#S057 - Love Hurts,
But Love Heals (Part 1)
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The Book of Ruth Chapter one,
and we'll begin in verse six.
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Then we'll do a little
reading over in the chapter two,
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and then we'll
finish up in chapter four.
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How am I single folk
feeling that they are today?
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Oh, are you all blessed?
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Oh, yeah. Well,
well, maybe I'm not. Okay.
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Are you all blessed today?
Let's try to hit a many men.
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So I need you to
know friends of mine.
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Don't be
nervous. Don't be on it.
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We just go and teach
the word. Is that all right?
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Ruth chapter one.
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And we're going to
look together, verse six.
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Now, again,
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I'm not going to
read the entire story,
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but for those who don't know,
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the story of Ruth
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is about a family that
relocated to the land of Moab.
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There was a lady named Naomi.
She had two daughters in law.
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Naomi lost her
husband and both of her sons.
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And we find them
here in a season of grief.
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And Ruth, chapter
one and verse six,
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both the husband
and the sons have died.
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Now the ladies are trying
to figure out their next move.
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Ruth Chapter one in
verse six, the Bible says.
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Then she arose with
her daughters in law
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that she might return
from the country of Moab,
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for she had heard
in the country of Moab
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that the Lord had visited
His people by giving them bread.
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Therefore, she
went out from that place
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where she was
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and her two
daughters in law with her,
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and they went on their way
to return to the land of Judah.
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And they only said to
her two daughters in law, go
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and return each to
her mother's house.
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The Lord deal kindly with you
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as you have dealt
with the dead, and with me,
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the Lord grant you
that you may find rest
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each in the
house of her husband.
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So she kissed them
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and they lifted up
their voices and wept.
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And they said to
her, Surely we will return
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with you to your people.
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But Naomi said,
Turn back my daughters.
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Why will you go with me?
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Are there still sons in my room
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that they will be your husbands?
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Turn back my
daughters and go for
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I'm too old to have a husband.
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If I should say I have hope
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and if I should
have a husband tonight
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and should also bear
sons, would you wait for them
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until they were grown?
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Would you restrain
yourselves from having husbands?
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No. My daughters.
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For it grieves me
very much, for your sakes,
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that the hand of the
Lord has gone out against me.
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Then they lifted up
their voices and wept again
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and kissed her mother in law.
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But Ruth, the
Bible says, clung to her.
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Now go to Ruth,
chapter two in verse one.
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The Bible says,
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as they get now
back to Bethlehem,
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there was a
relative of Naomi's husband,
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a man of great wealth,
of the family, of Elimelech.
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His name was what?
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His name was Boaz.
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So, Ruth, the more
biters said to Naomi,
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please let me go to the
field and glean heads of grain
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after him in whose
sight I may find favor.
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And she said to
her, Go, my daughter.
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Then she left
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and went and gleamed in
the field after the reapers.
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And she happened
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to come to the part of
the field belonging to Boaz,
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who was in the
family of Elimelech.
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Now, behold, Boaz
came from Bethlehem
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and said to the
Reapers, The Lord be with you.
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And they answered
Him, The Lord bless you.
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Then Boaz said to his servant,
who is in charge of the Reapers.
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He noticed her. He says,
Whose young woman is this?
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So the servant who was in
charge of the Reapers answered
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and said,
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It is the young mobile
woman who came back with Naomi
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from the country of Moab,
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and she said, Please
let me glean and gather
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after the reapers
among the sheaves.
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So she came and
continued from morning
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until now, though, she rested
for a little while in the house.
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Then Boaz said to
Ruth, You will listen.
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You will listen.
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My daughter, will you not
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do not glean in another
field, nor go from here.
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But stay close to my young men.
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Let your eyes be on
the field, which they reap
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and go after them.
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Have I not commanded
young men not to touch you?
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And when you are
thirsty, go to the vessels
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and drink from what
the young men have drunk.
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So she fell on her
face and bowed to the ground
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and said to him,
Why have I found favor
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in your eyes
that you should take
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notice of me
since I am a foreigner?
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And Boaz
answered and said to her,
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It has been fully reported to me
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all that you have
done for your mother in law
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since the death of your husband,
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and how you
have left your father
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and your mother in
the land of your birth
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and have come to the people
whom you did not know. Verse 14.
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Now, Boaz said
to her at mealtime,
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Come here
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and eat of the bread
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and clip your dip your
piece of bread in the vinegar.
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So she sat beside the reapers
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and passed
parts to grain to her,
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and she ate and was
satisfied and kept some back.
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Now go to chapter
four for me briefly.
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Chapter four in verse
ten, we're almost done.
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And the Bible says here
in verse 13, chapter four,
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the Bible says so. Boaz took
Ruth and she became his. What?
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And when he went into
her, the Lord gave her concepts
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and she bore a son.
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Then the women said to
Naomi, Blessed be the Lord
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who has not left you this
day without close relative,
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and may his name
be famous in Israel
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and may he be a restorer of life
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and nourish her of your old age,
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for your daughter
in law, who loves you,
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who is better to you than
seven sons, has borne him.
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Then Naomi took the
child and laid him on her bosom
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and she became nurse to him.
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And also the neighbor
women gave him a name saying
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there is a son born to Naomi.
And they called his name obeyed.
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He is the father of Jesse
and the father of David today.
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So it's for a little while.
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I want to talk to
you under the subject.
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Love hurts, but love heals.
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Love hurts in the heals.
Let's pray together. Father,
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I pray that in the
teaching of the word
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that you apply wisdom,
that you give us insight.
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I pray to God that
your Holy Spirit would bless
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each and every person
that has been hurt by love.
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But Lord, our prayer today
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is that someone would
find healing through love.
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So would you bless us to this?
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And we ask in the
wonderful name of Jesus,
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let those who believe
say together a man and a man.
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You may be seated in
the House of the Lord today.
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Again,
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today will be a
little more teaching
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than just traditional preaching
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as we work
through the work today.
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You know, friends are texts
today shows us how powerful
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and how painful love can be.
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You see, when you're
in love and it goes well,
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love can change your
whole perspective on life.
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When you're in
love, tell the truth.
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The sun shines a
little bit brighter.
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Your food tastes
a little bit better.
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Things that bother you don't
normally bother you as much.
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When you're in
love with somebody.
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When you meet somebody
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and you just click and
the chemistry is right.
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It can be so powerful
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that you
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want to spend all your time
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with them
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to the point
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you can be on
the phone with them,
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even when you don't
have nothing to say.
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And it's more than
a physical attraction.
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It is like your
souls just match.
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It is like your spirits kiss.
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And it morphs to a point
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where you make a
pact of permanence
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through the
covenant of marriage.
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In fact, it gets
so good that you say,
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I don't need to
see anything else.
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My heart is settle
from here at the market.
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This is ultimately
where I want to be.
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But understand, friends, that
love is dangerous in this regard
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because it can lift you so high
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that you feel like
you're on top of the world.
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But love on the other
end can bring you so low
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that it puts you even
beyond the level of dirt.
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In fact, sometimes
when love goes wrong,
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it can be more
painful than a thousand cuts
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and a million bullets combined.
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In fact, sometimes when
you lose love after death,
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I am told it is
like learning how
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to function at the
receiving and amputation.
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When you lose love
because a spouse or a partner
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did not keep
their word or their vow,
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or because your man or
woman found somebody better.
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Love can actually
turn you into somebody
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you never planned on becoming.
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And let me park here for just
a moment to say this is why.
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Because death is possible.
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Because people
are flaky and trifling
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and sometimes and unreliable.
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It is why you never put a
partner in the place of God.
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You see,
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even when your partner
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is ordained by God,
they are simply a conduit
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through which
God's love flows to you.
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They are not the source
of love, which is Jehovah.
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And see,
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the reason that
love can be so painful
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is that some of us
turn love into an idol.
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In fact, some pursue people
the way we ought to pursue God.
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We submit to them the
way we should submit to him.
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We trust them the way
we ought to trust in God.
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And sometimes
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God literally fights
against your relationship
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because your relationship
becomes a replacement for him.
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And the truth is that
for some, our spiritual lack
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can always be connected
to our relationship status.
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And notice spreads
how Christ reveals himself
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that Christ reveals
himself in essential terms.
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He reveals himself as living
water. That part is our thirst.
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He reveals
himself as living bread.
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That Jesus is
the air we breathe.
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And Jesus reveals himself
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in terms are metaphors of things
that we cannot live without.
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And the reason that
Jesus reveals himself
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that way is to let us know that
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the only thing we
can't live without is him.
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And see the word
to somebody today
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is that sometimes love hurts
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because of a loss
through death or divorce,
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or because somebody
changes their mind about you.
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But the thing I need
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somebody to understand
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is that the only
person you can't live
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without is Jesus going
to church. Say Amen today.
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And so go back with
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me, if you don't mind, to
the Book of Ruth Chapter one.
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And we're going to
look together at verse 11,
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and we're going
to unpack some things
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together in the word today.
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Ruth, chapter one
and verse number 11.
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When you get there,
let me hear you say Man
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Ruth, chapter one and verse 11.
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There's some critical lessons
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I need to share in
the House of God today.
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Ruth one In
verse 11, Naomi said,
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Turn back my daughters
four. Why would you go with me?
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Are there still sons in my name
that they may be your husbands?
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You see, the first
thing that the story of Naomi
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and Ruth teach us today
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is that your life never
ends when a relationship does.
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Okay.
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Let me say it again.
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I need somebody to get that to
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a life never ends
with a relationship.
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And I want to say this gently,
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because I understand that there
is some pain in the pews today.
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There are some of
us that have lost love
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because a loved
one has fallen asleep.
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And there are some of us
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that are in a season of grief
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because a marriage ended in
a way that you did not foresee.
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But the word for somebody today
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is that even when
that relationship ends,
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God still desires for
your life to continue.
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Now, now, again,
this is an intense dialog
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that Naomi is having
with her daughters in law.
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She attempts to prevail
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upon them to go back home
and be reunited with her people,
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that they might be eligible
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for marriage
somewhere down the line.
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But the wounds are
too fresh for the girls.
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In fact, they
can't even see life
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beyond the pain that they feel.
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And they want to go back
and live permanently as Naomi's
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Handmaids and understand
that there is a disconnect
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between Naomi and the girls.
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In other words,
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as the older woman,
she's talking with her head,
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but they are
replying with their hearts.
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She's talking to
them out of logic,
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but they're
replying out of their pain.
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She's talking to
them about principle,
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but she's replying
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with their feelings
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and the present pain is
so great that they're about
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to cut themselves off
from all future possibilities.
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But understand
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that Naomi, ahead of them,
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has gone through
the cycle of grief
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that the girls
are experiencing, man.
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She has gone through
that painful season of denial
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where she's numbed
herself to the pain
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by pretending this death or
loss didn't even take place.
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She's already gone
through a season of anger.
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Where she was mad at herself.
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Mad at God. Mad at her husband
by for leaving her behind.
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She's gone through
this phase of bargaining
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where she's tried
to make deals with God
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to try to make the pain go away.
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She's gone through
a season of depression
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and you can't tell because
she's a high functioning person.
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She still takes
care of business.
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She does not lie in the fetal
position and cry for all to see.
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And even though she has gone
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through the stages of grief,
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she has finally come through
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that pull up to
the place of acceptance
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where she receives what is
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and realizes that there
is still hope for tomorrow.
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Are you hearing me today?
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And with God's help,
she has come to the place
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where she realizes
that there is still life
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when a relationship ends.
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And the point to the girls
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is this as much
pain as they feel now.
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She wants them to know that
their pain won't be permanent.
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She wants
somebody that's hurting.
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To know
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that it won't
always hurt this bad,
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that it won't
always be this frustrated.
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That weeping may
endure for a night.
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But Joy come off in the morning.
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In other words, I
need somebody to know
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that one day the
pain is going to cease.
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One day the despair
is going to be broken up.
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One day desire
is going to return.
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And the truth is that
you can't rebuke the pain.
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You can't rush the pain.
You've got to endure the pain.
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But I need somebody to know
that on the other side of this
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heartbreak is a healing
that will bring blessing
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and restoration to your soul.
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You'll hear me today. Church
about let me say it this way.
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There are times where
I fly on a regular basis
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and there are times
00:16:17.37\00:16:18.34
where if it is not
heavy storm or lightning,
00:16:18.37\00:16:21.01
if it's just
light rain and overcast,
00:16:21.84\00:16:23.78
they will go ahead and
cause the plane to take off.
00:16:23.81\00:16:27.48
And it's crazy
because when you're underneath
00:16:27.52\00:16:29.72
the clouds, it is
raining and overcast.
00:16:29.75\00:16:32.59
It looks as if
there is no sunlight.
00:16:33.46\00:16:35.39
But the amazing thing is that
once you move through the clouds
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and you pass through the haze,
guess what a bright, sunny side
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is on the other side
of the clouds and despair.
00:16:45.97\00:16:48.47
In other words, the
clouds don't remove the sun.
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The clouds just
block the sunlight.
00:16:52.64\00:16:55.24
And what I'm saying to somebody
is that it might be gray
00:16:56.38\00:16:58.48
in your experience romantically,
00:16:58.51\00:17:01.02
but on the other side,
the sun is going to shine
00:17:02.08\00:17:05.29
and there is hope
for you on the other end.
00:17:06.29\00:17:08.19
Are y'all hearing me today?
00:17:08.22\00:17:09.66
In other words, I
need to just say this
00:17:09.69\00:17:11.66
that your life did not end
when they walked out the door.
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Your life didn't end
when they changed their mind.
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Your life didn't end
when they took their rest.
00:17:20.54\00:17:23.04
In other words, if
God woke you up today,
00:17:24.01\00:17:26.91
it is still because there
is joy for you to receive.
00:17:28.21\00:17:32.78
There is
happiness on the other side.
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You are hearing
me today, friends.
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I see. And that's why
each and every one of us.
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Every now and then. You
need a Naomi in your life.
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You need somebody
that has been through
00:17:43.53\00:17:45.83
what you're going through.
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And they've come through
00:17:47.36\00:17:48.40
the other side
with their faith intact.
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Another word
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let me just say
to my young folks,
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that's why you need
some gray hair in your life.
00:17:53.80\00:17:57.97
In other words, you
need some older sisters,
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our brothers,
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that they've been there,
done that, got the t shirt
00:18:01.28\00:18:04.15
and can tell the story
about it and see the reason
00:18:04.18\00:18:07.78
some of us get
messed up romantically is
00:18:07.82\00:18:10.92
you want to be mentor
by people your own age.
00:18:10.95\00:18:15.09
You want to be mentored by folks
00:18:15.12\00:18:16.66
who ain't going through
nothing, who ain't seen nothing.
00:18:16.69\00:18:19.69
And let me just say this.
00:18:19.73\00:18:21.63
What Naomi teaches
you, friends of mine,
00:18:21.66\00:18:24.33
is sometimes when
you're going through,
00:18:24.37\00:18:26.47
you need to talk
to somebody who's
00:18:26.50\00:18:28.17
at the end of their
journey, not in the journey.
00:18:28.20\00:18:32.07
See, sometimes we only
want to listen to those
00:18:32.11\00:18:34.58
who are going
through it in the same time
00:18:35.44\00:18:36.95
we're going through it.
00:18:36.98\00:18:38.18
But realize, if Ruth and Oprah
had listened to one another,
00:18:38.21\00:18:41.92
they would have come
to their own conclusion.
00:18:42.85\00:18:44.22
But they need somebody
00:18:44.79\00:18:45.69
that's already been
to the end of the tunnel
00:18:45.72\00:18:48.59
to be a compass for
the path of daylight.
00:18:49.56\00:18:51.56
Every now and then, you need
somebody that's passed the test
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before you're
about to take the test.
00:18:56.56\00:18:58.60
I hear me today,
friends. It's just like this.
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I remember
00:19:01.74\00:19:02.34
before I stopped teaching
00:19:02.37\00:19:03.24
over here in the
religion department,
00:19:03.27\00:19:04.71
I would teach the fundamentals
00:19:04.74\00:19:06.14
of SDR beliefs class,
00:19:06.17\00:19:07.64
and so I would
have one class at ten
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and another class
would come in at 1130.
00:19:09.84\00:19:12.58
And so I remember on test
days, what would happen is
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I would give the
same test to both classes.
00:19:15.45\00:19:18.52
I would give the
test to the class at 1030
00:19:18.55\00:19:20.99
and the same test to
another class at 1130.
00:19:21.02\00:19:23.89
But then I noticed, Dr.
00:19:23.93\00:19:25.36
Williams, when I
begin to grade the test
00:19:25.39\00:19:28.93
that those in the 1130
00:19:28.96\00:19:31.10
class, their grades
would be exponentially higher
00:19:31.13\00:19:34.64
than those in the 10:00 class.
00:19:34.67\00:19:37.11
And what I begin to find out
00:19:37.14\00:19:38.81
is that those that took
the test first will begin
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testing the questions
00:19:42.04\00:19:43.35
and answers to those who
are about to take the test
00:19:43.38\00:19:47.15
so that those who
had already passed
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will give the answers to those
that were about to take it.
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Y'all missed it.
00:19:52.52\00:19:53.92
In other words,
00:19:53.96\00:19:54.79
when you're
about to take the test,
00:19:54.82\00:19:57.36
don't get tutored by
somebody in the class.
00:19:57.39\00:20:00.40
You need to hear from somebody
that's already passed the test
00:20:00.43\00:20:05.13
that can give you the answers
and help you move forward.
00:20:05.17\00:20:09.04
You are hearing
me today, France.
00:20:09.07\00:20:11.34
And so the word says here in
Ruth, chapter two, in verse one.
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Stay with me.
We're in the world today.
00:20:14.51\00:20:16.24
The Bible says that there was
a relative of Naomi's husband,
00:20:16.28\00:20:19.91
a man of great
wealth, from the family
00:20:19.95\00:20:22.65
of the family of Eli
Melek. His name was Boaz.
00:20:22.68\00:20:25.99
So, Ruth,
00:20:26.02\00:20:27.26
the more bites said to Naomi,
please let me go to the field
00:20:27.29\00:20:30.23
and glean heads
of grain after him.
00:20:30.26\00:20:33.26
And whose site I
might find favor.
00:20:33.29\00:20:35.70
And she said, Go my daughter.
00:20:35.73\00:20:37.57
Then she left and gleamed in
the fields after the reapers.
00:20:37.60\00:20:41.00
And she happened to come
00:20:41.04\00:20:42.37
to the part of the field
belonging to Boaz first floor.
00:20:42.40\00:20:46.01
Now, behold, Boaz came
from Bethlehem and said to
00:20:46.04\00:20:49.94
the Lord said to
them, The Lord be with you.
00:20:49.98\00:20:52.78
And they answer to
Him, The Lord bless you.
00:20:52.81\00:20:54.88
And Boaz said to the servant
00:20:54.92\00:20:57.12
who's in charge of the
Reapers, who's young woman?
00:20:57.15\00:21:00.89
Is this now, friends?
00:21:00.92\00:21:03.19
If you don't get anything
else from this message today,
00:21:03.22\00:21:06.56
I need you to get
something deep, number one.
00:21:06.59\00:21:08.86
See, I need you to get that.
00:21:08.90\00:21:09.93
Ruth finds her Boaz
while serving, not seeking.
00:21:09.96\00:21:16.87
Okay.
00:21:16.91\00:21:19.27
I want you to stay with me.
00:21:19.31\00:21:21.11
So, you see, I need
somebody to understand
00:21:21.14\00:21:23.31
this immovable truth.
00:21:23.35\00:21:24.91
And I pray that every son
and daughter of God gets this.
00:21:24.95\00:21:27.88
I need you to
know that your steps
00:21:27.92\00:21:30.72
have been ordered by God.
00:21:30.75\00:21:33.86
I need you to understand
that God orchestra writes
00:21:33.89\00:21:36.52
the details of your life
with such a powerful precision
00:21:36.56\00:21:41.36
that what He chooses
for you will be better
00:21:41.40\00:21:44.97
than what you can
ever choose for yourself.
00:21:45.00\00:21:48.67
In other words,
friends, I need that this gift
00:21:48.70\00:21:50.97
that the story
of Ruth illustrates
00:21:51.01\00:21:52.64
this better than anybody else.
00:21:52.67\00:21:54.34
In other words, Ruth follows
Naomi back to her peoples house
00:21:54.38\00:21:58.65
with the goal of simply
being a handmaid for Naomi.
00:21:58.68\00:22:02.58
Now, we're not giving a timeline
00:22:02.62\00:22:04.62
in terms of
00:22:04.65\00:22:05.59
how long it is
between her husband's death
00:22:05.62\00:22:08.29
and her emerging
hook up with Boaz.
00:22:09.12\00:22:11.83
But what we do know
00:22:11.86\00:22:13.40
is that she's not
wanting to be a burden to Naomi.
00:22:13.43\00:22:18.10
She's wanting to
carry her weight.
00:22:18.13\00:22:20.37
So she simply says, Let
me go out into the field
00:22:20.40\00:22:24.11
and get some of
the grain that was left
00:22:24.14\00:22:26.74
over by the Reapers
that go ahead of me.
00:22:26.78\00:22:30.65
In other words,
Ruth, is not seeking.
00:22:30.68\00:22:33.85
She commits herself to serving
00:22:34.55\00:22:36.89
and noticed that she
meets her man while serving.
00:22:36.92\00:22:43.12
Y'all not hear me?
00:22:43.16\00:22:44.93
Not search him
00:22:44.96\00:22:48.00
while serving and not
seeking. Or you hear me today?
00:22:48.03\00:22:52.07
She commits
herself to a usefulness
00:22:52.10\00:22:54.87
and being about a work
that is greater than herself.
00:22:54.90\00:22:58.34
And I love how the Bible says
00:22:58.37\00:23:00.08
that at that time, Boaz
just happened to show up.
00:23:00.11\00:23:05.78
In other words,
00:23:05.81\00:23:06.45
at the time
00:23:06.48\00:23:07.35
she just happened
to be there is the time
00:23:07.38\00:23:10.15
he just happened to
come back out of town.
00:23:10.19\00:23:13.02
And I need somebody to
shout Nothing just happens.
00:23:13.05\00:23:18.16
In other words,
00:23:18.19\00:23:19.09
I need you to
understand that God has created
00:23:19.13\00:23:22.66
and He's going to
do that for somebody.
00:23:23.60\00:23:24.80
He creates a divine intersection
00:23:24.83\00:23:29.50
so that God literally
ordains exactly what time
00:23:29.54\00:23:34.48
Ruth is going to
land in the field.
00:23:34.51\00:23:37.51
He ordains what role
she's going to be in.
00:23:37.55\00:23:40.98
It is ordained that she
happens to wind up in the field,
00:23:41.02\00:23:44.75
that Boaz has ownership of
00:23:44.79\00:23:47.36
God ordains that
all, but goes back home
00:23:47.39\00:23:50.96
so that Boaz doesn't see
two women. He just sees one.
00:23:50.99\00:23:54.93
And I need you to know
that God has ordained Boaz
00:23:54.93\00:23:57.80
in steps as well.
00:23:57.83\00:23:59.10
God has ordained that
he came home a day early
00:23:59.13\00:24:02.27
and not a day later.
00:24:02.30\00:24:03.77
God ordained
00:24:03.81\00:24:04.84
that somebody talked
his head off on the journey
00:24:04.87\00:24:07.18
so that He
wouldn't get there too soon.
00:24:07.21\00:24:09.18
God ordained
00:24:09.21\00:24:10.58
when he would get thirsty
and have to stop for water.
00:24:10.61\00:24:13.72
God had ordained when
he would get to the field.
00:24:13.75\00:24:17.05
And I need you to see
the providential hand of God
00:24:17.09\00:24:20.32
moving Naomi and moving Boaz
00:24:20.36\00:24:23.73
so that when he
looked down the aisle three,
00:24:23.76\00:24:28.16
she just happened to be
there right when he showed up.
00:24:28.20\00:24:32.67
And what I'm saying to
somebody today, friends of mine,
00:24:32.70\00:24:35.24
is that God still
creates divine intersections.
00:24:35.27\00:24:40.04
I need somebody that
is looking to be married
00:24:40.08\00:24:42.58
one day to understand that
God is ordering your stuff.
00:24:42.61\00:24:46.08
So I have anybody
that believes that today
00:24:46.11\00:24:48.42
that God is already
00:24:48.45\00:24:49.48
his steps, are her steps,
00:24:49.52\00:24:51.09
and that God is
going to create a construct
00:24:51.12\00:24:54.12
that is outside
of your own devising.
00:24:54.16\00:24:56.59
So that one day,
right at the library,
00:24:57.49\00:24:59.49
right at the snack bar,
right here in Sabbath school,
00:25:00.73\00:25:03.37
you won't run into
your Boaz or your Ruth
00:25:03.40\00:25:06.23
in a way that you
could not cook it up.
00:25:06.27\00:25:09.17
Thank you so much for joining
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00:25:09.20\00:25:12.21
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00:25:12.24\00:25:16.58
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00:25:16.61\00:25:19.05
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00:25:19.08\00:25:23.55
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00:25:23.59\00:25:26.09
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00:25:26.12\00:25:30.03
Love Hurts But Love Heals.
00:25:30.06\00:25:33.16
You don't want to miss it.
00:25:33.19\00:25:35.56
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00:25:39.20\00:25:41.60
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00:25:44.27\00:25:46.78
We went to the
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00:25:47.74\00:25:49.38
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00:25:50.28\00:25:52.95
It was an epic time of
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00:25:53.98\00:25:55.88
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00:25:57.09\00:26:01.56
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00:26:02.39\00:26:03.59
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00:26:03.63\00:26:05.93
This year long
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00:26:05.96\00:26:08.83
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00:26:08.86\00:26:12.90
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00:26:13.84\00:26:15.77
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00:26:21.54\00:26:23.78
That Sabbath,
00:26:23.81\00:26:24.88
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And that Saturday evening,
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we're going to go out
on a historic excursion.
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That Sunday,
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we're going to hit the high seas
and for the next seven days,
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we're going to follow the
evangelistic path of Paul,
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along with the
apostles of Jesus Christ.
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We're going to
see ancient Ephesus.
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We're going to
visit Naples, Italy.
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We're going to
witness the beauty of Greece.
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All the while,
we're going to stand
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in all of God's
wonders, creation
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as we sail along
the Mediterranean Sea.
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It's going to be an epic time
of food, fellowship and worship.
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Listen, family. We want
you to be there with us.
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I can't
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wait for us to come together
in learning and fellowship
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and as we testify
to the goodness of God.
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But we only have
200 spots available.
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So right now,
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I need you to go
and reserve your cabin
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and get more
information at our website
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at WW w Breath of Life Dot TV.
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We plan to give God all
the glory as we celebrate
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His goodness, the breath
of life for the last 50 years.
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God bless you.
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I look forward
to seeing you there.
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(Breath Of Life Music)
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