Category Archives: hope

Google in your soul

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Steve Simms

When I Googled in my soul, I found these thoughts: A radiant hope, riding in your chest, makes life delightful! Catch a wave of hope rolling through your heart and ride it all the way to joy. Don’t give up … Continue reading →

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What makes a bad New Year? People.

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Steve Simms

If the world is bad, People made it so. A better world Requires better people. We try to fix the world with laws & programs that fail to make us better people. The world doesn’t need a better political system. It … Continue reading →

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Hope for disillusioned church goers . . .

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Steve Simms

To disillusioned church goers Longing for a home and Feeling like the road is closed, Trapped in a religious system Of controlling words about God, The good news cries out: “Jesus is alive and Wants to be your guide; Step … Continue reading →

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Unwind & ease your mind . . .

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Steve Simms

A great way to unwind & ease your mind is to be kind to everybody! It’s more powerful to love people than it is to argue with them! Life goes wrong when we don’t do right. Now’s not the time for … Continue reading →

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Hooray for Christ-chasing church hoppers

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Steve Simms

Church hoppers get a bad rap. When I google “church hoppers” most of the articles about them are critical. Why do I cheer for Christ-chasing church hoppers? Christ-chasing church hoppers are spiritually hungry. They have a vision and a desire … Continue reading →

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ASPIRIN advice for living in a heart attack culture

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Steve Simms

We live in a heart attack society. Our culture is consumed with concepts, communications, cravings, and compulsions that continually attack our heart, conspiring to capture and control our conscience. We are surrounded by heart-damaging words, images, thoughts, and feelings. To protect our heart … Continue reading →

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I believe in being naive!

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Steve Simms

What’s your threshold of naivety? –I believe in being naive about some things. To choose to be naive about certain things can relieve anxiety, stress, and deception and help you achieve inner peace and contentment, by closing the door of … Continue reading →

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Did Stephen Hawking’s Inspirational Lifestyle Contradict His Belief System?

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Steve Simms

Stephen Hawking was an inspiration to me and many millions of people. I’m sad to hear of his passing. I wrote this about him after seeing the movie of his life, The Theory Of Everything. Did Stephen Hawking think about the … Continue reading →

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Merry ChristNU? (The real meaning of Christmas.)

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Steve Simms

Merry ChristNU!  Christ wants to be born in U this Christ*mas!  (The New Testament calls Him “Emmanuel” which means “God with us.” Some people leave Christ out of Christmas and spell it Xmas.) I think I will leave mas out … Continue reading →

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Joy Wells or Sad Trails (got God’s glory gushings rushing through U?)

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Steve Simms

Joy Wells or Sad Trails Jesus said that His followers, Would experience ongoing “Rivers of living water,” (Flows of His own spiritual life) God’s glory gushers, Pouring out from deep within us No matter what’s going on Around us. But … Continue reading →

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