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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!

If you’re not unworthy of grace, you can’t receive it.

Receiving God’s grace requires that we be undeserving, unworthy, and unentitled. I need it every moment. Every day a Christian goes without a fresh encounter with the living Jesus is a spiritual setback.

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Mental flossing for happiness

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We know that flossing and brushing can help our teeth and gums, but we overlook the fact that cleaning up our thoughts can help our mind. If we don’t learn to filter out negative thoughts, they will continually flow into … Continue reading

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Breaking free from tormenting thoughts

Tormenting thoughts are mental traps that can keep you stuck in negativity if you don’t work to avoid them and clear them out of your mind. Neglecting to control your thoughts, feelings, and desires is like driving without steering (DWS). … Continue reading

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Profanity is unhealthy mental programming

Profanity programs your mind and emotions for angst and anger. Saying it and hearing it stirs up negativity. Avoiding it helps you have peace. Profanity is a sign of insecurity. Confident people don’t have a need to use forceful, vulgar … Continue reading

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Does church miss the point?

Knowing the heart-felt reality of Jesus is like having an inner fire that you want to continually keep burning inside of you. The reality of the living Jesus can be perceived by the heart but is never fully understood by … Continue reading

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If we make the new year a rerun of last year, there’s not much new about it. Renew your mind & heart this year.

Binge yourself on hope in 2022!

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We have the ability to embrace accountability

CapabilityWithout accountabilityTurns into inability. The more society teaches people they aren’t accountable for their thoughts, feelings, desires, and behaviors, the more chaos ensues. People who want to be accountable to nobody are a danger to everybody. People who think they’re … Continue reading

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Christians admire Jeremiah & Martin Luther for declaring that the people of God were off track but reject such messages today.

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Warmheartedness refuses to hyphenate life

Make it your aim to be warmhearted and amiable. That will make life more fun and give you better interactions with people. Embracing warmheartedness is life-changing! Intelligence without warmheartedness produces cold, hard facts that are often used as weapons. We … Continue reading

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What’s up with New Year’s Day?

New Year’s DayMarks the placeIn spaceWhere we sayA new orbit of the SunHas begun.

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