…Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her.  Also let grain from the bundles fall purposely for her; leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.” Ruth 2:15-16 REFERENCE Ruth 2:1-16   The greatest temptation in times of famine/economic downturn is to become […]

Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “The Lord be with you!” And they answered him, “The Lord bless you!”  Ruth 2:4 REFERENCE Ruth 2:1-4 Stephen covey, an American author, told a fable about a struggling farmer who had a goose that laid golden eggs. This farmer soon became rich by […]

There was a relative of Naomi’s husband, a man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech. His name was Boaz. Ruth 2:1 REFERENCE Ruth 1:19-22 & 2:1-9 The book of Ruth begins with a famine in Bethlehem that pushed Elimelech and his entire family to leave the city for Moab in search of greener pastures. However, our text […]

So it was, whenever Israel had sown, Midianites would come up; also Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them. Judges 6:3   REFERENCE Judges 6:1-6   It is frustrating to labor and not see the reward of your labor. This was Israel’s unfortunate reality in today’s text. They planted and watered their […]

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.  Genesis 37:3 (KJV) REFERENCE Genesis 37:1-11, 23-28 (KJV) Joseph had a coat of many colors given to him by his father; a symbol of his love for him as […]

The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ,… – Romans 8:16-17 REFERENCE Romans 8:14-17 An heir is a Legal inheritor who holds the right to receive property, position, or title of somebody else when that person dies. As […]

Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy.  Matthew 8:3 REFERENCE Matthew 8:1-4 One battle we all often have to fight is to overcome that voice that says, “You are not good enough; you don’t qualify.” It is the voice […]

Comfort, yes, comfort My people!” Says your God. “Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned… Isaiah 40:1-2 REFERENCE Isaiah 40:1-5 Comfort is a state of physical ease, well-being and freedom from pain or limitation. It is synonymous with consolation, compensation, succor and encouragement. […]

And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.  I Samuel 17:54 REFERENCE I Samuel 17:33-54 “Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it – in […]