Simply Present

Simply Present We finally did it. We can be more than one place at a time! A modern miracle! Thanks to the means of technology we can simultaneously be at a table with friends, FaceTiming someone while checking our social media messages and responding to an email. Do you see the problem? And we are…

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Simplicity and Contentment

Simplicity and Contentment Newbreak’s Sermon Study Guide is an in-house resource that serves sermon-based Life Groups and/or individuals who want to reflect further on how the message contributes to their spiritual formation. In this week’s study, we talk about how simplicity is the pathway toward contentment. Watch Message Study Guide PDF Icebreakers for Life Groups…

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Simplicity and Contentment

Simplicity and Contentment “I’ll be content when…” (Fill in the blank). And that’s the problem with contentment, isn’t it? It’s like the goal post to achieve contentment keeps moving. But what if this was not the case? What if Jesus offers us a way to experience contentment? Even more provocative, what if simplicity was a…

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Bible Verses to Ground Your Day in Gratitude

“Every day I wake up with a very thankful heart. I fold my hands and say a prayer, the perfect way to start!” It’s the opening line of a book I have been reading to my son in this season of life. And it has me thinking: Do I wake up “with a very thankful…

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Simple Values

Simple Values We live in a culture of hurry and an unsustainable fast pace. Before we know it, we are burnt out and frustrated. Why? Whether we have the language to pinpoint it or not, we are languishing because we are not living according to the right values. Listen in as we discover how to…

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Be Busy, Not Hurried

“How are you?” The answer to this common formality of the question has some of the most templated answers in the English language. “Good! But busy.” “Tired, but good!” It’s amazing how many of our answers are some sort of combination of “good” and “busy” as if those two go together like peanut butter and…

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