Tag: boaz
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A You More Like Boaz or Saul?
49At this, all Adonijah’s guests rose in alarm and dispersed. 50But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, went and took hold of the horns of the altar. 51Then Solomon was told, “Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon and is clinging to the horns of the altar. He says, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will…
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Naomi, Part 3: Plan
1Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?2Is not Boaz our relative, with whose young women you were? See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor.3Wash therefore and anoint yourself, and put on your cloak and go down…
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Naomi, Part 2: Realization
17So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. 18And she took it up and went into the city. Her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also brought out and gave her what food she had left over after being satisfied. 19And…
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What God Sees
6When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.”7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.”–1 Samuel 16…
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Naomi’s Redemption
13So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son. 14Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a redeemer, and may his name be renowned in Israel! 15He shall be to you a…
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Under His Wings
7How precious is your steadfast love, O God!The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.–Psalm 36 I want to take you on a little journey this morning through one of my favorite books of the Bible, Ruth. A man once left Bethlehem with his wife and two sons to look for…
Joel M Bradshaw 