#865 – From Bitterness to Blessing (Ruth 4:14)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 22 December 2019

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Summary

You may feel at times like Naomi did in Ruth 1–bitter, barren, hurt, despairing, and hopeless. But if you are trusting in Jesus, you can persevere with hope because a day is coming when death and sorrow will be no more.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.
0:06.6	Ruth chapter 4 verse 14.
0:09.6	Then the women said to Naomi,
0:11.7	Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a redeemer.
0:18.2	And may his name be renowned in Israel.
0:29.2	Oh, there's so much we could say about this verse, about the conclusion to this book. Just think back to the beginning in Ruth Chapter 1 where Naomi is Baron saying don't even call me
0:36.7	Naomi call me Mara for the Almighty has dealt bitterly with me she is bitter and barren with no husband, no sons. All she has is a
0:48.0	mowabite daughter-in-law from this cursed people and three chapters later the women are saying you are
0:57.9	blessed blessed by God blessing to God for His grace in your life, for He has provided a
1:05.2	Redeemer for you and your life is entirely new. You now have a son and a
1:10.7	daughter-in-law and a grandson and a
1:12.8	grandson who by the way the book goes on to talk about
1:17.7	will be the father of Jesse who will be the father of David so your grandson unbeknownst to her in that
1:25.4	moment would be the grandfather of King David Israel's most famous king the
1:32.4	king after God's own heart,
1:34.4	through whose line would eventually come King Jesus?
1:38.8	Like you can't write any script better than this.
1:41.8	In the end of this book to see the blessing of God
1:45.0	to see glory being given to God and I just want to encourage you with this
1:50.3	picture like you may feel at times like Naomi in Chapter 1,
1:59.5	bitter, barren, hurt, despairing, feeling hopeless, and I just want to encourage you.
2:12.3	For all I just want to encourage you for all who know God, for all who trust in Jesus.
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