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<v Speaker 1>Slum and a blessed morning to you all, and you're

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<v Speaker 1>warmly welcome to today's episode of the Morning Glory Devotion.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Sarama and Rabels Jabbing from Harvest Chapel International, COMMASI,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's our privilege to be facilitating today's edition. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>share a word of prayer. Father, we thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>the wonderful privilege to gather together at your feet to

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<v Speaker 1>listen to your word. Please open our eyes and let

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<v Speaker 1>us see wondrous things out of your word in Jesus' name. Amen,

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<v Speaker 1>let us take our confession from Joshua one verse eight.

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<v Speaker 1>This book of the Law shall not depart out of

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<v Speaker 1>my mouth, but I shall meditate in it day and night,

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<v Speaker 1>that I may observe to do according to all that

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<v Speaker 1>is written in it. For then I will make my

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<v Speaker 1>way prosperous, and then I will have good success. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>episode of the Morning Glory Devotion has been titled Healing

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<v Speaker 1>for Bitter Waters Part three Healing for Bitter Waters Part three,

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<v Speaker 1>Getting Back to the House of Bread. A Bible reading

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<v Speaker 1>text shall be taken from Ruth one, verse eighteen to

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<v Speaker 1>twenty two. Ruth one eighteen to twenty two when Naomi

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<v Speaker 1>saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she

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<v Speaker 1>said nothing more. They went on until they came to Bethlehem.

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<v Speaker 1>When they arrived, the whole town got excited, and the

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<v Speaker 1>women there exclaimed, is this really Naomi? Don't call me Naomi,

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<v Speaker 1>she answered, call me Mara, because Almighty God has made

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<v Speaker 1>my life bitter. When I left here I had plenty,

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<v Speaker 1>but the Lord has brought me back without a thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Why call me Naomi when the Lord Almighty has condemned

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<v Speaker 1>me and sent me trouble. This, then, was how Naomi

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<v Speaker 1>came back from Moab with Ruth, her morbid daughter in law.

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<v Speaker 1>The barley harvest was just beginning when they arrived in Bethlehem.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen Healing for Bitter Waters, Part three, Getting Back to

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<v Speaker 1>the House of Bread. Have you ever made a decision

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<v Speaker 1>to escape a painful situation only to find that the

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<v Speaker 1>place you ran too, brought even greater sorrow. It is

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<v Speaker 1>one of the quietest griefs a person can carry. You

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<v Speaker 1>leave a hard season, or walk away from a difficult community,

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<v Speaker 1>hoping to find relief, but instead of peace, you find disappointments,

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<v Speaker 1>and to make matters worse, shame whispers that you have

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<v Speaker 1>brought it all on yourself. You begin to feel that

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<v Speaker 1>you have burned your bridges, that God is distant, and

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<v Speaker 1>that you deserve the bitterness you now taste. This was

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<v Speaker 1>the exact burden carried by a woman named Naomi. Her

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<v Speaker 1>home was Bethlehem, a name that literally means the house

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<v Speaker 1>of bread. But when his severe farmine struck the land,

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<v Speaker 1>her family made the decision to pack up and move

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<v Speaker 1>to the neighboring country of Moab to survive. It seemed

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<v Speaker 1>like a practical choice at the time, yet while living

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<v Speaker 1>a mob tragedy struck. Naomi lost her husband, and in

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<v Speaker 1>time both of her sons died as well. She found

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<v Speaker 1>herself destitute, far from home and completely broken. When word

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<v Speaker 1>reached her that the Lord had visited his people and

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<v Speaker 1>restored food to Bethlehem, Naomi gathered her remaining strength and

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<v Speaker 1>begun the long walk back. When she finally stepped into

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<v Speaker 1>her home town, the women of the city gathered around

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<v Speaker 1>in shock, asking is this really Naomi, but Naomi replied,

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<v Speaker 1>do not call me Naomi, which means pleasant, call me Marah,

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<v Speaker 1>which means better. Because the Almighty has dealt bitterly with me,

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<v Speaker 1>some of us may be leaving like Naomi. Today, we

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<v Speaker 1>are walking around with the label Mara written across our hearts,

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<v Speaker 1>convinced our story is over and our best days are

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<v Speaker 1>behind us. But look closely at Naomi's story. The moment

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<v Speaker 1>she set her feet on the path back to Bethlehem,

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<v Speaker 1>her healing began. Notice that she arrived just as the

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<v Speaker 1>barley harvest was starting. God was already preparing the future

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<v Speaker 1>for her in the very place she thought she had lost.

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<v Speaker 1>At the end of her story, we see clearly the

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<v Speaker 1>testimony of God's restoration in her life. If you have

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<v Speaker 1>wandered away from God, isolated yourself from a church family,

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<v Speaker 1>or made choices that left you empty, do not let

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<v Speaker 1>Shane keep you in more. Do not need to clean

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<v Speaker 1>up your life before you retrace your steps. The Father

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<v Speaker 1>is waiting at the edge of town, ready to remove

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<v Speaker 1>the label of bitterness and restore your joy. Take that

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<v Speaker 1>single step home today. Now, let us take our memory

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<v Speaker 1>verse from Ruth four fourteen to fifteen. Ruth four fourteen

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<v Speaker 1>to fifteen, the women said to Naomi, praise the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>He has given you a grandson today to take care

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<v Speaker 1>of you. May the boy become famous in Israel. Your

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<v Speaker 1>daughter in Law loves you and has done more for

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<v Speaker 1>you than seven sons. And now she has given you

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<v Speaker 1>a grandson who will bring new life to you and

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<v Speaker 1>give you security in your old age. Amen, let us

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<v Speaker 1>pray heavely. Father, you see the brokenness and quiet guilt

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<v Speaker 1>we carry when our choices lead to hardship. Forgive us

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<v Speaker 1>for running to places that could never nourish our souls.

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<v Speaker 1>To day we put down our pride and our shame,

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<v Speaker 1>and we take the step back to you. Wash away

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<v Speaker 1>the bitterness in our hearts, restore us to the comfort

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<v Speaker 1>of your presence, and let us taste your goodness once

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<v Speaker 1>again in the land of the living in Jesus' name. Amen, beloved,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for being a part of to day's episode

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<v Speaker 1>of the Morning Glory Devotion. Stay tuned to Radio HCI

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<v Speaker 1>to day for more spirit fulled content throughout the day

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<v Speaker 1>until we come your way to morrow morning. At the

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<v Speaker 1>same time, have it blessed day, Ann sm