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Ruth: God Provides
Contributed by Vic Folkert on Jan 16, 2020 (message contributor)
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1. Ruth 1: God Provides Faith
Contributed on Jan 16, 2020
When Naomi's faith fails, God provides faith to Ruth--a foreigner, who could only be reached by grace. The faith God gives to Ruth rescues Naomi.
Ruth 1: God Provides FAITH ***A young woman graduates from college, and feels called by God to become a missionary. Despite wanting to be married, she recognizes that her career choice makes finding a husband much less likely. Still, she follows the call of God, only to contract dengue fever. ...read more
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2. Ruth 2: God Provides Generous Justice
Contributed on Jan 16, 2020
Ruth has 3 strikes against her: a widow, a foreigner, and fatherless. God provides by the law of gleaning, and the righteousness of Boaz.
Ruth 2: God Provides GENEROUS JUSTICE ***My father told me about his great-grandfather, a farmer who emigrated to America, along with many from his church in the Netherlands. Unfortunately, the man’s wife died, leaving him with three young children. He hired a teenage girl to watch the children, ...read more
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3. Ruth 3: God Provides Faithful Love
Contributed on Jan 16, 2020
Ruth is a love story, not about romantic love, but faithful love (Hebrew "hesed"), shown by Boaz, and reflecting the love of God.
Ruth 3: God Provides FAITHFUL LOVE Ruth is a love story. Ruth, a widow in a strange land, goes into a field at harvest time, to gather grain left by the reapers. The owner of the field, who is considerably older, treats her with kindness, inviting her to share his lunch, and telling his workers ...read more
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4. Ruth 4: God Provides A Redeemer
Contributed on Jan 16, 2020
Boaz is the "goel"--the guardian-Redeemer. God is the Redeemer, and Jesus is our Kinsman-Redeemer.
Ruth 4: God Provides a REDEEMER (Preacher: I began with a children’s message, asking the children about their favorite fairy tale or animated movie. Is there a rescuer? Someone is in trouble, and they are rescued. At a deeper level, right or good wins, love overcomes, wrong is defeated by a hero ...read more