𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋
SATURDAY, 30TH AUGUST, 2025
𝕋𝕆ℙ𝕀ℂ:
𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐒 (𝐈)
𝔹𝕀𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕀ℕ 𝕆ℕ𝔼 𝕐𝔼𝔸ℝ:
Job 34:1-36:33; 2 Corinthians 4:1-12; Psalm 44:1-8; Proverbs 22:10-12
𝔽𝕀ℝ𝔼 𝕊ℂℝ𝕀ℙ𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔼:
Ruth 4:13-16
13. So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
14. And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
15. And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
16. And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
𝕄𝔼𝕄𝕆ℝ𝕐 𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕊𝔼:
1 John 4:8
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
𝕄𝕆𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝔸𝕃 ℚ𝕌𝕆𝕋𝔼𝕊:
Your truest friends are the ones who will stand by you in your darkest moments.
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨.
ℙℝ𝔸𝕀𝕊𝔼 & 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℙ
Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit.
MFM Daily Devotional Message Saturday, 30th August, 2025.
Nowadays, the media as well as the film industry is awash with stories of conflicts between daughters in law and their mothers in law. Some people now see it as strange occurrence for mothers in law and their daughters in law to love one another and be close friends. It is not strange. The Bible teaches that they ought to be close, just as Naomi and Ruth were.
In our Fire Scripture today, after Ruth had had a male child for Boaz, the women said, "... Thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him." What is quite striking here is that the women told Naomi that Ruth was better to her than seven sons. What does this mean and what are the lessons in this for us?
First, Ruth proved beyond reasonable doubt to be a trusted friend and companion to her mother in law. Her decision to cleave to Naomi and journey with her back to Bethlehem gave Naomi the fortitude to bear the loss of her two adult sons. Orpah bade Naomi goodbye but Ruth didn't.
Second, Ruth was a woman of faith. When she said Naomi's God would be her God and where Naomi went was where she would go, they had just suffered the loss of her husband and his brother and Noami had lamented that the hand of God was against them. Outside faith, no one would want to go with the God that Naomi described to Ruth. On the other hand, Ruth saw light at the end of the tunnel. She chose to trust God and she was not ashamed.
Dear daughter in law, I counsel you to demonstrate Christ's love to your mother-in-law and every other member of her family. Love conquers all things. Let the virtues that the women of Bethlehem saw in Ruth and made them to say she was better than seven sons to Naomi be seen in your life too! Ruth was a blessing from God to Naomi. Her presence in Naomi's life was as valuable as a whole quiver full of sons.
MFM Daily Prayer Points 30th August 2025
𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆
1. O Lord, make me better than seven sons to my parents, in the name of Jesus.
2. O Lord, make me better than seven sons to my parents-in-law, in the name of Jesus.
3. I overcome the spirit of strife between me and my in-laws, in the name of Jesus.
𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆
4. Father, make me a good example of a Christian in marriage, career and ministry, in the name of Jesus.
5. Father, make me a true companion and friend to those who are sorrowful and troubled, in the name of Jesus.
6. Father, give me the Ruth kind of faith, in the name of Jesus.
7. Father, give me the Ruth kind of good report and testimonies, in the name of Jesus.
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