Category Archives: encouragement

Hope Awareness Time

Posted on August 24, 2024 by Steve Simms

My favorite time of day is transcendent awareness time. I love it when I’m aware of hope in the midst of seeming hopelessness. I love the time when I am aware of an inner encouragement regardless of my outward circumstances. … Continue reading →

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I Admire Personal Growth Coaches and Inspirational Writers

Posted on August 10, 2024 by Steve Simms

There’s so much unutilized potential for good in every human being. I admire people who recognize that and dedicate their life to helping other people see beyond the organization and ordinariness of the rut of daily routine. I appreciate people … Continue reading →

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I’m Curious About How to Encourage All the Discouraged People

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Steve Simms

All the discouraged people want hope. They pursue it in political figures and hunt for it in celebrity-worship. They look for it in religion and even grasp for it in mind altering substances. I’m curious about how to encourage all … Continue reading →

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Sonshine in my Heart!

Posted on March 23, 2024 by Steve Simms

My favorite weather is when I let the Son of God shine in my heart! Here’s how I do that: Christ-followers are called to no longer live according to their human desires but to live according to the desires of … Continue reading →

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How I take a break from sadness and despair

Posted on February 7, 2024 by Steve Simms

Who doesn’t need a break from the misery, anger, and hopelessness we see all around us? Too often our attempts to ignore it only show us the emptiness within us. What can we do? Here’s how I break with sadness … Continue reading →

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Go To Hope!

Posted on January 25, 2024 by Steve Simms

Leisure time is a great opportunity to divert your focus away from stress, anxiety, hopelessness, and despair. There are so many enjoyable activities that can be diversions from the inner pain we carry day by day. However, I’ve discovered that … Continue reading →

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My wife Ernie

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Steve Simms

Our world desperately needs more encouragement, compassion, and kindness. My wife Ernie spreads those qualities everywhere she goes and to everybody she meets. She overflows with words and actions that give people hope. Ernie keeps her heart open. She listens … Continue reading →

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An “unsuccessful” attempt isn’t a failure

Posted on October 12, 2023 by Steve Simms

You are guaranteed not to fail! Here’s why: Every attempt succeeds at something. It successfully produces some kind of result, even if it’s not the result you want. An attempt that doesn’t produce your desired results isn’t a failed attempt … Continue reading →

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My energizer is an inner presence, not a thing.

Posted on September 24, 2023 by Steve Simms

I love the kinetic energy Of God’s spiritual motion Empowering my heart. It’s more than A mental notion Or a human emotion. It’s an inner flow That makes me grow And causes me to know The reality of Christ’s presence … Continue reading →

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The Bible Barney radiated encouragement.

Posted on September 14, 2023 by Steve Simms

The Bible “Barney” was such an encouragement to people that the early Christians gave him the nickname, “Son of Encouragement.” His secret was full surrender to “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” (“Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the … Continue reading →

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