Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day. 6 Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday. 7 Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you. 8 Just…
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Promises of Psalm 91, Part II
2 This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him. 3 For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease. 4 He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with…
Promises of Psalm 91, Part I
“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalm 91:1 What is “dwelling in the shadow of the Most High”? Does that translate into our staying in”safe” arenas: church, Christian venues, our homes; associating only with those of similar beliefs? No, of course not. (However…
Lessons From Ruth, Part VIII
Read Ruth 4:11-22 Then the elders and all the people at the gate said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem. 12 Through the…
Lessons From Ruth, Part VII
“Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat there. When the kinsman-redeemer he had mentioned came along, Boaz said, ‘Come over here, my friend and sit down.’ So he went over and sat down.” Ruth 4:1 Read Ruth 4:1-10 4 Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there just…
Lessons from Ruth, Part VI
“For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today.” Ruth 3:18b Read Ruth 3:14-18 So she lay at his feet until morning, but got up before anyone could be recognized; and he said, “No one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor.”15 He also said, “Bring me the shawl…
Lessons from Ruth, Part V
“This kindness is greater than that which you have shown earlier: You have not run after the younger men, rich or poor.” Ruth 3:10b Read Ruth 3:10-13 “The Lord bless you, my daughter,” he replied. “This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier: You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or…
Lessons from Ruth, Part IV
“Is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been, a kinsman of ours? Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.” Ruth 3:2 Read Ruth 3:1-9 One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home for you, where you will be well provided for. 2 Now…
Lessons from Ruth, Part III
“May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.” Ruth 2:12 Read Ruth 2: Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelek, whose…
Lessons from Ruth, Part II
“So Naomi returned from Moab, accompanied by Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning.” Ruth 1:22 Read Ruth 1:20. “Don’t call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara, because the Almightyhas made my life very bitter. Naomi’s anguish was so great, she wanted to change her name. …