Friday, October 10, 2025

The LivingItOut devotional has been a part of CedarCreek Church since the mid-2000s. What started as a weekly printed handout has grown into a daily posted devotional, and it continues to help readers take Biblical principles from the weekend message deeper into their week.

The heart behind the LivingItOut goes back to our founding pastor, Lee Powell, who challenged our church to “Dig Deeper.” In 2013, in an email to the staff team at the time, he wrote:

“Wouldn’t it be amazing if every weekend the thousands who hear the message actually live it out? … It’s been my dream that we all get on the same page each week. Going deeper with each weekend talk, living it out, talking about it, praying through it, challenging each other in it.”
— Lee Powell

That dream is the heartbeat of the LivingItOut: to help people engage, reflect, and respond to what God is teaching through the weekend message. 

How We Do It

Written by a dedicated and passionate DreamTeam of volunteers, working alongside a CedarCreek staff member, the LivingItOut brings together writers, editors, proofers, administrators, and a coordinator who use their unique gifts to serve God and help others grow in faith.

Every week, they create seven unique devotions full of meaningful content that inspires real-life application of God’s truth. Each day is designed to help you live out your faith beyond the weekend message.

The original team of LivingItOut writers would meet weekly in a room at the church and write, edit, and proof all in one sitting! Over time, they incorporated some remote work as technology advanced, and then the LivingItOut got a dedicated "Bible Study" landing page around 2006.

In 2008, the church rolled out a dedicated website, LivingItOut.tv, to continue the devotional’s mission of digging deeper. The website had downloadable materials and resources to help people connect to the weekend message in a whole new way.

Today, you can access the LivingItOut with an email subscription or right inside The Daily on the CedarCreek App. It's is just one of the next steps The Daily inspires people to take each day! However you choose to engage, every devotion reflects the heart and care of a team committed to helping the spiritually restless turn to Jesus.

The LivingItOut’s Guiding Principles

Vision:
The LivingItOut Team exemplifies CedarCreek’s value that every person matters to God by using their gifts to create weekly devotionals that draw people closer to Him.

Guiding Scripture:
“These are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name.”
— John 20:31

Team Results:
Through the creative writing of the LivingItOut team, guests are shown how much they matter to God and are challenged to live out the weekend message—taking real next steps in their spiritual journey.

From its earliest printed form to today’s digital version inside The Daily, the DreamTeam’s mission remains unchanged: to help our church family learn, grow, and live it out—together.

Colossians 2:7 NLT
Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.

Checkout a FLASHBACK week of LivingItOut devotions from July 2013. This week was part of the series from July 2013, and Lee Powell spoke on the importance of having deep roots in the Bible and highlighted the Bible Study Methods by Rick Warren.

Have a passion for writing or storytelling? Enjoy editing, proofing, or have the gift of administration? If so, do you want to learn more about the LivingItOut DreamTeam? 
📩 Email lio@cedarcreek.tv to learn more.

Sources:

Logos and technology timelines provided by Brent Pirolli. Brent is a founding member of CedarCreek Church and has been on staff for nearly 25 years. He currently serves as the Senior Director of I.T.

LivingItOut flashback article and email details from Lee Powells staff email were provided by Luke Shortridge. Luke was the Director of LivingItOut from around 2011-2014. He is currently the Perrysburg Campus Pastor and started at CedarCreek in 1995 with his parents who are founders.