Sermons on Rut 1:6:

A Mother's Love For Those Dark Days Of Life

Contributed by Robert Armstrong on Apr 28, 2001

A Mother’s Day study in the life of Naomi, a righteous mother.

 A Mother’s Love For Those Dark Days Of Life Ruth 1:18 “In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-18

Denomination: Methodist

Starting Over When You Don't Feel Like It

Contributed by Brian Atwood on Mar 29, 2001

Powerful biblical principles for starting over in life from the story of Ruth.

Don’t you love a good comeback? Don’t you love it when the underdog wins? It does our hearts good to see someone get back up after they’ve been knocked down by the tragedies of life. That’s the story of the book of Ruth. The story begins with Ruth as a young woman. Her life seems to hold a ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-22, Ruth 1:6-22

Denomination: Baptist

The Velcro Effect Series

Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 21, 2002

Part 1 of 4 of the series, Ruth: A Woman of Faith. uth "clung" to Naomi and refused to return to her "old life". This steadfastness to Naomi, Naomi’s people, and most importantly Naomi’s God serves as a challenge to Christians today. Are you experienci

THE VELCRO EFFECT Ruth: A Story of God’s Faithfulness Ruth Chapter 1 READ AT BEGINNING OF SERVICE: Lamentations 3:22-23 (NIV) 22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. INTRODUCTION For the ...read more

Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23, Ruth 1:1-22

Denomination: Pentecostal

Risking I All For Jesus Series

Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 14, 2003

Being more than a survivor means risking everything for God’s sake

Listen to this comment I heard the other day. “We’ve adopted such an attitude of “risk avoidance” that I’m afraid we may well miss the next great advancement. We’re so afraid of failure that we may not pursue that next step.” This quote was from 1997 and was made on a TV show about “stealth ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Ruth: A Loyal Love Story Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Mar 26, 2003

This morning we’re going to listen to a loyal love story from the Book of Ruth. Many people have said that the Book of Ruth is the most beautiful short story ever written. It’s an account of anxiety, fear, love, and commitment that inflames the imagin

Ruth: A Loyal Love Story I like looking at old scrapbooks. For most of us, our family picture albums are stored away in boxes somewhere. Whenever I pick up one of my mom’s old albums, the ancient black and white pictures start to fall out, and I get to relive the memories of my youth all over ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-22

Denomination: Baptist

Another Drink

Contributed by Jim Twamley on Mar 26, 2003

Those of you who are Christians, do you remember when you first were saved? Do you remember how exciting it was. What happened?

Those of you who are Christians, do you remember when you first were saved? Do you remember how exciting it was. Do you remember when you were first filled with the Holy Spirit, how exciting it was? Do you remember how much in love with Jesus you were? It seemed like there was a fountain of living ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-7, Isaiah 12:2-6

Denomination: Pentecostal

Naomi - A Case History Of God's Providence Series

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000

Naomi suffered three bereavements and yet proved God’s providential care.

There’s a striking phrase in our reading from the book of Ruth - "The Lord came to the aid of his people" (1:6). The Authorized Version puts it: "The Lord has visited his people." All of us have known the problems as well as the joys of life - and they come at all stages in life’s journey. Are ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

A M Other's Legacy

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on May 12, 2006

A Godly mother prepares her children for this life and the next.

A Mothers Legacy Text: Ruth 1:1-18 Introduction 1. Read Ruth 1:1-18 2. Illustration: When the will of Henry J. Heinz, wealthy distributor of the famous ’57 Varieties’ line, was read, it was found to contain the following confession: ’Looking forward to the time when my earthly career will ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-18

Denomination: Methodist

Taking Risks For God

Contributed by Kemuel Travis on Feb 22, 2007

To show that we must take risks for God to accomplish the ministries He has for us.

-Today, we are going to learn a valuable lesson from Ruth -Ruth 1:1-18 -We do not know a great deal about Ruth -But we know that she had a few strikes against her -She was a woman (women’s roles in their society) -She was a foreigner, a Moabite -People despised by the Jews -Yet, Ruth was a ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-18

Denomination: Wesleyan

Finding God's Hand In Our Pain & Tragedy Series

Contributed by Josh Reich on Mar 22, 2007

How do we handle the fact that God is in control and God is good when things seem to fall apart?

Finding God’s Hand…in our Pain & Tragedy Let’s pray. Have you ever had a time in your life when what you were going through felt so painful, so hard that you didn’t know when it was going to end? But not only that, you couldn’t figure out where God was? Maybe you were hurt by a parent. Maybe a ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Tale Of Three Widows Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Feb 1, 2007

Exposition of Ruth 1:6-22

Text: Ruth 1:6-22, Title: A Tale of Three Widows, Date/Place: LSCC, 4/30/06, AM A. Opening illustration: talk about weddings and the words of Ruth in v 16-17 B. Background to passage: After forsaking God and country and moving to Moab, as we saw last week, the hand of the Lord was against Elimelech ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:6-22

Denomination: Baptist

I Will Follow You Series

Contributed by Anthony Craver on Sep 27, 2006

Ruth was faithful to follow Naomi, in spite of difficult circumstances!

I Will Follow You Ruth Chapter One I. Introduction Tonight we begin a four week study of the book of Ruth. Ruth was a remarkable woman. She was from the land of Moab. The Moabites had been a thorn in Israel’s side for a long time. Even though Ruth was born in a land and of a people that ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-22

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Path Of The Ancients Series

Contributed by Paddy Venner on Sep 28, 2006

Naomi had trodden a path away from the House of Bread. Now she had to make a decision - stick to the path best knwon, or find the ancient path back to her destiny

Spiritual Pathways Part 2 The Path of the Ancients · Last week we looked at the fact that there is an ancient road, the road of God that leads to a good place, and that all of us are on a road of sorts. · We also then looked at the need to set up spiritual landmarks ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-22

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Road Home Series

Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Jul 2, 2007

First in a four-part series on the book of Ruth; from chapter 1, the faithlessness of Elimilech and Naomi and the faithful, loyal pledge of Ruth.

Trinity Baptist Church June 10, 2007 Ruth: God redeems The Road Home Ruth 1:1-22 Chuck Swindoll describes how -- several decades ago -- Atlantic codfish were transported from the coast to the middle of the US. The shippers had problems at first. Their early freezing methods left the ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-22

Denomination: Baptist

The Favor Of God Will Produce Blessings!

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jul 26, 2007

The Favor of God will Produce Blessings! We through life endeavor to get the favor of people. Whether we are in sales, trying to get the favor of an account or a young man interested in a young lady, a child with his father, a student with his teacher, w

The Favor of God will Produce Blessings! We through life endeavor to get the favor of people. Whether we are in sales, trying to get the favor of an account or a young man interested in a young lady, a child with his father, a student with his teacher, worker with his boss, etc. However, we should ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 44:1-3, Deuteronomy 7:7-8, Ruth 1:1-19, Deuteronomy 7:7