Category Archives: heart

I Would Describe Myself by My Heart

Posted on July 28, 2025 by Steve Simms

The big picture of who you are isn’t the way you appear to people. It’s where you really are. Where is your heart? Is your heart fully surrendered to God the Holy Spirit, partly surrendered to Him, or far from … Continue reading →

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One Simple Improvement You Can Make in Your Life Is to Open Your Heart

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Steve Simms

One simple improvement that you can make in your life is to open wide your heart. The closedness inside your heart is weighing you down with a heavy load to carry. Open your heart to God’s brilliant light so you … Continue reading →

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Wake up to heart-training

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Steve Simms

The living Jesus is the great Heart-Changer! We need to train our heart to continually open up to and surrender to Jesus. I woke up this morning with these thoughts being written on my heart: An open heart has ears … Continue reading →

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To connect heart-to-heart we have to open our heart

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Steve Simms

When Christ-followers open up to each other so the presence of Jesus can be seen in them, deep supernatural heart-connection instantly occurs. Religious words without heart-connection with Jesus and other Christians have little impact on people’s lives. Strangers who are … 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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Jesus gave me a heart transplant

Posted on December 18, 2022 by Steve Simms

A fresh startWithout a new heartWill still dartDown old paths. You can’t mend aHeartWith a mentalAgenda.Many who are smartAre inwardly torn apart,But Jesus replacedMy shattered stone heartWith His healing love. Now Jesus revealsLight that thrillsAnd fillsMy heartWith joy. Jesus fills … Continue reading →

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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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The glory of God’s oratory in my heart

Posted on October 22, 2022 by Steve Simms

God’s thought-voice is audibleAnd you are capableOf hearing it,If you makeYour heart available,Just like you hearOther thoughts in your mind. I’ve never heard anyone preach or speak like the glory of God’s oratory in my own heart. His thought-voice continually … Continue reading →

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Is heart ablation a biblical concept?

Posted on August 16, 2022 by Steve Simms

The Bible’s “Big Story” is that all human hearts are out of synch with the living God, yet He came to humanity as a human being as Jesus Christ to restore people’s connection to Him. The “Small Story” is that … Continue reading →

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Insults, race, disagreement, politics, and history

Posted on October 27, 2018 by Steve Simms

It takes no brains, no heart, and no character to call someone a demeaning name. However, if you feel a need to insult people who disagree with you, perhaps you’re not very secure in your beliefs. It’s easier to insult … Continue reading →

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