Practical Faith
Practical Faith is five minutes of fuel for following Jesus in your everyday life! With short, bite-sized episodes, Practical Faith offers helpful tools, free resources, and encouragement to assist listeners from all walks of life to actively follow the example, teachings, and practices of Jesus in their own everyday lives.
Episodes
245 episodes
Christmastime is Practice for Jesus’ Return
Jesus’ second coming is actually talked about more in the New Testament than His first. We Christians make an enormous deal out of Christmas – and we should! – the Incarnation of God on earth was the event on which all of human history pivots! ...
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Episode 244
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4:16
Arrival: The Rhythm of Advent
We call the season of Christmas “Advent," which is a word that simply means “coming” or “arriving”, and there is a pattern to it every year. There is an annual rhythm to Advent which is also like an annual practice for the second coming of the ...
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Episode 243
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4:09
It's All for Him!
Jesus is the centerpiece of Christmastime! And all that goes along with this season is for Him! Garlands. Lights. Tinsel. Bows. Wrapping Paper. It’s all for Him! Songs and Symphonies. Parties and Caroling. Ugly Christmas sweaters. Goofy Office ...
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Episode 242
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5:08
Let Heaven & Nature Sing!
The worship of God is far more than the activities of humankind. In the natural world all around us, there is a service of worship that is happening all day, every day, around the clock, in adoration of God! The Bible frequently calls our atten...
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Episode 241
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It’s All for You, Jesus!
This is the season of Advent, when we celebrate Jesus’ birth! When the long wait for His arrival ends – and the celebration of Emmanuel – God with us – begins! It’s Christmastime! And all that goes along with this season is fo...
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Episode 240
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Persuing Dreams Gradually
We’ve been talking about how to clarify and pursue some dreams for our lives together with the Lord in really practical ways. Today, I want to offer just a few concluding thoughts to help you pursue your dreams together with the Lord – remember...
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Episode 239
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4:00
Small Steps Toward a Big Dream
Imagine that you were standing in a large room, like a big auditorium or gymnasium. You are standing in one corner of the room, and your dream of where you want to be is at the far corner of the room. That dream may be something for your spirit...
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Episode 238
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3:39
Fulfilling God’s Plan His Way
God’s journey for us in life rarely looks like a straight line arrow. It often looks more like zig-zagging line with lots of twists and turns along the way. Some of this is our doing; some of it is His; and in His sovereign mercy, He is weaving...
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Episode 237
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Clear Goals vs. Good Intentions
There’s an important distinction between having clear goals vs. having just good intentions. All the hoping and wishing – and, even praying – in the world isn’t going to amount to anything if I don’t DO something about it. You have a ...
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Episode 236
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4:11
Envision Your Future With God
What’s your dream? What are you dreaming about with God? What are your hopes for yourself? for your character? your family? your future? your legacy? These are ALL great things to have a vision for in your life with the Lord. Depending on the s...
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Episode 235
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4:00
Dreaming With God
Today on Practical Faith, I want to lead you in a short exercise of dreaming with God about your future. You can do this wherever you are right now: in your car, at home, at the gym, wherever. For just a couple of minutes, we are going to talk ...
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Episode 234
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3:48
Discipleship at Home (Part 3 of 3)
Today, we are wrapping up our short series on the topic of “Discipleship at Home,” and I want to address one of the most common objections I hear around this topic, and that is this: “It’s too late for me. I missed my chance. My kids are grown....
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Episode 233
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4:09
Discipleship at Home (Part 2 of 3)
Welcome back to “Practical Faith” – where today, we will continue in our short series on the topic of “Discipleship at Home.”
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Episode 232
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4:39
Discipleship at Home (Part 1 of 3)
Today on “Practical Faith,” we'll introduce a short new series on the topic of “Discipleship at Home.” The way we grow is by practice. Family devotions for us through the years have been full of trial-and-error, starts-and-stops, and starting b...
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Episode 231
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3:49
Come & Do What Only You Can Do
If you’re like me, then, we don’t want to do what only we can do in our lives. We certainly want to give our very best – but frankly – if this is just a human effort producing human results… then, what’s the point? But the hunger and the ache a...
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Episode 230
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4:41
The Persecuted Church & Courageous Prayer
Persecution affects about 200 million Christians around the world today. Imagine the amount of faith in Jesus, and courage from His Holy Spirit it must take to live in a place where your neighbors or the government are openly hostile toward you...
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Episode 229
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God’s Purpose in Your Generation
God has purposes for you in this generation – purposes that He has called you and equipped you and prepared in advance for you to fulfill. Our loved ones – our friends and family – our everyday connections in the world – they are hungering for ...
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Episode 228
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God at Work in Your Friends’ Lives
God is already at work in the life of every single one of your unsaved friends. Every single one of them! And He is inviting you – He is authorizing you in the Name of Jesus – He is sending you! – to join Him in that miraculous work. Within the...
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Episode 227
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Serve God’s Purpose in Your Generation
God has purposes for you to serve right here – right in your very own town – among your very own generation, just like He had for David in the Bible...
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Episode 226
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3:59
Believe Like Jesus Believed
To become like Jesus, we’ve gotta do three things: do things the way Jesus did them; pray in the ways that Jesus prayed; and believe like Jesus believed. Today we’ll talk about believing like Jesus believed. Believing IN Jesus is of utmost impo...
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Episode 225
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4:27
Pray LIke Jesus Prayed
Becoming like Jesus means doing things the way Jesus did them. It also means praying the way that Jesus prayed.
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Episode 224
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4:39
Do What Jesus Did
To become like Jesus, we’ve gotta do three things. We’ve got to do what Jesus did, pray like Jesus prayed, and believe like Jesus believed. So first up is: Do what Jesus did. Sometimes, as followers of Jesus, it can be cool to actually do thing...
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Episode 223
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God Became Like Us So that We Could Become Like Him
The Eternal Son of God – God, who made us in His image – He descended from heaven to earth and become like us in every way except sin. He made us like Himself. And then, after we messed it all up, He Himself became like us, so that He could ena...
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Episode 222
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3:59