The Simple Mission Podcast
Figuring out your life and your God-given mission does not have to be complicated. Rather, it’s pretty simple. We filter the complicated topics through the simple lens of the Gospel. Hosted by David + Lianna (that’s us!), we seek to equip others to read, study, and know the Bible, learn more of who God is, what He has done, and His mission for us. We go over a variety of topics, like church, family issues, staying pure, divorce, marriage, simple living, finding community, mental health, and more. See thesimplemission.com for more.
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July 20, 2021 • 34 min
Are you having a difficult time to pray to God? If so, why? What about dealing with a lot of pride in your heart? How can you combat that?
For this one & only bonus episode before we are officially back (which is very soon btw), we wanted to share what we've currently have been struggling with, which could be relatable for you. But, with God, nothing is an accident or a coincidence, when we share on our current life strugg...
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May 25, 2021 • 45 min
Setting the right boundaries in your life can make a massive impact and will get you started off on a good track on your God-given mission. As Christians, we have a more difficult time to set boundaries or even realize we need boundaries. First, we debunk all the lies that you may have believed about setting boundaries.
We define what boundaries are, what it looks like in real life, our experiences of not having boundaries versus ...
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May 11, 2021 • 39 min
Most of us can admit that we have all done this: go to the Bible, attempt to find a specific bible verse that will suit our needs, argument, sin, or lifestyle. But, this is so dangerous and damaging. When the bible is taken out of context or misused, we are pointing to ourselves instead of pointing to the most important thing in our lives: God. We cannot pick out a couple of verses that suit us and we agree with and throw the rest ...
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April 27, 2021 • 37 min
Within the church and among Christians, we hear the message of staying pure and saving sex for marriage over and over again. But, no one really goes over on maintaining godly purity even after you get married. Maintaining purity is stressed so much before marriage, but within marriage, everyone is silent on this topic. Even as David and Lianna are married, they are just as intentional about remaining pure within marriage as they ha...
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April 13, 2021 • 42 min
We have wanted to talk about business, but never could really grasp what God wanted us to share. So, this episode is all about combining business and the gospel. If you are a business person or want to get into business, the reality is that we are in business, whether you know it or not. But, as Christians, how is business and the gospel so closely related?
Here are a couple of main points about Gospel combined with business:
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March 30, 2021 • 51 min
Even though the fruits of the Holy Spirit are one of the most well-known sections of the Bible, you might surprised that there are much to study and expand on. First, we highlight on what qualities or "fruits" won't get you into heaven, and then we go over each fruit of the Holy Spirit and see if you have the evidence.
At the end of the episode, we take a quick tangent or "rant" as you might call it on being ca...
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March 16, 2021 • 47 min
We are honored to bring you a special guest today, Chelsey DeMatteis! She is a wife, SAHM, devotional writer, and podcast host of the Living With Less Podcast! We asked all about her testimony, standing for the truth, biblical expectations, and how to overcome being overly self-critical. We all have learned so much in this episode and we hope and pray that when you finish the episode you can say the same.
Here are some main ide...
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March 2, 2021 • 44 min
It’s been on our hearts for the past month to do a life update and we added a quick Q&A at the end. We wanted to give y'all a fresh look into our lives as we continue in the journey into 2021.Since we all are on the learning journey called life, we wanted to share what we are learning, the goals we have set for 2021, and changes we’ve made into our life.
There’s a little surprise...we updated our podcast cover! Go see what...
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We continue on the conversation on Church Hunters, starting from our journey of church-hunting. Today, we are going over why church-hunting is the answer, the difference between church-hopping and church-hunting, and when and how do you know that this church you are in is your church home.
We say over and over again in this episode, "There is no perfect church that exists out there."
We address what should be sought afte...
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February 2, 2021 • 27 min
Today, you are in for a treat! We are joined with Phylicia Masonheimer, a best-selling author of Stop Calling Me Beautiful, theologian, and hosts her podcast, Verity. We asked her all about how to not get intimidated by the Bible, why reading the Bible is important, and practical and inspiring tips to get started right now. She even encouraged us as well, especially on to not worry about having to know everything about the Bible a...
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January 19, 2021 • 32 min
During the year 2020, during the pandemic, we decided to leave the church that we got married in. After visiting two churches later, we are back at the same church. We wanted to share our journey of church-hunting because it is a subject not shared much online for someone that may be going through the same experience and feel alone in the process.
Disclaimer: We are not going to name churches or call out people or pastors or whate...
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January 5, 2021 • 34 min
Why read the Bible? Isn't it outdated and written by people who have been dead for centuries? How is it relevant to me today? We first have to understand: what is the Bible?
We go over a brief overview on the Bible, like what's in the Old Testament and the New Testament, and why they still matter today. If you live in the United States like us, you must realize how blessed we are to be able to go to church, read the Bibl...
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January 5, 2021 • 7 min
Y'all, we are back! Enjoy this intro episode on what to expect for season 3, updates on our lives, & a new segment we will bring onto the show!
Newest thing we're doing: “Submit your question” will be up now for season 3! If you have any good questions, send us one and it may get answered. The link is down below for every episode!
Season 3 is all about bringing back the basics of Christianity. We will do more Bible st...
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December 8, 2020 • 22 min
In this day and age, we feel entitled to have everything we want within our grasp and at the time we want it. We want because we deserve it. We want our dreams to be achieved without ever lifting a finger to put in the hard work. And the worst part is that we think we are following the call of God. In all reality, we are not patient and think we deserve happiness, success, and wealth in the name of serving God. However, some of us...
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November 10, 2020 • 24 min
Since we know that the holidays are approaching, things can get crazy and a bit stressful. From Scheduling parties, events, family gatherings to attempting to stay on budget to creating boundaries to remembering why we celebrate. We wanted to share 3 Simple Ideas and we dive more on each of the ideas of approaching the holidays with a more peaceful + thankful heart:
1.) Create Margin.
2.) Don’t Try To Do It All.
3.) Remember...
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October 27, 2020 • 48 min
Yep, we are going to bring up anxiety, the symptoms, our history, and how to move forward. However, we know that in order to have a breakthrough and move forward in life, we have to begin by first talking about anxiety. But, first, we will define "anxiety" and "worry" so that there is no confusion. Disclaimer: we are NOT professionals, psychologists, or doctors so you do not have to take our word for anything we sta...
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October 13, 2020 • 32 min
This episode was fun to research, think, and record on the subject of ways to show love to your significant other. We separated the ways into two section: for dating/engaged couples & for married couples! Some are sweet, and some are spicy! You'll have to listen to the whole episode to see what those ways are!
One HUGE announcement we wanted to make in this episode is you can submit your questions to us now! We wanted to c...
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September 1, 2020 • 50 min
This is the Season 2 Finale Episode! Since it will be our last episode for a while so we can have a short break from podcasting content & focus on the blog and other projects, we kept thinking about what to talk about for this last episode. And we are ending the season with a bang, a huge topic!
We feel like we had to speak on this topic for our last episode, that we as Christians are not meant to be of this world. And, the wo...
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August 25, 2020 • 45 min
We invited our very first couple onto The Simple Mission Podcast and it is...Lianna’s parents, Balde & Diana Peña. They have been married for 29 years and are still going strong. We wanted to invite them onto the podcast because they have so much wisdom and knowledge with living a godly, Christ-centered life even when life gets difficult or crazy. We hear their surprising story on how they met and fell in love, how they got to ...
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August 18, 2020 • 40 min
Everyone is divided and easily offended. Cancel culture. Fake news. Hate online. It seems like God just is letting the chaos loose, and He is not even stepping in to stop it. We cannot allow our opinions of people from believing that God is still good. Our beliefs, opinions, values, news, political party affiliation, has to align with God and His Word. If it doesn’t, then it is not of God, therefore not good.
We also bring up a...
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