ESTHER RUTH

Ruth Be committed to God's will no matter what the cost.

Days When The Judges Ruled Judges 21:25 “ In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.”

Elimelech, Naomi, and their sons traveled from Bethlehem to Moab because of a famine. Ruth 1:1 Moab, about 50 miles east on the other side of the Dead Sea

Because of the famine, Naomi and her husband forsook the promised land to live in Moab. This was a clear symbol of turning away from God, of turning to the world.

When Trouble comes to our lives, we can do one of Three things:

If we only endure our trials, then trials become our master, and we have a tendency to become hard and bitter.

If we try to escape our trials, then we will probably miss the purposes God wants to achieve in our lives.

If we learn to enlist our trials, to embrace them they will become our servants instead of our masters and work for us; and God will work all things together for our good and His glory.

2 Corinthians 12:10 “ Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” (NKJV) The Apostle Paul Embraced His Trials

Went to Moab to Escape Death All Three Men Died in Moab Ruth 1: 3,5

I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread. (NKJV) Psalms 37:25

Ruth 1: 6-15

Famine was Over

I have called upon You, for You will hear me, O God; Incline Your ear to me, and hear my speech. Psalms 17:6 (NKJV)

And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, return each to her mother's house. The LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me. Ruth 1:8 (NKJV) HESED

Naomi Insisted That Orpah and Ruth return to Moab

Daily Seeking God’s Will for Our Lives

“ For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, And your God, my God. Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried. The LORD do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me." Ruth 1:16-17 (NKJV)

Ruth 1:20 (NKJV) But she said to them, "Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

Ruth 1:21 (NKJV) I went out full, and the LORD has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”

Ruth 1:22b (NKJV) … .Now they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.

“ Best of all, God is with us!” John Wesley

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