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<TD><B>“...The women said to ###: “Praise be to the LORD, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age...”
(Ruth 4:14–15, NIV)[/B]</TD>
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<TD><B>Stay Close to the Right People</B></TD>
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<TD><B>### lost her husband in death, and then both her sons died as well. She was so discouraged that she didn’t think she could go on. She had been full of joy and sweetness, but now she was bitter. She even changed her name from ###, which means “my joy,” to ###, which means “bitter.” She was saying, “Call me bitter.” But her friends refused and kept calling her ###. She was trying to stay in defeat, but they said, “No, you’re coming into victory,” and eventually she did.
If you have been through disappointments and loss, you need people around you who will remind you about who you are—not people who will get bitter with you and agree with the defeat. Stay close to people who will call you blessed and victorious. You want people in your life who will remind you that your best days are yet to come, that what was meant for your harm, God will use to your advantage. God bless you.[/B></TD>
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<TD><B>“...The women said to ###: “Praise be to the LORD, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age...”
(Ruth 4:14–15, NIV)[/B]</TD>
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<TD><B>Stay Close to the Right People</B></TD>
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<TD><B>### lost her husband in death, and then both her sons died as well. She was so discouraged that she didn’t think she could go on. She had been full of joy and sweetness, but now she was bitter. She even changed her name from ###, which means “my joy,” to ###, which means “bitter.” She was saying, “Call me bitter.” But her friends refused and kept calling her ###. She was trying to stay in defeat, but they said, “No, you’re coming into victory,” and eventually she did.
If you have been through disappointments and loss, you need people around you who will remind you about who you are—not people who will get bitter with you and agree with the defeat. Stay close to people who will call you blessed and victorious. You want people in your life who will remind you that your best days are yet to come, that what was meant for your harm, God will use to your advantage. God bless you.[/B></TD>
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