Category Archives: Christ in Christmas

I Love to Be Clothed in Christmas Love and Hope

Posted on November 30, 2025 by Steve Simms

The Christmas Season reminds me that my favorite things to wear are love and hope. I love to clothe myself with the presence and power of the one who created the universe and became a man to demonstrate His love … Continue reading →

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Driving to Celebrate Christ(mas)!

Posted on December 25, 2024 by Steve Simms

Are You Ready? I prayThat peopleWill prepare the wayOf the Lord Jesus(The Way,The Truth, and the Life)Day after day,The wayThey focus onPreparing forChristmas Day,And humble themselvesTo prayNight and day,To seek God’s face,And to turn awayFrom their wicked ways,So that Christ … Continue reading →

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Lost in the Christmas Chatter Are the Influences in My Life That Really Matter

Posted on December 23, 2024 by Steve Simms

In all the Christmas chatterThere is still a smatterOf conversation aboutBethlehem’s baby boyAnd Emmanuel’s joy.Yet the true realityOf “God with us”And “Christ in you,The hope of glory,”Can get lost in the story.This is a wonderful timeTo fully open your heartTo … Continue reading →

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Why We Celebrate December 25th

Posted on December 15, 2024 by Steve Simms

It’s time to remember Why we celebrate December.Jesus Christ is Lord!If you’re a member Of His body, Don’t be a cold ember. Let your heart be tenderSo He can make you wholeAnd burn within your soul.

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I Want People to Be Able to Say They See Christ in Me

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Steve Simms

Christ’s presence “extends from generation to generation.” “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” I hope people say that they can see Jesus living in and through me. Christmas means that we can experience Christ’s mercy, power, and presence right … Continue reading →

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Doin’ Christmas Right!

Posted on December 9, 2023 by Steve Simms

Millions are numberedAmong the numbAnd need someHealing hopeThat will lastAnd blast pastThe knotted ropeOf their innerEmptiness. Doing ChristmasWithout letting ChristLive in youAnd continuallyMake you newMisses the point.Christmas giftsAnd Advent candlesCan never out doThe gift of ChristEver living in you. O … Continue reading →

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Nothing’s Stranger Than The Manger Mystery

Posted on December 6, 2023 by Steve Simms

The Manger Mystery. How did Jesus whose birth bed was an animal feeder & was executed at age 33 become the most famous person ever? –The Manger Mystery–A newborn boyIn an animalFeeding box.How could that poor boyBecome the most famousPerson … Continue reading →

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Santa’s not the most amazing Christmas character

Posted on December 3, 2023 by Steve Simms

“Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum”? Christ is not a yo-yo.He doesn’t comeEvery ChristmasAnd then go-goLike SantaAnd his “Ho. Ho. Ho.”That kind of thinkingIs a no-no.It turns ChristmasInto a show-showTo row, row, rowThe world’s economy,But “Christ in you”Is “the hope of … Continue reading →

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Christmas events & the Jesus-thrill!

Posted on December 23, 2022 by Steve Simms

The Christmas events are about people experiencing the Jesus-thrill. That’s the thrill that can last all life long and beyond! They proclaim that the Creator of the Universe was born as a human baby to lay down His life in … Continue reading →

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Open up the private prison of your closed heart

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Steve Simms

If you will startTo reveal your heartYou’ll soon discoverThat people aren’tVery far apart. Open hearted interaction with people creates beautiful interpersonal connections. Privacy prevents them. Fear of pain or rejection prevents many people from experiencing the daily joys of an … Continue reading →

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