Troy Sims
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Dad, Spouse, Slow Reader, Guitar Lover
Rescue me from evil people, LORD!
Guard me from violent people
who plot evil things in their hearts,
who pick fights every single day!
They sharpen their tongues like a snake’s;
spider poison is on their lips.
~ Psalm 140:1-3 (CEB)
Guard me from violent people
who plot evil things in their hearts,
who pick fights every single day!
They sharpen their tongues like a snake’s;
spider poison is on their lips.
~ Psalm 140:1-3 (CEB)
December 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Rescue me from evil people, LORD!
Guard me from violent people
who plot evil things in their hearts,
who pick fights every single day!
They sharpen their tongues like a snake’s;
spider poison is on their lips.
~ Psalm 140:1-3 (CEB)
Guard me from violent people
who plot evil things in their hearts,
who pick fights every single day!
They sharpen their tongues like a snake’s;
spider poison is on their lips.
~ Psalm 140:1-3 (CEB)
The commandments, Don’t commit adultery, don’t murder, don’t steal, don’t desire what others have, and any other commandments, are all summed up in one word: You must love your neighbor as yourself. Love doesn’t do anything wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is what fulfills the Law. Romans13:9-10
December 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The commandments, Don’t commit adultery, don’t murder, don’t steal, don’t desire what others have, and any other commandments, are all summed up in one word: You must love your neighbor as yourself. Love doesn’t do anything wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is what fulfills the Law. Romans13:9-10
The holy one of Israel says:
Because you reject this word
and trust in oppression and cunning and rely on them,
your sin will be like a crack in a high wall; it bulges, about to fall:
suddenly, in an instant, it breaks!
~ Isaiah 30:12-13 (CEB)
Because you reject this word
and trust in oppression and cunning and rely on them,
your sin will be like a crack in a high wall; it bulges, about to fall:
suddenly, in an instant, it breaks!
~ Isaiah 30:12-13 (CEB)
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The holy one of Israel says:
Because you reject this word
and trust in oppression and cunning and rely on them,
your sin will be like a crack in a high wall; it bulges, about to fall:
suddenly, in an instant, it breaks!
~ Isaiah 30:12-13 (CEB)
Because you reject this word
and trust in oppression and cunning and rely on them,
your sin will be like a crack in a high wall; it bulges, about to fall:
suddenly, in an instant, it breaks!
~ Isaiah 30:12-13 (CEB)
The LORD will enter into judgment
with the elders and princes of his people:
You yourselves have devoured the vineyard;
the goods stolen from the poor are in your houses.
How dare you crush my people
and grind the faces of the poor?
says the LORD God of heavenly forces.
~Isaiah 3:14-15 (CEB)
with the elders and princes of his people:
You yourselves have devoured the vineyard;
the goods stolen from the poor are in your houses.
How dare you crush my people
and grind the faces of the poor?
says the LORD God of heavenly forces.
~Isaiah 3:14-15 (CEB)
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The LORD will enter into judgment
with the elders and princes of his people:
You yourselves have devoured the vineyard;
the goods stolen from the poor are in your houses.
How dare you crush my people
and grind the faces of the poor?
says the LORD God of heavenly forces.
~Isaiah 3:14-15 (CEB)
with the elders and princes of his people:
You yourselves have devoured the vineyard;
the goods stolen from the poor are in your houses.
How dare you crush my people
and grind the faces of the poor?
says the LORD God of heavenly forces.
~Isaiah 3:14-15 (CEB)
Justice is pushed aside;
righteousness stands far off,
because truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty can’t enter.
Truth is missing;
anyone turning from evil is plundered.
The LORD looked and was upset at the absence of justice.
~ Isaiah 59:14-15 (CEB)
righteousness stands far off,
because truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty can’t enter.
Truth is missing;
anyone turning from evil is plundered.
The LORD looked and was upset at the absence of justice.
~ Isaiah 59:14-15 (CEB)
November 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Justice is pushed aside;
righteousness stands far off,
because truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty can’t enter.
Truth is missing;
anyone turning from evil is plundered.
The LORD looked and was upset at the absence of justice.
~ Isaiah 59:14-15 (CEB)
righteousness stands far off,
because truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty can’t enter.
Truth is missing;
anyone turning from evil is plundered.
The LORD looked and was upset at the absence of justice.
~ Isaiah 59:14-15 (CEB)
James 2:18-19 (CEB)
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
James 2:18-19 (CEB)
Now I encourage you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ: Agree with each other and don’t be divided into rival groups. Instead, be restored with the same mind and the same purpose.
~ 1 Corithians 1:10 (CEB)
~ 1 Corithians 1:10 (CEB)
October 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Now I encourage you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ: Agree with each other and don’t be divided into rival groups. Instead, be restored with the same mind and the same purpose.
~ 1 Corithians 1:10 (CEB)
~ 1 Corithians 1:10 (CEB)
There will always be poor people in the land, so I command you to give freely to your neighbors and to the poor and needy in your land.
~ Deuteronomy 15:11 (NCV)
~ Deuteronomy 15:11 (NCV)
October 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
There will always be poor people in the land, so I command you to give freely to your neighbors and to the poor and needy in your land.
~ Deuteronomy 15:11 (NCV)
~ Deuteronomy 15:11 (NCV)
Love isn’t happy with injustice, but it is happy with the truth. Love puts up with all things, trusts in all things, hopes for all things, endures all things.
~ 1 Corinthians 13:6-7 (CEB)
~ 1 Corinthians 13:6-7 (CEB)
October 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Love isn’t happy with injustice, but it is happy with the truth. Love puts up with all things, trusts in all things, hopes for all things, endures all things.
~ 1 Corinthians 13:6-7 (CEB)
~ 1 Corinthians 13:6-7 (CEB)
Love isn’t rude, it doesn’t seek its own advantage, it isn’t irritable, it doesn’t keep a record of complaints...
~ 1 Corinthians 13:5 (CEB)
~ 1 Corinthians 13:5 (CEB)
October 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Love isn’t rude, it doesn’t seek its own advantage, it isn’t irritable, it doesn’t keep a record of complaints...
~ 1 Corinthians 13:5 (CEB)
~ 1 Corinthians 13:5 (CEB)
Love is patient, love is kind, it isn’t jealous, it doesn’t brag, it isn’t arrogant...
~ 1 Corinthians 13:4 (CEB)
~ 1 Corinthians 13:4 (CEB)
October 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Love is patient, love is kind, it isn’t jealous, it doesn’t brag, it isn’t arrogant...
~ 1 Corinthians 13:4 (CEB)
~ 1 Corinthians 13:4 (CEB)
So let’s continually offer up a sacrifice of praise through him, which is the fruit from our lips that confess his name. Don’t forget to do good and to share what you have because God is pleased with these kinds of sacrifices.
~ Hebrews 13:15-16 (CEB)
~ Hebrews 13:15-16 (CEB)
October 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
So let’s continually offer up a sacrifice of praise through him, which is the fruit from our lips that confess his name. Don’t forget to do good and to share what you have because God is pleased with these kinds of sacrifices.
~ Hebrews 13:15-16 (CEB)
~ Hebrews 13:15-16 (CEB)
~ Romans 12:1-2 (CEV)
October 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
~ Romans 12:1-2 (CEV)
Let us consider each other carefully for the purpose of sparking love and good deeds. Don’t stop meeting together with other believers, which some people have gotten into the habit of doing. Instead, encourage each other, especially as you see the day drawing near.
~ Hebrews 10:24-25 (CEB)
~ Hebrews 10:24-25 (CEB)
October 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Let us consider each other carefully for the purpose of sparking love and good deeds. Don’t stop meeting together with other believers, which some people have gotten into the habit of doing. Instead, encourage each other, especially as you see the day drawing near.
~ Hebrews 10:24-25 (CEB)
~ Hebrews 10:24-25 (CEB)
Don’t answer fools according to their folly,
or you will become like them yourself.
Answer fools according to their folly,
or they will deem themselves wise.
~ Proverbs 26:4-5 (CEB)
or you will become like them yourself.
Answer fools according to their folly,
or they will deem themselves wise.
~ Proverbs 26:4-5 (CEB)
October 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Don’t answer fools according to their folly,
or you will become like them yourself.
Answer fools according to their folly,
or they will deem themselves wise.
~ Proverbs 26:4-5 (CEB)
or you will become like them yourself.
Answer fools according to their folly,
or they will deem themselves wise.
~ Proverbs 26:4-5 (CEB)
"You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you that you must not violently oppose those who want to hurt you. If people slap you on your right cheek, you must turn the left cheek to them as well."
~ Matthew 5:38-39
~ Matthew 5:38-39
October 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you that you must not violently oppose those who want to hurt you. If people slap you on your right cheek, you must turn the left cheek to them as well."
~ Matthew 5:38-39
~ Matthew 5:38-39
Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without reason;
don’t deceive with your lips.
Don’t say, “I’ll do to them what they did to me.
I’ll pay them back for their actions.”
~ Proverbs 24:28-29 (CEB)
don’t deceive with your lips.
Don’t say, “I’ll do to them what they did to me.
I’ll pay them back for their actions.”
~ Proverbs 24:28-29 (CEB)
October 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without reason;
don’t deceive with your lips.
Don’t say, “I’ll do to them what they did to me.
I’ll pay them back for their actions.”
~ Proverbs 24:28-29 (CEB)
don’t deceive with your lips.
Don’t say, “I’ll do to them what they did to me.
I’ll pay them back for their actions.”
~ Proverbs 24:28-29 (CEB)
~ Isaiah 58:9b-11a (CEB)
September 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
~ Isaiah 58:9b-11a (CEB)
The LORD and King says, “Princes of Israel, you have gone far enough! Stop hurting others. Do not crush them. Do what is fair and right. Stop taking my people’s land away from them,” announces the LORD and King. “Use weights and measures that are honest and exact.”
~Ezekiel 45:9-10 (NIVR)
~Ezekiel 45:9-10 (NIVR)
September 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The LORD and King says, “Princes of Israel, you have gone far enough! Stop hurting others. Do not crush them. Do what is fair and right. Stop taking my people’s land away from them,” announces the LORD and King. “Use weights and measures that are honest and exact.”
~Ezekiel 45:9-10 (NIVR)
~Ezekiel 45:9-10 (NIVR)
So remember this, LORD:
how enemies have insulted you,
how unbelieving fools have abused your name....
Consider the covenant!
Because the land’s dark places are full of violence.
Don’t let the oppressed live in shame.
No, let the poor and needy praise your name!
~ Psalm 74:18, 20-21 (CEB)
how enemies have insulted you,
how unbelieving fools have abused your name....
Consider the covenant!
Because the land’s dark places are full of violence.
Don’t let the oppressed live in shame.
No, let the poor and needy praise your name!
~ Psalm 74:18, 20-21 (CEB)
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
So remember this, LORD:
how enemies have insulted you,
how unbelieving fools have abused your name....
Consider the covenant!
Because the land’s dark places are full of violence.
Don’t let the oppressed live in shame.
No, let the poor and needy praise your name!
~ Psalm 74:18, 20-21 (CEB)
how enemies have insulted you,
how unbelieving fools have abused your name....
Consider the covenant!
Because the land’s dark places are full of violence.
Don’t let the oppressed live in shame.
No, let the poor and needy praise your name!
~ Psalm 74:18, 20-21 (CEB)
~ 2 Corinthians 1:4-5 (CEB)
September 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
~ 2 Corinthians 1:4-5 (CEB)
Don’t withhold good from someone who deserves it, when it is in your power to do so.
Don’t plan to harm your neighbor who trusts and lives near you.
Don’t accuse anyone without reason, when they haven’t harmed you.
Don’t envy violent people or choose any of their ways.
~ Proverbs 3:27, 29-31 (CEB)
Don’t plan to harm your neighbor who trusts and lives near you.
Don’t accuse anyone without reason, when they haven’t harmed you.
Don’t envy violent people or choose any of their ways.
~ Proverbs 3:27, 29-31 (CEB)
September 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Don’t withhold good from someone who deserves it, when it is in your power to do so.
Don’t plan to harm your neighbor who trusts and lives near you.
Don’t accuse anyone without reason, when they haven’t harmed you.
Don’t envy violent people or choose any of their ways.
~ Proverbs 3:27, 29-31 (CEB)
Don’t plan to harm your neighbor who trusts and lives near you.
Don’t accuse anyone without reason, when they haven’t harmed you.
Don’t envy violent people or choose any of their ways.
~ Proverbs 3:27, 29-31 (CEB)
Isn’t there one parent for all of us,
one God who created us?
Why does everyone cheat each other
to make the covenant
of our ancestors impure?
~ Malachi 2:10
one God who created us?
Why does everyone cheat each other
to make the covenant
of our ancestors impure?
~ Malachi 2:10
September 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Isn’t there one parent for all of us,
one God who created us?
Why does everyone cheat each other
to make the covenant
of our ancestors impure?
~ Malachi 2:10
one God who created us?
Why does everyone cheat each other
to make the covenant
of our ancestors impure?
~ Malachi 2:10
"Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord' and don’t do what I say?"
~Jesus in Luke 6:46 (CEB)
~Jesus in Luke 6:46 (CEB)
September 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord' and don’t do what I say?"
~Jesus in Luke 6:46 (CEB)
~Jesus in Luke 6:46 (CEB)
The commandments, Don’t commit adultery, don’t murder, don’t steal, don’t desire what others have, & any other commandments, are all summed up in one word: You must love your neighbor as yourself. Love doesn’t do anything wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love fulfills the Law.
~Romans 13:9-10
~Romans 13:9-10
September 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The commandments, Don’t commit adultery, don’t murder, don’t steal, don’t desire what others have, & any other commandments, are all summed up in one word: You must love your neighbor as yourself. Love doesn’t do anything wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love fulfills the Law.
~Romans 13:9-10
~Romans 13:9-10