Category Archives: spirituality

I Admire Open-Hearted People

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Steve Simms

I admire people who courageously open their heart to others and live with compassion, honesty, and humility. My heroes are people who radiate love, manifest joy, spread peace, show patience, display kindness, seek goodness, live with faithfulness, and communicate with … Continue reading →

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Focus, Focus, Focus, Focus, Focus

Posted on April 11, 2024 by Steve Simms

I focus on what makes me happy. (To be unhappy, focus on yourself and your problems.) Things don’t make me happy. Jesus does. The key to happiness is Christ-focus. If the main attractionIn your daily lifeIs continual distraction,You’ll be spirituallyOut … Continue reading →

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Yearning

Posted on March 24, 2024 by Steve Simms

I have an inner yearning that I can’t explain. I didn’t seek it. I didn’t choose it. I didn’t cause it by my own effort or training. It’s been working inside me for as long as I can remember. It … Continue reading →

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Sonshine in my Heart!

Posted on March 23, 2024 by Steve Simms

My favorite weather is when I let the Son of God shine in my heart! Here’s how I do that: Christ-followers are called to no longer live according to their human desires but to live according to the desires of … Continue reading →

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I Learned the Last Thing I Learned the First Thing This Morning

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Steve Simms

The last thing I learned I learned the first thing this morning before I got out of bed. I woke up with this paragraph developing in my heart. No matter what I dream I wake up in school. “When I … Continue reading →

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The Challenge to Hear Jesus Talking

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Steve Simms

Life’s biggest challenge is to be willing to hear Jesus talking. He doesn’t say what I want Him to. What He does say hurts my pride–my facade that says that I’m doing alright running my own life. It’s so easy … Continue reading →

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Look and See The Drink That Touches Me

Posted on February 21, 2024 by Steve Simms

Here’s my favorite drink: “On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, ‘Let anyone who is thirsty come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living … Continue reading →

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Candy is dandy but spirituality is reality

Posted on February 8, 2024 by Steve Simms

There’s an inner longing in the human heart (an identity crises) that nothing in the physical world can fulfill. Candy (in all of its forms) appears to be dandy but it usually leaves us feeling empty and often guilty. Culture’s … Continue reading →

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Thinking About The Timeless One

Posted on January 5, 2024 by Steve Simms

I love these famous words: “Jesus Christ the same, yesterday, today, and forever.” They’re more than words to me. They’re reality. Only one person in my life hasn’t changed. That’s Jesus — the timeless One! Jesus is active now! Religion … Continue reading →

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Christ makes me creative

Posted on December 25, 2023 by Steve Simms

I woke up early this Christmas morning with these words developing within me like bells ringing in the distance, so I got up and let Christ’s creativity flow. This is what came out: Looking for Jesus? Church isn’t the only … Continue reading →

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