Category Archives: hopefullness

I Want My Blog to Focus People’s Attention on the Source of True Hope

Posted on August 7, 2024 by Steve Simms

The reason that I blog so consistently is because I want to point people to the source of true, long-lasting hope, healing, and inner peace. Many years ago, I found that source and it has been like a fountain of … 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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Timing matters

Posted on December 16, 2023 by Steve Simms

My time and the right time rarely match. I want to know and to have the things that I want, right now, not later. I don’t want to wait. But right now is not the right time for everything. Some … Continue reading →

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Finding hope during bleak weather

Posted on November 18, 2023 by Steve Simms

January offers the opportunity for a fresh start during the darkest month of the year. When made and persistently maintained by hope and faith, New Year’s resolutions can turn into life-changing inner revolutions. Every year January 1 reminds people that … Continue reading →

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Can hardships harbor hope?

Posted on November 17, 2023 by Steve Simms

The New Testament calls Christians disciples — trained and disciplined Christ-followers. When Paul and Barnabas wanted to strengthen the disciples and to encourage them to remain true to the faith, they told them: “We must go through many hardships to … Continue reading →

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Listening for hope is a joy!

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Steve Simms

The sounds that strike our human ear drums are often stressful. Negative words frequently bring us bad, threatening, and depressing news. It’s hard to listen for the sounds of hope in a world that overflows with negativity. My favorite hobby … Continue reading →

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What’s stable in this crazy world?

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Steve Simms

What’s stable in a crazy world? The living Jesus. A red-hot book blazes in my heart & sets my soul on fire! What is it? The Bible testimony about the living Jesus. Be cautious that you don’t stray away from … Continue reading →

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ITM: Invisible Things Matter Most

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Steve Simms

Invisible things matter: “We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” Invisible things matter: You can’t see hope but you can’t live … 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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The beach ball in my heart . . .

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Steve Simms

The Beach Ball In My Heart –When life shoves me under And tries to hold me down, The beach ball in my heart Comes bounding back, Thrusting me to the surface Like a jack-in-the-box And keeping me afloat, Displacing sadness with … Continue reading →

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