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Infrastructure challenge

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Steve Simms

Examine your own inner infrastructure. Are your thoughts, desires, and emotions strengthening you or weakening you? Healthy, inner infrastructure is the backbone of personal growth. The biggest infrastructure challenge is to build and maintain healthy infrastructure in our thinking, desires, … Continue reading →

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To pray is to open your heart to God’s refreshing air.

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Steve Simms

The BibleBegins with the fallOf humanity;Jesus with the callTo repent. Grace freely offers us the opportunity to repent and to walk in freedom from bondage to desires. We can accept or reject that offer. All around the world people find … Continue reading →

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Some non-religious thoughts about prayer

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Steve Simms

Interrogation is about getting answers. Prayer is about answering God’s invitation to communicate with Him. If you’re not sure God exists, talk to Him about it. Prayer enables us to participate in an amazing relationship with the living God. It … Continue reading →

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If desires are controlling your life, then you’re not controlling it.

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Steve Simms

If feelings, desires, and opinions are running your life and defining your identity, then you aren’t the one in control of your life. Freedom is power over feelings, desires, and opinions, not surrender to them. Compulsive feelings and desires can … Continue reading →

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Your prayer-do is more important than your hairdo

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Steve Simms

The prayer cycle:Without prayer life’s a mess.When life’s a messPeople eventually pray. Your prayer-do is much more important than your hairdo. How you communicate with God and what you do with your life matters, but your hairstyle will make little … Continue reading →

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Unmasking prayer and church . . .

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Steve Simms

Prayer can get stuckIn rattling off wordsWithout feeling.Instead, express your heart. The USA has dropped the mask mandate. Now we need churches to drop their mask mandate and let people openly share from their heart. It’s time for Christians to … Continue reading →

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God — first responder or last resort?

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Steve Simms

If you want GodTo be your first responder,Don’t make prayerYour last resort. When you say your prayers, open your heart and share your cares with God. As humans we have selective inner hearing. We can open or close the ears … Continue reading →

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Our thoughts & feelings produce many mirages

Posted on May 15, 2021 by Steve Simms

Life is full of mirages. The way things seem to your senses isn’t always the way they really are. Our consciousness contains both illusion and truth. It’s important to separate the two. Be attentive to your inner self. You can … Continue reading →

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Unmasking history — 6 poems for the brave at heart

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Steve Simms

UNMASKING HISTORY Freedom of speech Doesn’t put a muzzle on history, But lets it tell the whole story. Masked history Has led to deception By canceling the reception Of uncomfortable details And by claiming that racial cruelty Was an exception … Continue reading →

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Be a patriot of the kingdom of God. Jesus first!

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Steve Simms

Invisible kingdoms compete for your allegiance: A) The kingdom of self;   B) The kingdom of darkness; and C) The kingdom of God. The kingdom of God manifests when people obey the living Jesus instead of their own feelings, dearies, or … Continue reading →

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