When you have a reason to live, joy is always in season!

Daily writing prompt

What is your favorite season of year? Why?

Seasons of heart-felt joy are my favorite times of the year. When you have a compelling and loving reason to live, “joy unspeakable and full of glory” is always in season. Jesus is my reason to live. The more I trust Him the longer my seasons of joy last.

To trust Jesus means to stop relying on your own ability and effort and to begin to depend on His presence, His leading, and His action in your day-to-day life. It means to listen to and obey the ongoing promptings of the Holy Spirit within you. To trust in Jesus means to rely on Christ living in you to be your hope and to continually produce the fruit of His Spirit in and through your life. It means to not be afraid to speak the truth in love–to not be silent about the glory and reality of risen Jesus no matter the consequences. It means to lay down your defenses, to be courageously vulnerable, and to humbly open your heart to the people God puts in your path.

Jesus doesn’t want to be institutionalized. He wants to be engraved on your heart.

Consciousness is the center of the Universe because without consciousness there would no awareness of its existence. Keep your consciousness focused on the presence and reality of the risen Jesus!

Trust in God! When your power gives out, let Jesus be your inner life flow and fill you with His joy! Jesus is the reason for my eternal season of joy!

There’s no clergy/laity system in the New Testament. It’s time for the body of Christ to become a Spirit-led community instead of trying to be a religious hierarchy. You’re free to go beyond religious institutionalism and to begin to continually follow the supernatural presence of “Christ in you, the hope of glory”!

I’ve devoured church history for 5 decades. I love reading it and learning from it. It has brought me to the conclusion that the body of Christ was never intended to be a human led institution, but a Spirit-led assembly of Christ-followers who listen to and obey the living, resurrected Jesus.

About Steve Simms

I like to look and think outside the box. In college I encountered Jesus Christ and I have been passionate about trying to get to know Him better ever since. My wife and I long to see the power and passion of the first Christ-followers come to life in our time. I have written a book about our experiences in non-traditional church, called, "Beyond Church: An Invitation To Experience The Lost Word Of The Bible--Ekklesia." If you need encouragement, search for: Elephants Encouraging The Room and/or check out my Amazon author page. Thank you!

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