Acting A New Start Pt 1

Hello and a lovely Monday morning to you in the name of Jesus. I pray this will be a great week this is the last week of the month of August. I pray you will finish well and finish strong in the name of Jesus. We will be looking at acting the new start. We have talked about change starting on the inside and coming on the outside, we have talked about seeing a new start, we have talked about speaking a new start now it is important we act out our new start, it is important we take actions. Ruth 1:8-18(NLT) says "But on the way, Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back to your mothers’ homes. And may the Lord reward you for your kindness to your husbands and to me. May the Lord bless you with the security of another marriage.” Then she kissed them good-bye, and they all broke down and wept. “No,” they said. “We want to go with you to your people.” But Naomi replied, “Why should you go on with me? Can I still give birth to other sons who could grow up to be your husbands? No, my daughters, return to your parents’ homes, for I am too old to marry again. And even if it were possible, and I were to get married tonight and bear sons, then what? Would you wait for them to grow up and refuse to marry someone else? No, of course not, my daughters! Things are far more bitter for me than for you, because the Lord himself has raised his fist against me.” And again they wept together, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye. But Ruth clung tightly to Naomi. “Look,” Naomi said to her, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods. You should do the same.” But Ruth replied, “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!” When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said nothing more". Wow! That's a strong one it's one thing to have dreams, desires and speak all the things we have inside of us. It's another thing for us to see the manifestation on the outside. It's great we are pregnant but the Joy of pregnancy is actually the delivery of the baby and the delivery of the baby goes through a process. You know in the hospital, they would say you would have to go through the labour room. Labour is about work and about action. Yes! It is good to speak, but it is in the acting it is when we acts things out that it is established in our world. When we act out our conviction, we commit God to perform it, to act on our behalf and perform those things which we act out. The same thing when people see the things we do, they begin to believe in our conviction. Ruth and Orpah her sister-in-law had said so many things like we will go with you Naomi, we will not leave you even though our husbands are dead. The three of us are widows, we will stay with you but when the stack reality began to show up and Naomi said listen I have nothing to offer you. No husband, no child I can't do anything. Eventually, Orpah went back but Ruth stood with her decision. Why did she stand with her convictions? Because of something called Courage. Ruth was courageous that even in the midst of no guarantee, even with everything that happened she had lost her husband now she is leaving her home to a new place she went courageously because she knew God will sort her out. If you are going to see God work on your behalf, we need to act courageously when we act courageously we will find out that God is waiting for us, waiting to confirm all our actions with great signs and wonders and wonderful testimonies following. As you act courageously this week, may you see God's hands. May you see the manifestation of these things you desire in the name of Jesus. God bless you! God keep you!! Have a lovely day.