Tag Archives: self-focus

It’s Hard to Say Goodbye to a Life of Self-Focus

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Steve Simms

Although self-focus is painful, it’s popular. Instead of being a phase of life that most people eventually outgrow, it has become the definition of life in our Western, materialistic worldview. It has become a life-consuming, life-long obsession. However, our Western … Continue reading →

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The deception of self-focus

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Steve Simms

Self-focus makes it easy to decorate our desires, feelings, and opinions with fancy justifications and elaborate excuses in order to create an outward appearance of goodness while hiding and denying the reality of the pain, confusion, and corruption that is … Continue reading →

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Celebrating true freedom on the 4th

Posted on July 4, 2022 by Steve Simms

Until we’re no longer in bondage to controlling thoughts, desires, and emotions, we’re not fully free. The freedom to be controlled and dominated by desires isn’t freedom at all. When desire replace logic and self-control, freedom disappears. If we proudly … Continue reading →

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God focus vs. focus on our desires

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Steve Simms

When Christians watch, read, listen to, talk, text or post carnality, they’re welcoming demons into their life. If Christianity will decentralize from church focus, it can reestablish Christ focus. Jesus invites us to come as we are. He never invites … Continue reading →

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Self-focus is the greatest enemy of happiness

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Steve Simms

When self-consciousness crowds out your joy, focusing on being kind and encouraging other people can restore it. When we’re free from self-consciousness childlike silliness and playfulness come easily. Stuffy seriousness is a sign of self-focus. Self-consciousness is a cage that … Continue reading →

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The “you-niverse” of self-focus & resentment

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Steve Simms

The “you-niverse” is tiny and confining. The universe is huge and liberating. Think outside your self-box. Freedom from anxiety and compulsion comes through self-forgetfulness. Self-centeredness can’t achieve it. Self-absorption creates loneliness, not happiness. Self-centeredness and joy refuse to coexist. To … Continue reading →

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Selfianity focuses on the wrong hero

Posted on November 13, 2020 by Steve Simms

Put self aside. Let the living Jesus be your ride and take you where He decides. Selfianity isn’t true Christianity. There’s only room for one Savior in a Christian’s life–the risen Jesus. Follow Him. Dietrich Bonhoeffer put it this way: … Continue reading →

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Happiness lies beyond self-focus

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Steve Simms

If you’re discouraged, get out of your self-focus and do something to encourage others. Self-focused decisions often cause more problems than they solve. When minor things get an emotional hold on you, life becomes consumed with triviality. Much, that clamors … Continue reading →

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“Selfianity” promotes self-focus

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Steve Simms

Christianity calls us to self-denial. Selfianity promotes self-focus. Some people want Christianity when it’s convenient and an escape clause when it’s not. When Christ is only a theory, we’ll grow spiritually weary. When He’s living within, we’ll overcome our sin. … Continue reading →

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Self-deny or self-identify?

Posted on December 22, 2019 by Steve Simms

Christ-followers are called to seek the kingdom of God, not the kingdom of self — to self-deny, not to self-identify. Think outside the self-box. Serving others instead of self, rocks! Self-focus shackles us to our own feelings and opinions and … Continue reading →

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