Category Archives: spirituality

Beyond Merely Studying to Freely Experiencing

Posted on December 27, 2025 by Steve Simms

How to Wake Up to Living Water All study with little or no direct experience with the risen Jesus makes Christianity boring. Is there a more powerful approach to the Gospel? Yes, indeed. Living water, rushing rivers, can be studied … Continue reading →

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I Desire So Much More Than an Awesome Car

Posted on December 26, 2025 by Steve Simms

Wake Up to (Godly) Desire To truly know Jesus, you must desire to continually encounter and interact with Him. It’s not enough just to think about Him or study about Him or hear a religious talk about Him. That’s why … Continue reading →

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What I Found In Costa Rica

Posted on December 24, 2025 by Steve Simms

I’m always searching for Spirit-led, tenderhearted Christian community that clearly demonstrates (1 Corinthians 2:4) the reality of Immanuel — God with us. (Matthew 1:23) It’s rare and it’s fragile. Even when you find it, it can quickly vanish. I most … Continue reading →

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About Cessationists, Sensationists, & Facinationists

Posted on December 13, 2025 by Steve Simms

Cessationists say it has stopped. Sensationists try to add to it by human feelings, ideas, and effort. Facinationists live in awe of it and surrender to it. What is it? It is the power and presence of Jesus Christ living … Continue reading →

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Less Sermon-Hearing / More of God’s Presence

Posted on December 8, 2025 by Steve Simms

Sermon-hearing is a very poor substitute for God’s presence. No one can preach you into inner peace. It only comes from surrendering to God’s presence. Accept no substitute for the actual presence of the living God. Peace is the fruit … Continue reading →

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Flow Like the Wind — Like a Giraffe — Like an Atom

Posted on December 6, 2025 by Steve Simms

You can flow with inner freedom. You can flow like the wind — like a giraffe — like an atom. Train yourself to overflow with the freedom of wild animals and with the joy of glorifying and flowing with the … Continue reading →

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I Want the Hope That Empowers Me to Wait with Joy

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Steve Simms

I want the hope that empowers me to wait with joyful anticipation! I want to be a cheerful waiter, not a grumpy one. To continually focus on and surrender to the presence of Jesus is to wait well! In the … Continue reading →

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Be An ICU (Intensive Care Unit)

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Steve Simms

When I see you and all people with tenderness and compassion my heart becomes an intensive care unit. (ICU) Dare to care intensively! See people with your heart not just with your eyes. Let God the Holy Spirit continually tenderize … Continue reading →

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The Time of My Life Is To Enjoy Jesus and His Inner Rivers

Posted on November 26, 2025 by Steve Simms

The fear of losing respectability keeps Christians focused on burying and embalming the dead Jesus (John 19:38-41) instead of on surrendering to and radically obeying the inner rivers of the Jesus who lives within them. (Colossians 1:27) Let me tell … Continue reading →

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People Who Flow And Glow With Love

Posted on November 24, 2025 by Steve Simms

My favorite people are people who flow and glow with heart-felt love, kind words, and caring actions. I love people who overflow with living water. Living water causes Christians to love one another and unites them heart-to-heart as one in … Continue reading →

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