INTRODUCTION

There is much talk today about the idea of comfort. People desire comfortable clothes, beds, cars, furniture, etc. There are even foods designated as comfort foods. Yet, in all the talk about comfort, the world experiences very little. So, what exactly is comfort? Why is it so popular to speak of and yet so hard to find? The word comfort is easily defined by breaking it down into two parts: com and fort . The prefix com means with and the word fort means strength. Simply put, comfort is strength that a person can carry with him. Immediately, it should become obvious that there is very little true comfort available in this world. True comfort can only come from the Lord.

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For smaller children) God led Ruth to glean in Boaz's field to get food. Ruth was a poor stranger. Boaz comforted her: spoke kindly, offered her to gather barley every day in his field, offered her protection, and even offered food and drink when the workers ate (Ruth 2:8-14 [8] Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens: [9] Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. [10] Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? [11] And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. [12] The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. [13] Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens. [14] And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
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• Have you ever experienced a time when you needed some comfort? Why did Isaac need to be comforted in Genesis 24:67And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
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• What are some times other than the loss of a loved one, when an individual might need to be comforted? What are some ways in which you could offer comfort?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Ask God to help you be a comfort to those in need.
• Thank God for the times He has comforted you.

HYMN

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