool to help you along your “life
cleansing” journey.

Remember, Jesus said, “It is not what goes into the mouth of a man that makes him
unclean . . . but what comes out of the mouth; this makes a man unclean . . . whatever
comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this is what makes a man unclean”
(Matthew 11:15, 18 AMP).

If you choose to pursue a physical fast along with the soul fast, please don’t become
distracted or burdened by the demands of a restrictive fasting regimen. I would encourage
you to prayerfully allow God to lead you into laying aside whatever is keeping you from
thinking more clearly, having more energy, or pursuing Him more fully. I would suggest
along with fasting unhealthy foods, you fast unhealthy thoughts—as you give up toxic
eating habits, give up toxic behaviors. It is more destructive to your soul to engage in
gossip or complaining, than it is to eat gravy or cupcakes.

The primary aim of the 40 Day Soul Fast is to "lay aside every weight, and the sin which
so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us"
(Hebrews 12:1). The weights of negative thought habits and toxic verbal behaviors tie
you down and keep you vulnerable to sin. The debris in your mind and the junk coming
out of (not into) your mouth are what keep you stagnated and going around in circles.
These are the toxins that prevent you from running with endurance and fulfilling your
divine purpose—and cause so many to abort their God-given dreams.
If exercising the discipline of fasting unhealthy foods will help you be more mindful of
exercising the discipline of fasting unhealthy thoughts, then let the two work together
synergistically to help you bring your spirit, soul, and body into alignment. It is for this
reason I am making this guide available—to help you learn to cleanse and renew your
body even as you cleanse and renew your mind! May you be Empowered for Life and
Empowered to Live Beyond Your Limits!

1  The goal of the 40 Day Soul Fast is to guide you through the process of discovering who you really are,
assist you in the examination of all your objectives and relationships, and thrust you onto a new path of success and prosperity.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
When this vision came to me, I, Daniel, had been in mourning for three whole weeks.
All that time I had eaten no rich food. No meat or wine crossed my lips, and I used no
fragrant lotions until those three weeks had passed.
Daniel 10:2-3 NLT

This is the kind of fast day I'm after: to break the chains of injustice, get rid of
exploitation in the workplace; free the oppressed; cancel debts. What I'm interested in
seeing you do is: sharing your food with the hungry, inviting the homeless poor into your
homes, putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad, being available to your own families.
Do this and the lights will turn on, and your lives will turn around at once. Your
righteousness will pave your way. The God of glory will secure your passage. Then when
you pray, God will answer. You'll call out for help and I'll say, “Here I am.”
A Full Life in the Emptiest of Places

If you get rid of unfair practices, quit blaming victims, quit gossiping about other
people's sins, if you are generous with the hungry and start giving yourselves to the
down-and-out, your lives will begin to glow in the darkness, your shadowed lives will be
bathed in sunlight. I will always show you where to go. I'll give you a full life in the
emptiest of places—firm muscles, strong bones. You'll be like a well-watered garden, a
gurgling spring that never runs dry. You'll use the old rubble of past lives to build anew,
rebuild the foundations from out of your past. You'll be known as those who can fix
anything, restore old ruins, rebuild and renovate, make the community livable again.

Isaiah 58:6-12 MSG

It’s not what goes into your body that defiles you; you are defiled by what comes from your heart.

Mark 7:15 NLT
Can’t you see that the food you put into your body cannot defile you? Food doesn’t go
into your heart, but only passes through the stomach and then goes into the sewer.” (By
saying this, he declared that every kind of food is acceptable in God’s eyes.)

And then he added, “It is what comes from inside that defiles you. For from within, out of
a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed,
wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness. All these vile
things come from within; they are what defile you.” Mark 7:18-23 NLT

We work to feed our appetites. Meanwhile our souls go hungry. Ecclesiastes 6:7 MSG

THE “FAST” WAY TO HEALING & HEALTH
“Some people wear out one set of teeth digging their way to the grave, only to buy a false
set of teeth to complete the task of eating themselves to death.”
Author Unknown

Fasting—traditionally seen as a spiritual activity—is increasingly being used as a method
to improve physical, mental, and emotional health. It is an ever-increasing belief that
fasting not only helps to relieve the body of toxins, but also stimulates and increases
spiritual awareness and produces growth hormones, which postpones the aging process.
The search for health goes on unceasingly, and fasting has helped many to achieve it.
Contrary to what our minds may tell us, the body can function for seven days without
water and forty days without food. I am not asking you to go forty days without food, but
I do encourage you to practice one of the fasting options offered below for the duration of
the 40 Day Soul Fast. I believe your soul will benefit from any cleansing taking place in
your body—and vice versa! “Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in
health, just as your soul prospers” (3 John 1:2).

The following information is intended to give you a variety of options you can pursue,
some general guidelines to follow, an array of basic information to consider, and other
helpful tools you can use to cleanse your life—body, soul, and spirit.
Cleanse and nourish your body by avoiding all toxic products and unwholesome foods
and hydrating sufficiently—no less than 8 glasses of water per day!
Cleanse and nourish your soul by avoiding all toxic media and unwholesome
entertainment—hydrate your soul by drinking from the fountain of the Word daily!
Cleanse and nourish your spirit by avoiding toxic places and unwholesome people—
hydrate your spirit by praising and worshipping God whenever possible.
Be good to yourself—your true, authentic self—your soul.
Read The Creed provided at the back of this booklet everyday for the next 40 days.
*For the next 40 days, set aside 40 minutes each day to invest in the life of your soul.

WEEKLY:
1. Read each week’s article post available for download at www.soulfast.com.
2. Listen to each week’s video-lesson.

DAILY
3. Set aside a designated time and place to read the daily entry in the book and
respond to the action steps in the companion journal as well as the phone app.
4. Pray that the Lord will reveal to you the specific toxins cluttering your own soul.