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cecil2748
Aug 14, 20242 min read
Wednesday Devotional: Content to Fill a Little Space
Susanna Wesley was content to trust God and to accept her place, glorifying God. How can we fill a little space in our practical faith walk?
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cecil2748
Jul 31, 20242 min read
Wednesday Devotional: Speaking from Our Hearts
What if we trusted Jesus and experienced the Bible so deeply that we could speak about it from our hearts at a moment's notice?
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cecil2748
Jul 24, 20242 min read
Wednesday Devotional: Straightening My Crummy Posture
We Christians must adopt faithful postures of alertness, courage, strength, and love as we shine our lights in the world.
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cecil2748
Jul 19, 20243 min read
Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Approaching Peace as a Snail or a Fish
We can trust God through the Spirit to hold and dispense peace to us, since God is shepherd, father, and sovereign.
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cecil2748
Jul 17, 20242 min read
Wednesday Devotional: Handle the Test and Wait for the Exodus
Even when times are hard, we trust God to provide. That provision may come directly through God and those he sends, or through exodus.
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cecil2748
Jul 10, 20242 min read
Wednesday Devotional: No Heaven or Hell to Put You In
We trust Jesus to be the judge of humans. Our job is to love our neighbors as we endeavor to live a seven-day practical faith.
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cecil2748
Jul 3, 20242 min read
Wednesday Devotional: Listening to the One Voice
To listen to God's voice, we must block out other voices.
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cecil2748
Jun 26, 20242 min read
Wednesday Devotional: Seeing but not Seeing
If we don't read the Bible, we won't be able to see what God is trying to show us. We'll make up our own stories about life.
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cecil2748
Jun 18, 20242 min read
Wednesday Devotional: Gratitude in a Cold Airport
Even in difficult times, we can thank God and trust God to get us through.
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cecil2748
Jun 12, 20242 min read
Wednesday Devotional: Practicing Non-Transactional Christianity
In our practical faith, we want to be non-transactional, not judging others based on their value, but simply loving them as God does.
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cecil2748
Jun 5, 20242 min read
Wednesday Devotional: Three Wounded Hearts
Cecil describes the hurt that three young men are enduring and how they can avoid bitterness by turning to the healing power of God.
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May 29, 20242 min read
Wednesday Devotional: A Single Drop Can Contaminate
One oil drop contaminates a large amount of water. A small sin contaminates our lives. Why worry about others' sins when we're all polluted?
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cecil2748
May 22, 20242 min read
Wednesday Devotional: Unified, not Uniform
We may not be of one mind, but we can be of one heart by staying united without being uniform. We must trust God's wisdom and Jesus's vision
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cecil2748
May 15, 20242 min read
Wednesday Devotional: Getting Our Hands Dirty
Cecil likes to get his hands dirty while gardening. We're also called to get our hands dirty serving Jesus in our seven-day practical faith.
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May 8, 20242 min read
Wednesday Devotional: The Vine and the Fig Tree
Cecil muses on how the renewed vigor of his dewberry vines maps to our trust in God and a Biblical prophecy of the day when wars will cease.
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May 1, 20242 min read
Wednesday Devotional: Jesus, Nothing, and Everything
We learn to trust Jesus when we realize that Jesus is everything to us, a sign that we are deepening our seven-day practical faith.
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cecil2748
Apr 24, 20242 min read
Wednesday Devotional: God is the Ruler Yet
1 Colossians 1:16-17 The mourners were asked to sing a hymn at my friend's mother's memorial service, a familiar tune of "This is My...
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Apr 17, 20242 min read
Wednesday Devotional: Joy in the Morning
Joy is a part of our seven-day practical faith. We rejoice despite circumstances, because joy is derived from the Holy Spirit's presence.
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Apr 10, 20242 min read
Wednesday Devotional: Above the Clouds
2 Timothy 2:1,3-4 I remember my first flight on a rainy day. The dark clouds sat heavy over the landscape, and the tarmac was soaked from...
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cecil2748
Apr 3, 20242 min read
Wednesday Devotional: Casting Your Cares on God
When we trust God in difficult times, we can cast our cares on the Lord and receive the benefits of his tenderness and providence.
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