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Self-Improvement Comes from Effective Effort Not from Aging

Posted on July 11, 2025 by Steve Simms

Self-improvement requires both mental and physical effort. The mere passing of time seldom improves a human being. Personal, mental, and spiritual growth require persistent hard work. The promised land that Christians are called to take, the walk we are called … Continue reading →

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Christian Self-Help Makes Me Feel Loved

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Steve Simms

There’s so much self-help for a Christian to do: “Repent.”“Fight the good fight of faith.”“Resist the devil.”“Draw near to God.”“Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness.”“Press toward the mark of the prize of the high calling God in … Continue reading →

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Everybody Needs to Know That Comfort Zones Are Often Danger Zones

Posted on October 29, 2024 by Steve Simms

To “do everything the Lord has said,” requires that we abandon our comfort zone. Now that’s a challenge that requires great courage. When things are done in God’s order, they are often beyond our human comfort zone. Break out of … Continue reading →

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Giving Million-Dollar Smiles

Posted on October 10, 2024 by Steve Simms

Gratefulness is greater than grumbling and grumpiness. Yesterday I was in the uncomfortable situation of a long day of standing and waiting and all I wanted to do was to grumble and complain. (That’s why I didn’t post on yesterday’s … Continue reading →

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Inner Athletes

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Steve Simms

The athletes I respect the most are inner athletes — those who compete against and overcome the inner agonies that try to torment them with the bondage of discouragement, moral defeat, and heart-breaking despair. I admire the ones who go … Continue reading →

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3 P-Word Jobs

Posted on May 29, 2024 by Steve Simms

I’ve had (and continue to have) 3 P-Word jobs: 1. Preemptive obedience: That job is to reject the option of disobedience even before I know what God is going to prompt me to do. It is to live by this … Continue reading →

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Enjoy healthy mental programming

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Steve Simms

Healthy mental programmingTrains your mindTo continually findHope. If you feel wearyAnd life seems drearyAnd a theoryWon’t make you cheery,It’s time to flood your brainWith healthy mental programming. Reprogram your mindTo see where you’ve been blindSo you can be alignedWith truth. … Continue reading →

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