Monthly Archives: August 2022

Christians as God’s garden, not as a religious institution

Posted on August 22, 2022 by Steve Simms

Behold the Lamb of God by looking unto Jesus and seeing Him who invisible. Look beyond church! Jesus calls the Holy Spirit the Comforter so perhaps we should look to the Spirit for comfort rather than to a religious leader. … Continue reading →

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“See-construction” vs. deconstruction

Posted on August 21, 2022 by Steve Simms

It’s time for Christian see-construction. We need to see what the risen Jesus is building and align our life with Him. He is the Source of Christian spirituality. Without see-construction (recognizing what Jesus is doing today) we’ll stay lost in … Continue reading →

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Your unresolved issues cause pain

Posted on August 20, 2022 by Steve Simms

Human desires divide us. Spirit-led desires unite us. When people connect heart-to-heart it’s an indication that God is working. Deception dances through the door of the unresolved issues hiding in our heart. Bringing them into the open helps us see … Continue reading →

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Should life be easy or difficult?

Posted on August 19, 2022 by Steve Simms

To evaluate whether life is ease and comfort or difficulties and problems is to dissect life with our human perspective by using the principles of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. We call on our own understanding … Continue reading →

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A prototype to explore Spirit-led living

Posted on August 19, 2022 by Steve Simms

Prototype? This is what inspired my thoughts about the word prototype. As we prayed together in the early days of The Salvation Army Berry Street’s Spirit-led, participatory meetings, a woman said that God was building a prototype but that she … Continue reading →

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Jesus radiates like a sunny rugged seashore

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Steve Simms

I love to see the gleaming, glorious radiance of the risen Jesus Christ shinning from someone’s face. Christ-followers need to meet in circles, not rows! When church is drab and dull it unintentionally denies its claims to represent the glorious … Continue reading →

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Letting God reign while basking in His spiritual rain!

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Steve Simms

In the Bible, the prophet Elijah confronts a woman who doesn’t believe in God. He doesn’t ask her to accept God or to believe in God. (See 1 Kings 17.) Instead, he gives her hopeless heart a challenging hope-filled word … Continue reading →

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Churches meeting in 10 joyfully creative ways

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Steve Simms

Church services have typically been confined to a singular way of meeting–one man lecturing everybody else. However, as in any activity, the same-ole-same-ole gets boring. Let’s open church up to the creativity of the Holy Spirit! Here are 10 alternative … Continue reading →

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Being forged & refined by Jesus

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Steve Simms

Jesus is the wayBeyond pride,Beyond self-effort,And beyond despair.Let Jesus be the airYou breathe.Let Him continually fill youLike deep breathing,His Spirit,His very presenceAlways working inAnd through you.Even if you’re calledA “fool for Christ,”It’s spirituallyAdvantageousTo be so “poor in spirit”That your love … Continue reading →

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Before you boot out the binary . . .

Posted on August 16, 2022 by Steve Simms

We live in a binary world that obviously overflows with opposites. Even this post depends on a binary system. Yet denying the binary is becoming common. Life is full of either/or choices. We can’t escape the binary; we can only … Continue reading →

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