Moving Forward: Choosing God’s Path Over Comfort
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Moving Forward: Choosing God’s Path Over Comfort

Day 4 – Moving Forward: Choosing God’s Path Over Comfort

Scripture:

“Then she started out from the place where she had been living, with her two daughters-in-law, and they went back toward the land of Judah. But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, ‘Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home. May the Lord show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me.’” — Ruth 1:6–7 (NIV)

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God’s Hand in Loss and Life’s Unexpected Turns
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God’s Hand in Loss and Life’s Unexpected Turns

Day 3 – God’s Hand in Loss and Life’s Unexpected Turns

Scripture:

“But Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years, both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.” — Ruth 1:3–5 (NIV)

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Names Matter: Understanding God’s Plan in Every Detail
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Names Matter: Understanding God’s Plan in Every Detail

Day 2 – Names Matter: Understanding God’s Plan in Every Detail

Scripture:

“The name of the man was Elimelek, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.” — Ruth 1:2 (NIV)

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Trusting God’s Provision in Seasons of Famine
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Trusting God’s Provision in Seasons of Famine

Day 1 – Trusting God’s Provision in Seasons of Famine

Scripture:

“In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.” — Ruth 1:1 (NIV)

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Renewed Legacy
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Renewed Legacy

Day 40 – Renewed Legacy

Scripture: Psalm 78:4 (KJV)

“We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.”

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Renewed Influence
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Renewed Influence

Day 39 – Renewed Influence

Scripture: Matthew 5:16 (KJV)

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”

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Renewed Vision
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Renewed Vision

Day 38 – Renewed Vision

Scripture: Proverbs 29:18 (KJV)

“Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.”

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Renewed Courage
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Renewed Courage

Day 37 – Renewed Courage

Scripture: Joshua 1:9 (KJV)

“Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.”

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Renewed Discernment
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Renewed Discernment

Day 36 – Renewed Discernment

Scripture: Romans 12:2

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”

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Renewed Perseverance
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Renewed Perseverance

Day 35 – Renewed Perseverance

Scripture: Galatians 6:9 (KJV)

“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

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Renewed Endurance
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Renewed Endurance

Day 34 – Renewed Endurance

Scripture: Hebrews 12:11 (KJV)

“Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.”

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Renewed Identity
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Renewed Identity

Day 33 – Renewed Identity

Scripture Focus: 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

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Renewed Discipline
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Renewed Discipline

Day 32 – Renewed Discipline

Scripture Focus: 1 Corinthians 9:24–25 (KJV)

“Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain… And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things.”

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Daily Renewal
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Daily Renewal

Day 31 – Daily Renewal

Scripture Focus: 2 Corinthians 4:16 (KJV)

“For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.”

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Renewed Praise
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Renewed Praise

Day 30 – Renewed Praise

Scripture Focus: Psalms 34:1 (KJV)

“I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.”

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Renewed Boldness
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Renewed Boldness

Day 29 – Renewed Boldness

Scripture Focus: Acts 4:29 (KJV)

“And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word.”

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Renewed Patience
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Renewed Patience

Day 28 – Renewed Patience

Scripture Focus: Psalms 27:14 (KJV)

“Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.”

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Renewed Trust
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Renewed Trust

Day 27 – Renewed Trust

Scripture Focus: Psalms 37:5 (KJV)

“Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.”

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Renewed Perspective
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Renewed Perspective

Day 26 – Renewed Perspective

Scripture Focus: 2 Corinthians 4:16–18 (KJV)

“For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day… while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.”

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Renewed Commitment
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Renewed Commitment

Day 25 – Renewed Commitment

Scripture Focus: Luke 9:62 (KJV)

“And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

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