Tag Archives: Christian spirituality

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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Inspired by Isaiah 11:1-9

Posted on December 19, 2023 by Steve Simms

Remember the futureComes day-by-dayUntil one dayIt doesn’t.Refuse to delayAnd stray awayFrom God’s hopeInto spiritual decayAnd downhearted dismay.Focus on whatThe risen King JesusHas to say.Daily follow and obeyHis living WayOf being alwaysLed by His Spirit.Let His life sproutAnd grow as a … Continue reading →

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Notice Jesus Now

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Steve Simms

Have you noticed?Jesus is here,Jesus is there,Jesus is everywhere. I woke up with this thought in my mind and heart this morning. “Christianity isn’t about a religious organization. It’s about daily surrendering to and being led by the living Jesus.” … Continue reading →

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The body of Christ & accountability

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Steve Simms

I’ve been blessed with amazing experiences. Every day I encounter something amazing. Christianity should be a contemporary Jesus movement, not a religious monument where people are lectured about what Jesus did in the past. Christians are supposed to be experiencing … Continue reading →

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Spiritual baby food is good for a season, but not for a lifetime!

Posted on June 11, 2022 by Steve Simms

When presentation and pretense are prioritized above the spontaneity of Christ’s presence, religious organization overrides the Holy Spirit. History reveals that when revival (a mighty move of God) starts, established churches work to curtail, coral, and control it. So many … Continue reading →

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Spirit-led to focus on, follow, & glorify Jesus

Posted on May 25, 2022 by Steve Simms

We can’t be Spirit-ledIf we’re unwillingTo move ahead. Christians who don’t learn to be led by the Spirit are missing out on what it means to be a child of God. (See Romans 8:14.) If Christians won’t learn to be … Continue reading →

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Let Jesus live in you & tell you what to do

Posted on April 26, 2022 by Steve Simms

When ChristIs freely allowedTo live and reignIn you,He will continuallyRenew, empower,And refresh you. Christ in you is not “the hope to cope”–to just get by as a carnal Christin. He wants to live within you and be “the hope of … Continue reading →

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Looking for Jesus?

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Steve Simms

Jesus’ body assembles and becomes visible when people gather in His presence to all listen to His inner voice and do what He prompts them to do. To ignore your conscience is to ignore the living Jesus. He’s ignored so … Continue reading →

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