Practical Faith Academy - Season 5, Episode 2 - Cathy Colver Garland, Intimacy With God

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.

Cathy Colver Garland is the co-author, along with her father Randy Colver, of “Revelationship: Transformative Intimacy with Christ.” On today’s podcast, Garland describes the heart of the book, how God’s continual revealing of himself grows our relationship and leads to further revelations. Garland has a way of taking deep theological thoughts and translating them into practice. This episode will make you think and reflect on your own faith journey.

Highlights of the podcast:  

2:37 What does seven-day practical faith mean to Garland

6:25 Garland describes her faith deconstruction journey, asking questions about faith starting as a 13-year-old

10:05 Garland discusses her relationship with her father, with whom she co-wrote “Revelationship,” as well as her mother’s influence

11:41 The revealing ways of God are not obvious because we’re not trained to see them

13:44 A discussion on detecting God and examples of the means of revelation

18:28 On the joy of finding God and how God reveals himself to fill a lack within us

22:26 Why God reveals himself gradually

24:09 God is the antidote to what ails us because of omnipresence

27:57 Intimacy with God is intimidating, but God desires intimacy, and we see this in the Adam and Eve story

31:41 The hardest part about putting faith into practice

32:44 Garland’s best tip for developing and maintaining a seven-day practical faith

35:08 How to follow Garland and find her book

Cathy Colver Garland is a consultant and co-author of “Revelationship: Transformative Intimacy with Christ.” You can learn more about her work and ministry at https://www.Revelationship.net. Along with the book, Garland offers a study guide and a companion online course called “Reset,” a 7-week, Spirit-led journey to be reformed, reshaped, restored, and realigned to a truer, purer form... especially in light of divine truth. It’s ideal for those longing for a sacred pause and a deeper realignment with God. Explore it here: revelationship.net/reset

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