Category Archives: Christmas season

Which Christmas — NP or ME?

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Steve Simms

Is your Christmas focused on the North Pole or the Middle East? Your answer matters. When the main character in Christmas is from the North Pole instead of the Middle East, the supporting characters are elves instead of wise men, … 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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A Prenatal Christmas Thought

Posted on December 21, 2024 by Steve Simms

Do something nice for your parents this Christmas. (No matter how bad you think they are at least they didn’t pay someone to kill you in the womb. Thank God that Mary didn’t do that to her unborn child!)

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Don’t blow Christmas!

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Steve Simms

Blew Christmas? It’s a Christ-lessChristmas without Him,If you’re not evenThinking about Him.You’re not doing alrightIf you keep ChristOut of your sightBecause that’s howWe blew Christmas.

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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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Beyond Christmas to Christ in you

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Steve Simms

Jesus was bornIn BethlehemBut until I let HimLive in meI couldn’t seeHis glorious reality! Religious ceremonyAnd sanctimonyAre no substituteFor a personal testimonyAbout how JesusBecame real in your life. Emmanuel, God with us.Christ in you, the hope of glory.Without heart surrenderTo … Continue reading →

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Merry today! Don’t wait for Christmas Day to celebrate God’s amazing gifts to you!

Posted on December 4, 2022 by Steve Simms

The time between the first Advent (coming) of Jesus and His second coming is the Spirit-led era of “Christ in you, the hope of glory.”Advent, the annual remembrance and celebration of Jesus’ birth, should never be a substitute for daily … Continue reading →

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Feeling Christmas

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Steve Simms

Check out this most unusual 55 second, Christmas video: How I feel about Jesus’ birth. It’s good to understand Christmas — it’s even better to feel it!

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Creative thoughts for Christmas 2016

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Steve Simms

The real St. Nick would want you to focus on Christ in you, the hope of glory! Christ makes me merry! Christ isn’t just the first part of the word Christmas. He’s the fire in my soul! Christ didn’t follow a human … Continue reading →

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