Category Archives: true love

Spreading Kindness and Love

Posted on December 20, 2025 by Steve Simms

One of my greatest pleasures is spreading kindness and love. I enjoy distracting people from their burdens by helping them to smile and chuckle a bit and to experience some warm heartedness. I’m a natural introvert, but I’ve discovered that … 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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Celebrate Love Throughout Every Day

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Steve Simms

True transformation isn’t to change your body. It’s to change your heart. It’s not produced by rearranging your physical appearance but by replacing your thoughts, feelings, and desires with the love and the will of God. When your full focus … Continue reading →

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Beyond Sacrifices to True Love

Posted on May 17, 2025 by Steve Simms

Most people would consider setting aside their desires and feelings in order to serve someone else to be a sacrifice. I disagree. I would call that true love. Sacrifices are often made reluctantly or with regret, but true love is … Continue reading →

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Cookin’ Up True Love

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Steve Simms

My favorite thing to cook up is true love. I delight to heat up and “stir up the gift of God which is in” me (2 Timothy 1:6) so that God’s kindness and compassion flow from deep within me to … Continue reading →

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The Rare “Brand” of True Love

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Steve Simms

Love never fails, but every unkind word is a failure of people to love one another. Love has never failed, but when it is set aside and replaced with pride and self-focus, human ego fails and paints human lives with … Continue reading →

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True love can overcome love-phobia!

Posted on July 7, 2023 by Steve Simms

True love listens with the kindness and tenderness of an open heart that truly cares. True love humbly shares in and bears other people’s pain. Self-protecting love falls far short of the vulnerability of true love. Love-phobic people know that … Continue reading →

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Who I love

Posted on December 17, 2022 by Steve Simms

I declare my love! You may not approve of or applaud who I love but that doesn’t mean you hate me. I love the living Jesus! My thoughts focus on Jesus. My heart adores Him. I linger in His presence … Continue reading →

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Follow God’s heart not your own self-love . . .

Posted on November 12, 2022 by Steve Simms

Self-focus,Whether proudOr disdainful,Winds upBeing painful. Self-loveMakes it easierTo believeThings that deceive. Self-love is confined and is limited to one solitary individual–you. Neighbor-love is expansive and can reach the whole world. If you get your thoughts, emotions, and desires off of … Continue reading →

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Christian revenge–using love to get even?

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Steve Simms

Did Jesus really mean for us to love our enemies? Will we? Jay Tyler and I are two fools for Christ who talk about Crazy Bible Stuff once a week on our YouTube Channel. Check out the episode below: Christian … Continue reading →

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