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, 20232 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, 20232 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, 20233 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, 20232 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, 20232 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, 20232 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 15, 20232 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 8, 20233 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, 20232 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, 20232 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, 20233 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, 20233 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, 20233 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, 20233 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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cecil2748
Jul 21, 20232 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: My Favorite Birthday
Romans 15: 7 Since my birthday celebration last weekend, I've been reflecting on past birthdays and which ones stood out. There are so...
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cecil2748
Jul 14, 20232 min
7-Day Practical Faith: Bearing the Scars of Sacrifice
Source: www.instagram.com/bridgerwalker_fan_page/ John 15: 13 This month marks the three-year anniversary of the moment in which...
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cecil2748
Jun 30, 20232 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: Making It from Sunday to Sunday without Sin
The essence of 7-day practical faith is to keep the Sunday experience going all week long. Here are three ideas to reduce sin in your life.
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cecil2748
Jun 22, 20232 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: Anchored in God's Love and Forgiveness
Bible study affirms that we should trust God and his love and forgiveness. It's unmerited, of course, yet God anchors us firmly, securely.
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cecil2748
Jun 16, 20232 min
7-Day Practical Faith Blog: Connecting to a God of Higher Thoughts
Sometimes I feel like my cat in relation to me, when I consider myself in relation to God.
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