I said in my first article in this series that, the Hebrew word which is used for glory in the Old Testament has the meaning of “heaviness” or “weight”. The word is used to express the worth of a person in the material sense, and then to express the ideas of importance, greatness, honour, splendour, […]
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PROPHETIC WORDS FOR 2022 (PART 2)
Pastor Austen Ukachi In the first part of this article, I wrote on the first among the four prophetic words God gave to us this year. In this second part, I will focus on the remaining three. The second prophetic word I received, God said, “In […]
RUTH: A WOMAN OF PURPOSE AND DESTINY (5)
The story of Ruth is not complete without Naomi, her mother-in-law. She was the surviving matriarch of the Elimelech family. With the death of Elimelech, she was the only link to the ancestral family in Bethlehem. She was there to ensure that Ruth was fully integrated into the family. Naomi must have been a good […]
RUTH: A WOMAN OF PURPOSE AND DESTINY (4)
It is amazing how Providence directs us to God’s greater purposes in life. For instance, imagine how God moved Elimelech and his sons to the land of Moab. Through that Ruth, a Gentile got married to a Jew, then she went through the tragedy of losing her husband, thereafter, she relocated to Bethlehem to marry […]
RUTH: A WOMAN OF PURPOSE AND DESTINY (3)
Something very remarkable in the story of Ruth is her elevation from her debilitating heathen background to the redemptive lineage of Christ. To better appreciate the elevation of this Moabite from insignificance to a higher pedestal of life we have to read from Nehemiah 13:1-2. “On that day they read from the Book of Moses […]
RUTH: A WOMAN OF PURPOSE AND DESTINY (1)
The book of Ruth makes for an interesting study on God’s providence and purpose in life. The book starts with an account of what is real to life, the tragedy that befell Naomi and her two daughters-in-law in the land of Moab. Such mishap is common in our crises-ridden world. Adversities and tragedies are common […]
