It is important to focus on cultivating my heart more than I create or consume especially when dealing with the senseless murder of George Floyd. For this reason, I will be shifting the frequency of this podcast to monthly or weekly. As we're almost halfway through June, we begin practicing and learning about the spiritual discipline of Simplicity and the fruit of the spirit: Goodness.
The practice of simplicity is both a discipline and grace. When we enter into it, we find contentment and freedom.
The Bible doesn’t mention simplicity directly, but it has become so clear to me that I see it connected to freedom and contentment. It’s like the key that unlocks the secret of contentment and freedom, which Paul talks so much about.
Jesus lived simply, the disciples and apostles lived simply, we see repeatedly in Gods word a call to simplicity, yet we live so disconnected from that world it seems, constantly distracted and surrounded by crippling complexity and overwhelming abundance.
Our homework for the week is to pick up the book Freedom of Simplicity and listen to or read it. We will get into practical tips and best practices later, but it’s important to begin with a firm foundation. Because when we build our practice of simplicity on the sand we’re blown and tossed by the wind and the next thing you know we’re listing to some guru telling us to cut out people who aren’t adding value to our lives. But this is not the way of Jesus.
For additional study and resources check out:
Bridgetown’s series on Simplicity
The More of Less by Joshua Becker
The Minimalist Home by Joshua Becker
Soulful Simplicity by Courtney Carver
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