The 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.
Linda Evans Shepherd is an acclaimed author, speaker, and ministry leader. Shepherd has written almost 40 books, including the best-selling Praying Through Every Emotion and When You Don’t Know What to Pray. She has extensive speaking background at significant Christian events. Shepherd is the founder and CEO of the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association and the creator of the P.O.W.E.R. Speaker Certification Program. Among other organizations and ministries, she is the head of Leading Hearts Magazine.
Highlights of the podcast:
0:51 Why we should pray
2:41 What key themes people should take into their prayer life
4:34 How Linda prayed to release her fear over wildfires approaching her home
7:20 A model for how to fully give your fears to God
9:50 Why we should pray for small stuff
12:19 Linda’s prayer capability grew during a time of tragedy and stress
15:27 A vision of walking with Jesus and how our trials are “miracle seeds”
17:31 The miraculous story of how her daughter came out of a year-long coma
20:30 Her go-to prayer
21:04 A seven-day practical faith is living each moment of every day in conversation with God
22:55 The hardest part about putting faith into practice
23:45 Her best tip for living and maintaining a seven-day practical faith
26:33 Cecil and Linda discuss how the Spirit can speak to us in the night, revealing wisdom
You can learn more about and benefit from Linda Evans Shepherd and her ministries in the following ways:
- Receive a blessing as Linda prays over you in video and in print by visiting MyPrayerGift.com.
- Find Linda’s books and prayer articles at GotToPray.com.
- Linda also has a YouTube show called The Prayer Investigator.
Cecil Taylor is an author, speaker, podcaster, blogger, and provider of Instant Content to churches and small groups. You can learn more about Cecil and what he offers at https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com, at https://www.facebook.com/ceciltaylorministries , https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceciltaylor/ , and the Cecil Taylor Ministries YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHP_khu3r77ubl5jvHsf5-w .
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