RUTH DAY TWENTY SEVEN

• PAUSE

  [start with a moment to step out of your thoughts and life and into the presence of God]

  Lord, as I enter your presence now I take a moment to pause and to be still…. 

  ….to breath slowly and to re-centre my scattered thoughts and senses upon You.

  …. Speak to me I pray, and fill me with your Holy Spirit afresh this day. 

• REFLECT

  Take time to read through and reflect on the passage. Don’t rush it but be open to God speaking to you as you read.

  What did God say to you through this passage? Why don’t you pop it in the chat to encourage others?

  Devotional reflection: Ruth finishes with God getting all the glory. He has done the impossible. He has turned Naomi’s life around. He has given her a daughter-in-law that is better than seven sons and a grandchild that will renew Naomi’s life in old age. Wow! 

  Yet this is what Jesus does. In John 10 Jesus states that He has come to give us life in abundance. In John 4 Jesus meets with a lady at the well drawing water and states, "“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

  The birth of Ruth’s son gave her renewed life and strength in her old age. However, the birth of Jesus and what He accomplished through the cross gives us access to a relationship with God that gives us new life and strength through His Spirit. 

• ASK

  Prayerfully reflect how this passages applies to your life. Ask God to speak to you now

  GROW people prayer: 

  Holy Spirit, I am so grateful for your life. Today, would you fill me afresh with the life that comes from You.

  GO People prayer:

  Lord, I am reminded again of those in my world that don’t know You. Lord, continue to draw them to Yourself. May they one day experience the life that is found in You.

• YIELD

  Take a look at the passage again. Take time to see if there is a word or phrase that the Holy Spirit reveals to you as a focus for your day today. 

  What has the Lord revealed to you? What will you take into your day today? What action is He asking you to take? Take a moment to pray a yielding prayer along these lines to the Lord today.

  Prayer for today: Lord, thank you for speaking to me to day. Give me courage to obey your word and yield to your Holy Spirit. I take seriously your leading today and seek to put your word into practice in my life through action today. Amen.