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The Mix

Matthew 1:1-2&5 “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham: Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah… Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth…” (NKJV, emphasis added).


Did you notice how the Bible says Jacob begot Judah, not Reuben or Joseph? But that is not where we are going. Don’t you just love how the Bible talks about Boaz and Ruth?

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Beyond The Kiss

Ruth 1:8-9 “But on the way, Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back to your mothers’ homes. And may the Lord reward you for your kindness to your husbands and to me. May the Lord bless you with the security of another marriage.” Then she kissed them good-bye…”

 

Orpah stuck with Naomi even beyond the death of her husband, Naomi’s son. And that is extremely commendable. To think that such a person still will not make it to

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Categories

Ruth 1:14&16 “And again they wept together, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye. But Ruth clung tightly to Naomi… “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.”

 

Beginning today, we will be zooming in on the story of Naomi and Ruth. God’s Word for us will take us to the more He has made us for in all the areas of our lives. We are made for more, and God is showing us how to walk in it. 

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In God

Ruth 1:22 “So Naomi returned from Moab, accompanied by her daughter-in-law Ruth, the young Moabite woman. They arrived in Bethlehem in late spring, at the beginning of the barley harvest.”

 

Yesterday, we began to look at the story of Ruth and how her husband left Bethlehem (the house of provision) and settled in Moab, and everything went south. Read the rest of this entry