Category Archives: spirituality

I Try to Pay More Attention to These Words

Posted on September 29, 2024 by Steve Simms

Only the risen Jesus can give you “clean hands and a pure heart.” Christ is known through conversation and heart-to-heart relationship with Him, not just by learning information about Him. Start talking to Jesus and listening to Him day and … Continue reading →

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Not Hard Work, But Being Heard, Fulfills Me

Posted on September 27, 2024 by Steve Simms

I am extremely fortunate to have someone who hears me and understands me. That’s intensely fulfilling. I’m so grateful to have a wife who does that. However, I’m talking about someone much greater than any mere human being. I’m talking … Continue reading →

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More Humility / More Surrender

Posted on September 22, 2024 by Steve Simms

I could humble myself more day by day. I could lay down my pride and surrender my will more fully to the Good Shepherd. My Shepherd Jesus the risen LordIs my pastor (shepherd).I lack nothing.He leads me.He refreshes me.He guides … Continue reading →

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Invisible Food

Posted on September 14, 2024 by Steve Simms

Humans need invisible food in order to keep hope alive. Burgers and fries (and even broccoli and carrots) don’t offer enough nourishment for people to thrive. For inner healing and mental health, we need to daily dine on the encouragement … Continue reading →

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Taking Off My Shoes So I Can Put On the Best Shoes Ever

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Steve Simms

I don’t like to go barefooted. I like to keep my shoes on. However, sometimes I need to take off my shoes so that I can clean my feet and so that I can put on even better shoes. God … Continue reading →

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Making the Ideal Real

Posted on September 7, 2024 by Steve Simms

To discover the reality of the ideal sometimes we have to tramp through the desert. The worst wilderness, the most disturbing desert, is in the human heart. That is the lonely place where we are tempted to follow our desires … Continue reading →

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I’m Always Searching and Looking For . . .

Posted on August 26, 2024 by Steve Simms

Eye health is vital to vision. Without healthy eyes we can’t see clearly. We need to take good care of both our physical eyes and the eyes of our heart so that we can keep them healthy and clearly see … Continue reading →

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Motivated by discipleship!

Posted on August 20, 2024 by Steve Simms

For me, every day should be a day of discipleship! What does that mean? The way Christians “make disciples” has changed drastically from the first century. Today Christians rarely even used the word disciple. Instead, they sit in rows, passively … Continue reading →

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Hear the Here God

Posted on August 18, 2024 by Steve Simms

Now hear the here God. Let His inner voice motivate you. He’s always here. God’s the ultimate Speaker! He spoke everything into existence. Hear the near God say: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen … Continue reading →

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I Love to Transcend Where I Live

Posted on August 16, 2024 by Steve Simms

GeographyCan’t set you free.Where you liveCannot giveYour heart the peaceThat you long for.No geographical cureCan make you pure.Only Christ in youCan do that. Christianity isn’t something that a pastor, priest, or preacher does for you. It’s what you let God’s … Continue reading →

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