I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”I went out full, and Yahweh has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since Yahweh has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?I went out full, and Jehovah hath brought me home again empty; why call ye me Naomi, seeing Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
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… For the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the Lord has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi? Since the Lord has testified against me. And the Almighty has afflicted me. Now keep a pinky finger in Ruth. And skip to Hebrews for me. 10.35 Therefore, therefore, do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. And where that pinky is in Ruth, let's go to Ruth 4, 15, 17. Ruth 4, 15, 17 in the New King James says, And may he be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age. For your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons has born him, Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her bosom and became a nurse to him. Also the neighbor women gave him a name saying, there is a son born to Naomi. And they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David. …
… because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted me. The Almighty has brought misfortune upon me. Given her current circumstances, Naomi thinks bitter. That's what Mara means is bitter. Mama, you got this. We have all been there. Amen. These kids be driving us crazy sometimes. We're just trying to get some Jesus, you know? What if a baby's cutting in on us, you know? Making you half lose your Christian. I'm off my notes. I gotta stay here. Thank you, Jesus. Given Naomi's current circumstances, Naomi, her name means pleasant. She said, don't call me pleasant, call me bitter. That's what Mara means in Hebrew. She was mad at God. Naomi attributed the loss of her husband and sons to God. The word she uses in Hebrew to describe God here means to bring calamity. It's often used when someone accuses God of unjustly doing harm. Like Job, Naomi felt that God had become her enemy. …
The Lord has afflicted me. The Almighty has brought misfortune upon me. Amen. You may be seated in the very presence of our God. I want to preach tonight as the Spirit shall guide with this thought in our minds, the burden of bitterness. The burden of bitterness. I start this this sermonic missive off with a statement that nobody in here is really probably going to like and that is you will not live this life without experiencing some hardships as Dr. Cosby has already said in spite of what the pimp preachers of prosperity tell you Jesus said in the word in this life not you may not you might not it's possible not it's hypothetical but you shall have tribulations it is unavoidable and the reality is some things will come into your life some things will happen in your life you will not pray it away you will not bind it away you will have tribulations. You can experience things for which there is no explanation. …