by Esplanad Gospel Centre | May 2, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her, who returnedfrom the country of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest. – Ruth 1:22 Naomi and Ruth arrive in Bethlehem just as the barley harvest begins. It is no...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | May 1, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they came toBethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them. And the women said, ‘Is this Naomi?’ She said to them, ‘Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Apr 30, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
But Ruth said, ‘Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For whereyou go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Apr 29, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
Then she arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the fields of Moab that the LORD had visited his people and given them food.- Ruth 1:6 In the fields of Moab, Naomi heard a life-changing report: the Lord had visited His...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Apr 28, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man ofBethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons… These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They...