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Secretly I am a galactic warrior from another planet but don’t tell anyone, I am here to save earth from those pesky aliens
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Welcome To Hope C Hopkins Website |
Secretly I am a galactic warrior from another planet but don’t tell anyone, I am here to save earth from those pesky aliens
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Hey guys I know its been a month since I posted sorry about that, here is the conclusion of trusting God. Now the part may the Lord do so to me and more also, Ruth was binding herself by an oath that invites punishment if she is unfaithful. She swears this oath in the name of Yahweh, thereby owning him as her God. This was a significant leap of faith for Ruth, her home was Moab, a land she was familiar with, yet she decided to leave her home, family and gods to follow the God of heaven, the God of Israel. This shows you Ruth’s loyalty and commitment. Orpah chose to leave but Ruth remained. This reminds you of Mary and Martha in the book of Luke 10:38 to 42 it reads, Now as they went on their way, Jesus[a] entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” 41 But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, 42 but one thing is necessary.[b] Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.” In this instance like with Ruth, Mary chose the better path she sat at the Lord’s feet listening to every word Jesus said. When Jesus said Mary has chosen the good portion this links with the Old Testament passages were the greatest possession is close fellowship with the Lord at one’s portion in life. Mary has chosen this and it will not be taken away from her neither now to help Martha in the kitchen nor for all eternity. And like Mary, Ruth chose the right path, she chose to serve the Lord and was rewarded in the end. If Orpah would have stayed she could have been blessed too but she chose to go back to her gods. Ruth showed Naomi she was a true friend and Naomi needed a friend. And the same is true for us we all need a friend, a true friend that won’t put your business out on the street, but one you can be real with telling them all your hurts. Someone to stand by you when no one else will. Someone to build you up when you’re down, someone like Ruth. Finding a friend like that is hard to come by. But if you do have a friend like that cherish that friend because they are a blessing from the Lord and Ruth was a blessing to Naomi because she was the type of friend. In this book it shows how Ruth gentile woman forsakes her past to follow God. As I mentioned before the book of Ruth is about choice. She chose to go with Naomi and chose to serve a God she didn’t know, but since Naomi serve the God of heaven Ruth thought I will do the same. As Ruth said to Naomi where you go, there I shall go also; your people will be my people, your God, my God. Her words were poetic but true and sincere. Unconsciously Ruth was living up to her name. Her name means companion, friend. And though Ruth made a simple choice to follow God, in the end she got the greatest reward. That is true for us this today, like Ruth made a choice we can choose to serve God and believe in him or choose not to because God has given us all free will, but I choose to serve God. I choose to believe in him. I choose to hope in God. I choose to have faith in God because he has save my life and the lives of my family. I’m not supposed to be here. When my mother was pregnant with me the doctors told my mom to have an abortion because I wouldn’t be normal. I was a high-risk pregnancy. I was supposed to be born with a lot of problems where it would be impossible for me to live. But if I didn’t have a praying mother and father who believed in God and trusted in his word, I wouldn’t be here. As it says in Joshua 24:15 but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord. And because of having praying parents who wouldn’t give up on me and prayed for me here I am today healthy and a born-again Christian. The devil tried to kill me and my mother but he did not succeed because the Lord was with us protecting us every step of the way. So, for this reason I choose to serve God because it is because of him I am alive today and teaching the Word of God.
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