Practical Faith Academy Blog: S6, E7 - Kevin Taylor, Listening For and Following God's Voice

God speaks to us in many ways. For example, Rev. Kevin Taylor's life was redirected through the combination of a conversation with another faithful person and a scene from "The Lion King."

Kevin Taylor is a pastor who also has an extensive career in business leadership. He has allowed God to direct him in new ways in both career settings. Rev. Taylor joins this episode of the Practical Faith Academy to discuss how we can discern God’s will and how we can reach beyond our own preferences and comfort zones to obey.

The Selah Award-winning Practical Faith Academy Podcast from Cecil Taylor Ministries presents guests who have important things to say about putting your faith into practice. Cecil interviews each guest to understand their life stories and their ideas for living a seven-day practical faith.

In this episode, Rev. Taylor shares his own story of doing less than what God was asking and what he learned from that experience. He also discusses how to better listen and know what God is asking and how we are affirmed when we move forward in faith.

One key segment that struck me was our discussion on how to approach risky faith situations, including in business settings.

Highlights of the podcast:

2:34  What a seven-day practical faith means to Rev. Taylor

4:07  A viewing of “The Lion King” changed Taylor’s mindset about his role in ministry.

8:42  How God lets us know we should not let a calling or other key decisions linger

12:20  How to suppress our preferences to listen and obey God

16:21  How can we develop our listening skills so we can achieve clarity of God’s direction?

20:15  How Taylor has experienced affirmation when following God’s direction

22:43  Taylor’s guidance on accepting and implementing faithful risk in our lives.

27:30  Taylor’s advice when a business asks you to do something unethical

31:21  His best tip for developing and maintaining a seven-day practical faith

34:12  How you can follow Taylor and find his books and services (receive a 10% discount if you indicate you heard him on the Practical Faith Academy podcast)

The Practical Faith Academy podcast can be played directly on the Cecil Taylor Ministries website at https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com/podcast. While on the site, please check out everything Cecil Taylor Ministries offers, including our Instant Content books and video studies for individual learners, small groups, and churches.

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