

Come and See.
You don’t need more to be used by God—you just need to surrender what you already have. Stop waiting. Come and see. Your yes matters more than you think. Master, where dwellest Thou?” — “Come and see.” (John 1) If we truly want to know where Jesus dwells, we have to come and see. Those three words Jesus spoke then still carry weight today—but now they raise a deeper question: Are we pursuing Him or just observing from a distance? People often look for something spectacular—a

Patrick Sims
6 days ago3 min read


Don't Treat God Like a Genie: Cultivate a Relationship Heaven Recognizes
If you only call on others when you need them, what does that say about your heart? How much deeper should our connection with God be—beyond asking and into truly knowing Him? He knows you fully, yet He loves you without limits If we only reach out to others when our desires press upon us, it whispers of shallow bonds and fleeting regard. How infinitely more should we devote ourselves to our relationship with God, the Author of our souls? To treat Him as a “genie in a bottle,

Patrick Sims
Apr 81 min read


Finding Hope in Struggles: Embracing God's Presence and Encouragement
Life often brings its whirlwind of challenges that knock the breath out of your lungs. Struggles can shake us to our very core, knock our confidence off balance, drain our energy, and cloud our vision for the future. Nevertheless, in these moments of hardship, there is a source of hope that never fades: God’s presence. This hope is not just a vague feeling but a powerful encouragement that can sustain us through the darkest times. Understanding the Nature of Struggles There a

Patrick Sims
Apr 31 min read


THE GOOD NEWS
John 7:38 ”Whoever believes in me… rivers of living water will flow from within them.” Jesus Is the True Source of Living Water! In John 4, Jesus meets the Samaritan woman at the well and gently draws her to a deeper question: what is flowing from within you? Scripture calls the Lord the fountain of living water—and if we want a life-giving flow, we must return to the right source: His presence. It’s not always easy to enter in, but it is always worth it, shaping who we are a

Patrick Sims
Mar 282 min read


The Valley of the Shadow of Doubt
We all know about walking through the valley of the shadow of death, either from experience or reading about it in the 23rd Psalms,...

Patrick Sims
Sep 22, 20223 min read


Breakthrough: Death and Life
I watched the movie "Breakthrough" with friends. I saw so much of myself in this mother. However, it was my husband, Bishop Kenneth, that...

Patrick Sims
Jul 28, 20202 min read


THE DIFFERENCE JESUS MAKES
Destiny – a predetermined course of events You were born to win. After all, of the millions of sperm released, you swam to your mother's...

Patrick Sims
Apr 21, 20204 min read


Prayer, Like Eagles' Wings
Memories from one of my journals in 2010! Philippians 3:12 Not that I have already obtained it [this goal of being Christlike] or have...

Patrick Sims
Apr 4, 20204 min read


Compassionately Sympathetic
In 1989, my husband and I met a couple at church that became very dear friends to us. They had a daughter and a younger son. The...

Patrick Sims
Mar 17, 20204 min read


This Train is Bound for Glory
This Train is Bound for Glory! That’s the song that my husband, Ken was singing this morning when he woke from a dream. There are several...

Patrick Sims
Apr 30, 20182 min read


An Unexpected Lapse of Attention
It's time to press the reset button. While in a program on my computer, an error message flashed, "An unexpected lapse of attention!" ...

Patrick Sims
Jan 13, 20183 min read


The Walk of Shame
Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than...

Patrick Sims
Apr 9, 20174 min read


Servant Leaders in God's Kingdom
PEACE! Jesus declared that the kingdom of God is at hand, meaning here with us now. It has arrived. Jesus (the second Adam) ushered...

Patrick Sims
Aug 23, 20162 min read


The Good Fight
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold of eternal life to which you were summoned and [for which] you confessed the good confession [of...

Patrick Sims
Mar 28, 20162 min read


FREE Yourself
"THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO ABOUT YESTERDAY TODAY IS - MAKE SURE YOU DON'T WASTE TOMORROW". Bishop Ken Sims Your past has nothing to do...

Patrick Sims
Mar 12, 20162 min read


A Christian Perspective of the Supernatural
Every thing that we see with our natural eyes came from a realm that we cannot normally see into. There are things about the spirit...

Patrick Sims
Mar 11, 20161 min read


Forgive Yourself
An unfamiliar long distance number rang at our house this morning. On the other end was an apologetic manager, who gently approached me...

Patrick Sims
Feb 23, 20163 min read
The Blitz
In Him we live, move and have our being! The BLITZ is designed to come against our marriages, our families, to destroy our children, our...

Patrick Sims
Feb 3, 20162 min read
Forgive Us Our Trash Baskets
"Forgiveness is not an emotion. It is a choice. If we choose not to forgive, we are the ones in bondage." Bishop Ken Sims I am reminded...

Patrick Sims
Dec 1, 20152 min read
The Right Side of The Ship
In the twenty-first chapter of St. John, one of Jesus’ disciples whose name was Simon Peter, decided to go fishing. His fellow disciples...

Patrick Sims
Nov 24, 20152 min read
