MFM DAILY DEVOTIONAL 21 JULY 2024, SUNDAY MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE BY DR. D.K OLUKOYA
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TOPIC: Dealing With The Root of Bitterness (5)
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalm 126, Psalm 127, 1 Timothy 5, 1 Timothy 6
𝔽𝕀ℝ𝔼 𝕊ℂℝ𝕀ℙ𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔼: Ruth 1:14-22
𝕄𝔼𝕄𝕆ℝ𝕐 𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕊𝔼:
Ruth 1:16 – “And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.”
𝕄𝕆𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝔸𝕃 ℚ𝕌𝕆𝕋𝔼𝕊:
Don’t close the book when bad things happen in your life. Just turn the page and begin a new chapter.
ℙℝ𝔸𝕀𝕊𝔼 & 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℙ
ℙℝ𝕆ℙℍ𝔼𝕋𝕀ℂ 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝔻 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔸𝕐:
𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗬 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬, 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦.
MFM DAILY DEVOTIONAL 21 JULY 2024 MESSAGE
Naomi would have died a bitter, old and impoverished widow but for the loving devotion of Ruth, her daughter-in-law. Naomi left Judah with her family for Moab in search of greener pastures but misfortune seemed to trail them as she lost her husband and her two sons.
Naomi was embittered. She thought God had been unkind to her. She said to her daughters-in-law, Ruth and Orpah: for it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me!” (Ruth 1:13b) and to the women of Judah on their arrival: “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the LORD has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”
However, Ruth’s decision not to entertain bitterness but to stand by her embittered mother-in-law in their common adversity eventually had a ripple effect on Naomi. Proverbs 24:10 says: “If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.”
In following Naomi to Judah, Ruth paid a great price; she had to give up so many things – her original identity and freedom of citizenship in her familiar homeland of Moab, her family relationships, language, culture, religion and network of friends. She made new commitments and took up new responsibilities in an entirely strange land.
Ruth’s refusal to be embittered despite her great loss enabled her overcome her overwhelming adversity and subsequently to experience the providential power of God.
Bitterness can have far-reaching, long-lasting and self-destructive effects. Bitterness must be avoided at all costs and replaced with love.
Ruth indeed suffered hurt and hardship but God rewarded her faithfulness by enlisting her in the lineage of the Messiah (Matthew 1:5). She became a model of love through which Naomi was cleansed of her bitterness and restored to right relationship with the Lord and others. Naomi experienced joy and usefulness again as she looked beyond her predicaments. She said no to bitterness and yes to God’s sovereign grace and plan for her life (Ruth 4:13-17).
ℙℝ𝔸𝕐𝔼ℝ ℙ𝕆𝕀ℕ𝕋𝕊:
𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆
1. I receive grace to be more tolerant of other people’s weaknesses, in the name of Jesus.
2. Lord, make me a shining light in the midst of every darkness I find myself, in the name of Jesus.
3. Lord, make me a positive role model, in the name of Jesus.
𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆
4. Lord, convert my bitterness to sweetness, in the name of Jesus.
5. Everything that has ever caused me sorrow, be converted to joy, in the name of Jesus.
6. Lord, use Your mercy, grace and favour to repair the foundation of my life, in the name of Jesus.
MFM Daily Devotional 21 July 2024 (Sunday) Mountain Top Life 2024 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries Worldwide)