Monthly Archives: February 2025

It’s Hard to Say Goodbye to a Life of Self-Focus

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Steve Simms

Although self-focus is painful, it’s popular. Instead of being a phase of life that most people eventually outgrow, it has become the definition of life in our Western, materialistic worldview. It has become a life-consuming, life-long obsession. However, our Western … Continue reading →

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The New Me

Posted on February 27, 2025 by Steve Simms

I’m learning to be a new me, not just for a day, but forever. “You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be … Continue reading →

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The World’s Toughest Do-It-Yourself Project

Posted on February 26, 2025 by Steve Simms

Throughout each day I’m actively working on a lifetime do-it-yourself (DIY) project. It’s my ambition to give up my ambitions and to lay down my pride. My spirit (the inner me) wants freedom from ambition and pride, but my human … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Fine to Use the Word “Mine”

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Steve Simms

No person, place, or thing is really mine. It’s meaningless for a slave to say, “This is mine.” Everything a slave has belongs to the one who owns him. We humans are slaves to time. In reality, we own nothing. … Continue reading →

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The Challenge of Escaping Self-Focus

Posted on February 24, 2025 by Steve Simms

My biggest challenge has always been escaping from self-focus. My thoughts, feelings, and desires continually clamor for my attention. However, one day the person who was the focus of the most shocking week in human history shocked me by stepping … Continue reading →

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I’d Tell Teenage Me How to Effectively Learn a Language

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Steve Simms

The most effective way to learn a language is by immersion into the language, not by forcing yourself to study it, memorize vocabulary, and obey grammar rules. That’s how we learned our mother tongue. We first caught it by hearing … Continue reading →

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Things That Don’t Have Heart-Healing Impact Bore Me

Posted on February 22, 2025 by Steve Simms

I want to feel good and to overflow with inner peace, love, and joy. However, daily life often hurts. It tries to break my heart and to make it as hard as stone. My self-focused life seeks to steal and … Continue reading →

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Let the “New Wine” Flow Freely

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Steve Simms

Religious traditions can easily become old wineskins that refuse to bend and be moved by the Holy Spirit who wants flexible new wineskins that will allow people to be led by His “new wine.” (Matthew 9:17) People gathered to be … Continue reading →

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Agape Lovers Are My Favorite People

Posted on February 20, 2025 by Steve Simms

Agape lovers: “Come forth!” and love with Christ’s great supernatural love. “The great secret behind the great power of prayer is the power of great love.” –Jd Walt Agape love comes from God. Everyone who agapes — loves with God’s … Continue reading →

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The Shoes I Am Unworthy Of

Posted on February 19, 2025 by Steve Simms

Shoes that I am unworthy of lead me to true prosperity. Those are the shoes of the world’s greatest foot washer who humbled himself and removed his disciples’ sandals to do the servant’s job of washing their feet. My favorite … Continue reading →

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