Category Archives: rivers of living water

I Choose to Live by a River

Posted on November 14, 2025 by Steve Simms

White water rivers are inspiring. All that living water rushing mightily by stirs up my heart and makes me feel wonderfully invigorated. I love to raft with the strength and power of their flowing. I am talking about the inner … Continue reading →

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The Fountain of Inner Adventure

Posted on July 11, 2024 by Steve Simms

I’m continually seeking the fountain of inner adventure, so I can bask in its exciting and refreshing rivers of living water that gush from deep within in me. This fantastic fountain is available to anyone. It’s described in the Bible … Continue reading →

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Collecting Original Thoughts

Posted on May 21, 2024 by Steve Simms

I love my collection of original thoughts. Currently my blog has 4,278 posts that are mostly filled with original thoughts. Here are the ones that assembled together in my mind and heart this morning: God wants to rebuild, restore, and … Continue reading →

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You can live by the Spirit everywhere

Posted on November 26, 2022 by Steve Simms

To “live by the Spirit”And “not quench the Spirit”Is to fully yield yourselfTo be carried by the currentAs the Spirit flowsLike inner riversAlive with the powerAnd presence of GodAnd blowsLike a mighty rushing windFrom deep withinYour surrendered heart. The more … Continue reading →

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Refreshing inner rivers

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Steve Simms

When you ask Jesus To enter your heart And lay down your life To His full control Refreshing rivers Start to freely flow From deep within you Streaming awareness And revelations, Inner reality Beyond your belief. I move my mouth … 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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Refuse to get comfortable in the Dead Sea.

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Steve Simms

Jesus doesn’t put the Dead Sea into His followers. Instead, He releases ongoing inner rivers of living water. Those invisible rivers are the most important rivers on the planet. Christ-followers are now God’s temple. The rivers that Ezekiel writes about … Continue reading →

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Time to cut and remove the brush in church!

Posted on May 28, 2022 by Steve Simms

Here’s a picture of a pile of brush I cut and stacked. Whew! I’m tired. We need to remove the brush from church and prepare the way for the Lord so that the living Jesus can open His fire hydrant … Continue reading →

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One drink away

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Steve Simms

You’re one drink away from an incredible high–an inner spring gushing with phenomenal inebriation. Take the Jesus drink–John 4:14. That drink is served in the kingdom of God. Jesus stood up at a feast and shouted: “If anyone is thirsty, let … Continue reading →

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Living water is a dynamo flow, not a bottling plant

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Steve Simms

Bottled water is nice; but it is very limited and controlled. It’s good to give bottled water to thirsty people, but if done continually, people become dependent on the bottling plant, rather than on the true, living Source of the water. The … Continue reading →

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