Category Archives: burning heart

Experience “innermost being” Christianity

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Steve Simms

Innermost being Christianity is much more powerful than mere church attendance. What does the Bible mean when it talks about your “innermost being”? The innermost being is the place of awe-releasing rivers of living water that flow from deep within … Continue reading →

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Amazing things happen when your heart reaches for God

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Steve Simms

As long as you feelLike you haveWhat you want,You won’t wantGod to help you. Reach beyond your pride into the secret treasure chest of humility and brokenness. To reach for God is to exceed your grasp, but it begins to … Continue reading →

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The body of Christ grows, nose to nose!

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Steve Simms

Jesus said: “The light of the body is the eye.” So let’s turn around and Look into each other’s eyes With unveiled faces, And experience Christ, The hope of glory, Living in other believers. Oneness in Christ Is a matter … Continue reading →

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Are you light-hearted?

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Steve Simms

Christ-followers are Called to be light-hearted, Full of inner brightness, Radiating love, hope, and joy, Shinning like beacons in the night. However, too often our hearts Have absorbed the darkness Of our distressed and discouraged world. Rather than dancing lights, … Continue reading →

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Your cheatin’ heart will tell on you (don’t follow your heart)

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Steve Simms

  We humans continually hustle to hide the hurt and hideousness of our cheatin’ heart behind religion, self-righteousness (self-justification), and/or rebellion. We deny the scathing seriousness of our sin and the evil nature of our heart, even though the Bible … Continue reading →

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Heart-fire

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Steve Simms

We need God’s heart-fire! Christianity is much more than a mind informed about the Bible. It’s a heart continually ablaze with the presence of the living, risen Jesus Christ! Are you in a relationship with the living, risen Jesus? There’s nothing … Continue reading →

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21st Century — Get Ready For God’s Fire-Fall & Spirit-Flow!

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Steve Simms

It’s coming!  Get ready for God’s fire-fall & Spirit-flow! On Pentecost Sunday we celebrate God’s fire-fall and Spirit-flow releasing the current of His supernatural power in and through ordinary Christ-followers and transforming them into spiritual powerhouses setting the captives of … Continue reading →

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“The Christmas Candle” Confirms The Concept Of Sermon-Free Church

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Steve Simms

The new movie The Christmas Candle is an amazing confirmation of The Salvation Army Berry Street’s participatory worship where everyday people show and tell what God has done.  I’ve been writing and posting, on my blog and on Facebook, for … Continue reading →

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Let God’s Fire Be 0% Contained (Not 100% Contained)

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Steve Simms

0% contained? *The goal for a wildfire is that it be 100% contained — full containment.   *God’s goal for His fire is that it be 0% contained — complete uncontainment. (To quote Paul of Tarsus, “Quench not the Spirit.”) … Continue reading →

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The Wilberforce Force — Undying Passion To Make A Difference For Righetousness

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Steve Simms

Yesterday I watched a movie about William Wilberforce, the man who in the early 1800 spent many years trying to get a bill to end the slave trade through the British Parliament.  The force of Wilberforce’s example and lifestyle moved … Continue reading →

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