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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Somebody Else's Problem
In his prior blog post, Cecil said not to take on every problem in the world. This time, he tells us how to know which problems to tackle.
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Apr 42 min read
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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: It's a Great, Great, Great, Big World
Our fear expands when we consider all the problems of the world. But God has the world in his hands and only parcels out a small part to us.
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Mar 282 min read
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Seven-Day Practical Faith Devotional: Glorifying and Enjoying God
"Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy God forever." How can we do this, starting today?
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Mar 213 min read
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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Committing to the Process without Emotionally Attaching to the Result
Playing cornerback in football requires some of the highest maturity of any position in sports. In a game where the opposing receiver has...
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Mar 142 min read
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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Multiplication by One
The boy knew that the countless starfish that had washed up on the beach would not survive. So he began picking them up and tossing them...
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Mar 72 min read
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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Faith Gaps - Doing God's Job
A big spiritual problem in the Great Cultural Divide is that we try to do God's job, because we feel like it's not getting done.
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Feb 283 min read
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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Faith Gaps - Hating Our Enemy
It's natural to hate and not forgive our enemies. Jesus says to do the opposite. Do we trust him enough to obey him?
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Feb 212 min read
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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Faith Gaps - Energetic Slaves of Stability
The words leaped off the page at me. An Amazon reviewer, in discussing my book "From Comfort Zone to Trust Zone" and how comfort zones...
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Feb 72 min read
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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Denying Lordship
If we're worried about money, or a raft of other things, it signals that we are not giving lordship control of our lives to Jesus.
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Jan 312 min read
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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Faith Gaps from Feast and Famine
In this blog series, I'm looking at faith gaps caused by fear. If you're like me, you tend to pray for the things you want. You pray for...
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Jan 243 min read
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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Faith Gaps Caused by Lacking Serenity
In this series of faith gaps caused by fear, we might lack serenity that will serve us in the toughest moments. A Jesus relationship helps.
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Jan 172 min read
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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Faith Gaps Caused by Fear
In this blog series opener, Cecil explores the root cause of our faith troubles: Fear.
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Jan 102 min read
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Seven-Day Practical Faith: A Wise Idea for Seeking Jesus in 2025
Cecil recommends reading through the Gospels slowly in a year to fully absorb and understand the teachings and life of Jesus.
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Jan 32 min read
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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Putting Christ into Christmas in a Sensory-Overloaded World
It's almost too much to look at. Going shopping or basically going anywhere during Christmas time is a sensory overload experience....
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Dec 20, 20242 min read
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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Putting Christ into Christmas in a Secular World
Christmas has become too secular for many of us. We can counter that feeling by offering God-like gifts to God and to others.
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Dec 13, 20242 min read
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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Putting Christ into Christmas in a Weary World
In this first edition of a series on putting Christ into Christmas, Cecil proposes a solution that allows the weary world to rejoice.
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Dec 6, 20242 min read
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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Standing Up to Adult Peer Pressure
Cecil gives three ideas for countering the peer pressure that other adults apply to us.
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Nov 29, 20242 min read
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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Loving Beyond Differences
How can we maintain relationships if we differ on major things? Try common ground.
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Nov 22, 20243 min read
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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: On Alert for Kindness
Cecil shows the importance of awareness in being kind, as he relates a kind event he saw in a Dairy Queen.
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Nov 15, 20242 min read
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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: A Formula for Facing Fear
Cecil discovered a formula for facing fear when challenged with his own overwhelming terror.
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Nov 8, 20242 min read
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