Category Archives: calling

My Job and My Purpose Never Change

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Steve Simms

There is a job I do for free. Day after day it never changes. It’s more than just a job. It’s a purpose. It’s a mission. It’s a calling that continually burns deep withing my heart. My most important job … Continue reading →

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I Got Out of Bed with a Calling and Purpose

Posted on June 13, 2024 by Steve Simms

I am so fortunate. I get out of bed every morning with a calling and a purpose. I wake up with something burning in my heart and I feel called to share it. I post it on social media and … Continue reading →

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I Really Enjoy My Volatile Vocation

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Steve Simms

Yes! I thoroughly enjoy my vocation, my job. My calling is to listen to and obey the inner promptings of God in my heart. Although doing so is often frightening, every time I do what God prompts, He shows up … Continue reading →

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Where are the Christ-sent feet?

Posted on June 22, 2023 by Steve Simms

If people don’t believe that Jesus is alive and willing to hear them and respond with mercy, forgiveness, and healing, they won’t be motivated to call on Him. If they’ve never heard and believed that people today are personally experiencing … Continue reading →

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Some of my frequent God-assignments

Posted on July 9, 2022 by Steve Simms

Some of my most frequent God-assignments are: Apologize, Be kind to people who are unkind to me, Read the Bible and let it touch my heart, Pray, worship, and exercise spiritual gifts with my wife. “Consider others better than yourself.” … Continue reading →

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The call to all Christians

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Steve Simms

I once did a New Testament word study on the word “called.” The books of 1 Corinthians and Romans are written to people who are “called to be holy people” (NIV–1 Corinthians 1:2 & Romans 1:7.) That means all the … Continue reading →

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More than church

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Steve Simms

More Than Church Is there more? There is more! Let’s open up the door. Let’s all open our mouths And let the Spirit soar! Testify, glorify. Don’t deny the Lord! Edify, magnify, It’s Him who we adore. Out of Judea Came … Continue reading →

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Beyond Spectatorship To Discipleship

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Steve Simms

Every Christ-follower is called to preach. Every believer is a minister ordained by God. The clergy/laity concept is not in the New Testament. Instead all believers are expected to minister to one another, to openly testify about their faith, and … 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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