RCCG NOVEMBER 2019 HOLY GHOST SERVICE - TALK 2

💧RCCG NOVEMBER 2019 HOLY GHOST SERVICE - A TASTE OF WATER

TEXT: RUTH 1:1-6
MINISTERING: BROTHER BABAFEMI ADEBAJO

📯SONG
Spirit of God we welcome You
Almighty God we welcome You

OPENING PRAYER
Wherever you are in this auditorium connected to us anywhere in the world, in one minute can you say a prayer to the Lord and ask that the spirit of Lord impart life, give strength, grace, … in Jesus’ mighty name we have prayed.

If you know tonight is your night, jump and shout Hallelujah.
THE MESSAGE
RUTH 1:1-6
1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread.

Verse 1 there was a famine in the land.
A famine signifies a period of extreme shortage of food in a region, severe shortage or lack of anything at all

HOW TO IDENTIFY FAMINE ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES
1. 2kings 6:26-29 People will do anything to survive in the time of famine. Abundance of corruption is a sign of famine.
2. 2Kings 7:4 Every option looks impossible. We are surrounded with impossible choices during famine.
3. Money fails. Genesis 47:15b, Ecclesiastes 10:9b, Ecclesiastes 7:12, future look blick.
There will be a turnaround Job 14:7-9

No matter the famine in Bethlehem going to Moab is not an option. Bethlehem means house of bread, for every believer your allocation is in a location, the location is in Christ Jesus, Ephesians 1:3.

It's not an option to compromise/cut corners because things are hard/difficult.

WHY DO WE NEED TO HOLD ON TO HOPE
1. Psalms 30:5b
2. Proverbs 24:16 A knock down is not a knock out except you refuses to stand again.
3. A man that has hope can’t be put to shame. Romans 5:5 - For your shame you will receive double glory.
4 You can’t give what you do not have. Colossian 1:27 If you don’t have Christ you don’t have hope. John 1:1-3 You can't declare what you have not experienced.
5 That a man is admired my men does not mean he’s acceptable to God. A man that does not have God is going nowhere. Our priorities need to be right.

HOW TO FIND HOPE
1John 7:37, Romans 15:13 Look to the Lord.

HOW TO KEEP HOPE ALIVE
1. Stay praying- prayerlessness is the greatest declaration of independence from God. Luke 8
2. Stay on the word.
3. Know how to engage the Holy spirit. Isaiah 28:11-12, John 4:10, James 4:2.

PRAYER POINTS
+Genesis 21:6, Father, open my eyes to see that which you have put in me.
+Isaiah 55:1, Father, tonight give me to drink of your living water.
+ Father, we thank You for Your word this night, be exalted in the name of Jesus, Lord You said in Revelation chapter 21 that let him that will drink come, we come as, individual, nation, we pray that You will open season of refreshing, and cause rivers of living water to proceed from Your throne to every situation, let there be definite change of bad situation, let famine situation change for the better.

+Glorify Yourself and name in our lives, thank You Father because you are a God that answers prayer, in Jesus’ mighty name we have prayed.
Let somebody shout Hallelujah.
HALLELUJAH!