Ruth: A Journey of Faith and Redemption
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"Do you believe that he's at work in your darkest moments, as well as your brightest moments? I like this one. Are you being led by your circumstances or by the God who reigns over all of your circumstances? It's a tough one. Sometimes we will let our circumstances dictate what we think, how we think, what we believe, rather than letting the God who reigns over all of those circumstances lead us." [00:51:52] (28 seconds)
"So I don't know exactly what was happening with Ruth at this time. I'm wondering, you know, Naomi, being an Israelite, has probably heard the stories of God. She's seen things he's done. And maybe she shared those things with Ruth, with her daughter -in -law. But Ruth made this decision. There was a point. She was told she could go just like Orpah did and go back to their gods. But she said, no, your God is my God." [01:04:53] (27 seconds)
"God honors these choices that they made. So I want you to understand, you could be every day disobeying what God has told you to do, dishonoring him. You could be doing horrible, horrible things, but your story is not finished. It's not finished with that. God can redeem that. He can change that. And so I don't know what Ruth, like her whole story and what she was doing, but I know enough that she was not following God, then she started following God." [01:23:25] (33 seconds)
"And I just want to challenge you today. If you're sitting here thinking, I have completely blown it, God still wants to redeem that. Even if you blew it, repented, blew it, repented, blew it. It's just like the Israelites, that cycle. God still in his goodness wants to redeem it. It's one of the biggest truths, I think, to come out of this story of Ruth." [01:24:33] (27 seconds)
"Boaz paid a price for redemption. He had to buy the land. He had to pay for that. But Jesus paid the price for our redemption with his life. We sang about it earlier. Boaz, as a kinsman redeemer, protects and provides. Jesus is our provider and protector. Boaz restored the inheritance. Jesus restores our spiritual inheritance. He makes us co -heirs with him." [01:35:58] (30 seconds)
"Boaz was willing to redeem. The other one, the nearer kinsman, was kind of willing. But then I think when he saw what it was going to cost, didn't do it. Jesus was a willing savior. John 10, Jesus says, I lay my life down of my own accord. He chose to. And then Boaz pointed to David's kingdom. He became the great -grandfather of David. And then Jesus brings the kingdom of God." [01:36:49] (30 seconds)
"Think about the hard times. I don't mean to minimize the hard times. I think Ruth and Naomi went through some pretty tough stuff. I don't mean to minimize like what we went through. So be real with that, but ask God, say, God, take me under your protective wing. And if you've done that before, say, God, maybe I've ventured, tried to get outside of that protective wing, but I want to come back under it." [01:37:59] (26 seconds)
"Does it matter what you've done or what you've gone through? God is going to do amazing, amazing things. And then we get about 950 years later where Jesus, the Messiah comes. And Rahab's name is not mentioned in Ruth, but in Matthew, when you read the genealogy, it talks about how Salmon married Rahab. I just think that is the biggest celebration for us today is to look at that and see that God is a redeemer." [01:29:51] (31 seconds)
"Lord, I just pray that that will be the theme of our lives, Lord, that we can truly sing the goodness of you and talk about the goodness of you. Even when we feel like you're not present, you're not there, I pray that we will know your faithfulness, we'll trust in your faithfulness and trust that you are good. We love you and praise you in Jesus name. Amen." [01:41:03] (25 seconds)
"Lord, I think of something my dad told me at a worship night when we were singing about how all my life you've been faithful, all my life you've been so good. With every breath that I am able, I will sing of the goodness of God. And he said that that's his prayer for his kids, that they will get to the end of their lives one day and be able to say that." [01:40:36] (28 seconds)
"Dear Jesus, I just thank you so much that when we spend time studying your word, especially the Old Testament, we just see everything pointing us to you. I thank you for the faith of everyone anyone who trusted you, even though they had never seen you, who trusted what you were going to do, that they trusted God as redeemer. Lord, I thank you for those examples we get to see." [01:39:30] (28 seconds)
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"So I don't know exactly what was happening with Ruth at this time. I'm wondering, you know, Naomi, being an Israelite, has probably heard the stories of God. She's seen things he's done. And maybe she shared those things with Ruth, with her daughter -in -law. But Ruth made this decision. There was a point. She was told she could go just like Orpah did and go back to their gods. But she said, no, your God is my God." [01:04:53] (27 seconds)
"God honors these choices that they made. So I want you to understand, you could be every day disobeying what God has told you to do, dishonoring him. You could be doing horrible, horrible things, but your story is not finished. It's not finished with that. God can redeem that. He can change that. And so I don't know what Ruth, like her whole story and what she was doing, but I know enough that she was not following God, then she started following God." [01:23:25] (33 seconds)
"And I just want to challenge you today. If you're sitting here thinking, I have completely blown it, God still wants to redeem that. Even if you blew it, repented, blew it, repented, blew it. It's just like the Israelites, that cycle. God still in his goodness wants to redeem it. It's one of the biggest truths, I think, to come out of this story of Ruth." [01:24:33] (27 seconds)
"Boaz paid a price for redemption. He had to buy the land. He had to pay for that. But Jesus paid the price for our redemption with his life. We sang about it earlier. Boaz, as a kinsman redeemer, protects and provides. Jesus is our provider and protector. Boaz restored the inheritance. Jesus restores our spiritual inheritance. He makes us co -heirs with him." [01:35:58] (30 seconds)
"Boaz was willing to redeem. The other one, the nearer kinsman, was kind of willing. But then I think when he saw what it was going to cost, didn't do it. Jesus was a willing savior. John 10, Jesus says, I lay my life down of my own accord. He chose to. And then Boaz pointed to David's kingdom. He became the great -grandfather of David. And then Jesus brings the kingdom of God." [01:36:49] (30 seconds)
"Think about the hard times. I don't mean to minimize the hard times. I think Ruth and Naomi went through some pretty tough stuff. I don't mean to minimize like what we went through. So be real with that, but ask God, say, God, take me under your protective wing. And if you've done that before, say, God, maybe I've ventured, tried to get outside of that protective wing, but I want to come back under it." [01:37:59] (26 seconds)
"Does it matter what you've done or what you've gone through? God is going to do amazing, amazing things. And then we get about 950 years later where Jesus, the Messiah comes. And Rahab's name is not mentioned in Ruth, but in Matthew, when you read the genealogy, it talks about how Salmon married Rahab. I just think that is the biggest celebration for us today is to look at that and see that God is a redeemer." [01:29:51] (31 seconds)
"Lord, I just pray that that will be the theme of our lives, Lord, that we can truly sing the goodness of you and talk about the goodness of you. Even when we feel like you're not present, you're not there, I pray that we will know your faithfulness, we'll trust in your faithfulness and trust that you are good. We love you and praise you in Jesus name. Amen." [01:41:03] (25 seconds)
"Lord, I think of something my dad told me at a worship night when we were singing about how all my life you've been faithful, all my life you've been so good. With every breath that I am able, I will sing of the goodness of God. And he said that that's his prayer for his kids, that they will get to the end of their lives one day and be able to say that." [01:40:36] (28 seconds)
"Dear Jesus, I just thank you so much that when we spend time studying your word, especially the Old Testament, we just see everything pointing us to you. I thank you for the faith of everyone anyone who trusted you, even though they had never seen you, who trusted what you were going to do, that they trusted God as redeemer. Lord, I thank you for those examples we get to see." [01:39:30] (28 seconds)
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