Tag Archives: Christianity

Fight for your dependence by surrendering

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Steve Simms

To answer the Bible’s call to daily dependence on Jesus is to really live. If Jesus isn’t working in and thru you, you’re not experiencing what He wants you to. If you don’t focus on Jesus, you won’t be able … Continue reading →

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In pursuit of the living Jesus . . .

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Steve Simms

To pursue Jesus, you have to look in your heart. That’s where He wants to meet you. Type the name J-E-S-U-S into the search engine of your heart and press enter. Experiencing Jesus as present and living, is much more … Continue reading →

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Where do you go to Jesus?

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Steve Simms

Where do you go to the living Jesus? You can go to Jesus anywhere, since He’s everywhere. Nobody (and no thing) has the right to stand between you and the living Jesus. Accept no substitutes for the continual presence of … Continue reading →

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Experiencing Christ in you as an amazing reality

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Steve Simms

When you get to know “Christ in you,” you don’t have to look for Him elsewhere. Surrendering to the life of Jesus working inside of you is like soaring in the wind. Christ-followers are citizens of God’s kingdom, His ambassadors, … Continue reading →

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Handoff to the living Jesus

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Steve Simms

Anything you handoff to Jesus will be handled better than if you keep it. Jesus can give you the power to resist the ungodly desires that insist you obey them. Be so full of Jesus that the people who backbite … Continue reading →

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Without Jesus being active in the heart, Christianity can be boring

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Steve Simms

Let the living Jesus do His heart-work in you. Then you’ll begin to overflow with healing and joy. When I’m comfortable I tend to trust my own effort; when I’m uncomfortable, Jesus. Being uncomfortable can make me defensive or make … Continue reading →

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Put people in their place–made in God’s image

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Steve Simms

To put people in their place, lift them up. People aren’t verbal punching bags. They’re bearers of the image of God. Kind responses to conflict may not bring peace, but at least they don’t escalate it. To continually fuss and … Continue reading →

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Insider Christianity is essential (it’s not just Sunday church-going)

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Steve Simms

Insider Christianity burns in your heart and daily changes you from within. It isn’t the same thing as Sunday church-going. The great joy of insider Christianity (Jesus living in and through you) can’t be fully communicated with words. It must … Continue reading →

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Too many Christians have been trained for spiritual inaction

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Steve Simms

Christianity is meant to be implemented, not circumvented by political venting. It has been over-taught and under-implemented. Too many Christians have been trained for spiritual inaction, not for daily obeying the now Jesus. However, God’s grace was never meant to … Continue reading →

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The sudden surprise that changed my life

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Steve Simms

I was 19 when I walked into a dorm-based campus gathering that met to talk about & experience the living Jesus. As I heard someone share how he had met Jesus & been “saved,” something began to happen in my … Continue reading →

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