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Sunday Notes: Ruth 3:8-18
(Rth 3:8) At ____________ the man was startled and turned over, and behold, a ____________ lay at his feet! The man, Boaz, slept at the ____________ that night The community facility for processing ____________ from the harvest. ____________ went there to find him...
Ruth: An Exposition: 3:1-7
Opening to chapter 3 is sketchy territory and we must focus not on what our minds can run with, but on what the text actually tells us. Chapter three of Ruth is an exceptional picture of character and integrity - something we should strive for in our lives. Study...
Devotional: Ruth 3:1-7
Reflection Deuteronomy 25:5-10 (Deu 25:5 ESV) "If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and...
Sunday Notes: Ruth 3:1-7
(Rth 3:1 ESV) Then _____________her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, should I not seek _____________for you, that it may be well with you? Recall Ruth 1:9: The LORD grant that you may find _____________, each of you in the house of her husband!" Then she...
Ruth: An Exposition: 2:1-10
Opening chapter two of Ruth is a pace chance for sure. We move from a whole lot of life, years and even decades passing, to a crawl. The events unfolding in chapter 2 are setting the stage for the marvelous redemption to come and the provision of God is written all...
Devotional: Ruth: 2:1-10
Reflection Read again the interaction between Boaz and Ruth in the field: Ruth 2:1-10 - Especially those verses 7-10 Discussion Note in reading this that Ruth made her request to the foreman, who gave her no answer himself. She then patiently waited. He relayed her...
Sunday Notes: Ruth: 2:1-10
(Rth 2:1 ESV) Now __________ had a relative of her husband's, a worthy man of the clan of Elimelech, whose name was __________. A worthy man - Gibbor chayil Judges 6:12, Judges 11:1, 2 Kings 15:20 Boaz is a man’s man. At this time in Israel there is not a formal army....
Ruth: An Exposition: 1:14-22
This week we close chapter one of Ruth as they finish their journey from Moab to the people of Israel at Bethlehem. The future still loos bleak, but the chapter closes with this glimmer of hope - even if it might be short lived. Sunday notes - click here Devotional -...
Devotional: Ruth 1:14-22
Reflection John 17:10-20 10 All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. 11 And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one,...
Sunday Notes: Ruth 1:14-22
(Rth 1:14 ESV) Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And __________ kissed her mother-in-law, but __________ clung to her. Following the last urge of __________ to go, to leave her and return to their homes She had nothing to __________ them If she loved...
Devotional: Ruth 1:11-13
Reflection Ruth 1:11-13 (Rth 1:11 ESV) But Naomi said, "Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb that they may become your husbands? (Rth 1:12 ESV) Turn back, my daughters; go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. If I...
Sunday Notes: Ruth 1:11-13
(Rth 1:11 ESV) But __________ said, "Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet __________ in my womb that they may become your husbands? This time Naomi is more __________ The first request more gentle: Ruth 1:8 Very much that parental position now...
Ruth: An Exposition: 1:6-10
After their world falls apart, Naomi sets her mind on returning the the land, the people, and the faith she should have never left. The road ahead is long and hard. The road to redemption maybe even harder for an old woman and two forbidden girls. Sunday Notes -...
Devotional: Ruth: 1:6-10
Reflection Read:Luke 14:25-35 Discussion When you hear the word commitment, what comes to mind? Maybe it is an agreement between an employer and employee for wages and work. Maybe the vows of marriage between a husband and wife: until death do we part. Maybe it is...
Sunday Notes: Ruth: 1:6-10
(Rth 1:6 ESV) Then she __________ with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of __________, for she had heard in the fields of Moab that the __________ had visited his people and given them __________. Then she arose Genesis 4:8, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 17:7,...
Ruth: An Exposition: 1:1-5
The book of Ruth opens with a whole lot of information in rapid succession. We see very quickly a family looking for a better life outside of the direction God has given. In the first five verses their lives are completely turned over, and over, and over again as...
Devotional: Ruth 1:1-5
Reflection (Rth 1:1 ESV) In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. (Rth 1:2 ESV) The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his...
Sunday Notes: Ruth 1:1-5
(Rth 1:1 ESV) In the days when the __________ ruled there was a __________ in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in __________ went to sojourn in the country of __________, he and his wife and his two sons. After Moses and the wanderings After the Israelites arrive in...
Ruth: An Exposition: Intro
This week we begin a new series in the book of Ruth. A fitting title might be The Road to Redemption as we see a family absolutely devastated by life events then restored by the grace of God. Join us s we journey through the short book of Ruth this winter. Notes -...
Devotional: Ruth: Intro
Reflection Read Genesis Chapters 18 & 19 Discussion Have you ever made a snowball decision? One that seemed small, insignificant, inconsequential at the time, but as it rolled along it became bigger and eventully was out of control? We have proabaly all been...