Ruth 4:1-22 Ruth’s Redeeming Romance (Series) The story began with three funerals but it ends with a wedding. The Bridegroom: Ruth 4:1-10 (7-8) 7 (Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption and transfer of property to become final, one party took off his sandal and gave it to the other. (This was the method of legalizing transactions in Israel.) 8 So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it yourself.” And he removed his sandal. The law of the…
Ruth 3:1-18 Ruth’s Redeeming Romance (Series) Ruth 2:1-5 One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home for you, where you will be well provided for. 2 Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative of ours. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor. 3 Wash, put on perfume, and get dressed in your best clothes. Then go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him know…
Ruth 1:1-22 Ruth’s Redeeming Romance (Series) A God appointment: Ruth 2:1-3. Love Is n the Air: Ruth 2:4-17 Ruth 2:4-7 Ruth was a woman of loyalty and character. Ruth 2:8-10 Boaz offered provision and safety. Ruth 2:11-12 Words of respect and appreciation. Ruth 2:13-117 A providential meet cute. An Expression Of Joy: Ruth 2:18–23 Ruth 2:18-19 Then she took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. So she brought out…
Paul wrote to a group of Christians who had just gone through intense persecution, suffering, and pain. He shared these encouraging words. 2 Corinthians 7:11-13a 11 See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done. At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter. 12 So even though I wrote to you, it was neither…
Colossians 1:13-14 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Tim Ballard is a federal agent who tracked down and arrested pedophiles for many years. He had been so frustrated by the inability to stop child pornography because of the red tape that seemed to protect the pedophiles more than the children. The system was broken and…
Proverbs 21:2 A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart. How can we know when we’re being legalistic? God doesn’t just want good behavior, He wants our hearts. Legalism is putting our faith in what we can do for God instead of trusting in what Christ has already done for us. The Apostle Paul learned this truth in his heart. Before he knew Jesus as his Lord, he took pride in doing what…
