7-Day Practical Faith Blog: Risk at Any Age and Stage
No matter your age or stage, Jesus calls you to take risks for his kingdom. Do you trust Jesus enough to take a leap of faith?
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cecil2748
- Nov 17
- 2 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: Jesus' Upside Down World
Jesus has an upside down view of things compared to our view. When we trust Jesus, we embed his view into our 7-day practical faith.
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cecil2748
- Nov 10
- 3 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: Removing Specks and Planks
Our practical faith has a subtle companion: sin that we are comfortable with. But we judge others' sin. Jesus warns us about this.
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cecil2748
- Nov 3
- 2 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: A Bee-Sized Approach to the World's Problems
The world's problems are overwhelming, hard for an individual to solve. Working together with practical faith, we can make honey for others
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cecil2748
- Oct 27
- 2 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: Asking Your Neighbor What They Need
What happens when a homeless person speaks up in the middle of a conversation about how to help the homeless?
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cecil2748
- Oct 20
- 2 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: The High Bar that Jesus Sets
If we trust Jesus, then we will do what he says. He tells us hard things to do, like loving our enemies. It's part of our practical faith.
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cecil2748
- Oct 13
- 3 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: How Loving Enemies Can Work
Here's a test of whether you trust Jesus: Do you trust his message to love enemies? In doing so, we can change hearts and change the world.
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cecil2748
- Oct 6
- 2 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: The Hope of Almond Blossoms
God carries our hope when we can't. The almond blossom is a hopeful symbol of the annual renewal of life and the life that can renew in us.
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cecil2748
- Sep 29
- 2 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: Building on Solid Ground
In our 7-day practical faith, we need to put Jesus' words into action. An analogy of dykes helps us understand how to build on solid ground.
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cecil2748
- Sep 27
- 2 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: Christ-Centered Marriages, Christ-Centered Homes
If we are to live a 7-day practical faith, we must start in our homes, where Christ must reign.
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cecil2748
- Sep 18
- 1 min
Study "Live Like You're Loved" with Cecil and Fellow Believers
Here's an opportunity to study Cecil's award-winning book with fellow believers and the author himself!
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cecil2748
- Sep 15
- 2 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: Positive Goodness rather than Negative Goodness
Matthew 7: 12 Does living a 7-day practical faith mean that you avoid temptation and doing bad things, or does it mean doing good things?...
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cecil2748
- Sep 11
- 2 min
Getting into the Flow
I was recently watching a documentary about my favorite singer, Elton John, and my favorite album, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," a 1973...
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cecil2748
- Sep 8
- 3 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: A Model for Seeking Forgiveness
We're told to forgive, but what about seeking forgiveness? Here is a practical faith model for reconciling when you've hurt someone.
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cecil2748
- Sep 1
- 2 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: Every Day is a Gift
Life is fragile, as Cecil recently discovered again. We find that we must trust God to hold our lives in His hands. Every day is a gift.
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cecil2748
- Aug 25
- 2 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: Time to Wait or Time to Act?
In our waiting and our acting, we trust God and his Holy Spirit to guide us in our 7-day practical faith walk.
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cecil2748
- Aug 18
- 3 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: Windmills, Gratitude, Challenges, and Hope
How do windmills reflect the challenges of the church? In this expansive post, Cecil reflects on what he learned and felt visiting windmills
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cecil2748
- Aug 11
- 3 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: Always, Without Ceasing, In All Circumstances
1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18 I was talking to a pastor friend who said his congregation is looking for simple, practical ways to practice...
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cecil2748
- Aug 4
- 3 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: The Person You Were Called to Be
1 Peter 2: 9, Romans 12: 10-13 Recently I volunteered at my church's summer youth camp. The theme of the camp messages was finding...
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cecil2748
- Jul 28
- 3 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: Reacting to Unanswered Prayer
Our prayers are not guaranteed to be answered as we wish. But we must maintain our practical faith and trust God to bring good out of bad.
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