Be Still Be Free

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) It’s part two of our special 5-year anniversary celebration featuring an in-depth chat with the men beneath our wings, Chris and Greg. Enjoy the wrap-up of this fun, honest and hilarious conversation around the table. And be sure to tune in next week for a brand-new series!  For more resources, make sure to visit www.besti...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) You guys! Today is our 5-year anniversary of podcasting, can you believe it?? To mark this amazingly momentous occasion, we decided it was time for you to meet the men behind the women. In this week's episode, we introduce you to Chris and Greg, Sara and Monica's other halves. Listen in as they discuss everything...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) In this week’s #BeFreeFriday, Monica shares about the faithfulness of God and how it never fails, never gives up. For more resources, make sure to visit www.bestillbefree.com. You can also find us at www.facebook.com/bestillbefree, www.twitter.com/bestillbefree. And if you want a close-knit community of friends to share, e...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) It's our Everyday Woman interview, but we decided to switch it up...and we've "interviewed" you! In this final episode on the Proverbs 31 woman, we compiled audio recordings from our listeners of what the Proverbs 31 woman means to them. It's a short and sweet episode filled with wisdom from the ve...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) In this week's #BeComplete #podcast, we're looking at how women in the Bible exemplified the characteristics of the Proverbs 31 woman...and you may be surprised by how they reflect her! For more resources, make sure to visit www.bestillbefree.com. You can also find us at www.facebook.com/bestillbefree, www.twitte...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) Have you ever stopped to think about what you think about? In a Craig Groeschel podcast Sara recently listened to, he asks this question and she hasn't stopped thinking about it since. Just as last time together she chatted about the half-glass-full, this week she will continue with the idea of how important mindset i...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) When we think of the "work" the Proverbs 31 woman did, we begin to hyperventilate thinking about how busy she was and how she was Pinterest-perfect before it was a thing. But what if she loved her work and it fed her soul? What if her work was a natural overflow of her God-given gifts & abilities? For more re...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) Our days may seem monotonous, like they're running on a loop, waking up to the exact same thing day after day like Groundhog's Day, but praise the Lord His mercies and compassions aren't. Every day when we wake up, God has freshly poured out mercies, kindness, goodness and favor for us - rivers that run full...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) Where do I even start? Trying to sum up these 5 verses and our 30-minute conversation into one paragraph proves to me to be a challenge this week! So, here's to the challenge of 5 sentences. Do not be discouraged by these verses. Our "woman of wisdom" was so much more than a doer. Let me put it this way -- e...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) In a world that is ever present with opportunity for negativity, discouragement, and disappointment, it is important that we find a way to remind ourselves to stay positive and stay hopeful. Proverbs 17:22 says “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” God tells us in His Word that not o...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) Only 1/5 of the P31 passage discusses the relationship of husband & wife; it's important, but it doesn't COMPLETE you. Tune in to this week's #podcast to hear how this union is unique, but how to apply it even if you don't have a spouse! For more resources, make sure to visit www.bestillbefree.com....

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) Welcome back to our weekly Be Free Fridays after summer break! As you know, we've launched a new series called Be Complete, a focus on the Proverbs 31 woman. But instead of doing our typical Everyday Woman Interview for this series, we thought it would be amazing to hear from all of you about what the Proverbs 31 woma...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) Rachel Held Evans says, "Too often, we focus on the Proverbs 31 Woman's roles as a way of reducing womanhood to marriage, motherhood, and domesticity, when really, this passage is about character that transcends both gender and circumstance…be careful of focusing on marriage, motherhood, and domesticity, or caree...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) We're back from summer break and are kicking off a brand-new series called Be Complete! This series is a study of the Proverbs 31 woman, and don't fret, we're here to de-bunk a lot of assumptions we have previously made and demonstrate that she is meant for us to have joy that is complete. For more resources...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) It’s our Deep Dive and Wrap-Up for the entire Be Fruitful series. We cannot believe it's already over! Join Sara and Monica on a discussion of all the fruits of the spirit and a recap of our series from January - present, as we share what we loved, what challenged us, what inspired us. As we take the summer off, we en...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) Sometimes when life feels overwhelming and circumstances threaten to choke you, the first thing God wants you to do is go to Him and let it all out... not stuff it down and ignore it. In this week's #BeFreeFriday, Monica shares how getting raw and vulnerable is sometimes exactly what we need in order to begin healing...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) It's time for our Everyday Woman interview! In this week's #BeFruitful #podcast, we talk with listener Kathleen and what she's learned about faithfulness, gentleness and self-control in the past year. You don't want to miss this! For more resources, make sure to visit www.bestillbefree.com. You can also...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) Do you find it hard to stay in the Word during the summer? Schedules are wonky, routines change, and before you know it days go by and you have not spent time with Jesus? Today Sara shares some practical ideas for summertime devotionals that can include family or be just for yourself. The trick is being willing to think ou...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) In this week's #BeFruitful #podcast, we're looking at how women in the Bible exemplified the fruits of Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control...and a few may be a little unconventional! For more resources, make sure to visit www.bestillbefree.com. You can also find us at www.facebook.com/bestillbefree, www.twi...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) When we think about growing our fruits, it's easy to assume they're going to grow in only in our quiet time or when we sit to pray specifically about it. We forget that there are real-life situations we encounter every single day that give us opportunities -- and most often, those real-life situations are going t...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) The fruit of self-control isn't something we muster up on our own, but rather a confident and assured power that though a temptation be present, we have Christ’s strength and divine power to resist! That changes everything! For more resources, make sure to visit www.bestillbefree.com. You can also find us at www.faceb...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) Have you ever heard the quote, "The family that prays together stays together?" Well, the same has been said with "The family the eats together stays together."But how do we accomplish this in simple and easy ways that work with the crazy schedules that seep into our lives? This week Sara shares a few o...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) Focus on the Family describes gentleness is a strong hand with a soft touch. It is a tender, compassionate approach toward others' weaknesses and limitations. A gentle person still speaks truth, sometimes even painful truth, but in doing so guards his tone so the truth can be well received. In my family we would even...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) Faithfulness is the one fruit we actually give back to God as well as display for humankind. All the other gifts are really centered around how we share the gospel with the world. But faithfulness is worshipping what is NOT seen and not what IS seen. It says, “I trust you God," and shows the world we trust God. We&apo...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) So often God will answer a long-awaited prayer, but we’re so excited about having a next step we jump into action before pausing to say thank you. This week Monica shares about how necessary it is for us to take a minute to stop and express our gratitude to God before rushing into doing. For more resources, make sure to vi...