Ending Well‼️ From a Curse to a Blessing, Ruth
By Pastor and Mrs Chifamba
Psalms 109:28
“Let them curse, but You bless; When they arise, let them be ashamed, But let Your servant rejoice.”
ONLY GOD CAN TURN CURSES INTO BLESSINGS
Ruth 1:1
“Now it came to pass, in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem, Judah, went to dwell in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.”
Ruth 1:3-5
“Then Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons. Now they took wives of the women of Moab: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth. And they dwelt there about ten years. Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died; so the woman survived her two sons and her husband.”
THE MOABITES WERE UNDER THE CURSE OF GOD BUT RUTH’S FAITH IN GOD LIFTED THE CURSE FROM HER AND SHE WAS SHOWERED WITH BLESSINGS
Deuteronomy 23:3
““An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter the assembly of the Lord; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the Lord forever,”
Ruth 1:14-17
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. 15And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. 16And 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: 17Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
Ruth 2:8
“Then Boaz said to Ruth, “You will listen, my daughter, will you not? Do not go to glean in another field, nor go from here, but stay close by my young women.”
Ruth 2:11-12
“And Boaz answered and said to her, “It has been fully reported to me, all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and have come to a people whom you did not know before. The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.””
Ruth 4:11
“And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who built the house of Israel; and may you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.”
Ruth 4:13-15
“So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and when he went in to her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son. Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a close relative; and may his name be famous in Israel! And may he be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.””
RUTH WAS BLESSED TO BE IN THE GENEALOGY OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST
Ruth 4:17
“Also the neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “There is a son born to Naomi.” And they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.”
Matthew 1:1
“The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:”
Matthew 1:5
“Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse,”
ARE YOU STRUGGLING IN LIFE BECAUSE OF CURSES PRONOUNCED ON YOU‼️ GOD CAN TURN ALL CURSES INTO BLESSINGS IF YOU TRUST IN HIM.
Numbers 23:19-20
“God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? Behold, I have received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.”
Psalms 115:13-15
“He will bless those who fear…
