Be Still Be Free

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) I believe that when we think of the stories in the Bible, we elevate the characters of those stories as if they are more than we are or had more to offer God than us. But when we dig in and really study to understand these stories, we realize that each and everyone of them are just ordinary people, sinners, people just lik...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) Hold onto your hats, ladies, because for the second week in a row, we're having a fun, chatty and non-exegetical conversation... and this time it's about spring break! We're coming at you hot next week with the start of a brand-new series, but thought we'd take another chance to have a laugh, sit back a...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) Well friends, it's random chat time. This is one of those episodes where we don't have a plan and we just roll with it and chat about everything from what we're cooking to what we're struggling with. Hope you enjoy this fun conversation with us! For more resources, make sure to visit our website . You c...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) It's our final week discussing the book of Ruth, and we're wrapping up the series focusing on chapter 4 and our hero of the story, Boaz! He was a man who esteemed and protected Ruth, who provided for her and Naomi, and welcomed her not just into his country, but into his land, his harvest and his heart. In this e...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) Nope, no April Fool's joke here... it's time for a new #podcast episode in the #BeNoble series!  When opportunity presents itself, we all have choices to make on how we will approach that opportunity. In today’s podcast, we will see how Ruth does an amazing job of showing us how to be teachable but responsive, ho...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) At first glance, it seems that this second chapter of Ruth is full of blessings and open doors for Ruth because of her dedication to provide for Naomi. But a deeper look shows us that while God’s blessing and favor are indeed bestowed on her, it’s more a direct result of her inner character and the integrity she possesses...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) Without a doubt, we all have times of suffering in our lives. Some of those times are worse than others, but man... when we are down, we are down, and there's nothing comfortable about it. Even if you are able to be more like Joseph and never lose your faith in God’s plans and purposes, or if you are more like Naomi a...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) We're kicking off a brand-new series today, and we're doing something a little different. Listen in as we dive into the details of the book of Ruth, learning more about Naomi, Ruth, Boaz, and how God interrupted the lives of very ordinary, everyday women to leave a legacy that led to Jesus Himself. You don't...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) It's our final #podcast episode of the #BeThinkers series! We hope you've been as encouraged and as challenged as we have been to elevate our mindsets and be transformed by the renewing of our minds. This week's episode is our Deep Dive and Wrap-Up, where we share personal thoughts and feelings about the ser...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) It's one of our favorite features each #podcast series, our Women of the Bible episode! This week we discuss several women who we feel embody these attributes of thinking we've been studying. TRUE + HONEST Sarah, wife to Abraham. She fell into the trap of believing lies and fact over Truth: LIE: Sarah’s words in...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) In a world filled with distraction, sin and trauma, how many “things” a day would you say you think on that are excellent and praiseworthy? If you are anything like Sara, focusing on the negative is so much easier than on the positive. But in her studies this week, she was reminded of a small scene in Peter Pan that is so...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) In today's culture (especially), it's easy to let our thought lives spiral on things that are ugly, frustrating, negative and disheartening. But Paul tells us to think on things that are lovely and of good report -- so what does that mean? It's not keeping yourself uninformed and ignorant of what's happ...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) It seems there are so many “things” fighting for our attention, our focus, our minds. Paul is so very clear about making sure you mediate or think on very specific topics in an effort to perpetuating the Great Commission in our lives. Today, talk about Just and Pure thinking, and the ramifications of where your roots truly...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) The very first thing in Philippians 4:8 that Paul tells us to think about are things that are TRUE and HONEST. In today's culture, where the phrase "my truth" is peppered around like confetti, what does the Bible mean about thinking things that are True and Honest? We'll give you a hint: it has nothing...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) It's the introduction to our new series, Be Thinkers! This week, Sara and Monica share what it means to be aware of your thought life, and what the Bible has to say to encourage us to Be Thinkers according to God. Listen in and be challenged! 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 :) Welcome to a brand-new year, and a brand-new kick-off to an exciting podcast season! Before we jump in to a new series (come back on Jan 21 for it!), we thought we'd first take a minute to catch you up on some life stuff. Sara has had a major life change in the past few months, and we wanted to give her a chance to sh...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) Guys, it's the last podcast episode for 2018! We hope you've enjoyed this Be words series as much as we have. This final episode in the series encompasses the word Belong, and we dive into it in two parts: belonging to God, and belonging to each other. Listen in as we explore what each of these means to us as bel...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) “Victorious Christianity is not found in knowing a lot of theology, or manufacturing the right kind of feelings. It’s found in abiding in the presence of a Person.” (JD Greear) Not only did Jesus leave us with an advocate, helper and comforter in the Holy Spirit that would walk beside and within us, but He gave us the blue...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) We get so rigid in our views of what Sabbath is and what it needs to look like. But what if we changed your mindset from Sabbath being a set day of the week to it being an intermission — a time for us to pause to catch our breath that can be any length of time God determines? The Sabbath is a GIFT from God for us to grab h...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) Becoming is an active word that means entering into a new state or condition. Jesus took a slightly more intentional spin on the word by meaning, “become what you believe.” So the question we have to ask ourselves is – what are we believing? What we believe is what we become, and boy does that put some responsibility back...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) Happy #BeFreeFriday y'all! This week we switched it up and did a video episode from the top of Kennesaw Mountain! Watch the video on Facebook or at bestillbefree.com/bff129. We chat about struggles and triumphs in 2018, and about plans and recipes for Thanksgiving (visit the blog for details!). It's a spontaneous...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) Suppose you were walking along a path and you came to a bridge which crossed a deep canyon. You might look at it and believe that it would hold you, and you might even see other people walking across it so you know it would hold your weight. But so far, your “belief” in the bridge is only in your head. When do you really b...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) In this week's #BeFreeFriday, Monica gets honest about a couple seemingly innocent questions that ended up exposing some things in her heart that God wanted to address. Maybe you can relate!  For more resources, make sure to visit www.bestillbefree.com.  You can also find us at www.facebook.com/bestillbefree, www.twit...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) There’s a Because to all of our trials -- a reason that we go through what we go through. But what does the Bible say about Because? The reasons may be different than you think, and go deeper than you think!  For more resources, make sure to visit www.bestillbefree.com.  You can also find us at www.facebook.com/bestillbefr...

Send us a text, and leave your number or email so we can get back to you :) It's easy to say that we believe IN something, but perhaps we really believe ABOUT it more than IN it. How about your faith? Do we really believe IN God or do we just believe ABOUT Him? Listen in today as Sara talks with us about The Bridge; learn quickly where you are on your journey of believing. For more resources,...