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Ruth Meets Boaz Going for Grain: Harvest New Setting 22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest. 1 Now Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a worthy man of the clan of…

Woman of Character Ruth’s noble choice (1:1-22) Her love, dedication, devotion to Naomi She gave up home, religion to adopt Israel and the true God Ruth’s humble service (2:1-23) She exercised her right as a widow to glean providing sustenance for herself and Naomi She found favor with Boaz Ruth’s tender…

In the days when the judges ruled... 1 In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. 10 Years in Moab 5 and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her…

1. You need to take _the first step_ Ruth 2:2 (ESV) 2 And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.” 1. You need to take the first step Ruth 2:3 (ESV) 3 So she set out…

A Woman of Character In our journey through the story of Ruth we have already seen she is a woman of great character. She made a noble choice ( Ru1:1-22 ) to leave everything she knew to go with Naomi. She was of lowly service ( Ru2:1-23 ) gleaning in the field of Boaz to provide for Naomi and herself…

Takes place during the time of the judges. Not part of the Deuteronomistic History not found in this section in the Septuagint, part of the writings. Story Elimelech - From Bethlehem. Takes his wife Naomi to Moab to live during a time of famine in Israel. Naomi - Jewish woman. Elimelech’s wife. Malhom…

Ruth Prepared to Meet Boaz There were other men who would gladly have married Ruth (v. 10), but they could not have redeemed her. Only a kinsman could do that, and Boaz was that kinsman. Since Naomi knew that Boaz would be using the threshing floor that night and staying there to guard his grain, she…

Ruth has proposed marriage to Boaz and he said yes. It appears that the maiden from Moab and the bachelor from Bethlehem are going to wed. However, a closer relative than Boaz has the first right of redemption and therefore can marry Ruth. Boaz is determined to settle the issue ASAP (cf. 3:18) and so the stage is set for our seeing “the rest of the story.” If nothing is impossible with God, how are we to proceed? What are we to do? How should we act? Chapter 4 provides 3 lessons we should learn.

Intro: My life after coming to Christ was not easy wanted to know when things would change. God remained faithful even when I didn’t trust. We’re in the fourth and final week of our series on Ruth. Last week we left the situation with hope for Ruth to be rescued by the kinsman redeemer, Boaz, and Naomi…

God covers over us with his grace. The story of Boaz covering Ruth is an example of that covering.

Ruth What nationality was Ruth? What nationality was her husband? Why was this a problem? Where did this problem originate? Putting all this into context, Ruth paints a story of true love and compassion…and tells it is 85 verses. It goes through every emotion known to man, loss, pain, grief, separation,…

7 So she set out from the place where she was with her two daughters-in-law, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. 1. Get on the road to _where you want to go_ 9 The Lord grant that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband!” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up…

Grace Upon Grace Ruth 2 Momma’s Hardship God working in the background Providence-God’s Governance over his creation. 1 Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side. He was a prominent man of noble character from Elimelech’s family. His name was Boaz. 2 Ruth the Moabitess asked Naomi, “Will you let…

Intro Don’t take the easy way out. Naomi was an Israelite living in Moab, and she had a Moabite daughter-in-law named Ruth. Their husbands had died, they had no other children and so they were two widows out on their own trying to survive. They we vulnerable to starvation, to attack. Naomi hear’s the…

Life’s changes Life is not what we expect it to be. We can plan, we can hope, but God has the final word. Some of life’s changes are God’s plan being worked out! Previously we saw in chapter one: Our characters, Elimelech/Naomi Their sons and wives Mahlon, Chilion, Orpah, and Ruth We saw a journey during…

Ruth Chapter 1 Recap: God has not abandoned you. Naomi’s (Mara’s) bitterness in the face of loss Ruth’s faithfulness in a hopeless situation God’s provision in the midst of troubled times A message of hope A person to lean on Perfect timing for His perfect plan That brings us to chapter two of Ruth where…

Ruth 4 : Hope Redeemed Ruth 4 “Now Boaz went up to the village gate and sat there. Then along came the guardian whom Boaz had mentioned to Ruth. Boaz said, “Come here, what’s-your-name, and sit down.” So he came and sat down. Boaz chose ten of the village leaders and said, “Sit down here!” So they sat…

Introduction 1 There was a relative of Naomi’s husband, a man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech. His name was Boaz. 2 So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”…

As we look at last weeks description of Ruth, again we see the love story for her mother in law. Being in a foreign land and losing her husband, and two sons had left Naomi without any way of caring for herself and certainly not her two daughters in law. The difficult decision was made to go back home,…

Good morning! If I have not had the pleasure of meeting you my name is John and I serve Mission Church as the Senior Pastor. I am honored and humbled to be with you this morning… especially as we continue our current sermon series through the book of Ruth entitled, “From Ruin to Redemption.” The story…

Intro Redeeming something. Not a word we use regularly in daily life, but an important biblical word. We need to know what it means. What do you think it means? Redemption is the idea of freeing or releasing someone or something through payment/claim. If I want an apple, i can go to the shop with money…

If you recall from last week, we saw that Naomi was so excited that Ruth had “stumbled” upon Boaz’ field and that he was treater her so well. One of the reasons for this excitement was that he was a “close relative of ours, one of our redeemers” We are going to see the significance of that statement…

Introduction: Good morning once again and welcome to Hope. At this time our children can be dismissed to children’s worship. I invite the rest of you to open your bibles or devices to Matthew 1 with one finger and Ruth 1 with the other. Leading up to Christmas Sunday we are spending the sermons walking…

Faith and Favor A Good Man is hard to find Bennie’s Story of Marrying her husband. 1 Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, shouldn’t I find rest for you, so that you will be taken care of? 2 Now isn’t Boaz our relative? Haven’t you been working with his female servants? This evening he…

Divine Appointments Ruth 2 “Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side of the family named Boaz. He was a wealthy, prominent man from the clan of Elimelech. One day Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields so I can gather grain behind whoever permits me to do so.” Naomi replied, “You…