Category Archives: hope in Christ

My Favorite Subject is Practical Life Skills

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Steve Simms

Hope isn’t magic. There are many practical ways to fill your life with hope! My favorite subject is practical life skills. I am always searching for ways to improve my mind, my heart, and my behavior and to fill my … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Time of Day

Posted on August 25, 2025 by Steve Simms

My favorite time of day is when the morning star welcomes the sunrise to enlighten, not just the sky, but also my heart. (2 Corinthians 4:6) Jesus is “the bright morning star” (Revelation 22:16) who welcomes me to experience and … Continue reading →

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Encouragement is the Luxury I can’t Live Without

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Steve Simms

Encouragement is luxuriously life-enhancing. I love to wrap myself up in it and soak up its presence. It’s an opulent spa for my soul. I make and spend time with encouraging friends. I devour uplifting books and web sites. I … Continue reading →

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My Road to Hope

Posted on January 13, 2025 by Steve Simms

Let go and letHope in ChristLive in you,But more than just hope,Let Christ, Himself,Live insideTo direct and guideAll you think,Say and do.Let your hope be builtOn nothing lessThan the rockOf revelationDirectly fromGod the Father.Let Jesus beYour living LordAnd always lead … Continue reading →

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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 Carry . . .

Posted on August 8, 2024 by Steve Simms

The most important thing that I carry with me is not a thing at all. I carry hope (both with me and within me). To be a bit more specific, I carry what the Bible calls: “Christ in you, the … 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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What can we count on in 3 years?

Posted on November 4, 2023 by Steve Simms

In our chaotic, crazy, and cruel world, what can we count on to give us hope that life will be bearable in three years (or thirty-three years)? We can’t count on politicians. They’re a moral mess. We can’t count on … Continue reading →

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Are you happy now?

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Steve Simms

Self-focus forfeits happiness. Asking, “Am I happy?” opens the door to unhappiness. A key ingredient in the pursuit of happiness is self-forgetting. You are the one who is painting the canvas of your life. How you doing with it? Could … Continue reading →

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Is there any hope? (If so, where?)

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Steve Simms

Everybody needs hope. (Life without hope is hopeless.) So where is there any hope in human history? –I don’t find hope in wars and military victories because they reveal the evil and cruelty that men can do to one another … Continue reading →

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