It Starts Small

Author: Kimberlee Smith

  • Redemption: a gift.

    Ruth is my all time favorite story of God’s Redemption in our lives. I have written a small series on the book of Ruth: Decisions that Determine the DestinyGod’s Amazing GraceGet CloserThe Happy Ending, Don’t you want it? Today, we are going to focus on God’s promising of renewal and redemption. This…

  • The Breath of Re-creation

    Psalm 104 is a beautiful song about the Lord our God as Creator. From Him all life is breathed. The CSB uses the word breath here. Other translations use the word spirit. The actual Hebrew word is, rûaḥ, and means Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal,…

  • Restoration

    First, lets break the 10 verse down.  The Psalmist is asking God for a clean heart. Notice the psalmist says, God create in me. He gives acknowledgement that a clean heart comes from God. Only from God can we find the cleansing of our hearts. There’s nothing on this earth that can cleanse…

  • Always putting on the New Self

    In other Bible translations, “new man” is the phrase used. Paul, many times, says put on the new self. When we put on the new self we are renewed in the knowledge of the image of our creator.  Our scripture today starts out with and…. There is something missing to the context…

  • Youthful Vigor

    When we read the account of Job, we know that four of his friends came to preach over him about why he was in the state he was in. Job and his friends judged his sickness as God was angry with him. The last, Elihu, was telling Job, sometimes God will afflict…

  • Endurance at any Age

    Paul starts this passage of scripture with therefore, do not give up…. If we know anything about how Paul writes, the “therefore” means because of ….. do not give up. What is Paul telling us? Let us back up to verse 7 and the following: Now we have this treasure…

  • Change Your Clothes

    One of my favorite things to do, when I lived on a little farm was to work on a project, get really dirty, and then go take a shower. To throw off the dirty clothes and get cleaned up with a fresh set of clothes. There was some sort of accomplishment in…

  • Conformity

    There is a lot in this verse to chew on! Conformed That word conformed is an interesting word. It is the transliteration of syschēmatizō. The Greek word meant: to conform one’s self (i.e. one’s mind and character) to another’s pattern, (fashion one’s self according to). Paul is telling us to not conform…

  • Understanding – what do you chose to believe?

    This month I pray we can focus our hearts on understanding that God’s mercies are new each day.  22 Because of the Lord’s faithful lovewe do not perish,for his mercies never end.23 They are new every morning;great is your faithfulness!Lamentations 3:22-23 The word “mercy” is translated from the word ḥeseḏ. It means “deeds of…

  • It’s Always Been About God

    Christmas is about God. Christmas is the story of God the Father sending His son to be born as the God-man.  Christmas is the story that God initiated salvation and God ultimately accomplished the sacrifice of God. The people and events surrounding Jesus’ birth are not impressive because they were…