Can we be honest for a few minutes? Many of us, if we're ugly honest, have spent our lives focused on the principle, "I believe in God because I want to go to Heaven." We've spent our lives so focused on making it to Heaven that we've bound ourselves up in a current hell. In Romans 4:3, we learn, "Abraham believed God" and I can't help but wonder, how much different would our lives be if we started believing God. If we started believing that He is good, He is for you, He is with you, and He loves you. 

Today, we're going to be taking a look at the parallels between Romans 3:3 and Number 20: 1-11. Answering one larger question; Is God faithful despite our disobedience?

remember the day so clearly to which my Aunt Sue commented on a picture of me from New Orleans. From the outside look in - it looked like adventure but she knew, from the inside looking out, it looked like being lost. She commented, “Hey girly! Worried about you - feels like there is always a drink in your hand. I hope you’re doing okay.” For a few days, I didn’t respond. Honestly, I. didn’t know how to respond. She was right; I was lost, lonely, with a well put together public image. Indeed, I was not okay. 

Her words lingered in my spirit for weeks when I finally reached out to her and told her I wasn’t okay. After our conversation, I became more aware of my behavior but still found myself unable to change. Week after week she sent me encouragement, shared with me sunsets, and scripture to remind me of my purpose in Him. 

It took me seven more months to come to the realization that the “wild and free” lifestyle I was living was really causing me to live bound in chains. What if, leading someone back to Christ - either for the fifteenth time or for the first was less about the verses you memorize and more about the kindness you show? 

What does it look like to lead someone in kindness back to Christ? 

On Episode #10, we’re going to dive into Romans 2:4B and John 8:1-10. My hope is that through these stories, we will find the courage to lead with kindness abounding in His love and grace. 

In Romans 1:  11-12 Paul is talking to the church in Rome about this idea of being mutually encouraging AKA running the race set for YOU to run. On todays episode we're going to look at how hope, focus, and investment play into this spiritual gift. 

I messed up. I began looking at the race other women were running and deemed their strategy as mine. I started planning to launch two episodes a week. One episode on scripture and the other on implementation of that scripture. It sounds good, it sounds right, it sounds like hustle, it sounds beneficial except, it wasn't what God asked me to do. 

Before Simply Put ever began God reaffirmed over and over again that it was not my job to give good advice but an honor to share God's wisdom. It was not my place to impart my strategy. It was only my place to embrace His sovereignty. 

Come hangout and hear what He has spoken to me over the last five weeks. 

In Luke 5:17, Jesus highlights a few different ways in which our friendships account for the healing He provides.

Luke 5:17 tells the story of Jesus healing a paralytic man. Oddly enough, when this man's friends got him to Jesus - there was no way in! What did his friends do? How did they respond? Check out what we can learn about believing God, friendship, and healing within the context of a paralytic man. 

If you haven't already, be sure to check out Episode #1 on Habakkuk 2:2! But, if you're caught up and ready to dig in. Listen in on 5 things you can remember and do as you see God amongst the vision He has given you.

On this episode, we're going to take a sneak peek into one of my favorite books of the Bible - Habakkuk! Summed up, Habakkuk is a real, raw, transparent conversation with God and His prophet Habakkuk. We're going to look at what to do when God gives you a vision, the purpose behind readiness, and how to wait in the waiting.