Sermons on Ruth 1:4:

The Terrible Price Of Playing With Sin

Contributed by Jon Earls on Nov 23, 2005

Elimelech did what so many Christians have tried to do. He tried to just play with sin for a little while, but he ended up paying the price for his sins. So will you.

There have been many ships that have sunk while at sea, but few have captured the attention like the sinking of the Titanic. She sank on her maiden voyage in April of 1912 and the persistent theory was that an iceberg tore a three hundred-foot gash in the side of the nine hundred-foot ship. In ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-5

Denomination: Holiness

Qué Hacer Con La Voluntad De Dios

Contributed by Felix Ramirez on Nov 29, 2005

Cuatro ejemplos de actitudes respecto de la voluntad de Dios

QUÉ HACER CON LA VOLUNTAD DE DIOS RUTH 1:1-18 INTRODUCCIÓN A lo largo de la vida vamos tomando decisiones. Cada día es un día de decisión. Hoy decidimos lo que íbamos a desayunar, la ropa que nos pondríamos y con quién estaríamos. En esta semana tomaremos decisiones que afectarán el lugar a donde ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-18

Denomination: Baptist

"Turn Stress Into Strength"

Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jan 10, 2005

There is a common experience for every person in all nationalities andcultures. Everyone experiences stress. By God’s grace and making wise choices we can turn stress into strength.

“Turn Stress Into Strength” Ruth 1:1-22, 4:13-17 Romans 8:28 John 16:33 There is a common experience for every person in all nationalities and cultures. We all experience stress. We all have to learn to live with stress. The highest times of stress in a person’s life include: Death in the ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-22

Denomination: Free Methodist

Don't Go Into Moab

Contributed by Steaven Snow on Jan 27, 2005

The effects of making wrong decisions

Don’t Go Into Moab TEXT: Ruth 1:1-8 1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. 2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

When Life Spins Out Of Control

Contributed by W Pittendreigh on May 24, 2005

The story of Ruth is a story of a woman whose life has spun out of control. Does she look to society for help? Does she use her sexuality to manipulate others to help? Or does she call on her redeemer?

Have you ever noticed that so many of the Calls to Worship that we hear in church talk about joy? Ps 66: “Shout with joy to God, all the earth! Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious!” Ps 100 “Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-14, Ruth 1:1-13

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

"In His Presence”

Contributed by Rev. M Edmunds on Jun 15, 2005

It is hard to see that God is working in our lives sometimes when things are unfavorable. In fact it seems sometimes as if God is not there at all when we are experiencing difficult, unexplainable moments within our existence, but don’t loss faith, you ar

Elder M. Edmunds Co-Pastor of United Ordained Church August 2003 It is hard to see that God is working in our lives sometimes when things are unfavorable. In fact it seems sometimes as if God is not there at all when we are experiencing difficult, unexplainable moments within our existence. ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Moving From Fatal Choices To Faithful Purpose

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Feb 13, 2006

Our choices can defeat us but they do not have to cripple us

"Attention, shoppers: Welcome to today’s marketplace, where consumers face a bewildering variety of choices. In grocery, we have 24 different bagged lettuces, 100 cheeses -- 20 of them cheddar -- plus 30 kinds of muffins, 24 flavors of coffee sold in bulk and 80 varieties of cereal in just the ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-22

Denomination: Baptist

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

Feast Or Famine Series

Contributed by Mike Hullah on Aug 1, 2007

Ever experienced a famine in your life, a spiritual lack, a time of trial? What do you do? This sermons looks at how to turn your famine into a feast.

From Famine to Feast Ruth 1:1-14 In the first of this series we began to look at Abrahams life and to look at his example of the footsteps of faith he took. In Genesis 12 he left Canaan for Egypt because of famine. This sermon is a stand alone but answers the question how to turn your famine into ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-14, Ruth 1:1-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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

Horton Hears A Who: Characteristics Of Character

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Mar 30, 2008

In the trailer for Horton hears a Who, Horton says “I meant what I said and I said what I meant, an elephant is faithful one hundred percent.” So I used that as an intro to Character.

Horton Hears a Who Characteristics of Character Has anyone been to see “Horton Hears a Who” yet? It’s one of those movies that is on my gotta see list, probably will happen Tuesday night. I grew up reading Dr. Seuss books including Horton Hears a Who and last week I caught this particular ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-5

Denomination: Wesleyan

Hope In The Hard Times Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Oct 7, 2007

Do you go through difficult trials that don’t seem to have any way out? So did Naomi, but God showed his love and an alternative she hadn’t thought of, like he does with us.

Ruth was written in perhaps the 2nd half of the 12th century, making it contemporary with Jephthah and Samson of Judges 11 and following. This is important because if you didn’t know that you’d think there’s no way the events could take place concurrently with Judges. Judges is filled with ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-22

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Ruth - A Love Story

Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Feb 18, 2008

This is a Narrative sermon that retells the story or Naomi, Ruth and Boaz.

TITLE: A Love Story Text: Ruth 1-4 Date: February 17,2008 Location: Sulphur Spring Introduction: Thursday was Valentines Day, the Day that we traditionally tell our spouses or those we love how much we love and care for them. I was listening to WAY – FM this week and one of the D.J.’s was ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-5

Denomination: Baptist