Monthly Archives: January 2022

Filter to find pure happiness

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Steve Simms

You’ll be much happier if you train yourself to be a negativity filter instead of a negativity sponge. Unfiltered thoughts, feelings, and desires deliver much daily deception and despair. An unfiltered mind is a stormy mind. If you don’t filter … Continue reading →

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Eyesight or insight

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Steve Simms

I need more than eyesight. I’m continually searching for insight. By being inquisitive about life, I find much to inspire me and fill me with joy. I’m continually inquisitive about the Bible. I’ve been reading it daily for decades and … Continue reading →

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Heart experience or religion of the mind?

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Steve Simms

To believe in Jesus involves more than having your mind persuaded by reason. It’s to have your heart convinced by His presence. If your heart catches sight of the living Jesus as He stands before the eyes of your spirit, … Continue reading →

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What good’s an unapplied sermon?

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Steve Simms

Christians are taught that simply listening to a sermon is good, yet continually hearing truth but not doing it is a bad thing. Sermons can be passively heard but discipleship requires actively doing what we’ve heard. Sermon-hearingWithout sermon-doingHas been the … Continue reading →

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Is happiness hiding in your heart?

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Steve Simms

PonderWith wonderAnd discoverHow to uncoverHappiness that’s hiddenIn your heart. When we blame other people for our problems, we refuse to learn from our mistakes. It’s hard to discover the truth about something if you think you already know it. Find … Continue reading →

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Hope less or hope more?

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Steve Simms

There’s no happiness in hopelessness but a heart full of hope sings with happiness. When we neglect to cultivate hope in our heart, we give up on happiness. Hope is the soap that can wash away discouragement, the rope that … Continue reading →

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“Jesus 1st,” says it all!

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Steve Simms

Before my desires, Before my feelings, Before my opinions, Before my ego, Before my career, Before my bank account, Before my possessions, Before my church, Before my nation, Before my family. First means first.

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The invisible Jesus empowers me like a windmill

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Steve Simms

Invisible doesn’t mean imaginary. Like the wind, the unseen Jesus continually flows thru my heart. I’m often in awe about the way that what the invisible Jesus says and does within me matches outer reality. Jesus is invisible, but far … Continue reading →

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Many people have never given Jesus a chance.

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Steve Simms

Give Jesus a chance to speak to you. Notice His thoughts in your head. Give Jesus a chance to lead you. Do what He tells you to. Give Jesus a chance to make the Bible come alive. Read it daily … Continue reading →

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Sermon fatigue . . . can go on and on

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Steve Simms

A religiously informed mind without a transformed heart is counterfeit Christianity. Christians need more than a Sunday talk. We need to meet together, all listen to the risen Jesus, and then say and do what He tells us. Many Christians … Continue reading →

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